Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Kingdom
Dates25 July – 9 August
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Third placeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Fourth placeFlag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored71 (2.73 per match)
Attendance660,986 (25,423 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Sinclair (6 goals)
Fair play awardFlag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London and five other cities in the United Kingdom from 25 July to 9 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their women's teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 11 teams, plus the hosts Great Britain reached the final tournament. There are no age restrictions for the players participating in the tournament. It is the first major FIFA affiliated women's tournament to be staged within the United Kingdom, and marked the first time a team representing Great Britain took part in the women's tournament.

Contents

Qualifying

Each National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team in the football tournament.

Means of qualificationDate of completionVenue 1 BerthsQualified
Host nation2005none1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition 11 September 2011Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [1] 2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition 22 October 2011 [2] multiple 2Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 29 January 2012Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [3] 2Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition 21 November 2010Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
OFC Preliminary Competition 4 April 2012 multiple 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Best UEFA teams in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 17 July 2011Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of France.svg  France
TOTAL12

Venues

The tournament was held in six venues across six cities:

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012. [4] Great Britain, Japan and the United States were seeded for the draw and placed into groups E–G, respectively. [5] The remaining teams were drawn from four pots. [6]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Squads

The women's tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players.

Match officials

On 19 April 2012, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics. [7]

Match officials
ConfederationRefereeAssistant referees
AFC Hong Eun-ah (South Korea) Sarah Ho (Australia)
Kim Kyoung-min (South Korea)
Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)Widiya Habibah Shamsuri (Malaysia)
Saori Takahashi (Japan)
CAF Thérèse Neguel (Cameroon) Tempa Ndah (Benin)
Lidwine Rakotozafinoro (Madagascar)
CONCACAF Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)Mayte Chávez (Mexico)
Shirley Perelló (Honduras)
Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)Marie-Josée Charbonneau (Canada)
Stacy-Ann Greyson (Jamaica)
Kari Seitz (United States)Marlene Duffy (United States)
Veronica Perez (United States)
CONMEBOL Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)Mariana Corbo (Uruguay)
María Rocco (Argentina)
UEFA Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)Anu Jokela (Finland)
Tonja Paavola (Finland)
Thalia Mitsi (Greece)Yolanda Parga Rodríguez (Spain)
María Luisa Villa Gutiérrez (Spain)
Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)Helen Caro (Sweden)
Anna Nyström (Sweden)
Christina Pedersen (Norway)Lada Rojc (Croatia)
Hege Lanes Steinlund (Norway)
Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)Katrin Rafalski (Germany)
Marina Wozniak (Germany)

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up and the two best third-ranked teams advanced to the quarter-finals (also see Tie breakers).

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group E

Great Britain vs New Zealand Millennium Stadium GBR-NZL.jpg
Great Britain vs New Zealand
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 330050+59Qualified for the quarter-finals
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 320161+56
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31023303
4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3003111−100
Source: IOC
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg1–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Houghton Soccerball shade.svg64' Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 24,445 [8]
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg0–5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Francielle Soccerball shade.svg7'
Costa Soccerball shade.svg10'
Marta Soccerball shade.svg73' (pen.), 88'
Cristiane Soccerball shade.svg78'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 30,847 [9]
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg0–1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Cristiane Soccerball shade.svg86'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 30,103 [10]
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Stoney Soccerball shade.svg18'
J. Scott Soccerball shade.svg23'
Houghton Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 31,141 [11]
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg3–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Smith Soccerball shade.svg43'
Sonkeng Soccerball shade.svg49' (o.g.)
Gregorius Soccerball shade.svg62'		 Report Onguéné Soccerball shade.svg75'
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 11,425 [12]
Referee: Christina Pedersen (Norway)
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg1–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Houghton Soccerball shade.svg2' Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 70,584 [13]
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

Group F

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 312063+35Qualified for the quarter-finals
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 312021+15
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 311164+24
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 301217−61
Source: IOC
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Kawasumi Soccerball shade.svg33'
Miyama Soccerball shade.svg44'		 Report Tancredi Soccerball shade.svg55'
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 14,119 [14]
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Fischer Soccerball shade.svg7'
Dahlkvist Soccerball shade.svg20'
Schelin Soccerball shade.svg21', 63'		 Report
Report 		Modise Soccerball shade.svg60'
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 18,290 [15]
Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Report
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 14,160 [16]
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Tancredi Soccerball shade.svg7'
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg58', 86'		 Report
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 14,753 [17]
Referee: Christina Pedersen (Norway)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 24,202 [18]
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Tancredi Soccerball shade.svg43', 84' Report
Report 		Hammarström Soccerball shade.svg14'
Jakobsson Soccerball shade.svg16'
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 12,719 [19]
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

Group G

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 330082+69Qualified for the quarter-finals
2Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 320184+46
3Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 310226−43
4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 300306−60
Source: IOC
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–2Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg19'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg32', 66'
Lloyd Soccerball shade.svg56'		 Report Thiney Soccerball shade.svg12'
Delie Soccerball shade.svg14'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 18,090 [20]
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg0–2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Report Kim Song-hui Soccerball shade.svg39', 85'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 18,900 [21]
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Rapinoe Soccerball shade.svg33'
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg74'
Lloyd Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 11,313 [22]
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg5–0Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Georges Soccerball shade.svg45'
Thomis Soccerball shade.svg70'
Delie Soccerball shade.svg71'
Renard Soccerball shade.svg81'
Catala Soccerball shade.svg87'		 Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 11,743 [23]
Referee: Thérèse Neguel (Cameroon)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg25' Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 29,522 [24]
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg1–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Thomis Soccerball shade.svg5' Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 13,184 [25]
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

† Game delayed by one hour, having been originally scheduled at 19:45, [26] due to North Korean protest after accidental use of South Korean flag for North Korea. [27]

Ranking of third-placed teams

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 311164+24
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31023303
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 310226−43
Source: IOC
Green indicates qualified for the quarter-finals

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
         
E1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0
F3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
F3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
G1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (a.e.t.) 4
G1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
E3 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0
G1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
F2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1
F1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
G2 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2
G2 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1 Bronze medal match
F2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
E2 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0 F3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
F2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2G2 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 0

Quarter-finals

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–2Flag of France.svg  France
Fischer Soccerball shade.svg18' Report
Report 		Georges Soccerball shade.svg29'
Renard Soccerball shade.svg39'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 12,869 [28]
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg27'
Leroux Soccerball shade.svg87'		 Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 10,441 [29]
Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report Ōgimi Soccerball shade.svg27'
Ohno Soccerball shade.svg73'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 28,528 [30]
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg0–2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report Filigno Soccerball shade.svg12'
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg26'
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 28,828 [31]
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

Semi-finals

France  Flag of France.svg1–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Le Sommer Soccerball shade.svg76' Report Ōgimi Soccerball shade.svg32'
Sakaguchi Soccerball shade.svg49'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 61,482 [32]
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–4 (a.e.t.)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg22', 67', 73' Report Rapinoe Soccerball shade.svg54', 70'
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg80' (pen.)
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg120+3'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 26,630 [33]
Referee: Christina Pedersen (Norway)

Bronze medal match

Bronze medal icon.svg Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–0Flag of France.svg  France
Matheson Soccerball shade.svg90+2' Report
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 12,465 [34]
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Gold medal match

Gold medal icon.svg United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Silver medal icon.svg
Lloyd Soccerball shade.svg8', 54' Report Ōgimi Soccerball shade.svg63'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,203 [35]
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA [36]

Assists

5 assists

4 assists

3 assists

2 assists

1 assist

Source: FIFA [36]

Discipline

Red cards
Match bans

FIFA Fair Play Award

The United States won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament. Every match in the final competition is taken into account but only teams that reach the second stage of the competition are eligible for the Fair Play Award. [36]

PosTeamPts
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 945
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 890
3Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 875
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 874
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 863
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 844
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 798
8Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 698

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 G Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6600166+1018Gold medal
2 F Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 632174+311Silver medal
3 F Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6312128+410Bronze medal
4 G Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 6303118+39Fourth place
5 E Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (H)430152+39Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 E Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 420263+36
7 F Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 412175+25
8 E Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 410335−23
9 G Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 310226−43Eliminated in
group stage
10 F Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 301217−61
11 G Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 300306−60
12 E Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3003111−100
Source: FIFA [36]
(H) Hosts

Notable events and controversies

North Korea flag confusion

In the first day of the Olympic events on 25 July, the match between DPR Korea and Colombia was delayed by a little over an hour because the flag of South Korea was mistakenly displayed on the electronic scoreboard in Hampden Park. The North Korean team walked off the pitch in protest at seeing the South Korean flag displayed by their names and refused to warm-up whilst the flag was being displayed. They also objected to the South Korean flag being displayed above the stadium, even though the flags of all the competing countries were being displayed. The game then commenced after a delay and rectification of the error. [38]

Andy Mitchell, venue media manager for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), read out a LOCOG statement shortly afterwards: [39] [40]

"Today ahead of the Women’s football match at Hampden Park, the South Korean flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of the North Korean flag. Clearly that is a mistake, we will apologise to the team and the National Olympic Committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again".

LOCOG's statement had to be reissued because it failed to use the nations' official titles, "Republic of Korea" and "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". [41]

British Prime Minister David Cameron added that it was an "honest mistake" and efforts would be undertaken to ensure such a mishap does not recur. However, North Korean manager Sin Ui-gun expressed reservations about whether the incident was a mistake of intention and said: "We were angry because our players were introduced as if they were from South Korea, which may affect us greatly as you may know. Our team was not going to participate unless the problem was solved perfectly and fortunately some time later, the broadcasting was corrected and shown again live so we made up our mind to participate and go on with the match. If this matter cannot be solved, we thought going on was nonsense. Winning the game cannot compensate for that thing". [42]

Canada–United States semi-final

During the semi-final match between Canada and the United States, a time-wasting call was made against the Canadian goalkeeper, Erin McLeod, when she held the ball longer than the allowed six seconds. As a result, the American side was awarded an indirect free-kick in the box. On the ensuing play, Canada was penalized for a handball in the penalty box, with the American team being awarded a penalty kick, which Abby Wambach converted to tie the game at 3–3. The Americans went on to win the match in extra time, advancing to the gold medal game. [43] [44] After the match, Canada forward Christine Sinclair stated, "the ref decided the result before the game started." FIFA responded by stating that the refereeing decisions were correct and saying it was considering disciplinary action against Sinclair, but that any disciplinary action would be postponed until after the end of the tournament. [45] [46] [47]

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