Group G of the women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 21 to 27 July 2021 and included Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the United States. The top two teams, Sweden and the United States, advanced to the knockout stage, along with third-placed Australia as one of the two best third-placed teams among all three groups. [1]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | |
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G1 | Sweden | 2 | UEFA | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 2nd place European team | 29 June 2019 | 7th | 2016 | Silver medalists (2016) | 5 | 5 |
G2 | United States | 1 | CONCACAF | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 1st place | 7 February 2020 | 7th | 2016 | Gold medalists (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) | 1 | 1 |
G3 | Australia | 3 | AFC | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament play-off round winners | 11 March 2020 | 4th | 2016 | Quarter-finals (2004, 2016) | 9 | 9 |
G4 | New Zealand | 4 | OFC | 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup winners | 1 December 2018 | 4th | 2016 | Quarter-finals (2012) | 22 | 22 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
In the quarter-finals, [1]
Sweden | 3–0 | United States |
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Australia | 2–1 | New Zealand |
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Sweden | 4–2 | Australia |
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New Zealand [8] | United States [8] |
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New Zealand [9] | Sweden [9] |
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United States [11] | Australia [11] |
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Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [1]
Only one of the above deductions could be applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Sweden | 0 | ||||||||||||
Australia | 1 | −1 | |||||||||||
United States | 2 | −2 | |||||||||||
New Zealand | 2 | 1 | −3 |
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