Group E of the women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 21 to 27 July 2021 and included Canada, Chile, Great Britain and hosts Japan. The top two teams, Great Britain and Canada, advanced to the knockout stage, along with third-placed Japan 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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E1 | ![]() | 1 | AFC | Hosts | 7 September 2013 | 5th | 2012 | Silver medalists (2012) | 11 | 10 |
E2 | ![]() | 3 | CONCACAF | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2nd place | 7 February 2020 | 4th | 2016 | Bronze medalists (2012, 2016) | 8 | 8 |
E3 | ![]() | 2 | UEFA [nb 2] | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 3rd place European team [nb 2] | 28 June 2019 | 2nd | 2012 | Quarter-finals (2012) | 6 [nb 2] | 6 [nb 2] |
E4 | ![]() | 4 | CONMEBOL | CAF–CONMEBOL play-off winners | 13 April 2021 | 1st | — | Debut | 37 | 37 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
In the quarter-finals, [1]
Great Britain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Great Britain [3] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chile [3] |
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Assistant referees: [4] |
Japan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Japan [5] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Canada [5] |
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Assistant referees: [4] |
Chile ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chile [6] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Canada [6] |
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Assistant referees: [7] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Japan [8] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Great Britain [8] |
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Assistant referees: [7] |
Chile ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chile [9] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Japan [9] |
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Assistant referees: [10] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Canada [11] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Great Britain [11] |
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Assistant referees: [10] |
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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![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | −2 | |||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | −3 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | 2 | −4 |