Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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2024 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates25 July – 10 August
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Third placeFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Fourth placeFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored76 (2.92 per match)
Attendance398,699 (15,335 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of France.svg Marie-Antoinette Katoto
(5 goals)
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The women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 10 August 2024. [1] It was the eighth edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France.

Contents

The United States won a record-extending fifth gold medal, and their first since 2012, defeating Brazil 1–0 in the final, held at Parc des Princes in Paris. [2]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows. [3]

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
Thu 25Fri 26Sat 27Sun 28Mon 29Tue 30Wed 31Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10
GSGSGSQFSFBF

Qualification

In addition to host nation France, eleven women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 24 February 2022. [4]

Means of qualificationDates [a] Venue(s) [a] Berth(s)Qualified
Host nation——1Flag of France.svg  France
2022 CONCACAF W Championship 4–18 July 2022Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2022 Copa América Femenina 8–30 July 2022Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
CONCACAF play-off 22–26 September 2023Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 		1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2024 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 7–19 February 2024Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals 23–28 February 2024Multiple2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 24–28 February 2024Multiple2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2024 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament 5–9 April 2024Multiple2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Total 12 
  1. 1 2 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages may precede these matches.

Sweden, runners-up of the 2016 and 2020 Olympic tournaments, failed to qualify for the 2024 tournament after being eliminated in the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League.

Venues

Marseille Décines-Charpieu
(Lyon Area)		 Paris
Stade de Marseille Stade de Lyon Parc des Princes
Capacity: 67,394Capacity: 59,186Capacity: 47,929
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Location of the host cities of the women's football tournament of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
 Bordeaux
Stade de Bordeaux
Capacity: 42,115
Stade Matmut Atlantique 2023.jpg
Saint-Étienne Nice Nantes
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade de Nice Stade de la Beaujoire
Capacity: 41,965Capacity: 36,178Capacity: 35,322
AS Saint-Etienne v Olympique Lyonnais, 10 November 2013.jpg Allianz inauguration.jpg Match Football FC Nantes x RC Lens Stade Beaujoire - Nantes (FR44) - 2022-09-18 - 34.jpg

Squads

The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. Each team could also name a list of four alternate players, who could replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament. [5]

Match officials

On 3 April 2024, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympic Games. [6]

Notes
  1. ↑ Female field referees are shown in the table. During the tournament, mixed officials were appointed for some matches.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 March 2024, 20:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Pulse building in Saint-Denis, France. [7] [8]

The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts France were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1 while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on the FIFA Women's World Ranking released on 15 March 2024 (shown in parentheses below). No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 [a]

Notes

  1. ↑ Teams from CAF were in the qualifying phase and were not known at the time of the draw, they were drawn originally as CAF 1 and CAF 2.

Group stage

The competing countries were divided into three groups of four teams, denoted as groups A, B, and C. Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advancing to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2). [9]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: [5]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France (H)320165+16Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 330052+33 [a]
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 31024403
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 300326−40
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ On 27 July 2024, Canada was penalized 6 points by FIFA for their coaching staff's involvement in illegal drone spying at an official training venue. [10] The decision was upheld by CAS on 31 July. [11]
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2–1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
  • Lacasse Soccerball shade.svg45+4'
  • Viens Soccerball shade.svg79'
 Report
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 2,674 [12]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
France  Flag of France.svg 3–2 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 29,208 [13]
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg 0–2 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 5,212 [14]
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
France  Flag of France.svg 1–2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Katoto Soccerball shade.svg42' Report
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 17,550 [15]
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg 1–2 Flag of France.svg  France
Taylor Soccerball shade.svg43' Report Katoto Soccerball shade.svg22', 49'
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 21,946 [16]
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg 0–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report Gilles Soccerball shade.svg61'
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 5,388 [17]
Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 330092+79Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 320185+36
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3102710−33
4Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3003613−70
Source: FIFA
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 3–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report
Stade de Marseille, Marseille
Attendance: 9,731 [18]
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg 3–0 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 5,550 [19]
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 6–5 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 4,441 [20]
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg 4–1 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report Gwinn Soccerball shade.svg22'
Stade de Marseille, Marseille
Attendance: 12,845 [21]
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1–2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Kennedy Soccerball shade.svg90+2' Report
Stade de Marseille, Marseille
Attendance: 13,036 [22]
Referee: François Letexier (France)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg 1–4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
B. Banda Soccerball shade.svg49' Report
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 2,642 [23]
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 330051+49Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 320164+26
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 310224−23
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 300315−40
Source: FIFA
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg 2–1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 10,377 [24]
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg 0–1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Gabi Nunes Soccerball shade.svg37'
Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Attendance: 6,244 [25]
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg 1–2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Jheniffer Soccerball shade.svg56' Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 40,918 [26]
Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg 1–0 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Putellas Soccerball shade.svg85' Report
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 11,079 [27]
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg 0–2 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Attendance: 14,497 [28]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 3–1 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report Echegini Soccerball shade.svg42'
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 6,480 [29]
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Ranking of third-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 A Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 31024403Advance to knockout stage
2 C Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 310224−23
3 B Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3102710−33
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points in all group matches; 5) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of regulation time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each), and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. [5]

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
          
 
3 August – Nantes
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 0
 
6 August – Marseille
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4
 
3 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (p)2 (4)
 
10 August – Paris
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2 (2)
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0
 
3 August – Paris
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (a.e.t.)1
 
6 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (a.e.t.)1
 
3 August – Marseille
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0 Bronze medal match
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0 (2)
 
9 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (p)0 (4)
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1
 

Quarter-finals

United States  Flag of the United States.svg 1–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Rodman Soccerball shade.svg105+2' Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 43,004 [30]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 0–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report
Penalties
2–4
Stade de Marseille, Marseille
Attendance: 12,517 [32]
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
France  Flag of France.svg 0–1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Gabi Portilho Soccerball shade.svg82'
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 32,280 [33]
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Semi-finals

United States  Flag of the United States.svg 1–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Smith Soccerball shade.svg95' Report
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 11,716 [34]
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg 4–2 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Stade de Marseille, Marseille
Attendance: 14,201 [35]
Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg 0–1 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report Gwinn Soccerball shade.svg65' (pen.)
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 10,995 [36]
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Gold medal match

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg 0–1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report Swanson Soccerball shade.svg57'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 43,813 [37]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: IOC

Final ranking

As 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.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 6600122+1018Gold medal
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 63037709Silver medal
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 631296+310Bronze medal
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 631298+110Fourth place
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 420265+16Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6Flag of France.svg  France (H)42026606
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 431052+34 [a]
8Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 41126604
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3102710−33Eliminated in
group stage
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 300326−40
11Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 300315−40
12Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3003613−70
Source: IOC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ On 27 July 2024, Canada were penalized 6 points by FIFA for their coaching staff's involvement in illegal drone spying at an official training venue. [10] The decision was upheld by CAS on 31 July. [11]

See also

References

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