Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament final

2024 Summer Olympic women's football final

Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final
Event	Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Brazil United States 0 1
Date	10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Tess Olofsson (Sweden) [1]
Attendance	43,813 [2]
Weather	Sunny 26 °C (79 °F) 53% humidity [3]
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The 2024 Summer Olympic women's football gold medal match was a football match to determine the winners of the women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The match was the eighth final of the women's football tournament at the Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. The match took place at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, on 10 August 2024. ^{[4] [5] [6]} This was the first Olympic women's football final to take place after the men's tournament final. ^[7]

Background

This was Brazil's third Olympic final, having lost both the 2004 and 2008 finals to the United States after extra time. Overall, this was their fourth major tournament final, having lost the 2007 Women's World Cup final to Germany.

This was the sixth Olympic final for the U.S., with them winning four of the first five Olympic women's football tournament finals dating back to 1996. Their most recent final was in 2012 victory against Japan and their previous final loss was suffered against Norway in 2000. Overall, this was their 11th major tournament final, having won in the 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019 Women's World Cup finals and lost to Japan in 2011.

Venue

The final was held at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

The stadium first opened in 1897, and had been refurbished twice since 1972, first for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and then for the UEFA Euro 2016. It hosted the UEFA Euro finals in 1960 and 1984. It also hosted some matches for the 1938 and 1998 World Cups, the 2019 Women's World Cup, and the three aforementioned UEFA Euros. ^[8]

Route to the final

Brazil		Round	United States
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Nigeria	1–0	Match 1	Zambia	3–0
Japan	1–2	Match 2	Germany	4–1
Spain	0–2	Match 3	Australia	2–1
Group C third place Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Spain 3 9 2   Japan 3 6 3   Brazil 3 3 4   Nigeria 3 0 Source: FIFA		Final standings	Group B winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   United States 3 9 2   Germany 3 6 3   Australia 3 3 4   Zambia 3 0 Source: FIFA
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
France	1–0	Quarter-finals	Japan	1–0 ( a.e.t. )
Spain	4–2	Semi-finals	Germany	1–0 ( a.e.t. )

Match

Details

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)

17:00

Brazil	0–1	United States
	Report	Swanson 57'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 43,813 ^[2]

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Brazil [9]

United States [9]

GK 1 Lorena CB 15 Thaís CB 21 Lauren  84' CB 3 Tarciane  81' RM 9 Adriana (c) CM 8 Vitória Yaya  50' CM 5 Duda Sampaio  61' LM 13 Yasmim RF 18 Gabi Portilho CF 11 Jheniffer  61' LF 14 Ludmila  61' Substitutes: GK 12 Tainá DF 4 Rafaelle Souza  84' MF 17 Ana Vitória  50' MF 20 Angelina  61' FW 10 Marta  61' FW 16 Gabi Nunes FW 19 Priscila  61' Manager: Arthur Elias

GK 1 Alyssa Naeher RB 2 Emily Fox CB 4 Naomi Girma CB 12 Tierna Davidson  74' LB 7 Crystal Dunn DM 3 Korbin Albert CM 17 Sam Coffey CM 10 Lindsey Horan (c) RF 5 Trinity Rodman CF 9 Mallory Swanson  90+5' LF 11 Sophia Smith  84' Substitutes: GK 18 Casey Murphy DF 6 Casey Krueger  90+5' DF 13 Jenna Nighswonger MF 14 Emily Sonnett  74' MF 16 Rose Lavelle FW 8 Lynn Williams  84' FW 15 Jaedyn Shaw Manager: Emma Hayes

Assistant referees: Almira Spahić (Sweden) Francesca Di Monte (Italy) Fourth official: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain) Reserve assistant referee: Franca Overtoom (Netherlands) Video assistant referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Assistant video assistant referees: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Jérôme Brisard (France)

Match rules [10] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of seven named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time Maximum of three substitution opportunities, with a fourth allowed in extra time

References

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3. "Start List – Brazil v United States" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 10 August 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
4. "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
5. "Women's International Match Calendar 2024–2025" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. January 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
6. "Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
7. "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
8. "Parc des Princes". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
9. "Tactical Line-up – Brazil v United States" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 10 August 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
10. "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.