Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 19 August 2016.[1] It was the 6th edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium.[2] There were no player age restrictions for teams participating in the women's competition.

2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates3–19 August
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Sweden
Third place Canada
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored66 (2.54 per match)
Attendance635,885 (24,457 per match)
Top scorer(s) Melanie Behringer (5 goals)
Fair play award Sweden
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In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3] Title holders and 2012 Summer Olympics gold medalists the United States, were eliminated in a loss against Sweden in a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals. This marked the first time that the United States has not progressed to the semi-finals in a major international tournament. For the first time since the introduction of the women's tournament in 1996, three matches in the knockout stage were decided by a penalty shoot-out (two quarter-finals and one semifinal).

Germany won their first gold medal by defeating Sweden 2–1 in the final.[4][5] Canada won bronze after beating host Brazil with the same scoreline in the bronze medal game.[6]

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.[7][8]

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals SFSemi-finals BBronze medal match FGold medal match
Wed 3Thu 4Fri 5Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19
GGG¼½BF

Qualification
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

In addition to host nation Brazil, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.[9]

Means of qualificationDates4Venue4BerthsQualified
Host country2 October 2009 Denmark1 Brazil
2014 Copa América[10]11–28 September 2014 Ecuador1 Colombia
2015 FIFA World Cup[11]
(for UEFA eligible teams)5		6 June – 5 July 2015 Canada2 France
 Germany
2015 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament[12]2–18 October 2015Various (home and away)2 South Africa
 Zimbabwe6
2016 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[13]23 January 2016 Papua New Guinea1 New Zealand
2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[14]10–21 February 2016 United States2 Canada
 United States
2016 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[15]29 February – 9 March 2016 Japan[16]2 Australia
 China PR
2016 UEFA Olympic Qualifying Tournament[17]2–9 March 2016 Netherlands1 Sweden
Total12
  • ^4 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.
  • ^5 England finished in the top three among UEFA teams in the World Cup, however England is not an IOC member and talks for them to compete as Great Britain broke down.
  • ^6 Nations making their Olympic tournament debut

Venues
Further information: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics § Venues

The tournament was held in seven venues across six cities:

Squads
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team 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 must be goalkeepers. Each team might also have a list of four alternate players, who would replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[18]

Match officials

On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[19]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Rita Gani (Malaysia) Allyson Flynn (Australia)
Naomi Teshirogi (Japan)
Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) Hong Kum-nyo (North Korea)
Cui Yongmei (China)
CAF Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) Bernadettar Kwimbira (Malawi)
Souad Oulhaj (Morocco)
CONCACAF Carol Chenard (Canada) Marie-Josée Charbonneau (Canada)
Suzanne Morisset (Canada)
Lucila Venegas (Mexico) Enedina Caudillo (Mexico)
Mayte Chávez (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Olga Miranda (Paraguay) Mariana de Almeida (Argentina)
Yoleida Lara (Venezuela)
Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay) Loreto Toloza (Chile)
Neuza Back (Brazil)
OFC Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) Sarah Jones (New Zealand)
Lata Kaumatule (Tonga)
UEFA Teodora Albon (Romania) Petruța Iugulescu (Romania)
Mária Súkeníková (Slovakia)
Stéphanie Frappart (France) Manuela Nicolosi (France)
Yolanda Parga (Spain)
Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) Nataliya Rachynska (Ukraine)
Sanja Rođak-Karšić (Croatia)
Esther Staubli (Switzerland) Lucie Ratajová (Czech Republic)
Chrysoula Kourompylia (Greece)
Support Referee Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
María Carvajal (Chile)

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.[20] The 12 teams in the women's tournament were drawn into three groups of four teams.[21] The teams were seeded into four pots based on the FIFA Ranking of March 2016 (in brackets in the table).[22] The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position E1. No groups can contain more than one team from the same confederation.[23]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows:[18]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

The groups were denoted as groups E, F and G to avoid confusion with the groups of the men's tournament which used designations A–D.

Group E
China vs Sweden
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (H) 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Quarter-finals
2  China PR 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3  Sweden 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
4  South Africa 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Sweden 1–0 South Africa
Fischer  76' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 13,439[24]
Brazil 3–0 China PR
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 27,618[25]
Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)
South Africa 0–2 China PR
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Gu Yasha  45+1'
Tan Ruyin  87'
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 25,000[26]
Brazil 5–1 Sweden
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report		 Schelin  89'
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 43,384[27]
South Africa 0–0 Brazil
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 38,415[28]
China PR 0–0 Sweden
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report
Attendance: 7,648[29]
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)

Group F
Canada vs Australia
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Quarter-finals
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
3  Australia 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 4
4  Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Canada 2–0 Australia
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 20,521[30]
Zimbabwe 1–6 Germany
Basopo  50' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 20,521[31]
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Canada 3–1 Zimbabwe
Beckie  7', 35'
Sinclair  19' (pen.)		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Chirandu  86'
Attendance: 30,295[32]
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)
Germany 2–2 Australia
Däbritz  45+2'
Bartusiak  88'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Kerr  6'
Foord  45'
Attendance: 37,475[33]
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Germany 1–2 Canada
Behringer  13' (pen.) Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Tancredi  26', 60'
Attendance: 8,227[34]
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)
Australia 6–1 Zimbabwe
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Msipa  90+1'
Attendance: 5,115[35]

Group G
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2  France 3 2 0 1 7 1 +6 6
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
4  Colombia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
United States 2–0 New Zealand
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 10,059[36]
France 4–0 Colombia
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 6,847[37]
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)
United States 1–0 France
Lloyd  64' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 11,782[38]
Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)
Colombia 0–1 New Zealand
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Hearn  31'
Attendance: 8,505[39]
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
Colombia 2–2 United States
C. Usme  26', 90' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 C. Dunn  41'
Pugh  59'
Attendance: 30,557[40]
New Zealand 0–3 France
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Le Sommer  38'
Cadamuro  63', 90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,350[41]

Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Australia 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 4 Knockout stage
2 E  Sweden 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
3 G  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Lots drawn by FIFA

Knockout stage
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[18]

On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
12 August — Belo Horizonte
 
 
 Brazil (p) 0 (7)
 
16 August — Rio de Janeiro (Mar.)
 
 Australia0 (6)
 
 Brazil0 (3)
 
12 August — Brasília
 
 Sweden (p)0 (4)
 
 United States1 (3)
 
19 August — Rio de Janeiro (Mar.)
 
 Sweden (p)1 (4)
 
 Sweden1
 
12 August — São Paulo
 
 Germany2
 
 Canada1
 
16 August — Belo Horizonte
 
 France0
 
 Canada0
 
12 August — Salvador
 
 Germany2 Bronze medal match
 
 China PR0
 
19 August — São Paulo
 
 Germany1
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 Canada2
 

Quarter-finals
Brazil vs Australia
United States 1–1 (a.e.t.) Sweden
Morgan  77' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report		 Blackstenius  61'
Penalties
Morgan
Horan
Lloyd
Brian
Press 		3–4 Schelin
Asllani
Sembrant
Seger
Dahlkvist
Attendance: 13,892[42]
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
China PR 0–1 Germany
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Behringer  76'
Attendance: 9,642[43]
Canada 1–0 France
Schmidt  56' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 38,688[44]
Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)
Brazil 0–0 (a.e.t.) Australia
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Penalties
 7–6
Attendance: 52,660[45]
Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Semi-finals
Brazil vs Sweden
Brazil 0–0 (a.e.t.) Sweden
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report
Penalties
Marta
Cristiane
Andressa Alves
Rafaelle
Andressa 		3–4 Schelin
Asllani
Seger
Fischer
Dahlkvist
Attendance: 70,454[46]
Germany vs Canada
Canada 0–2 Germany
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Behringer  21' (pen.)
Däbritz  59'
Attendance: 5,641[47]
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Bronze medal match
Brazil 1–2 Canada
Beatriz  79' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 39,718[48]

Gold medal match
Sweden 1–2 Germany
Blackstenius  67' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report		 Marozsán  48'
Sembrant  62' (o.g.)
Attendance: 52,432[49]
Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 66 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.54 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA[50]

Assists

2 assists

1 assist

Source: FIFA[50]

FIFA Fair Play Award

Sweden won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament. Every match in the tournament was taken into account, though only teams that reached the knockout stage were eligible to win the award.[50]

Pos Team Pts
1  Sweden 872
2  France 859
3  Germany 853
4  Brazil 846
5  United States 840
6  Australia 838
7  China PR 830
8  Canada 768

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.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 F  Germany 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Gold medal
2 E  Sweden 6 1 3 2 4 8 −4 6 Silver medal
3 F  Canada 6 5 0 1 10 5 +5 15 Bronze medal
4 E  Brazil (H) 6 2 3 1 9 3 +6 9 Fourth place
5 G  United States 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 G  France 4 2 0 2 7 2 +5 6
7 F  Australia 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 5
8 E  China PR 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4
9 G  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10 E  South Africa 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
11 G  Colombia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
12 F  Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: FIFA[50]
(H) Host.

See also

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