Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

overview of de women's football competition during de 2024 Olympic Summer Games

Dem hold de women's football tournament at de 2024 Summer Olympics from 25 July to 10 August 2024.[1] Ebe de eighth edition of de women's Olympic football tournament. Togeda plus de men's competition, dem hold de 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament for seven stadiums insyd seven cities for France insyd. Dem hold de final for Parc des Princes insyd Paris.

Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Olympic sporting event
Part offootball at the 2024 Summer Olympics Edit
Sports season of league or competitionfootball at the Summer Olympics – women's tournament Edit
Competition classwomen's association football Edit
Sportfootball Edit
CountryFrance Edit
Dey followfootball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's tournament Edit
Point for tym insyd2024 Edit
Tym dem start24 July 2024 Edit
End tym9 August 2024 Edit
WinnerUnited States women's national soccer team, Brazil women's national football team, Germany women's national football team Edit
Dema official websitehttps://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/football/women Edit

Canada be de defending champions.

Schedule

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De schedule be as follows.[2]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
GS GS GS QF SF B F

Qualification

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For addition make dem host nation France, eleven women's national teams qualify from six separate continental confederations. De Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratify de distribution of spots for dema meeting for 24 February 2022.[3]

Means of qualification Dates Venue(s) Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation 1 France
2022 CONCACAF W Championship 4–18 July 2022 Mexico 1 United States
2022 Copa América Femenina 8–30 July 2022 Colombia 2 Brazil

Colombia

CONCACAF play-off 22–26 September 2023 Jamaica

Canada

1 Canada
2024 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 7–19 February 2024 Samoa 1 New Zealand
2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals 23–28 February 2024 Multiple 2 Spain

Germany

2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 24–28 February 2024 Multiple 2 Australia

Japan

2024 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament 5–9 April 2024 Multiple 2 Nigeria

Zambia

Total 12
  1. ^ Jump up to:a b Dates den venues be those of final tournaments (anaa final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages fi precede dese matches.

Sweden, de runners up of de 2016 den 2020 Olympic tournaments, fail make dem qualify for de 2024 tournament after dem eliminate dem insyd de group stages of de UEFA Women's Nations League.

Venues

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Marseille Décines-Charpieu
(Lyon area)
Paris
Stade de Marseille Stade de Lyon Parc des Princes
Capacity: 67,394 Capacity: 59,186 Capacity: 47,929
   
 
Le Parc des Princes
Bordeaux
Stade de Bordeaux
Capacity: 42,115
 
Saint-Étienne Nice Nantes
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade de Nice Stade de la Beaujoire
Capacity: 41,965 Capacity: 36,178 Capacity: 35,322
     

Squads

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De women's tournament be full international tournament plus no restrictions for age top. Each team for submit squad of 18 players, two of whom for be goalkeepers. Each team sanso fi name list of four alternate players, wey fi replace any player insyd de squad in case of injury during de tournament.[4]

Match officials

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For 3 April 2024, FIFA release de list of match referees wey go officiate for de Olympic Games.[5]

Match officials
Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan) Makoto Bozono (Japan)

Naomi Teshirogi (Japan)

Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea) Joanna Charaktis (Australia)

Park Mi-suk (South Korea)

CAF Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco) Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco)

Diana Chikotesha (Zambia)

CONCACAF Katia García (Mexico) Karen Díaz (Mexico)

Sandra Ramírez (Mexico)

Tori Penso (United States) Brooke Mayo (United States)

Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)

CONMEBOL Edina Alves Batista (Brazil) Neuza Back (Brazil)

Fabrini Bevilaqua (Brazil)

Emikar Calderas (Venezuela) Mary Blanco (Colombia)

Migdalia Rodríguez (Venezuela)

UEFA Rebecca Welch (Great Britain) Emily Carney (Great Britain)

Franca Overtoom (Netherlands)

Tess Olofsson (Sweden) Francesca Di Monte (Italy)

Almira Spahić (Sweden)

Support officials
Confederation Referee
AFC Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)
CAF Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
CONCACAF Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
CONMEBOL Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
UEFA Frida Klarlund (Denmark)
Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)
Video assistant referees
Confederation Video assistant referee
Male officials
AFC Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
CAF Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)
CONCACAF Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Héctor Paletta (Argentina)
Rodrigo Carvajal (Chile)
Leodán González (Uruguay)
UEFA Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
David Coote (Great Britain)
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Female officials
AFC Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
CONCACAF Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
CONMEBOL Daiane Muniz (Brazil)
UEFA Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Draw

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Na dem hold de draw for de tournament for 20 March 2024, 20:00 CET (UTC+1), for de Pulse building insyd Saint-Denis, France.[6][7]

Na dem draw de 12 teams into three groups of four teams. Na dem automatically seed de hosts France into Pot 1 wey dem assign dem to position A1 while na de remaining teams dem seed dem into dema respective pots base for de FIFA Women's World Rankings top dem release for 15 March 2024 (dem show for parentheses insyd below). No group fi contain more dan one team from each confederation.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  • France (3) (dem assign to A1)
  • Spain (1)
  • United States (4)
  • Germany (5)
  • Japan (7)
  • Canada (9)
  • Brazil (10)
  • Australia (12)
  • Colombia (23)
  • New Zealand (28)
  • Nigeria (36)
  • Zambia (65)

Notes

  1. ^ Teams from CAF na dem dey insyd de qualifying phase wey na dem no know dem for de time of de draw, dem originally draw dem as CAF 1 den CAF 2.

Group stage

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Dem divide de countries wey dey compete into three groups of four teams, dem denote as groups A, B, den C. Teams insyd each group play one anoda insyd round-robin basis, plus de top two teams of each group den de two best third-placed teams dey advance to de quarter-finals.

All times be local, CEST (UTC+2).[8]

Tiebreakers

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De ranking of teams insyd de group stage go be determined as follows:[4]

  1. Points dem obtain for all group matches insyd (three points for win, one for draw, none for defeat);
  2. Goal difference insyd all group matches;
  3. Number of goals dem score insyd all group matches;
  4. Points dem obtain insyd de matches dem play between de teams insyd question;
  5. Goal difference insyd de matches dem play between de teams in question;
  6. Number of goals dem score insyd de matches dem play between de teams in question;
  7. Fair play points insyd all group matches (one deduction per dem fi apply to player insyd single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card den direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colombia 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3 Advance to knockout stage
2 France (H) 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Canada 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 0 Possible knockout stage base for ranking top
4 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0

Updated to match(es) dem play for 28 July 2024. Source: FIFA

Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

(H) Hosts

Notes:

  1. ^ For 27 July 2024, na dem deduct Canada 6 points for dema coaching staff ein involvement insyd illegal drone dey spy for official training venue.[9]
Canada 2–1 New Zealand
  • Lacasse  45+4'
  • Viens  79'
Report
  • Barry  13'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 2,674[10]

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

France 3–2 Colombia
  • Katoto  6', 42'
  • Dali  18'
Report
  • Usme  54' (pen.)
  • Paví  64'

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)


New Zealand 0–2 Colombia
Report
  • Restrepo  27'
  • Santos  72'

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

France 1–2 Canada
Katoto  42' Report
  • Fleming  58'
  • Gilles  90+12'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)


New Zealand Match 13 France
Report

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Colombia Match 14 Canada
Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

Group B

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Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 United States (A) 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 Germany 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Australia 2 1 0 1 6 8 −2 3 Possible knockout stage base for ranking top
4 Zambia 2 0 0 2 5 9 −4 0

Updated to match(es) dem play for 28 July 2024. Source: FIFA

Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

(A) Advance to further round

Germany 3–0 Australia
  • Hegering  24'
  • Schüller  64'
  • Brand  68'
Report

Stade de Marseille, Marseille

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

United States 3–0 Zambia
  • Rodman  17'
  • Swanson  24', 25'
Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)


Australia 6–5 Zambia
  • Kennedy  7'
  • Raso  35'
  • Musole  58' (o.g.)
  • Catley  65', 78' (pen.)
  • Heyman  90'
Report
  • B. Banda  1', 33', 45+2'
  • Kundananji  21', 56'

Stade de Nice, Nice

Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

United States 4–1 Germany
  • Smith  11', 44'
  • Swanson  26'
  • Williams  89'
Report Gwinn  22'

Stade de Marseille, Marseille

Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)


Australia Match 15 United States
Report

Stade de Marseille, Marseille

Zambia Match 16 Germany
Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Group C

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Pos Team
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  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain (A) 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 Japan 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 Brazil 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 Nigeria 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0

Updated to match(es) dem play for 28 July 2024. Source: FIFA

Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

(A) Advance to further round

Spain 2–1 Japan
  • Bonmatí  22'
  • Caldentey  74'
Report
  • Fujino  13'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Nigeria 0–1 Brazil
Report Gabi Nunes  37'

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)


Brazil 1–2 Japan
Jheniffer  56' Report
  • Kumagai  90+2' (pen.)
  • Tanikawa  90+6'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)

Spain 1–0 Nigeria
Putellas  85' Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)


Brazil Match 17 Spain
Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Japan Match 18 Nigeria
Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C Brazil 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Advance to knockout stage
2 B Australia 2 1 0 1 6 8 −2 3
3 A Canada 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 0

Updated to match(es) dem play for 28 July 2024. 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.

Notes:

  1. ^ For 27 July 2024, na dem deduct Canada 6 points for dema coaching staff ein involvement insyd illegal drone dey spy for official training venue.[11]

Knockout stage

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Insyd de knockout stage, if match be level at de end of normal playing time insyd de knockout stage, dem go play extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each) den dem follow, if necessary, by penalty shoot-out make dem determine de winner.[4]

Combinations of matches insyd de quarter-finals

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De specific match-ups dey involve de third-placed teams depend for wich two third-placed teams go qualify give de quarter-finals:[4]

 Combination according to de two qualified teams

Third-placed teams

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1A

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1C

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A B 3B 3A
A C 3C 3A
B C 3C 3B

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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Na der be 43 goals dem score insyd 12 matches, for average of 3.58 goals per match (as of 28 July 2024).

3 goals

  • Marie-Antoinette Katoto
  • Mallory Swanson
  • Barbra Banda

2 goals

  • Steph Catley
  • Sophia Smith
  • Racheal Kundananji

1 goal

  • Michelle Heyman
  • Alanna Kennedy
  • Hayley Raso
  • Gabi Nunes
  • Jheniffer
  • Jessie Fleming
  • Vanessa Gilles
  • Cloé Lacasse
  • Evelyne Viens
  • Manuela Paví
  • Marcela Restrepo
  • Leicy Santos
  • Catalina Usme
  • Kenza Dali
  • Jule Brand
  • Giulia Gwinn
  • Marina Hegering
  • Lea Schüller
  • Aoba Fujino
  • Saki Kumagai
  • Momoko Tanikawa
  • Mackenzie Barry
  • Aitana Bonmatí
  • Mariona Caldentey
  • Alexia Putellas
  • Trinity Rodman
  • Lynn Williams

1 own goal

  • Ngambo Musole (against Australia)

Source: FIFA

References

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  1. "Women's International Match Calendar 2024–2025" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. January 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. "Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024 – information on preliminary competitions" (PDF). FIFA Circular Letter. No. 1792. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  5. "FIFA match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  6. "Paris to host Olympic Football Tournaments draw on 20 March". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  7. "Paris 2024 draws produce blockbuster match-ups". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  8. "Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  9. "FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials". FIFA. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. "Match report – Canada v New Zealand" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  11. "FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials". FIFA. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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