Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
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Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates6–21 August
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Germany
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored66 (2.54 per match)
Attendance740,014 (28,462 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Cristiane (5 goals)
Fair play award China PR
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The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in China from 6 to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams.

For these Games, the women competed in a 12-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced on 6 August, two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games. The teams were grouped into three pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool, as well as the best two third-place finishing teams, advanced to an eight-team single-elimination bracket.

The tournament was won by the United States, which beat Brazil 1–0 in the gold medal game. Carli Lloyd scored the game-winning goal in the 96th minute for the United States, which collected their third Olympic gold medal.[1][2]

Qualifying[]

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Countries of women's tournament

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition.

Means of completion Date of completion Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation – – 1  China PR
AFC Preliminary Competition February 2007 – August 2007 – 2  Japan
 North Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition October 2006 – March 2008 – 1  Nigeria
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition October 2007 – April 2008 Mexico Ciudad Juárez 2  United States
 Canada
2006 Sudamericano Femenino 10–26 November 2006 Argentina Mar del Plata 1  Argentina
OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying 25 August – 7 September 2007
8 March 2008		 Samoa Apia
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby		 1  New Zealand
UEFA (2007 FIFA Women's World Cup)* 10–30 September 2007  China 2*  Germany
 Norway
UEFA Playoff (Denmark vs Sweden) 8 November 2007
28 November 2007		 Denmark Viborg
Sweden Solna		 1*  Sweden
CAF-CONMEBOL Playoff (Ghana vs Brazil) 19 April 2008 China Beijing 1  Brazil
TOTAL 12
  • Note – The three best ranked European teams at the FIFA Women's World Cup qualified for the Olympics. However, the third best team England could not participate, because England competes at the Olympic Games as part of Great Britain, which does not compete in football. Therefore, the fourth European team would advance, requiring a play-off between Sweden and Denmark.

Venues[]

Further information: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics § Venues

The tournament was held in five venues across five cities:

Seeding[]

Pot 1: Asia Pot 2: Americas Pot 3: Europe Pot 4: Rest of the World

Squads[]

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

The women's tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players by 23 July 2008. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) must be included in the squad.

Match officials[]

Group stage[]

Group winners and runners-up, plus two best third place teams advanced to quarter final round. Groups are lettered sequentially from the last letter in the Men's Football tournament (which has Groups A through D).

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group E[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China PR 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [3]
Argentina 1–2 Canada
Manicler Goal 85' Report Chapman Goal 27'
Lang Goal 72'
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 23,201
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
China PR 2–1 Sweden
Xu Yuan Goal 6'
Han Duan Goal 72'		 Report Schelin Goal 38'
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 37,902
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
Sweden 1–0 Argentina
Fischer Goal 57' Report
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 38,293
Referee: (Guyana)
Canada 1–1 China PR
Sinclair Goal 34' Report Xu Yuan Goal 36'
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 52,600
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
China PR 2–0 Argentina
Quiñones Goal 52' (o.g.)
Gu Yasha Goal 90'		 Report
Attendance: 31,492
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
Sweden 2–1 Canada
Schelin Goal 19', 51' Report Tancredi Goal 63'
Attendance: 51,112

Group F[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Germany 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
3  North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4  Nigeria 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source:[citation needed]
Germany 0–0 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 20,703
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
North Korea 1–0 Nigeria
Kim Kyong-hwa Goal 27' Report
Attendance: 24,084
Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
Nigeria 0–1 Germany
Report Stegemann Goal 65'
Attendance: 19,266
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
Brazil 2–1 North Korea
Daniela Goal 14'
Marta Goal 23'		 Report Ri Kum-suk Goal 90'
Attendance: 19,616
Referee: Niu Huijun (China)
North Korea 0–1 Germany
Report Mittag Goal 86'
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 12,387
Referee: (Guyana)
Nigeria 1–3 Brazil
Nkwocha Goal 19' (pen.) Report Cristiane Goal 34', 35', 45+3'
Attendance: 51,112
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

Group G[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
3  Japan 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source:[citation needed]
Japan 2–2 New Zealand
Miyama Goal 72' (pen.)
Sawa Goal 86'		 Report Yallop Goal 37'
Hearn Goal 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,270
Referee: (South Africa)
Norway 2–0 United States
Larsen Kaurin Goal 2'
Wiik Goal 4'		 Report
Attendance: 17,673
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
United States 1–0 Japan
Lloyd Goal 27' Report
Attendance: 16,912
New Zealand 0–1 Norway
Report Wiik Goal 8'
Attendance: 7,285
Referee: (Argentina)
Norway 1–5 Japan
Knutsen Goal 27' Report Kinga Goal 31'
Følstad Goal 51' (o.g.)
Ohno Goal 52'
Sawa Goal 71'
Hara Goal 83'
Attendance: 16,872
Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
United States 4–0 New Zealand
O'Reilly Goal 1'
Rodriguez Goal 43'
Tarpley Goal 56'
Hucles Goal 60'		 Report
Attendance: 12,453
Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Ranking of third-placed teams[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
 Canada 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Source:[citation needed]

Knockout stage[]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
                           
  F1  Brazil 2  
G2  Norway 1  
  F1  Brazil 4  
  F2  Germany 1  
E2  Sweden 0
  F2  Germany 2  
    F1  Brazil 0
  G1  United States 1
  E1  China PR 0  
G3  Japan 2  
  G3  Japan 2 Bronze medal match
  G1  United States 4  
G1  United States 2 F2  Germany 2
  E3  Canada 1   G3  Japan 0

Quarter-finals[]

United States 2–1 (a.e.t.) Canada
Hucles Goal 12'
Kai Goal 101'		 Report Sinclair Goal 30'
Attendance: 26,129
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
Brazil 2–1 Norway
Daniela Goal 43'
Marta Goal 57'		 Report Nordby Goal 83' (pen.)
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 26,174
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
Sweden 0–2 (a.e.t.) Germany
Report Garefrekes Goal 104'
Laudehr Goal 115'
Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Attendance: 17,209
Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)
China PR 0–2 Japan
Report Sawa Goal 15'
Nagasato Goal 80'
Attendance: 28,459
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Semi-finals[]

Brazil 4–1 Germany
Formiga Goal 43'
Cristiane Goal 49', 76'
Marta Goal 53'		 Report Prinz Goal 10'
Attendance: 26,976
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
United States 4–2 Japan
Hucles Goal 41', 80'
Chalupny Goal 44'
O'Reilly Goal 70'		 Report Ohno Goal 16'
Arakawa Goal 90+3'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 50,937
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Bronze medal match[]

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Germany 2–0 Japan
Bajramaj Goal 68', 87' Report
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 49,285
Referee: (Argentina)

Gold medal match[]

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brazil 0–1 (a.e.t.) United States 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Report Lloyd Goal 96'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 51,612
Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

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

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • Brazil Marta
  • Japan Homare Sawa
  • Sweden Lotta Schelin

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA[4]

Assists[]

3 assists

2 assists

1 assist

Source: FIFA[4]

FIFA Fair Play Award[]

China PR 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.[4]

Pos Team Pts
1  China PR 956
2  Japan 939
3  United States 930
4  Germany 913
5  Sweden 913
6  Norway 903
7  Brazil 896
8  Canada 892

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 G  United States 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Gold medal
2 F  Brazil 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Silver medal
3 F  Germany 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13 Bronze medal
4 G  Japan 6 2 1 3 11 10 +1 7 Fourth place
5 E  China PR (H) 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 E  Sweden 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6
7 G  Norway 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 6
8 E  Canada 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
9 F  North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10 G  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
11 E  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
11 F  Nigeria 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: FIFA[4][5]
(H) Host

References[]

  1. ^ Homewood, Brian (22 August 2008). "U.S. retain gold against Brazil in women's soccer | Reuters". In.reuters.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. ^ Homewood, Brian (19 August 2008). "Brazil seek first major title in women's soccer". Reuters. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  3. ^ "2008 Summer Olympics Soccer Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Report and Statistics – Men's and Women's Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 (PDF). FIFA. Zürich. 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016: Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2016. p. 28. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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