Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | China |
| Dates | 6–21 August |
| Teams | 12 (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 played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.54 per match) |
| Attendance | 740,014 (28,462 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Cristiane (5 goals) |
| Fair play award | China |
← 2004 2012 → | |
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
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A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition.
| Means of completion | Date of completion | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | – | – | 1 |  China |
| 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 |  Ciudad Juárez | 2 |  United States Canada |
| 2006 Sudamericano Femenino | 10–26 November 2006 |  Mar del Plata | 1 | Argentina |
| OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying | 25 August – 7 September 2007 8 March 2008 |  Apia 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 |  Viborg Solna | 1* | Sweden |
| CONMEBOL–CAF play-off | 19 April 2008 | 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
The tournament was held in five venues across five cities:
| Beijing | Shanghai | Tianjin | Location of host cities of the tournament. |
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| Beijing Workers' Stadium | Shanghai Stadium | Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium | |
| Capacity: 70,161 | Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | |
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| Shenyang | Qinhuangdao | ||
| Shenyang Olympic Stadium | Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 33,000 | ||
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Seeding
| Pot 1: Asia | Pot 2: North America and Africa | Pot 3: Europe | Pot 4: South America and Oceania |
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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
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Group stage
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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
Source: [3]
Attendance: 31,492
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
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 |
| North Korea | 1–0 | Nigeria |
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Kim Kyong-hwa  27' |
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| Brazil | 2–1 | North Korea |
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| Daniela 14' Marta 23' |
Report | Ri Kum-suk 90' |
| North Korea | 0–1 | Germany |
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| Report | Mittag 86' |
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
Attendance: 10,270
Referee: Deidre Mitchell (South Africa)
| Norway | 2–0 | United States |
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| Larsen Kaurin 2' Wiik 4' |
Report |
Attendance: 17,673
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
| United States | 1–0 | Japan |
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| Lloyd 27' |
Report |
Attendance: 16,912
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)
| New Zealand | 0–1 | Norway |
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| Report | Wiik 8' |
Attendance: 7,285
Referee: Estela Alvarez (Argentina)
| United States | 4–0 | New Zealand |
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| O'Reilly 1' Rodriguez 43'Tarpley 56'Hucles 60' |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
Knockout stage
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| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
| F1 | Brazil
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| G2 | Norway
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| F1 | Brazil
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| F2 | Germany
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| E2 | Sweden
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| F2 | Germany (a.e.t.)
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| F1 | Brazil
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| G1 | United States (a.e.t.)
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| E1 | China
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| G3 | Japan
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| G3 | Japan
| 2 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
| G1 | United States
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| G1 | United States (a.e.t.)
| 2 | F2 | Germany
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| E3 | Canada
| 1 | G3 | Japan
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Quarter-finals
Attendance: 28,459
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
 Brazil | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | United States  |
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| Report | Lloyd 96' |
Statistics
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Goalscorers
There were 66 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.54 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Ludmila Manicler
- Formiga
- Candace Chapman
- Kara Lang
- Melissa Tancredi
- Gu Yasha
- Han Duan
- Kerstin Garefrekes
- Simone Laudehr
- Anja Mittag
- Birgit Prinz
- Kerstin Stegemann
- Eriko Arakawa
- Ayumi Hara
- Yukari Kinga
- Aya Miyama
- Yūki Nagasato
- Amber Hearn
- Kirsty Yallop
- Perpetua Nkwocha
- Kim Kyong-hwa
- Ri Kum-suk
- Guro Knutsen
- Leni Larsen Kaurin
- Siri Nordby
- Nilla Fischer
- Lori Chalupny
- Natasha Kai
- Amy Rodriguez
- Lindsay Tarpley
1 own goal
- Florencia Quiñones (against China PR)
- Gunhild Følstad (against Japan)
Source: FIFA[4]
Assists
3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
- Mariela Coronel
- Marta
- Maycon
- Rosana
- Kara Lang
- Clare Rustad
- Rhian Wilkinson
- Bi Yan
- Zhang Na
- Renate Lingor
- Anja Mittag
- Birgit Prinz
- Yukari Kinga
- Yūki Nagasato
- Ali Riley
- Ri Un-gyong
- Gunhild Følstad
- Leni Larsen Kaurin
- Ane Stangeland Horpestad
- Jessica Landström
- Therese Sjögran
- Shannon Boxx
- Rachel Buehler
- Lindsay Tarpley
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 final competition is taken into account but only teams that reach the second stage of the competition are eligible for the Fair Play Award.[4]
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 |
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| 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 (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 |
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