Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2008 Women's Olympic
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	6 August - 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	64 (2.46 per match)
Attendance	740,014 (28,462 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiane (5 goals)

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

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 August 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 collect their third Olympic gold medal.

Contents 1 Qualifying criteria 2 Seeding 3 Squads 4 Officials 5 Group stage 5.1 Group E 5.2 Group F 5.3 Group G 5.4 Ranking of third-placed teams 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Quarter-finals 6.2 Semi-finals 6.3 Bronze medal match 6.4 Gold medal match 7 Medalists 8 Final ranking 9 Statistics 9.1 Goalscorers 10 References

Qualifying criteria

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

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	China PR
AFC Preliminary Competition	Feb 2007 - Aug 2007	-	2	Japan  North Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition	Oct 2006 - Mar 2008	-	1	Nigeria
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition	Oct 2007 - Apr 2008	Ciudad Juárez	2	United States  Canada
2006 Sudamericano Femenino	November 10–26, 2006	Mar del Plata	1	Argentina
OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying	Aug 25 - Sep 7, 2007 March 8, 2008	Apia Port Moresby	1	New Zealand
UEFA (2007 FIFA Women's World Cup)*	September 10–30, 2007	China	2*	Germany  Norway
UEFA Playoff (Denmark vs Sweden)	November 8, 2007 November 28, 2007	Viborg Solna	1*	Sweden
CAF-CONMEBOL Playoff (Ghana vs Brazil)	April 19, 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.

Seeding

Pot 1: Asia	Pot 2: Americas	Pot 3: Europe	Pot 3: Rest of the World
China PR (Hosts)  Japan  North Korea	Canada  Brazil  United States	Germany  Norway  Sweden	Argentina  Nigeria  New Zealand

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.

Officials

Referee Assistants AFC Hong Eun Ah Sarah Ho Jacqueline Leleu Pannipar Kamnueng Daw Kaw Ja Liu Hsiu-mei Liu Hongjuan Shamsuri Widiya Habibah Niu Huijun CONCACAF Shane de Silva Milena López Cindy Mohammed Dianne Ferreira-James Mayte Chávez Rita Muñoz Kari Seitz Marlene Duffy Veronica Perez

Referee Assistants CAF Deidre Mitchell Nomvula Masilela Tempa Ndah CONMEBOL Estela Álvarez Marlene Leyton María Rocco UEFA Christine Beck Inka Müller María Luisa Villa Gutiérrez Nicole Petignat Cristina Cini Karine Vives Solana Dagmar Damková Helen Caro Irina Mirt Katarzyna Nadolska Hege Steinlund Jenny Palmqvist

Group stage

Group winners and runner-ups, 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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

6 August 2008 17:00	Argentina	1 – 2	Canada	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 23,201 Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
	Manicler  85'	Report	Chapman  27' Lang  72'

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6 August 2008 19:45	China PR	2 – 1	Sweden	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 37,902 Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
	Xu Yuan  6' Han Duan  72'	Report	Schelin  38'

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9 August 2008 17:00	Sweden	1 – 0	Argentina	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 38,293 Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
	Fischer  57'	Report

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9 August 2008 19:45	Canada	1 – 1	China PR	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 52,600 Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
	Sinclair  34'	Report	Xu Yuan  36'

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12 August 2008 19:45	China PR	2 – 0	Argentina	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 31,492 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
	Han Duan  52' Gu Yasha  90'	Report

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12 August 2008 19:45	Sweden	2 – 1	Canada	Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 51,112 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)
	Schelin  19', 51'	Report	Tancredi  63'

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Germany	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

6 August 2008 17:00	Germany	0 – 0	Brazil	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 20,703 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
		Report

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6 August 2008 19:45	North Korea	1 – 0	Nigeria	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 24,084 Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Kim Kyong-Hwa  27'	Report

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9 August 2008 17:00	Nigeria	0 – 1	Germany	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 19,266 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
		Report	Stegemann  65'

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9 August 2008 19:45	Brazil	2 – 1	North Korea	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 19,616 Referee: Niu Huijun (China)
	Daniela  14' Marta  23'	Report	Ri Kum-Suk  90'

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12 August 2008 17:00	North Korea	0 – 1	Germany	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 12,387 Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
		Report	Mittag  86'

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12 August 2008 17:00	Nigeria	1 – 3	Brazil	Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 51,112 Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
	Nkwocha  19' (pen.)	Report	Cristiane  34', 35', 45+3'

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Norway	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
Japan	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

6 August 2008 17:00	Japan	2 – 2	New Zealand	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 10,270 Referee: Deidre Mitchell (South Africa)
	Miyama  72' (pen.) Sawa  86'	Report	Yallop  37' Hearn  56' (pen.)

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6 August 2008 19:45	Norway	2 – 0	United States	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 17,673 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
	Larsen Kaurin  2' Wiik  4'	Report

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9 August 2008 17:00	United States	1 – 0	Japan	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 16,912 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)
	Lloyd  27'	Report

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9 August 2008 19:45	New Zealand	0 – 1	Norway	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 7,285 Referee: Estela Alvarez (Argentina)
		Report	Wiik  8'

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12 August 2008 19:45	Norway	1 – 5	Japan	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 16,872 Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Knutsen  27'	Report	Kinga  31' Følstad  51' (o.g.) Ohno  52' Sawa  71' Hara  83'

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12 August 2008 19:45	United States	4 – 0	New Zealand	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 12,453 Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)
	O'Reilly  1' Rodriguez  43' Tarpley  56' Hucles  60'	Report

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

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

15 August 2008 18:00	United States	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Canada	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 26,129 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
	Hucles  12' Kai  101'	Report	Sinclair  30'

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15 August 2008 18:00	Brazil	2 – 1	Norway	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 26,174 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Daniela  43' Marta  57'	Report	Nordby  83' (pen.)

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15 August 2008 21:00	Sweden	0 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Germany	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 17,209 Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)
		Report	Garefrekes  104' Laudehr  115'

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15 August 2008 21:00	China PR	0 – 2	Japan	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 28,459 Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
		Report	Sawa  15' Nagasato  80'

Semi-finals

18 August 2008 18:00	Brazil	4 – 1	Germany	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 26,976 Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
	Formiga  43' Cristiane  49', 76' Marta  53'	Report	Prinz  10'

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18 August 2008 21:00	United States	4 – 2	Japan	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 50,937 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
	Hucles  41', 80' Chalupny  44' O'Reilly  70'	Report	Ohno  16' Arakawa  90+3'

Bronze medal match

21 August 2008 18:00	Germany	2 – 0	Japan	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 49,285 Referee: Estella Alvares (Argentina)
	Bajramaj  68', 87'	Report

Gold medal match

21 August 2008 21:00	Brazil	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	United States	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 51,612 Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)
		Report	Lloyd  96'

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's football	United States	Brazil	Germany

Final ranking

Rank[1]	Team
1	United States (USA)
2	Brazil (BRA)
3	Germany (GER)
4	Japan (JPN)
5	China (CHN)
6	Sweden (SWE)
7	Norway (NOR)
8	Canada (CAN)
9	North Korea (PRK)
10	New Zealand (NZL)
=11	Argentina (ARG)
	Nigeria (NGR)

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals Cristiane 4 goals Angela Hucles 3 goals Marta Homare Sawa Lotta Schelin 2 goals Daniela Christine Sinclair Xu Yuan Han Duan Fatmire Bajramaj Shinobu Ohno Melissa Wiik Carli Lloyd Heather O'Reilly

1 goal Ludmila Manicler Formiga Candace Chapman Kara Lang Melissa Tancredi Gu Yasha Kerstin Garefrekes Simone Laudehr Anja Mittag Birgit Prinz Kerstin Stegemann Eriko Arakawa Aya Miyama Yuki Nagasato Yukari Kinga Ayumi Hara

1 goal (cont.) Kirsty Yallop Amber Hearn Perpetua Nkwocha Kyong Hwa Kim Kum Suk Ri Leni Larsen Kaurin Guro Knutsen Siri Nordby Nilla Fischer Lori Chalupny Natasha Kai Amy Rodriguez Lindsay Tarpley Own goal Gunhild Følstad (playing against Japan)

References

• "Sports Competition Schedule". BOCOG. 2006-04-17. http://en.beijing2008.com/71/67/column211716771.shtml. Retrieved 2006-08-10. 
• "Athletics". ( Sports). International Olympic Committee. 2006. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=FB. Retrieved 2006-08-10. 
• "Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008" (pdf). International Olympic Committee. http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1056.pdf. Retrieved 2006-08-10. 
• Federation Internationale de Football Association
• RSSSF

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