Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Great Britain
City London
Dates 25 July - 9 August
Teams 12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)

The women's association football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics is to be held in London and five other cities in Great Britain from 25 July to 9 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their women's teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 11 teams, plus the host nation will reach the final tournament. There are no age restrictions for the players participating in the tournament.

Contents

Qualifying

Each National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team in the football tournament.

Competition Expected date of completion Venue1 Berths Qualified
Host Nation — 1  Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition 11 September 2011  China[1] 2  Japan
 North Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition 22 October 2011[2] — 2  South Africa
 Cameroon
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 29 January 2012 Canada[3] 2
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition 21 November 2010  Ecuador 2  Brazil
 Colombia
OFC Preliminary Competition 2012 1
(UEFA) 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 17 July 2011  Germany 2  Sweden
 France
TOTAL 12
  • ^1 Locations are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

Preliminaries

The draw for the preliminaries will take place on 24 April 2012.[4] Group winners and runners-up and the two best third-ranked teams will advance to the quarter-finals.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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Final stages

  Quarter-Finals Semi-finals Gold Medal Match
                           
     
   
     
     
 
     
     
   
     
   
    Bronze Medal Match
     
   
       

Quarter-finals

3 August 2012
12:00
 v Hampden Park, Glasgow
3 August 2012
14:30
 v St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
3 August 2012
17:00
 v Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
3 August 2012
19:30
 v City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry

Semi-finals

6 August 2012
17:00
 v Wembley Stadium, London
6 August 2012
19:45
 v Old Trafford, Manchester

Bronze Medal Match

9 August 2012
13:00
 v City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry

Gold Medal Match

9 August 2012
19:45
 v Wembley Stadium, London

References

  1. ^ "China to host women's Olympic qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 3 March 2011. http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/33698-china-to-host-womens-olympic-qualifiers. Retrieved 10 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "Fixture change in Africa". FIFA.com. 19 August 2011. http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/newsid=1495323/index.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "Canada granted 2012 Olympic Qualifiers". CanadaSoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. http://www.canadasoccer.com/tourney/FIFA_WWC/olympic.asp. 
  4. ^ "Here we go: Team GB fixture dates confirmed and London 2012 Football tickets to go back on sale". London2012.com. 10 November 2011. http://www.london2012.com/press/media-releases/2011/11/here-we-go-team-gb-fixture-dates-confirmed-and-london-20.php. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 

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