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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 66 (2.54 per match) |
Attendance | 740,014 (28,462 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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]
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 | ![]() |
AFC Preliminary Competition | February 2007 – August 2007 | – | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
CAF Preliminary Competition | October 2006 – March 2008 | – | 1 | ![]() |
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | October 2007 – April 2008 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2006 Sudamericano Femenino | 10–26 November 2006 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying | 25 August – 7 September 2007 8 March 2008 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
UEFA (2007 FIFA Women's World Cup)* | 10–30 September 2007 | ![]() | 2* | ![]() ![]() |
UEFA Playoff (Denmark vs Sweden) | 8 November 2007 28 November 2007 | ![]() ![]() | 1* | ![]() |
CONMEBOL–CAF play-off | 19 April 2008 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
TOTAL | 12 |
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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Pot 1: Asia | Pot 2: North America and Africa | Pot 3: Europe | Pot 4: South America and Oceania |
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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.
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)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
North Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kim Kyong-hwa ![]() |
Report |
Brazil ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Daniela ![]() Marta ![]() |
Report | Ri Kum-suk ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Mittag ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Norway ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Larsen Kaurin ![]() Wiik ![]() |
Report |
United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Lloyd ![]() |
Report |
New Zealand ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Wiik ![]() |
United States ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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O'Reilly ![]() Rodriguez ![]() Tarpley ![]() Hucles ![]() |
Report |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
F1 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
G2 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
F1 | ![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
F2 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
F2 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
F1 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
G1 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
G3 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
G3 | ![]() | 2 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
G1 | ![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
G1 | ![]() | 2 | F2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||
E3 | ![]() | 1 | G3 | ![]() | 0 |
![]() ![]() | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() ![]() |
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Report | Lloyd ![]() |
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
1 own goal
Source: FIFA[4]
3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA[4]
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]
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 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Gold medal |
2 | F | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Silver medal |
3 | F | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 13 | Bronze medal |
4 | G | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 7 | Fourth place |
5 | E | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | E | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
7 | G | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
8 | E | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
9 | F | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | G | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |
11 | E | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
11 | F | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
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