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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | France |
| Dates | 25 July – 10 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Germany |
| Fourth place |  Spain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 76 (2.92 per match) |
| Attendance | 398,699 (15,335 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Marie-Antoinette Katoto(5 goals) |
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Thewomen's football tournament at the2024 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 10 August 2024.[1] It was the eighth edition of thewomen's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the2024 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France.
TheUnited States won a record-extending fifth gold medal, and their first since2012, defeatingBrazil 1–0 in thefinal, held atParc des Princes inParis.[2]
The schedule was as follows.[3]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 |
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| GS | GS | GS | QF | SF | B | F |
In addition to host nation France, eleven women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 24 February 2022.[4]
| Means of qualification | Dates[a] | Venue(s)[a] | Berth(s) | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | France |
| 2022 CONCACAF W Championship | 4–18 July 2022 |  Mexico | 1 | United States |
| 2022 Copa América Femenina | 8–30 July 2022 |  Colombia | 2 | Brazil Colombia |
| CONCACAF play-off | 22–26 September 2023 |  Jamaica Canada | 1 | Canada |
| 2024 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 7–19 February 2024 |  Samoa | 1 |  New Zealand |
| 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals | 23–28 February 2024 | Multiple | 2 | Spain Germany |
| 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 24–28 February 2024 | Multiple | 2 |  Australia Japan |
| 2024 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5–9 April 2024 | Multiple | 2 |  Nigeria Zambia |
| Total | 12 |
Sweden, runners-up of the2016 and2020 Olympic tournaments, failed to qualify for the 2024 tournament after being eliminated in the group stage of the2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League.
| Marseille | Décines-Charpieu (Lyon Area) | Paris |
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| Stade de Marseille | Stade de Lyon | Parc des Princes |
| Capacity:67,394 | Capacity:59,186 | Capacity:47,929 |
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Location of the host cities of the women's football tournament of the 2024 Summer Olympics. | Bordeaux | |
| Stade de Bordeaux | ||
| Capacity:42,115 | ||
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| Saint-Étienne | Nice | Nantes |
| Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Stade de Nice | Stade de la Beaujoire |
| Capacity:41,965 | Capacity:36,178 | Capacity:35,322 |
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The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. Each team could also name a list of four alternate players, who could replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[5]
On 3 April 2024,FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympic Games.[6]
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The draw for the tournament was held on 20 March 2024, 20:00CET (UTC+1), at the Pulse building inSaint-Denis, France.[7][8]
The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The hostsFrance were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1 while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on theFIFA Women's World Ranking released on 15 March 2024 (shown in parentheses below). No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4[a] |
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Notes
The competing countries were divided into three groups of four teams, denoted as groups A, B, and C. Teams in each group played one another in around-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group and thetwo best third-placed teams advancing to thequarter-finals.
All times are local,CEST (UTC+2).[9]
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3[a] | |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | A | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | C | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | B | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 |
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of regulation time,extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each), and followed, if necessary, by apenalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[5]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 3 August –Nantes | ||||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 August –Marseille | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 August –Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain(p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 10 August –Paris | ||||||||||
| Colombia | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 August –Paris | ||||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||
| United States(a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 August –Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| United States(a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 August –Marseille | ||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Canada | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| 9 August –Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||
| Germany(p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 4–2 | Spain |
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There were 76 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Michelle HeymanHayley RasoAdrianaGabi NunesJhenifferKerolinJessie FlemingCloé LacasseEvelyne ViensManuela PavíMayra RamírezMarcela RestrepoCatalina UsmeKenza DaliJule BrandKlara BühlMarina HegeringElisa SenßAoba FujinoMaika HamanoHikaru KitagawaSaki KumagaiMina TanakaMomoko TanikawaMackenzie BarryKate TaylorJennifer EcheginiAitana BonmatíMariona CaldenteyAthenea del CastilloJenni HermosoSalma ParallueloIrene ParedesKorbin AlbertLynn Williams1 own goal
Duda Sampaio (against Spain)Irene Paredes (against Brazil)Ngambo Musole (against Australia)Source:IOC
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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 | United States | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 18 | Gold medal |
 | Brazil | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | Silver medal |
 | Germany | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | France(H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4[a] | |
| 8 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
| 11 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
| 12 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 |
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