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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | China |
| Dates | 6–21 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 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 | Cristiane(5 goals) |
| Fair play award |  China |
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Thewomen'sassociation football tournament at the2008 Summer Olympics was held inBeijing and four other cities in thePeople's Republic of China from 6 to 21 August. Associations affiliated withFIFA 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 theOpening 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 theUnited States, which beatBrazil 1–0 in the gold medal game.Carli Lloyd scored the game-winning goal in the 96th minute for theUnited States, which collected their third Olympic gold medal.[1][2]
ANational Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition.
| Means of completion | Date of completion | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
The tournament was held in five venues across five cities:
| Beijing | Shanghai | Tianjin | Location of the host cities of the women's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
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| 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 theMen's Football tournament (which has Groups A through D).
All times areChina Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| China | 2–0 | Argentina |
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Quiñones 52' (o.g.)Gu Yasha 90' | Report |
| 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 |
| 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' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Japan | 2–2 | New Zealand |
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| Miyama 72' (pen.) Sawa 86' | Report | Yallop 37' Hearn 56' (pen.) |
| Norway | 2–0 | United States |
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| Larsen Kaurin 2' Wiik 4' | Report |
| United States | 1–0 | Japan |
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| Lloyd 27' | Report |
| New Zealand | 0–1 | Norway |
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| Report | Wiik 8' |
| United States | 4–0 | New Zealand |
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| O'Reilly 1' Rodriguez 43'Tarpley 56'Hucles 60' | Report |
| 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 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
| F1 | Brazil | 2 | ||||||||||||
| G2 | Norway | 1 | ||||||||||||
| F1 | Brazil | 4 | ||||||||||||
| F2 | Germany | 1 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Sweden | 0 | ||||||||||||
| F2 | Germany (a.e.t.) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| F1 | Brazil | 0 | ||||||||||||
| G1 | United States (a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | China | 0 | ||||||||||||
| G3 | Japan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| G3 | Japan | 2 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
| G1 | United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
| G1 | United States (a.e.t.) | 2 | F2 | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| E3 | Canada | 1 | G3 | Japan | 0 | |||||||||
 Brazil | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | United States |
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| Report | Lloyd 96' |
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 ManiclerFormigaCandace ChapmanKara LangMelissa TancrediGu YashaHan DuanKerstin GarefrekesSimone LaudehrAnja MittagBirgit PrinzKerstin StegemannEriko ArakawaAyumi HaraYukari KingaAya MiyamaYūki NagasatoAmber HearnKirsty YallopPerpetua NkwochaKim Kyong-hwaRi Kum-sukGuro KnutsenLeni Larsen KaurinSiri NordbyNilla FischerLori ChalupnyNatasha KaiAmy RodriguezLindsay Tarpley1 own goal
Florencia Quiñones (against China PR)Gunhild Følstad (against Japan)Source: FIFA[4]
3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA[4]
China PR won theFIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record offair 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 theFair Play Award.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pts |
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| 1 | China | 956 |
| 2 | Japan | 939 |
| 3 | United States | 930 |
| 4 | Germany | 913 |
| 5 | Sweden | 913 |
| 6 | Norway | 903 |
| 7 | Brazil | 896 |
| 8 | Canada | 892 |
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 | 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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