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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United Kingdom |
| Dates | 25 July – 9 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  Canada |
| Fourth place |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 71 (2.73 per match) |
| Attendance | 660,986 (25,423 per match) |
| Top scorer | Christine Sinclair(6 goals) |
| Fair play award | United States |
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Thewomen's football tournament at the2012 Summer Olympics was held inLondon and five other cities in theUnited Kingdom from 25 July to 9 August. Associations affiliated withFIFA were invited to enter their women's teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 11 teams, plus the hostsGreat Britain reached the final tournament. There are no age restrictions for the players participating in the tournament. It is the first majorFIFA affiliated women's tournament to be staged within the United Kingdom, and marked the first time a team representing Great Britain took part in the women's tournament.
EachNational Olympic Committee may enter one women's team in the football tournament.
| Means of qualification | Date of completion | Venue1 | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 2005 | none | 1 |  Great Britain |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 11 September 2011 |  China[1] | 2 | Japan North Korea |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | 22 October 2011[2] | multiple | 2 |  Cameroon South Africa |
| CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 29 January 2012 | Canada[3] | 2 | United States Canada |
| CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition | 21 November 2010 |  Ecuador | 2 |  Brazil Colombia |
| OFC Preliminary Competition | 4 April 2012 | multiple | 1 |  New Zealand |
| BestUEFA teams in2011 FIFA Women's World Cup | 17 July 2011 |  Germany | 2 |  Sweden France |
| TOTAL | 12 | |||
The tournament was held in six venues across six cities:
The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012.[4] Great Britain, Japan and the United States were seeded for the draw and placed into groups E–G, respectively.[5] The remaining teams were drawn from four pots.[6]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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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.
On 19 April 2012,FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[7]
Group winners and runners-up and the two best third-ranked teams advanced to the quarter-finals (also seeTie breakers).
All times areBritish Summer Time (UTC+1).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 0–1 | Brazil |
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| Report | Cristiane 86' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
| Canada | 3–0 | South Africa |
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| Tancredi 7' Sinclair 58',86' | Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| Colombia | 0–2 | North Korea |
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| Report | Kim Song-hui 39',85' |
† Game delayed by one hour, having been originally scheduled at 19:45,[26] due toNorth Korean protest after accidental use of South Korean flag for North Korea.[27]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
| Green indicates qualified for the quarter-finals |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Great Britain | 0 | ||||||||||||
| F3 | Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
| F3 | Canada | 3 | ||||||||||||
| G1 | United States (a.e.t.) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| G1 | United States | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | New Zealand | 0 | ||||||||||||
| G1 | United States | 2 | ||||||||||||
| F2 | Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| F1 | Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||||
| G2 | France | 2 | ||||||||||||
| G2 | France | 1 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
| F2 | Japan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Brazil | 0 | F3 | Canada | 1 | |||||||||
| F2 | Japan | 2 | G2 | France | 0 | |||||||||
| United States | 2–0 | New Zealand |
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| Wambach 27' Leroux 87' | Report |
| Great Britain | 0–2 | Canada |
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| Report | Filigno 12' Sinclair 26' |
| Canada | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | United States |
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| Sinclair 22',67',73' | Report | Rapinoe 54',70' Wambach 80' (pen.)Morgan 120+3' |
 United States | 2–1 | Japan |
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| Lloyd 8',54' | Report | Ōgimi 63' |
There were 71 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Ysis Sonkeng (against New Zealand)Source: FIFA[36]
5 assists
4 assists
3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA[36]
Lady Andrade was banned two matches for violent conduct in punching Abby Wambach.[37]TheUnited States 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.[36]
| Pos | Team | Pts |
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| 1 | United States | 945 |
| 2 | Sweden | 890 |
| 3 | France | 875 |
| 4 | Japan | 874 |
| 5 | Canada | 863 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 844 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 798 |
| 8 | Brazil | 698 |
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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 18 | Gold medal |
| 2 | F | Japan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Silver medal |
| 3 | F | Canada | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 10 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | G | France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | E | Great Britain(H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | E | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 7 | F | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | |
| 8 | E | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 9 | G | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | F | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |
| 11 | G | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 12 | E | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
In the first day of the Olympic events on 25 July, the match between DPR Korea and Colombia was delayed by a little over an hour because theflag of South Korea was mistakenly displayed on the electronic scoreboard inHampden Park. The North Korean team walked off thepitch in protest at seeing the South Korean flag displayed by their names and refused to warm-up whilst the flag was being displayed. They also objected to the South Korean flag being displayed above the stadium, even though the flags of all the competing countries were being displayed. The game then commenced after a delay and rectification of the error.[38]
Andy Mitchell, venue media manager for theLondon Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), read out a LOCOG statement shortly afterwards:[39][40]
"Today ahead of the Women’s football match at Hampden Park, the South Korean flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of theNorth Korean flag. Clearly that is a mistake, we will apologise to the team and the National Olympic Committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again".
LOCOG's statement had to be reissued because it failed to use the nations' official titles, "Republic of Korea" and "Democratic People's Republic of Korea".[41]
British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron added that it was an "honest mistake" and efforts would be undertaken to ensure such a mishap does not recur. However, North Korean manager Sin Ui-gun expressed reservations about whether the incident was a mistake of intention and said: "We were angry because our players were introduced as if they were from South Korea, which may affect us greatly as you may know. Our team was not going to participate unless the problem was solved perfectly and fortunately some time later, the broadcasting was corrected and shown again live so we made up our mind to participate and go on with the match. If this matter cannot be solved, we thought going on was nonsense. Winning the game cannot compensate for that thing".[42]
During thesemi-final match betweenCanada and theUnited States, a time-wasting call was made against the Canadian goalkeeper,Erin McLeod, when she held the ball longer than the allowed six seconds. As a result, the American side was awarded an indirect free-kick in the box. On the ensuing play, Canada was penalized for a handball in the penalty box, with the American team being awarded a penalty kick, whichAbby Wambach converted to tie the game at 3–3. The Americans went on to win the match in extra time, advancing to the gold medal game.[43][44] After the match, Canada forwardChristine Sinclair stated, "the ref decided the result before the game started." FIFA responded by stating that the refereeing decisions were correct and saying it was considering disciplinary action against Sinclair, but that any disciplinary action would be postponed until after the end of the tournament.[45][46][47]
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