Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = 2008 Women's Olympic
football tournament


size =
country = China
dates = 6 August - 21 August
num_teams = 12
confederations = 6
venues = 5
cities = 5
champion_other = fbw|USA
count = 3
second_other = fbw|BRA
third_other = fbw|GER
fourth_other = fbw|JPN
matches = 26
goals = 64
attendance = 740014
top_scorer = flagicon|BRA Cristiane (5 goals)
player =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 August to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA 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 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 collect their third Olympic gold medal.

Qualifying criteria

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition.

Preliminaries

Group winners and runner-ups, 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)

Group E

footballbox
date = 2008-08-06
time = 17:00
team1 = fbw-rt|JPN
score = 2 – 2
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051833/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|NZL
goals1 = Miyama goal|72|pen.
Sawa goal|86
goals2 = Yallop goal|37
Hearn goal|56|pen.
stadium = Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
attendance = 10,270
referee = Deidre Mitchell (South Africa) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-06
time = 19:45
team1 = fbw-rt|NOR
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051832/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|USA
goals1 = Larsen Kaurin goal|2
Wiik goal|4
goals2 =
stadium = Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
attendance = 17,673
referee = Nicole Petignat (Switzerland) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-09
time = 17:00
team1 = fbw-rt|USA
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051831/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|JPN
goals1 = Lloyd goal|27
goals2 =
stadium = Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
attendance = 16,912
referee = Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-09
time = 19:45
team1 = fbw-rt|NZL
score = 0 – 1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051830/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|NOR
goals1 =
goals2 = Wiik goal|8
stadium = Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
attendance = 7,285
referee = Estela Alvarez (Argentina) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-12
time = 19:45
team1 = fbw-rt|NOR
score = 1 – 5
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051829/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|JPN
goals1 = Knutsen goal|27
goals2 = Kinga goal|31
Følstad goal|51|o.g.
Ohno goal|52
Sawa goal|71
Hara goal|83
stadium = Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
attendance = 16,872
referee = Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-12
time = 19:45
team1 = fbw-rt|USA
score = 4 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051828/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|NZL
goals1 = O'Reilly goal|1
Rodriguez goal|43
Tarpley goal|56
Hucles goal|60
goals2 =
stadium = Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
attendance = 12,453
referee = Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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8TeamBracket-with third
RD1=Quarterfinals
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=Gold medal match
Consol=Bronze medal match

RD1-seed1=F1
RD1-team1=fbw|BRA
RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2=G2
RD1-team2=fbw|NOR
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=E2
RD1-team3=fbw|SWE
RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=F2
RD1-team4=fbw|GER
RD1-score4=2

RD1-seed5=E1
RD1-team5=fbw|CHN
RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6=G3
RD1-team6=fbw|JPN
RD1-score6=2

RD1-seed7=G1
RD1-team7=fbw|USA
RD1-score7=2
RD1-seed8=E3
RD1-team8=fbw|CAN
RD1-score8=1

RD2-seed1=F1
RD2-team1=fbw|BRA
RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=F2
RD2-team2=fbw|GER
RD2-score2=1

RD2-seed3=G3
RD2-team3=fbw|JPN
RD2-score3=2
RD2-seed4=G1
RD2-team4=fbw|USA
RD2-score4=4

RD3-seed1=F1
RD3-team1=fbw|BRA
RD3-score1=0
RD3-seed2=G1
RD3-team2=fbw|USA
RD3-score2=1

RD3-seed3=F2
RD3-team3=fbw|GER
RD3-score3=2
RD3-seed4=G3
RD3-team4=fbw|JPN
RD3-score4=0

Quarterfinals

footballbox
date = 2008-08-15
time = 18:00
team1 = fbw-rt|USA
score = 2 – 1 (a.e.t.)
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250032/match=300051837/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|CAN
goals1 = Hucles goal|12
Kai goal|101
goals2 = Sinclair goal|30
stadium = Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
attendance = 26,129
referee = Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-15
time = 18:00
team1 = fbw-rt|BRA
score = 2 – 1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250032/match=300051836/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|NOR
goals1 = Daniela goal|43
Marta goal|57
goals2 = Nordby goal|83|pen.
stadium = Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
attendance = 26,174
referee = Kari Seitz (USA) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-15
time = 21:00
team1 = fbw-rt|SWE
score = 0 – 2 (a.e.t.)
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250032/match=300051835/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|GER
goals1 =
goals2 = Garefrekes goal|104
Laudehr goal|115
stadium = Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
attendance = 17,209
referee = Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-15
time = 21:00
team1 = fbw-rt|CHN
score = 0 – 2
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250032/match=300051834/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|JPN
goals1 =
goals2 = Sawa goal|15
Nagasato goal|80
stadium = Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
attendance = 28,459
referee = Christine Beck (Germany)

emifinals

footballbox
date = 2008-08-18
time = 18:00
team1 = fbw-rt|BRA
score = 4 – 1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250033/match=300051841/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|GER
goals1 = Formiga goal|43
Cristiane goal|49 goal|76
Marta goal|53
goals2 = Prinz goal|10
stadium = Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
attendance = 26,976
referee = Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-18
time = 21:00
team1 = fbw-rt|USA
score = 4 – 2
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250033/match=300051840/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|JPN
goals1 = Hucles goal|41 goal|80
Chalupny goal|44
O'Reilly goal|70
goals2 = Ohno goal|16
Arakawa goal|90+3
stadium = Workers Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 50,937
referee = Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Bronze medal match

footballbox
date = 2008-08-21
time = 18:00
team1 = fbw-rt|GER
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250034/match=300051839/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|JPN
goals1 = Bajramaj goal|68 goal|87
goals2 =
stadium = Workers Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 49,285
referee = Estella Alvares (Argentina)

Gold medal match

footballbox
date = 2008-08-21
time = 21:00
team1 = fbw-rt|BRA
score = 0 – 1 (a.e.t.)
report = [http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250035/match=300051838/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|USA
goals1 =
goals2 = Lloyd goal|96
stadium = Workers Stadium, Beijing
attendance = 51,612
referee = Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Medalists

tatistics

Goalscorers

;5 goals
* Cristiane;4 goals
* Angela Hucles;3 goals
* Marta
* Homare Sawa
* Lotta Schelin;2 goals
* Daniela
* Christine Sinclair
* Xu Yuan
* Han Duan
* Fatmire Bajramaj
* Shinobu Ohno
* Melissa Wiik
* Carli Lloyd
* Heather O'Reilly;1 goal
* Ludmila Manicler
* Formiga
* Candace Chapman
* Kara Lang
* Melissa Tancredi
* Gu Yasha
* Kerstin Garefrekes
* Simone Laudehr
* Anja Mittag
* Birgit Prinz
* Kerstin Stegemann
* Eriko Arakawa
* Aya Miyama
* Yuki Nagasato
* Yukari Kinga
* Ayumi Hara;1 goal (cont.)
* Kirsty Yallop
* Amber Hearn
* Perpetua Nkwocha
* Kyong Hwa Kim
* Kum Suk Ri
* Leni Larsen Kaurin
* Guro Knutsen
* Siri Nordby
* Nilla Fischer
* Lori Chalupny
* Natasha Kai
* Amy Rodriguez
* Lindsay Tarpley;Own goal
* Gunhild Følstad (playing against Japan)

References

*cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.com/71/67/column211716771.shtml |title=Sports Competition Schedule |accessdate=2006-08-10 |date=2006-04-17 |publisher=BOCOG
*cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=FB |title=Athletics |accessdate=2006-08-10 |date=2006 |work=( [http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/index_uk.asp Sports] ) |publisher=International Olympic Committee |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=
*cite web |url = http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1056.pdf |title = Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008 |publisher = International Olympic Committee |accessdate = 2006-08-10 |format=pdf
* [http://www.fifa.com Federation Internationale de Football Association]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol2008q-women.html RSSSF]