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Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 19 August 2016.[1] It was the 6th edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium.[2] There were no player age restrictions for teams participating in the women's competition. In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3] The United States, gold medalists for the previous three Games, were eliminated by a penalty shoot-out defeat against Sweden in the quarter-finals. This marked the first time that the United States did not progress to the semi-finals of a major international tournament. For the first time since the introduction of the women's tournament in 1996, three matches in the knockout stage were decided by a penalty shoot-out (two quarter-finals and one semi-final). Germany won their first gold medal by defeating Sweden 2–1 in the final.[4][5] Canada won bronze after beating host Brazil with the same scoreline in the bronze medal game.[6] Competition scheduleThe match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.[7][8]
QualificationIn addition to host nation Brazil, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.[9]
VenuesThe tournament was held in seven venues across six cities:
SquadsThe 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 must be goalkeepers. Each team might also have a list of four alternate players, who would replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[18] Match officialsOn 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[19]
Notes DrawThe draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.[20] The 12 teams in the women's tournament were drawn into three groups of four teams.[21] The teams were seeded into four pots based on the FIFA Ranking of March 2016 (in brackets in the table).[22] The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position E1. No groups can contain more than one team from the same confederation.[23]
Group stageThe top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows:[18]
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:
The groups were denoted as groups E, F and G to avoid confusion with the groups of the men's tournament which used designations A–D. Group E.jpg)
Attendance: 13,439[24] Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)
Attendance: 25,000[26] Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Attendance: 43,384[27] Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico) Group F.jpg)
Group G
Ranking of third-placed teams
Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Lots drawn by FIFA Knockout stageIn the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[18] On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3]
Quarter-finals
Attendance: 13,892[42] Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) Semi-finals.jpg)
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Bronze medal matchGold medal match
StatisticsGoalscorersThere were 66 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.54 goals per match. 5 goals 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal
1 own goal
Source: FIFA[50] Assists2 assists 1 assist
Source: FIFA[50] FIFA Fair Play AwardSweden 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 Trophy.[50]
Tournament rankingPer 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.
See alsoReferences
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