# Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group E

Group E of the women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 21 to 27 July 2021 and included Canada, Chile, Great Britain and hosts Japan. The top two teams, Great Britain and Canada, advanced to the knockout stage, along with third-placed Japan as one of the two best third-placed teams among all three groups.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | FIFA Rankings |
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | April 2021 | June 2021 |
| E1 | Japan | 1 | AFC | Hosts | 7 September 2013 | 5th | 2012 | Silver medalists (2012) | 11 | 10 |
| E2 | Canada | 3 | CONCACAF | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2nd place | 7 February 2020 | 4th | 2016 | Bronze medalists (2012, 2016) | 8 | 8 |
| E3 | Great Britain | 2 | UEFA | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 3rd place European team | 28 June 2019 | 2nd | 2012 | Quarter-finals (2012) | 6 | 6 |
| E4 | Chile | 4 | CONMEBOL | CAF–CONMEBOL play-off winners | 13 April 2021 | 1st | — | Debut | 37 | 37 |
Notes
* ↑ The rankings of April 2021 were used for seeding for the final draw.
* 1 2 3 4 As Great Britain is not a member of FIFA, England (a member of UEFA as well) qualified on behalf of Great Britain, and England's ranking was also used for seeding.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
In the quarter-finals,
* The winner of Group E, Great Britain, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group G, Australia.
* The runner-up of Group E, Canada, advanced to play the runner-up of Group F, Brazil.
* The third-placed team of Group E, Japan, advanced as one of the two best third-placed teams to play the winner of Group G, Sweden.

## Matches
### Great Britain vs Chile

| Great Britain | Chile |
| GK | 1 | Ellie Roebuck |
| RB | 2 | Lucy Bronze |
| CB | 5 | Steph Houghton (c) |
| CB | 14 | Millie Bright |
| LB | 12 | Rachel Daly |
| CM | 4 | Keira Walsh | 69' |
| CM | 11 | Caroline Weir | 90' |
| RW | 17 | Georgia Stanway |
| AM | 8 | Kim Little | 90+2' |
| LW | 15 | Lauren Hemp | 68' |
| CF | 9 | Ellen White |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Nikita Parris | 68' |
| MF | 6 | Sophie Ingle | 69' |
| MF | 18 | Jill Scott | 90' |
| FW | 20 | Ella Toone | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Hege Riise ||
| GK | 1 | Christiane Endler (c) |
| RB | 6 | Nayadet López | 81' |
| CB | 14 | Daniela Pardo |
| CB | 3 | Carla Guerrero |
| LB | 18 | Camila Sáez |
| RM | 15 | Daniela Zamora |
| CM | 8 | Karen Araya |
| CM | 4 | Francisca Lara |
| LM | 10 | Yanara Aedo | 78' |
| AM | 11 | Yessenia López | 70' |
| CF | 9 | María José Urrutia |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | Francisca Mardones | 70' |
| FW | 7 | Yenny Acuña | 78' |
| FW | 16 | Rosario Balmaceda | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| José Letelier ||
* Assistant referees:
* Bernadettar Kwimbira (Malawi)
* Mary Njorge (Kenya)
* Fourth official:
* Ndidi Patience Madu (Nigeria)
* Video assistant referee:
* Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

### Japan vs Canada

| Japan | Canada |
| GK | 1 | Sakiko Ikeda |
| RB | 2 | Risa Shimizu |
| CB | 4 | Saki Kumagai (c) |
| CB | 5 | Moeka Minami |
| LB | 17 | Nanami Kitamura |
| RM | 13 | Yuzuho Shiokoshi | 62' |
| CM | 8 | Narumi Miura |
| CM | 7 | Emi Nakajima | 76' |
| LM | 14 | Yui Hasegawa | 90' |
| CF | 9 | Yuika Sugasawa | 46' |
| CF | 10 | Mana Iwabuchi |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Mina Tanaka | 46' |
| FW | 12 | Jun Endo | 62' |
| MF | 6 | Hina Sugita | 76' |
| FW | 15 | Yuka Momiki | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Asako Takakura ||
| GK | 1 | Stephanie Labbé | 58' |
| RB | 10 | Ashley Lawrence |
| CB | 3 | Kadeisha Buchanan |
| CB | 4 | Shelina Zadorsky |
| LB | 2 | Allysha Chapman |
| CM | 11 | Desiree Scott |
| CM | 5 | Quinn | 73' |
| RW | 15 | Nichelle Prince | 85' |
| AM | 17 | Jessie Fleming |
| LW | 16 | Janine Beckie |
| CF | 12 | Christine Sinclair (c) | 85' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 18 | Kailen Sheridan | 58' |
| FW | 6 | Deanne Rose | 73' |
| FW | 13 | Évelyne Viens | 85' |
| FW | 9 | Adriana Leon | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Bev Priestman ||
* Assistant referees:
* Neuza Back (Brazil)
* Mónica Amboya (Ecuador)
* Fourth official:
* Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
* Video assistant referee:
* Wagner Reway (Brazil)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Tiago Martins (Portugal)

### Chile vs Canada

| Chile | Canada |
| GK | 1 | Christiane Endler (c) |
| RB | 16 | Rosario Balmaceda |
| CB | 14 | Daniela Pardo | 19' | 90+3' |
| CB | 3 | Carla Guerrero |
| LB | 18 | Camila Sáez |
| RM | 15 | Daniela Zamora |
| CM | 8 | Karen Araya |
| CM | 4 | Francisca Lara |
| LM | 10 | Yanara Aedo |
| AM | 11 | Yessenia López | 64' | 85' |
| CF | 9 | María José Urrutia |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Yenny Acuña | | 85' |
| FW | 19 | Javiera Grez | | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| José Letelier ||
| GK | 18 | Kailen Sheridan |
| RB | 10 | Ashley Lawrence |
| CB | 3 | Kadeisha Buchanan |
| CB | 4 | Shelina Zadorsky |
| LB | 8 | Jayde Riviere |
| CM | 11 | Desiree Scott | 79' |
| CM | 7 | Julia Grosso | | 61' |
| RW | 16 | Janine Beckie |
| AM | 17 | Jessie Fleming |
| LW | 15 | Nichelle Prince | | 61' |
| CF | 12 | Christine Sinclair (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 5 | Quinn | | 61' |
| FW | 6 | Deanne Rose | | 61' |
| Manager: ||
| Bev Priestman ||
* Assistant referees:
* Katrin Rafalski (Germany)
* Susanne Küng (Switzerland)
* Fourth official:
* Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
* Video assistant referee:
* Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)

### Japan vs Great Britain

| Japan | Great Britain |
| GK | 18 | Ayaka Yamashita | 79' |
| RB | 2 | Risa Shimizu |
| CB | 4 | Saki Kumagai (c) |
| CB | 5 | Moeka Minami |
| LB | 16 | Asato Miyagawa |
| RM | 13 | Yuzuho Shiokoshi | | 55' |
| CM | 7 | Emi Nakajima | | 80' |
| CM | 6 | Hina Sugita |
| LM | 14 | Yui Hasegawa |
| CF | 20 | Honoka Hayashi | 30' | 67' |
| CF | 11 | Mina Tanaka | | 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 15 | Yuka Momiki | | 55' |
| FW | 12 | Jun Endo | | 67' |
| MF | 8 | Narumi Miura | | 67' |
| FW | 10 | Mana Iwabuchi | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Asako Takakura ||
| GK | 1 | Ellie Roebuck |
| RB | 2 | Lucy Bronze |
| CB | 5 | Steph Houghton (c) |
| CB | 16 | Leah Williamson |
| LB | 3 | Demi Stokes |
| CM | 4 | Keira Walsh |
| CM | 6 | Sophie Ingle | 59' |
| RW | 7 | Nikita Parris | 76' |
| AM | 8 | Kim Little | 89' |
| LW | 15 | Lauren Hemp | 88' |
| CF | 9 | Ellen White |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Caroline Weir | 59' |
| DF | 12 | Rachel Daly | 76' |
| MF | 17 | Georgia Stanway | 88' |
| MF | 18 | Jill Scott | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Hege Riise ||
* Assistant referees:
* Ekaterina Kurochkina (Russia)
* Sanja Rodak (Croatia)
* Fourth official:
* Ndidi Patience Madu (Nigeria)
* Video assistant referee:
* Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Chris Penso (United States)

### Chile vs Japan

| Chile | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Christiane Endler (c) |
| CB | 14 | Daniela Pardo | 76' |
| CB | 3 | Carla Guerrero |
| CB | 18 | Camila Sáez |
| RM | 16 | Rosario Balmaceda | 46' |
| CM | 8 | Karen Araya |
| CM | 11 | Yessenia López | 83' |
| LM | 4 | Francisca Lara |
| AM | 10 | Yanara Aedo | 83' |
| CF | 9 | María José Urrutia |
| CF | 15 | Daniela Zamora | 56' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 17 | Javiera Toro | 46' |
| FW | 19 | Javiera Grez | 56' |
| MF | 20 | Francisca Mardones | 76' |
| FW | 7 | Yenny Acuña | 83' |
| DF | 13 | Fernanda Pinilla | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| José Letelier ||
| GK | 18 | Ayaka Yamashita |
| RB | 2 | Risa Shimizu |
| CB | 4 | Saki Kumagai (c) | 90' |
| CB | 3 | Saori Takarada |
| LB | 17 | Nanami Kitamura |
| RM | 14 | Yui Hasegawa | | 66' |
| CM | 8 | Narumi Miura | 60' | 83' |
| CM | 20 | Honoka Hayashi | | 55' |
| LM | 6 | Hina Sugita |
| CF | 10 | Mana Iwabuchi |
| CF | 9 | Yuika Sugasawa | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Mina Tanaka | | 46' |
| FW | 12 | Jun Endo | | 55' |
| MF | 21 | Momoka Kinoshita | | 66' |
| MF | 7 | Emi Nakajima | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Asako Takakura ||
* Assistant referees:
* Shirley Perello (Honduras)
* Mary Blanco (Colombia)
* Fourth official:
* Ndidi Patience Madu (Nigeria)
* Video assistant referee:
* Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

### Canada vs Great Britain

| Canada | Great Britain |
| GK | 1 | Stephanie Labbé |
| RB | 8 | Jayde Riviere | 24' |
| CB | 3 | Kadeisha Buchanan (c) |
| CB | 14 | Vanessa Gilles |
| LB | 10 | Ashley Lawrence | | 81' |
| CM | 20 | Sophie Schmidt |
| CM | 5 | Quinn | | 67' |
| RW | 6 | Deanne Rose | | 46' |
| AM | 16 | Janine Beckie | | 46' |
| LW | 9 | Adriana Leon |
| CF | 13 | Évelyne Viens | | 54' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Jessie Fleming | | 46' |
| FW | 19 | Jordyn Huitema | | 46' |
| FW | 15 | Nichelle Prince | | 54' |
| MF | 7 | Julia Grosso | | 67' |
| DF | 21 | Gabrielle Carle | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Bev Priestman ||
| GK | 1 | Ellie Roebuck |
| RB | 2 | Lucy Bronze |
| CB | 16 | Leah Williamson |
| CB | 14 | Millie Bright |
| LB | 3 | Demi Stokes |
| CM | 18 | Jill Scott | 63' |
| CM | 6 | Sophie Ingle (c) | 77' |
| RW | 12 | Rachel Daly | 63' |
| AM | 11 | Caroline Weir |
| LW | 17 | Georgia Stanway |
| CF | 7 | Nikita Parris |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Kim Little | 63' |
| FW | 9 | Ellen White | 63' |
| FW | 10 | Fran Kirby | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Hege Riise ||
* Assistant referees:
* Lucie Ratajová (Czech Republic)
* Maryna Striletska (Ukraine)
* Fourth official:
* Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Mahmoud Mohamed Ashour (Egypt)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Wagner Reway (Brazil)

## Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
* first yellow card: minus 1 point;
* indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
* direct red card: minus 4 points;
* yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Only one of the above deductions could be applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points |
| Great Britain | | | | 0 |
| Chile | | 2 | | −2 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | −3 |
| Japan | | 2 | 2 | −4 |