# Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Twelve teams competed in the 2020 women's Olympic football tournament (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

## Table

| Means of qualification | Dates | Venue(s) | Berth(s) | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2018 Copa América | 4–22 April 2018 | Chile | 1 | Brazil |
| 2018 OFC Nations Cup | 18 November – 1 December 2018 | New Caledonia | 1 | New Zealand |
| 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup (as UEFA qualifying) | 7 June – 7 July 2019 | France | 3 | Netherlands Sweden Great Britain |
| 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship | 28 January – 9 February 2020 | United States | 2 | United States Canada |
| 2020 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5–10 March 2020 | Multiple | 1 | Zambia |
| 2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 6–11 March 2020 & 8–13 April 2021 | Multiple | 2 | Australia China |
| CAF–CONMEBOL play-off | 10–13 April 2021 | Turkey | 1 | Chile |
| Total | | | 12 | |
* ^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

## 2018 Copa América

Brazil earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Copa América. Chile advanced to the playoff round against Cameroon, the second-place team from the CAF qualifying tournament.

### Qualified teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
| Argentina | 7th | Champions (2006) | 37 |
| Bolivia | 7th | Fifth place (1995) | 84 |
| Brazil (holders) | 8th | Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014) | 8 |
| Chile (hosts) | 8th | Runners-up (1991) | 40 |
| Colombia | 6th | Runners-up (2010, 2014) | 24 |
| Ecuador | 7th | Third place (2014) | Not ranked |
| Paraguay | 6th | Fourth place (2006) | 50 |
| Peru | 6th | Third place (1998) | 59 |
| Uruguay | 6th | Third place (2006) | 68 |
| Venezuela | 7th | Third place (1991) | 64 |

### First stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 | Final stage |
| 2 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | Final stage |
| 3 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | |
| 5 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 12 | Final stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | Final stage |
| 3 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ecuador | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | |

### Final stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | CAF–CONMEBOL play-off |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

## 2018 OFC Nations Cup

New Zealand earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Nations Cup.

### Qualified teams

All 11 OFC member national teams entered the tournament. The top seven ranked teams advanced to the final automatically, with the remaining four competing in a qualification stage for the final place. Tahiti and New Caledonia, as French administrative divisions, were not eligible to compete at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Cook Islands | Automatic | 4th | Third place (2010, 2014) |
| New Caledonia | Automatic | 2nd | Third place (1983) |
| New Zealand | Automatic | 11th | Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014) |
| Papua New Guinea | Automatic | 9th | Runners-up (2007, 2010, 2014) |
| Samoa | Automatic | 3rd | Fourth place (2003) |
| Tahiti | Automatic | 2nd | Group stage (2010) |
| Tonga | Automatic | 4th | Third place (2007) |
| Fiji | Qualification winner | 3rd | Fourth place (1983, 1998) |

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | New Caledonia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

### Final stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 28 November – Maré | 28 November – Maré |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 December – Nouméa | 1 December – Nouméa |
| Fiji | 5 | 1 December – Nouméa | 1 December – Nouméa |
| Fiji | 5 | Fiji | 0 |
| 28 November – Lifou | 28 November – Lifou | | Fiji | 0 |
| 28 November – Lifou | 28 November – Lifou | New Zealand | 8 |
| New Zealand | 8 | New Zealand | 8 |
| New Caledonia | 0 | | |
| New Caledonia | 0 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 1 December – Nouméa | 1 December – Nouméa |
| | | Papua New Guinea | 7 |
| | | New Caledonia | 1 |

## UEFA qualification through the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Nine teams from UEFA competed at the World Cup, with the three best-placed European teams earning an Olympic qualification place. Three UEFA teams reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, which earned an Olympic qualification place for Great Britain (through England's performance), the Netherlands and Sweden, with Sweden eliminating reigning Olympic champions Germany.
Great Britain qualified through England's performance in the World Cup (a procedure already successfully employed by Team GB in field hockey and rugby sevens), based on a format agreed by the four British football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales). Scotland also qualified for the World Cup but, under the agreement whereby the highest ranked home nation is nominated to compete for the purposes of Olympic qualification, their performance was not taken into account. Scotland players, along with Welsh and Northern Irish players, will be eligible for the Great Britain team in Tokyo.

### Qualified UEFA teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in finals | Last appearance | Streak | Previous best performance | 2019 performance |
| Netherlands | UEFA qualification play-off winners | 13 November 2018 | 2nd | 2015 | 2 | Round of 16 (2015) | Runners-up |
| Sweden | UEFA qualification Group 4 winners | 4 September 2018 | 8th | 2015 | 8 | Runners-up (2003) | Third place |
| England (for Great Britain) | UEFA qualification Group 1 winners | 31 August 2018 | 5th | 2015 | 4 | Third place (2015) | Fourth place |
| France | Hosts | 19 March 2015 | 4th | 2015 | 3 | Fourth place (2011) | Quarter-finals |
| Germany | UEFA qualification Group 5 winners | 4 September 2018 | 8th | 2015 | 8 | Champions (2003, 2007) | Quarter-finals |
| Italy | UEFA qualification Group 6 winners | 8 June 2018 | 3rd | 1999 | 1 | Quarter-finals (1991) | Quarter-finals |
| Norway | UEFA qualification Group 3 winners | 4 September 2018 | 8th | 2015 | 8 | Champions (1995) | Quarter-finals |
| Spain | UEFA qualification Group 7 winners | 8 June 2018 | 2nd | 2015 | 2 | Group stage (2015) | Round of 16 |
| Scotland | UEFA qualification Group 2 winners | 4 September 2018 | 1st | – | 1 | Debut | Group Stage |

## 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

The United States and Canada qualified for Olympic by winning the semi-finals of the Olympic Qualifying Championship.

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 | |

### Final stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 7 February – Carson, CA | 7 February – Carson, CA |
| Canada | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 9 February – Carson, CA | 9 February – Carson, CA |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 9 February – Carson, CA | 9 February – Carson, CA |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Canada | 0 |
| 7 February – Carson, CA | 7 February – Carson, CA | | Canada | 0 |
| 7 February – Carson, CA | 7 February – Carson, CA | United States | 3 |
| United States | 4 | United States | 3 |
| Mexico | 0 | | |

## 2020 CAF Olympic qualifying tournament

Zambia earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the qualifying tournament. Cameroon will advance to the playoff round against Chile, the second-place team from the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament.

### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Fifth round | Fifth round | Fifth round |
| Ivory Coast | — | — | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sierra Leone | — | — | | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mali | 3 | 2 | 5 | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Morocco | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | Ivory Coast (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Algeria | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Chad | 0 | 1 | 1 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Cameroon | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Uganda | 2 | 0 | 2 | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Cameroon (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Tanzania | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 3 | DR Congo | — | — | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Equatorial Guinea | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Gabon (p) | 0 | 2 | 2 (5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Zambia (a) | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Congo | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | Gabon | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Malawi | 11 | 3 | 14 | | | | | Kenya (a.e.t.) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 1 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Kenya | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Kenya | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| Angola | — | — | | | | | | | | | | Zambia | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Zambia | — | — | w/o | Zambia | 5 | — | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Zimbabwe | 0 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Zambia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Botswana | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Namibia | 0 | 2 | 2 | Botswana (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## 2020 AFC Olympic qualifying tournament

Australia and China qualified for Olympic by winning the play-off round of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

### Qualified teams

| Teams entering third round | Teams entering second round | Teams entering first round | Teams entering first round | Teams entering first round | Teams entering first round | Teams entering first round |
| Teams entering third round | Teams entering second round | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 (unranked) |
| Australia  China  North Korea  South Korea  Thailand | Vietnam  Uzbekistan | Chinese Taipei  Myanmar  Jordan  Iran | India  Philippines  Hong Kong  Indonesia | United Arab Emirates  Palestine  Singapore  Nepal | Tajikistan  Bangladesh  Maldives | Lebanon  Macau  Mongolia |

### First round
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | +33 | 12 | Second round |
| 2 | Philippines | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 9 | Second round |
| 3 | Tajikistan (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Mongolia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 1 | |
| 5 | Singapore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 4 | Second round |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | Second round |
| 3 | Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 5 | Macau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Myanmar (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Second round |
| 2 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | Second round |
| 3 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Second round |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 1 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jordan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Second round |
| 2 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Second round |
| 3 | Palestine (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | Second round |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |

### Second round
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Myanmar (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Third round |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 | Nepal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Third round |
| 2 | Uzbekistan (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Jordan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Third round |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | |

### Third round
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 | Play-off round |
| 2 | Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | Play-off round |
| 3 | Myanmar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
| 4 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 7 | Play-off round |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 7 | Play-off round |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 3 | |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | |

### Play-off round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Australia | 7–1 | Vietnam | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| South Korea | 3–4 | China | 1–2 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |

## CAF–CONMEBOL play-off

The Cameroon, the African runners-up, and Chile, the South American runners-up, will compete in a home-and-away two-legged play-off for a spot in the Olympics.
The draw for the order of legs was held on 31 January 2020 at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The first leg was originally to be held in Cameroon (the participating team from Africa was not known at the time of draw), while the second leg was originally to be held in Chile. The matches were originally scheduled to be played on 9 and 15 April 2020, with the second leg in Chile to take place at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique, but were postponed on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After the Olympics had been postponed to July 2021, on 30 July 2020 FIFA announced the matches were rescheduled to 18 and 24 February 2021. The fixtures were to take place at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé and Estadio Nacional, Santiago. However, FIFA announced on 4 February 2021 that the matches had been further postponed to the women's international match window in April 2021. It was confirmed on 22 March 2021 that the matches had been moved to Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey and would be played on 10 and 13 April 2021.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cameroon | 1–2 | Chile | 1–2 | 0–0 |