Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Dem hold de women's football tournament at de 2024 Summer Olympics from 25 July to 10 August 2024."Women's International Match Calendar 2024–2025" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. January 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2024. Ebe de eighth edition of de women's Olympic football tournament. Togeda plus de men's competition, dem hold de 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament for seven stadiums insyd seven cities for France insyd. Dem hold de final for Parc des Princes insyd Paris.

Canada be de defending champions.

 Schedule 
De schedule be as follows."Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
+LegendGGroup stage¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
 Thu 25  Fri 26  Sat 27  Sun 28  Mon 29  Tue 30  Wed 31  Thu 1  Fri 2  Sat 3  Sun 4  Mon 5  Tue 6  Wed 7  Thu 8  Fri 9  Sat 10GS   GS   GS   QF   SF    B F

 Qualification 
For addition make dem host nation France, eleven women's national teams qualify from six separate continental confederations. De Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratify de distribution of spots for dema meeting for 24 February 2022."Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024 – information on preliminary competitions" (PDF). FIFA Circular Letter. No. 1792. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
Means of qualificationDatesVenue(s)Berth(s)QualifiedHost nation——1France2022 CONCACAF W Championship4–18 July 2022Mexico1United States2022 Copa América Femenina8–30 July 2022Colombia2Brazil
ColombiaCONCACAF play-off22–26 September 2023Jamaica
Canada1Canada2024 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament7–19 February 2024Samoa1New Zealand2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals23–28 February 2024Multiple2Spain
Germany2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament24–28 February 2024Multiple2Australia
Japan2024 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament5–9 April 2024Multiple2Nigeria
ZambiaTotal12

 ^ Jump up to:a b Dates den venues be those of final tournaments (anaa final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages fi precede dese matches.

Sweden, de runners up of de 2016 den 2020 Olympic tournaments, fail make dem qualify for de 2024 tournament after dem eliminate dem insyd de group stages of de UEFA Women's Nations League.

 Venues 
 Marseille Décines-Charpieu(Lyon area) Paris Stade de Marseille Stade de Lyon Parc des Princes Capacity: 67,394 Capacity: 59,186 Capacity: 47,929 200x200px 200x200px thumb|Le Parc des Princes Bordeaux Stade de Bordeaux Capacity: 42,115 200x200px Saint-Étienne Nice Nantes Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade de Nice Stade de la Beaujoire Capacity: 41,965 Capacity: 36,178 Capacity: 35,322 200x200px 200x200px 200x200px

 Squads 
De women's tournament be full international tournament plus no restrictions for age top. Each team for submit squad of 18 players, two of whom for be goalkeepers. Each team sanso fi name list of four alternate players, wey fi replace any player insyd de squad in case of injury during de tournament."Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

 Match officials 
For 3 April 2024, FIFA release de list of match referees wey go officiate for de Olympic Games."FIFA match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
+Match officialsConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFCYoshimi Yamashita (Japan)Makoto Bozono (Japan)
Naomi Teshirogi (Japan)Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)Joanna Charaktis (Australia)
Park Mi-suk (South Korea)CAFBouchra Karboubi (Morocco)Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco)
Diana Chikotesha (Zambia)CONCACAFKatia García (Mexico)Karen Díaz (Mexico)
Sandra Ramírez (Mexico)Tori Penso (United States)Brooke Mayo (United States)
Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)CONMEBOLEdina Alves Batista (Brazil)Neuza Back (Brazil)
Fabrini Bevilaqua (Brazil)Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)Mary Blanco (Colombia)
Migdalia Rodríguez (Venezuela)UEFARebecca Welch (Great Britain)Emily Carney (Great Britain)
Franca Overtoom (Netherlands)Tess Olofsson (Sweden)Francesca Di Monte (Italy)
Almira Spahić (Sweden)
+Support officialsConfederationRefereeAFCVeronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)CAFShamirah Nabadda (Uganda)CONCACAFOdette Hamilton (Jamaica)CONMEBOLAnahí Fernández (Uruguay)UEFAFrida Klarlund (Denmark)Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)+Video assistant refereesConfederationVideo assistant refereeMale officialsAFCKhamis Al-Marri (Qatar)Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)CAFLahlou Benbraham (Algeria)Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)CONCACAFDaneon Parchment (Jamaica)Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)CONMEBOLHéctor Paletta (Argentina)Rodrigo Carvajal (Chile)Leodán González (Uruguay)UEFAIvan Bebek (Croatia)David Coote (Great Britain)Jérôme Brisard (France)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)Female officialsAFCKate Jacewicz (Australia)CONCACAFTatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)CONMEBOLDaiane Muniz (Brazil)UEFAKatalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

 Draw 
Na dem hold de draw for de tournament for 20 March 2024, 20:00 CET (UTC+1), for de Pulse building insyd Saint-Denis, France."Paris to host Olympic Football Tournaments draw on 20 March". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024."Paris 2024 draws produce blockbuster match-ups". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

Na dem draw de 12 teams into three groups of four teams. Na dem automatically seed de hosts France into Pot 1 wey dem assign dem to position A1 while na de remaining teams dem seed dem into dema respective pots base for de FIFA Women's World Rankings top dem release for 15 March 2024 (dem show for parentheses insyd below). No group fi contain more dan one team from each confederation.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 France (3) (dem assign to A1)
 Spain (1)
 United States (4) Germany (5)
 Japan (7)
 Canada (9) Brazil (10)
 Australia (12)
 Colombia (23) New Zealand (28)
 Nigeria (36)
 Zambia (65)
Notes

 ^ Teams from CAF na dem dey insyd de qualifying phase wey na dem no know dem for de time of de draw, dem originally draw dem as CAF 1 den CAF 2.

 Group stage 
Dem divide de countries wey dey compete into three groups of four teams, dem denote as groups A, B, den C. Teams insyd each group play one anoda insyd round-robin basis, plus de top two teams of each group den de two best third-placed teams dey advance to de quarter-finals.

All times be local, CEST (UTC+2)."Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

 Tiebreakers 
De ranking of teams insyd de group stage go be determined as follows:

 Points dem obtain for all group matches insyd (three points for win, one for draw, none for defeat);
 Goal difference insyd all group matches;
 Number of goals dem score insyd all group matches;
 Points dem obtain insyd de matches dem play between de teams insyd question;
 Goal difference insyd de matches dem play between de teams in question;
 Number of goals dem score insyd de matches dem play between de teams in question;
 Fair play points insyd all group matches (one deduction per dem fi apply to player insyd single match): 
 Yellow card: −1 point;
 Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
 Direct red card: −4 points;
 Yellow card den direct red card: −5 points;
 Drawing of lots.

 Group A 
PosTeam

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 ePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1Colombia210143 +13Advance to knockout stage2France (H)210144033Canada220042 +20Possible knockout stage base for ranking top4New Zealand200214−30
Updated to match(es) dem play for 28 July 2024. Source: FIFA

Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

(H) Hosts

Notes:

 ^ For 27 July 2024, na dem deduct Canada 6 points for dema coaching staff ein involvement insyd illegal drone dey spy for official training venue."FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials". FIFA. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

Canada 2–1New Zealand Lacasse  45+4'
 Viens  79'Report Barry  13'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 2,674"Match report – Canada v New Zealand" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
France 3–2Colombia Katoto  6', 42'
 Dali  18'Report Usme  54' (pen.)
 Paví  64'
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

New Zealand 0–2ColombiaReport Restrepo  27'
 Santos  72'
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
France 1–2CanadaKatoto  42'Report Fleming  58'
 Gilles  90+12'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

New Zealand Match 13FranceReport
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Colombia Match 14CanadaReport
Stade de Nice, Nice

 Group B 
PosTeam

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 t
 ePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1United States (A)220071 +66Advance to knockout stage2Germany210144033Australia210168−23Possible knockout stage base for ranking top4Zambia200259−40
Updated to match(es) dem play for 28 July 2024. Source: FIFA

Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

(A) Advance to further round
Germany 3–0Australia Hegering  24'
 Schüller  64'
 Brand  68'Report
Stade de Marseille, Marseille

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
United States 3–0Zambia Rodman  17'
 Swanson  24', 25'Report
Stade de Nice, Nice

Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Australia 6–5Zambia Kennedy  7'
 Raso  35'
 Musole  58' (o.g.)
 Catley  65', 78' (pen.)
 Heyman  90'Report B. Banda  1', 33', 45+2'
 Kundananji  21', 56'
Stade de Nice, Nice

Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
United States 4–1Germany Smith  11', 44'
 Swanson  26'
 Williams  89'ReportGwinn  22'
Stade de Marseille, Marseille

Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Australia Match 15United StatesReport
Stade de Marseille, Marseille
Zambia Match 16GermanyReport
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

 Group C 
PosTeam

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 t
 ePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1Spain (A)220031 +26Advance to knockout stage2Japan210133033Brazil21012203Possible knockout stage based on ranking4Nigeria200202−20
Updated to match(es) dem play for 28 July 2024. Source: FIFA

Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

(A) Advance to further round
Spain 2–1Japan Bonmatí  22'
 Caldentey  74'Report Fujino  13'
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Nigeria 0–1BrazilReportGabi Nunes  37'
Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Brazil 1–2JapanJheniffer  56'Report Kumagai  90+2' (pen.)
 Tanikawa  90+6'
Parc des Princes, Paris

Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)
Spain 1–0NigeriaPutellas  85'Report
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Brazil Match 17SpainReport
Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Japan Match 18NigeriaReport
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

 Ranking of third-placed teams 
PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1CBrazil21012203Advance to knockout stage2BAustralia210168−233ACanada220042 +20
Updated to match(es) dem play for 28 July 2024. Source: FIFA

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points in all group matches; 5) Drawing of lots.

Notes:

 ^ For 27 July 2024, na dem deduct Canada 6 points for dema coaching staff ein involvement insyd illegal drone dey spy for official training venue."FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials". FIFA. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

 Knockout stage 
Insyd de knockout stage, if match be level at de end of normal playing time insyd de knockout stage, dem go play extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each) den dem follow, if necessary, by penalty shoot-out make dem determine de winner.

 Combinations of matches insyd de quarter-finals 
De specific match-ups dey involve de third-placed teams depend for wich two third-placed teams go qualify give de quarter-finals:

 Combination according to de two qualified teams
Third-placed teams
qualify from groups1A
vs1C
vsAB3B3AAC3C3ABC3C3B

 Statistics 

 Goalscorers 
Na der be 43 goals dem score insyd 12 matches, for average of 3.58 goals per match (as of 28 July 2024).

3 goals

 Marie-Antoinette Katoto
 Mallory Swanson
 Barbra Banda

2 goals

 Steph Catley
 Sophia Smith
 Racheal Kundananji

1 goal

 Michelle Heyman
 Alanna Kennedy
 Hayley Raso
 Gabi Nunes
 Jheniffer
 Jessie Fleming
 Vanessa Gilles
 Cloé Lacasse
 Evelyne Viens
 Manuela Paví
 Marcela Restrepo
 Leicy Santos
 Catalina Usme
 Kenza Dali
 Jule Brand
 Giulia Gwinn
 Marina Hegering
 Lea Schüller
 Aoba Fujino
 Saki Kumagai
 Momoko Tanikawa
 Mackenzie Barry
 Aitana Bonmatí
 Mariona Caldentey
 Alexia Putellas
 Trinity Rodman
 Lynn Williams

1 own goal

 Ngambo Musole (against Australia)

Source: FIFA

 References 

 External links 

 Official website 
 Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024, FIFA.com
 Match schedule, FIFA.com

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