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Football At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament Final
The 2020 Summer Olympic women's football final was a football match that took place at International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan, on 6 August 2021 to determine the winner of women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Canada won their first gold medal by defeating Sweden 3–2 in the penalty shoot-out after both teams drew 1–1 after extra time in the final. Venue The final was originally scheduled to be held at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo at 11:00 local time. Both teams requested a later kickoff time due to concerns about excessive heat; as the National Stadium was already booked for athletics events in the evening, the game was moved to 21:00 local time at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama. Route to the final Match Details Statistics Viewership Despite taking place early in the morning in Canada, the game was viewed by 4.4 million Canadians on CBC Television, making it the most watched event of the games in Canada. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)
The , currently known as for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which opened in March 1998. It is the home stadium of Yokohama F. Marinos of the J1 League. International Stadium Yokohama had the highest seating capacity of any stadium in Japan for 21 years, with a total of 75,000 seats, up until the Japan National Stadium, New National Stadium in Tokyo was opened in December 2019. It hosted three group stage games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final, final game between Germany national football team, Germany and Brazil national football team, Brazil was played there on 30 June 2002. The stadium was one of the Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics, football venues for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The stadium was a venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and eventually hosted the final of the tournament after the originally selected host, Japan National Stadium (2019), National Stadium was unable to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. The sport of athletics at these Games was split into three distinct sets of events: track and field events, remaining in Tokyo, and road running events and racewalking events, moved to Sapporo. A total of 48 events were held, one more than in 2016, with the addition of a mixed relay event. Olympic stadium and venues The National Stadium, which was known as the Olympic Stadium during the games, completely rebuilt and inaugurated on 21 December 2019, was the venue of all the track and field events, while road events (marathons and racewalks) took place at Odori Park in Sapporo. Italian company Mondo equipped the stadium with a new track, a Mondotrack WS surface which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Gilles
Vanessa Brigitte Gilles (born March 11, 1996) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Canada national team. Early career Originally a tennis player, in her teenage years, Gilles quit the sport to switch to soccer. After briefly attempting to play as a goalkeeper, she became a defender. She played for FC Capital United in Ottawa, Ontario, winning a league title in 2013. At the 2013 Canada Summer Games, she won a bronze medal with Team Ontario. College career Gilles then attended the University of Cincinnati in the United States, playing for the Cincinnati Bearcats from 2014 to 2017. She was named 2015 American Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Tournament and, in 2016, became the first Bearcats women's athlete to earn all-conference first team accolades in both the preseason and postseason in American Athletic Conference history. In 2017, she was named American Athletic Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Lawrence (soccer)
Ashley Elizabeth Marie Lawrence (born June 11, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a full-back or a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Canada national team. She has been described as "one of the best attacking full-backs in the world." College career Lawrence played college soccer at West Virginia University for the Mountaineers, where she co-captained the team, and won numerous accolades. Club career Early career While playing for West Virginia University from 2013 to 2016, Lawrence played for the W-League franchises Toronto Lady Lynx in 2013 and Ottawa Fury in 2014. In June 2016, Lawrence signed with Vaughan Azzurri of League1 Ontario to get more game action prior to the 2016 Rio Olympics. She made her debut on June 26 alongside national teammate Kadeisha Buchanan in a 9–0 win over Darby FA. Paris Saint-Germain Upon graduating from West Virginia University, Lawrence was a highly rated prospect prior to the 2017 NWSL Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonna Andersson
Jonna Ann-Charlotte Andersson (born 2 January 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish club Linköpings FC and the Sweden women's national football team. Club career Andersson joined Linköpings FC in 2009 and made two league appearances in her first season as the club won the Damallsvenskan title. After three seasons where she was mainly a substitute, she became an important starting player of the team in the 2013 season. In December 2017, Andersson joined the FA WSL side Chelsea. In 2019, she renewed her contract until 2022. With Chelsea, Andersson won three consecutive Women's Super League titles, in 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22. The 2020 WSL title was given to Chelsea on a points per game basis after the league was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 5 April 2022, Andersson confirmed she would return to Damallsvenskan, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with Hammarby IF. The transfer came to effect in August when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Seger
Sara Caroline Seger (born 19 March 1985) is a Swedish former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder and club captain for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård. She was the long-standing captain of the Sweden women's national football team, Swedish national football team until she announced her retirement from international football in December 2023. At 240 caps, Seger is the most capped player in Europe, male or female. Club career Linköping An industrious central midfielder, Seger played for Linköpings FC from 2005 to 2009 and served as the club's Captain (association football), captain. Linköping finished in the top four of the Damallsvenskan in four of Seger's five seasons with the team. Their highest finishes were second place in 2008 and first place in 2009. The team also captured the Svenska Cupen (women), Svenska Cupen on three occasions in 2006, 2008 and 2009. While playing for Linköping, Seger was honoured as the Damallsvenskan's Rookie of the Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Anvegård
Anna Elin Astrid Anvegård (born 10 May 1997) is a Swedes, Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for BK Häcken FF, BK Häcken in the Damallsvenskan and the Sweden women's national football team, Sweden national team. Club career Växjö DFF Anvegård made her senior debut with Växjö in the third-tier Division 1 (Swedish women's football), Division 1 in 2015. She finished as top scorer with 27 goals in 17 appearances as the team was promoted to the Elitettan. The following two Elitettan seasons she once again finished as top scorer as Växjö finished in third-place in 2016 before winning the league title in 2017. In her first season in the Damallsvenskan, Anvegård scored a joint-second most 14 goals behind only Anja Mittag as Växjö finished in seventh-place. Her form earned her a call-up to the national team, the first in Växjö's history. At the awards she was nominated for forward of the year and brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Schough
Olivia Alma Charlotta Schough (; born 11 March 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Sweden women's national team. Club career Schough played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC from 2009 to 2013. During that span she won the Svenska Cupen in 2011 and 2012 and the Svenska Supercupen in 2013. She also appeared in the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2011–12 and 2012–13 with Göteborg. In 2013, Göteborg reached the Quarter-finals of the Champions League but were eliminated by Juvisy. In December 2013 Schough announced her transfer from Göteborg to Bayern Munich. She left Bayern in the summer of 2014 and played for the Russian team WFC Rossiyanka in the fall. In November 2014 she returned to Sweden and signed with Eskilstuna United. In 2015, Eskilstuna finished second in the Damallsvenskan and secured their spot in the Champions League. They defeated Glasgow City in the Round of 32, but were knocked out by Wolfsburg in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Björn
Nathalie Björn (; born 4 May 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Sweden national team. Club career Early career Björn started at Vaksala SK, a sports club in Uppsala, for which she played in the Swedish Cup at age 14. In 2013, as a 16-year-old, she played for IK Sirius in the Elitettan, the second division in Swedish football that was newly founded that year. Finishing third, the club narrowly missed promotion to the Damallsvenskan. Björn then moved to second-placed AIK and played for them in the first division the following season, where they narrowly avoided relegation as third-to-last. In the 2015 season, the club came last and was relegated again. Björn then moved to runners-up Eskilstuna United. With this she came third in 2016 and 2017 and took part in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League, where she played over 90 minutes in the two wins against Glasgow City FC in the round of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovare Asllani
Kosovare Asllani (born 29 July 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker or an attacking midfielder for Women's Championship club London City Lionesses and the Sweden national team. Asllani began her club career with Vimmerby IF and has played in the Damallsvenskan for Linköpings FC and hometown club Kristianstads DFF. In the 2010 season she played in the United States, with Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). She returned to Sweden to play for Kristianstad, before moving to Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and then back to Linköping. Club career Childhood and early career Asllani is of Kosovar Albanian descent, born in Kristianstad to Kosovar parents who had migrated to Sweden. Asllani grew up playing both football and ice hockey, but chose to focus her talents on football. At the age of 15, Asllani started her career at second division team Vimmerby IF. During her time at Vimmerby, she scored 49 goals in 48 matches, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Fleming
Jessie Alexandra Fleming (born March 11, 1998) is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns and Captain (association football), captains the Canada women's national soccer team, Canadian national team. Fleming played College soccer in the United States, college soccer in the United States for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer, UCLA Bruins from 2016 to 2019, before turning professional and spending four years with English club Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea. She was a member of Canada's gold medal-winning side at the Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2020 Summer Olympics, where she scored the team's only regular-time goal in the final on a Penalty kick (association football), penalty kick, as well as the first goal in the Penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Early life Fleming was born in London, Ontario to Michaele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stina Blackstenius
Emma Stina Blackstenius (; born 5 February 1996) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal in the English Women's Super League and the Sweden women's national football team, Sweden national team. Club career Vadstena Blackstenius grew up in Vadstena and joined local club Vadstena GIF in 2002 at the age of 6. On 20 April 2011, Blackstenius made her senior debut for the club against BK Kenty in the Östergötland region Division 3 (Swedish women's football), Division 3, the fifth tier of women's football in Sweden. She started the match and scored twice as Vadstena lost 5–4. In her debut season, Blackstenius started all 18 leagues games and scored 21 goals. She played 16 games the following season and finished as the league's top scorer with 38 goals. She was named 2012 Östergötland player of the year. Linköping Prior to the start of the 2013 Damallsvenskan, 2013 season, Blacks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
