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The women's football tournament at the
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was held from 3 to 19 August 2016. 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
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, including Olympic host city
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, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium. 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
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. The
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, gold medalists for the previous three Games, were eliminated by a penalty shoot-out defeat against
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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. Canada won bronze after beating hosts Brazil with the same scoreline in the bronze medal game.


Competition schedule

The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.


Qualification

In 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. *Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues. *
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finished in the top three among UEFA teams in the World Cup, however England is not an IOC member and talks for them to compete as
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broke down. *Nations making their Olympic tournament debut


Venues

The tournament was held in seven venues across six cities: * Estádio Mineirão,
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* Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília * Arena da Amazônia, Manaus * Estádio Olímpico João Havelange,
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* Estádio do Maracanã,
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* Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador * Arena Corinthians,
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Squads

The 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.


Match officials

On 2 May 2016,
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released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics. Notes


Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT ( UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium,
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. The 12 teams in the women's tournament were drawn into three groups of four teams. The teams were seeded into four pots based on the FIFA Ranking of March 2016 (in brackets in the table). The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position E1. No groups can contain more than one team from the same confederation.


Group stage

The 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: # points obtained in all group matches; # goal difference in all group matches; # number of goals scored in all group matches; If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows: #
  • points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; # goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned; # number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; # drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee. 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

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    Group F

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    Group G

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    Ranking of third-placed teams


    Knockout stage

    In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time,
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    is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the
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    's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.


    Quarter-finals

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    Semi-finals

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    Bronze medal match


    Gold medal match


    Statistics


    Goalscorers


    Assists


    FIFA Fair Play Award

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    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''.


    Tournament ranking


    See also

    * Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament


    References


    External links


    Football – Women
    Rio2016.com
    Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016
    FIFA.com
    FIFA Technical Report
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