Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_tournament
Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Olympic event
The women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held from 25 July to 10 August 2024.[1] It will be the eighth edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament will be held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France. The final will be held at Parc des Princes in Paris. There are no player age restrictions for teams participating in the competition.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | France |
| Dates | 25 July – 10 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
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The schedule is as follows.[2]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold 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 10 |
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| GS | GS | GS | QF | SF | B | F |
In addition to host nation France, eleven women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 24 February 2022.[3]
| Means of qualification | Dates[lower-alpha 1] | Venue(s)[lower-alpha 1] | Berth(s) | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 |  France |
| 2022 CONCACAF W Championship | 4–18 July 2022 |  Mexico |
1 |  United States |
| 2022 Copa América Femenina | 8–30 July 2022 |  Colombia |
2 |  Brazil Colombia |
| CONCACAF play-off | 22–26 September 2023 |  Jamaica Canada |
1 | Canada |
| 2024 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 7–19 February 2024 |  Samoa |
1 |  New Zealand |
| 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals | 23–28 February 2024 | Multiple | 2 |  Spain Germany |
| 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 24–28 February 2024 | Multiple | 2 |  Australia Japan |
| 2024 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5–9 April 2024 | Multiple | 2 |  Nigeria Zambia |
| Total | 12 |
Sweden, the runners up of the previous Olympic tournament, failed to qualify for the 2024 tournament after being eliminated in the group stages of the UEFA Women's Nations League.
The tournament will be held in seven venues across seven cities:
The women's tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each team has to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Each team can also name a list of four alternate players, who can replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[4]
On 3 April 2024, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympic Games.[5]
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The draw for the tournament was held on 20 March 2024, 20:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Pulse building in Paris, France.[6][7]
The 12 teams will be drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts France were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1 while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings released on 15 March 2024 (shown in parentheses below). No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4[lower-alpha 1] |
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Notes
- Teams from CAF were in the qualifying phase and were not known at the time of the draw, they were drawn originally as CAF 1 and CAF 2.
The competing countries were divided into three groups of four teams, denoted as groups A, B, and C. Teams in each group play one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advancing to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[8]
Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage will be determined as follows:[4]
- Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Canada |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zambia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Germany |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | Australia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Nigeria |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | Brazil |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | A | Third place Group A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Third place Group B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | C | Third place Group C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points in all group matches; 5) Drawing of lots.
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[4]
Combinations of matches in the quarter-finals
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which two third-placed teams will qualify for the quarter-finals:[4]
| Third-placed teams qualify from groups |
1A vs |
1C vs | |||
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| A | B | 3B | 3A | ||
| A | C | 3C | 3A | ||
| B | C | 3C | 3B | ||
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 3 August – Nantes | ||||||||||
| Winner Group A | ||||||||||
| 6 August – Marseille | ||||||||||
| 3rd Group B/C | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 19 | ||||||||||
| 3 August – Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 21 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group C | ||||||||||
| 10 August – Paris | ||||||||||
| 3rd Group A/B | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 23 | ||||||||||
| 3 August – Paris | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 24 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group B | ||||||||||
| 6 August – Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||
| Runner-up Group C | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 20 | ||||||||||
| 3 August – Marseille | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 22 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||
| Runner-up Group A | ||||||||||
| 9 August – Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||
| Runner-up Group B | ||||||||||
| Loser Match 23 | ||||||||||
| Loser Match 24 | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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