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Women's Olympic football tournament records and statistics

Women's Olympic football tournament records and statistics

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This is a list of records and statistics of the football tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural edition in 1996.

Medal table

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Top scorers

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General statistics by tournament

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Teams: tournament position

Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.

Most titles won
4,  United States (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Most finishes in the top two
5,  United States.
Most finishes in the top three
6,  United States (all but 2016).
Most finishes in the top four
6,  United States (all but 2016)
Most appearances
8,  Brazil,  United States (all tournaments)

Consecutive

Most consecutive championships
3,  United States (2004–2012).
Most consecutive finishes in the top two
5,  United States (1996–2012).
Most consecutive finishes in the top three
5,  United States (1996–2012).

Gaps

Longest gap between successive titles
8 years,  United States (1996–2004).

Host team

Best finish by host team
Champion:  United States (1996).
Worst finish by host team
10th position:  Greece (2004).

Other

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
2,  Brazil (2004, 2008),  Sweden (2016, 2020).
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion
2,  Brazil (2004, 2008),  Sweden (2016, 2020).
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
5,  Brazil (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two
1,  France (2012),  Australia (2020).

Coaches: tournament position

Most championships
2, Pia Sundhage ( United States, 2008-2012).
Most finishes in the top two
3, Pia Sundhage ( United States, 2008-2012;  Sweden, 2016).
Most finishes in the top three
3, Pia Sundhage ( United States, 2008-2012;  Sweden, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four
3, Pia Sundhage ( United States, 2008-2012;  Sweden, 2016).

Teams: matches played and goals scored

All time

Source[1]

Most matches played
38,  United States.
Most wins
27,  United States.
Most losses
12,  Sweden.
Most draws
8,  Brazil.
Most goals scored
76,  United States.
Most hat-tricks scored
2,  Brazil.
Most goals conceded
34,  Sweden.
Fewest goals scored
0,  Greece.
Fewest goals conceded
7,  Great Britain.
Highest goal difference
+40,  United States.
Lowest goal difference
-12,  Zimbabwe.
Highest average of goals scored per match
2.33,  Zambia.
Highest average of goals conceded per match
5.00,  Zambia,  Zimbabwe.

Individual

Most tournaments played
7, Formiga ( Brazil, 1996–2020).
Most medals
4, Christie Rampone ( United States, 2000–2012).
Most matches played, finals
33, Formiga ( Brazil, 1996–2016).[2]
Most matches won
19, Christie Rampone ( United States, 2000–2012).
Youngest player
16 years, 119 days, Ellie Carpenter ( Australia), vs Zimbabwe, 9 August 2016.
Oldest player
43 years, 149 days, Formiga ( Brazil), vs Canada, 30 July 2021.

Goalscoring

Individual

Most goals scored, overall finals
14, Cristiane ( Brazil), 2004–2016.[3]
Most goals scored in a tournament
10, Vivianne Miedema ( Netherlands), 2020.
Most goals scored in a match
4, Birgit Prinz ( Germany), vs China, 2004; Vivianne Miedema ( Netherlands) vs Zambia, 2020; Wang Shuang ( China), vs Zambia, 2020.[4]
Most goals scored in a lost match
3, Christine Sinclair, ( Canada), vs United States, 2012; Barbra Banda, ( Zambia), vs Netherlands, 2020.
Most goals scored in a final match
2, Tiffeny Milbrett ( United States), vs Norway, 2000; Carli Lloyd ( United States), vs Japan, 2012.
Most goals scored in all final matches
3, Tiffeny Milbrett ( United States), 1 vs China in 1996 & 2 vs Norway in 2000; Carli Lloyd ( United States), 1 vs Brazil in 2008 & 2 vs Japan in 2012.
Fastest hat-trick
14 minutes, Cristiane ( Brazil), scored at 34', 35' and 45+3', vs Nigeria, 2008.
Most hat-tricks
2, Cristiane ( Brazil), 2004–2008; Barbra Banda ( Zambia), 2020
Youngest hat-trick scorer
19 years, 94 days, Cristiane ( Brazil), vs Greece, 17 August 2004.
Youngest goalscorer, final
20 years, 196 days, Stina Blackstenius ( Sweden), vs Germany, 19 August 2016.
Oldest hat-trick scorer
29 years, 55 days, Christine Sinclair ( Canada), vs United States, 6 August 2012.
Oldest goalscorer, final
30 years, 24 days, Carli Lloyd ( United States), vs Japan, 9 August 2012.
Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts)
2, Perpetua Nkwocha ( Nigeria), 1 each in 2000 & 2008.

Team

Biggest margin of victory
8,  Germany (8) vs  China (0), 2004.[5]
Most goals scored in a match, one team
10,  Netherlands vs  Zambia, 2020.
Most goals scored in a match, both teams
13,  Netherlands (10) vs  Zambia (3), 2020.

Tournament

[6]

Most goals scored in a tournament
101 goals, 2020.
Fewest goals scored in a tournament
42 goals, 2000.
Most goals per match in a tournament
3.88 goals per match, 2020.
Fewest goals per match in a tournament
2.54 goals per match, 2008, 2016.

Coaching

Most final appearances as head coach
3, Pia Sundhage, ( United States 2008 & 2012,  Sweden 2016), John Herdman ( New Zealand 2008,  Canada 2012 & 2016).
Most final appearances as player and head coach
4, Pia Sundhage, ( Sweden 1996 as player and 2016 as coach;  United States 2008 & 2012 as coach).

Discipline

[7]

Most sendings off (match, both teams)
2,  China (1) vs  Brazil (1), 1996.
Most cautions (match, both teams)
8,  Brazil (4) vs  United States (4), 2000.

Attendance

Highest attendance in a match
80,203,  United States vs  Japan, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
Highest attendance in a final
80,203,  United States vs  Japan, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
Lowest attendance in a match
1,418,  United States vs  Japan, 20 August 2004, Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, 2004.
Highest average of attendance per match
43,235, 1996.
Highest attendance in a tournament
740,014, 2008.
Lowest average of attendance per match
10,432, 2004.
Lowest attendance in a tournament
208,637, 2004.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "All-time Olympic table". weltfussball.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Rekordspieler".
  3. [3]
    "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Rekordtorjäger".
  4. [4]
    "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die meisten Tore eines Spielers pro Spiel".
  5. [5]
    "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die höchsten Siege".
  6. [6]
    "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » Tore pro Saison".
  7. [7]
    "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die unfairsten Spiele".
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