Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| Dates | July 21-August 1 |
| Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 United States[1] (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 China PR |
| Third place |
 Norway |
| Fourth place |
 Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 53 (3.31 per match) |
| Attendance | 691,762 (43,235 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Ann Kristin Aarønes Linda Medalen Pretinha (4 goals) |
The 1996 Summer Olympics—based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States—marked the first time that women would participate in the association football (soccer) tournament.[2][3] The tournament features 8 women's national teams from four continental confederations. The 8 teams are drawn into two groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament (which was held in Miami, Orlando, Birmingham and Washington, D.C.). At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage (which was held at Sanford Stadium), beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match on August 1, 1996.
| Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics  |
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| Tournament |
| men women |
| Squads |
| men women |
Medal winners
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| USA | China | Norway |
Qualification
Since there was no time to hold a qualifying tournament, the eight best teams at the Women's World Cup in 1995 were automatically selected for the Olympic tournament (which meant no teams from Africa or Oceania could take part in this tournament). The only exception was the inclusion of Brazil in place of England (who, under the regulations of the International Olympic Committee are ineligible). The following eight teams qualified for the 1996 Olympics football tournament:
Squads
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Preliminary round
Group E
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1. | China PR |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | X | 0:0 | 2:0 | 5:1 | |
| 2. | United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | 0:0 | X | 2:1 | 3:0 | |
| 3. | Sweden |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | 0:2 | 1:2 | X | 3:1 | |
| 4. | Denmark |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | 1:5 | 0:3 | 1:3 | X |
USA vs Denmark
| United States |
3 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Denmark |
| Manager: Tony DiCicco
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Sweden vs PR China
| Sweden |
0 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes) |
PR China |
| Manager: Bengt Simonson
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USA vs Sweden
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2 — 1 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Sweden |
| Manager: Tony DiCicco
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Denmark vs PR China
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1 — 5 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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USA vs PR China
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0 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes) |
PR China |
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Denmark vs Sweden
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1 — 3 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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Group F
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1. | Norway |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | X | 2:2 | 3:2 | 4:0 | |
| 2. | Brazil |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 2:2 | X | 1:1 | 2:0 | |
| 3. | Germany |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2:3 | 1:1 | X | 3:2 | |
| 4. | Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | 0:4 | 0:2 | 2:3 | X |
Norway vs Brazil
| Norway |
2 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Brazil |
| Manager: Even Pellerud
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Germany vs Japan
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3 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Japan |
| Manager: Gero Bisanz
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Manager: Tamotsu Suzuki
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Norway vs Germany
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Germany |
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Brazil vs Japan
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2 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Japan |
| Manager: José Duarte
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Norway vs Japan
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4 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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Brazil vs Germany
| Brazil |
1 — 1 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Germany |
| Manager: José Duarte
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Knockout stages
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| July 28 - Athens, Georgia | |||||||
| China PR |
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| Brazil |
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| August 1 - Athens | |||||||
| China PR |
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| United States |
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| Third place | |||||||
| July 28 - Athens, Georgia | August 1 - Athens | ||||||
| Norway |
1 | Brazil |
0 | ||||
| United States (AET) |
2 | Norway |
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Semi finals
PR China vs Brazil
| PR China |
3 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Brazil |
| Manager: Ma Yuanan
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Norway vs USA
| Norway |
1 — 2 (final score after 100 minutes) |
United States |
| Manager: Even Pellerud
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Bronze Medal match
Brazil vs Norway
| Brazil |
0 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Norway |
| Manager: José Duarte
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Gold Medal match
PR China vs USA
| PR China |
1 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes) |
United States |
| Manager: Ma Yuanan
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FIFA Fair play award
- United States
Top scoring teams
- Norway 12 goals
- China PR 11 goals
- United States 9 goals
- Brazil 7 goals
Top qualifiers
- China PR - Norway - United States each 7 points
- Brazil 5 points
Goalscorers
With four goals, Pretinha of Brazil, Ann Kristin Aarønes and Linda Medalen of Norway are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 53 goals were scored by 33 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goals
- Yumi Tomei (playing against Germany)
- Carla Overbeck (playing against Sweden)
Final Ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | United States (USA) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 |
| 2 | China (CHN) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 5 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 3 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 |
| 8 | Denmark (DEN) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | –9 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "U.S. Women's Soccer Team Wins Gold". WashingtonPost.com. 1996-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ GEORGE VECSEYPublished: August 02, 1996 (1996-08-02). "Women's Soccer: 76,481 Fans, 1 U.S. Gold - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ↑ Published: September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20). "Women Sports Get a Boost - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
External links
- Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 - Women, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)
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