Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Women)

Football on 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournaments
Men		Women
Compositions
Men		Women
Qualification

The women's soccer tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was attended by 12 teams, whose number has increased compared to previous Games. Competitions were held from August 6 to 21 , and they began two days before the official opening of the Games. For the first time, Argentina , Canada , North Korea and New Zealand took part.

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze
USA Shannon Boxing Nicole Burnhart Rachel Buhler Natasha Kai Stephanie Cox Carly Lloyd Kate Markgraf Heather Mitts Amy Rodriguez Heather O'Reilly Christie Rampon Hope Solo Lindsay Terpley Eli Wagner Angela Hackles Tobin Heath Lauren Cheney Lori Chalapni	Brazil Barbara Daniela Renata Costa Christians Micon Martha Maurine Pretinha Andrei Rosa Rosana Simone Andrei Suntake Tanya Fabiana Formiga Francelle Erika Esther	Germany Nadine Angerer Fatmir Bayramay Melanie Beringer Linda Bresonic Saskia Bartusyak Kerstin Garefrekes Annike Crane Simone Lauder Renate Lingor Selha Okoyino da Mbaby Anya Mittag Babette Peter Connie Polers Birgit Prince Sandra Smisek Arian Hingst Ursula Hall Kerstin Stegemann

Qualification

Countries participating in the women's tournament

Tournament	date	Location	Places	Teams
The host	-	-	one	China
Asian Qualifiers	February 17 - August 12, 2007	-	2	Japan DPRK
Africa Qualifiers	October 27, 2006 - March 15, 2008	-	one	Nigeria
North American Qualifier	August 11, 2007 - March 23, 2008	Ciudad Juarez	2	Canada USA
South American Championship 2006	November 10 - November 26, 2006	Mar del Plata	one	Argentina
Oceania Qualifier	August 25 - September 7, 2007 March 8, 2008	Apia Port moresby	one	New Zealand
The best European teams World Cup 2007 ^[1]	September 10 - September 30, 2007	China	2	Germany Norway
The best European teams World Cup 2007 ^[1]	November 8, 2007 November 28, 2007	Viborg Solna	one	Sweden
One of the unskilled teams Africa and South America	April 19, 2008	Beijing	one	Brazil
Total			12

↑ Among the four best European teams of the tournament (except England ), two of them, who took top positions, immediately qualified for the Olympic Games, and the remaining two were to hold two matches for participating in the tournament

Judges

Asia

Pannipar Kamnueng
Hong Yun A
Huijun Nu

Africa

Daider Mitchell

Europe

Christina Beck
Dagmar Damkova
Yenny Palmquist
Nicole Petigna

North and Central America and the Caribbean

Shane de Silva
Kari seitz
Dianna Ferreira-James

South America

Estela Alvarez

Tournament

Group Stage

Teams that took the first two places in their groups, as well as the two best teams among the third places, go to the playoffs.
Matches start time is local.

Group E

	Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	+/-	Glasses
one	China	3	2	one	0	five	2	+3	7
2	Sweden	3	2	0	one	four	3	+1	6
3	Canada	3	one	one	one	four	four	0	four
four	Argentina	3	0	0	3	one	five	−4	0

August 6, 2008
5 p.m.

Argentina	1: 2 (0: 1) Report	Canada
Lyudmila Manikler 85 '	Goals	Candance Chapman 27 ' Kara Lang 72 '

Stadium: Olympic Center , Tianjin
Spectators: 23 201
Judge: Christina Beck

August 6, 2008
19:45

China	2: 1 (1: 1) Report	Sweden
Xu Yuan 6 ' Han Duan 72 '	Goals	38 ' Shelin

Stadium: Olympic Center , Tianjin
Spectators: 37 902
Judge: Hong Yun A

August 9, 2008
5 p.m.

Sweden	1: 0 (0: 0) Report	Argentina
Fisher 58 '	Goals

Stadium: Olympic Center , Tianjin
Spectators: 38,293
Judge: Dianna Ferreira-James

August 9, 2008
19:45

Canada	1: 1 (1: 1) Report	China
Christina Sinclar 34 '	Goals	Xu Yuan 36 '

Stadium: Olympic Center , Tianjin
Spectators: 52,600
Judge: Dagmar Damkova

August 12, 2008
19:45

China	2: 0 (0: 0) Report	Argentina
Maria Kinones 52 '( own goal ) Gu Yasha 90 '	Goals

Stadium: Olympic Sports Center , Qinhuangdao
Spectators: 31,492
Judge: Nicole Petigna

August 12, 2008
19:45

Sweden	2: 1 (1: 0) Report	Canada
Shelin 19 ' , 51'	Goals	63 ' Tancredi

Stadium: Proletarian Stadium , Beijing
Spectators: 51 112
Judge: Pannipar Kamnueng

Group F

	Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	+/-	Glasses
one	Brazil	3	2	one	0	five	2	+3	7
2	Germany	3	2	one	0	2	0	+2	7
3	DPRK	3	one	0	2	2	3	−1	3
four	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	one	five	−4	0

August 6, 2008
5 p.m.

Germany

0: 0 (0: 0)
Report

Brazil

Stadium: Olympic Stadium , Shenyang
Spectators: 20,703
Judge: Kari seitz

August 6, 2008
19:45

DPRK	1: 0 (1: 0) Report	Nigeria
Kim Kyung Hwa 27 '	Goals

Stadium: Olympic Stadium , Shenyang
Viewers: 24,084
Judge: Shane de Silva

August 9, 2008
5 p.m.

Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 0) Report	Germany
	Goals	Kerstin Stegemann 64 '

Stadium: Olympic Stadium , Shenyang
Spectators: 19,266
Judge: Yenny Palmquist

August 9, 2008
19:45

Brazil	2: 1 (2: 0) Report	DPRK
Daniela 14 ' March 22 '	Goals	Ri Kum Souk 93 '

Stadium: Olympic Stadium , Shenyang
Spectators: 19 616
Judge: Nude huijun

August 12, 2008
5 p.m.

DPRK	0: 1 (0: 0) Report	Germany
	Goals	Anya Mittag 86 '

Stadium: Olympic Center , Tianjin
Spectators: 12 387
Judge: Dianna Ferreira-James

August 12, 2008
5 p.m.

Nigeria	1: 3 (1: 3) Report	Brazil
Perpetua Nkvocha 19 '( pen. )	Goals	Christians 33 ', 35' 45 + 3 '

Stadium: Proletarian Stadium , Beijing
Spectators: 51 112
Judge: Hong Yun A

Group G

	Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	+/-	Glasses
one	USA	3	2	0	one	five	2	+3	6
2	Norway	3	2	0	one	four	five	−1	6
3	Japan	3	one	one	one	7	four	+3	four
four	New Zealand	3	0	one	2	2	7	−5	one

August 6, 2008
5 p.m.

Japan	2: 2 (0: 1) Report	New Zealand
Aya Miyama 72 '( pen. ) Homare Sawa 86 '	Goals	Kirsty Yallop 37 ' Amber Hearn 56 '( pen. )

Stadium: Olympic Sports Center , Qinhuangdao
Viewers: 10,270
Judge: Daider Mitchell

August 6, 2008
19:45

Norway	2-0 (2-0) Report	USA
Leni Larsen Kaurin 2 ' Melissa Wilk 4 '	Goals

Stadium: Olympic Sports Center , Qinhuangdao
Spectators: 17 673
Judge: Nicole Petigna

August 9, 2008
5 p.m.

USA	1: 0 (1: 0) Report	Japan
Carley Lloyd 27 '	Goals

Stadium: Olympic Sports Center , Qinhuangdao
Spectators: 16 912
Judge: Pannipar Kamnueng

August 9, 2008
19:45

New Zealand	0: 1 (0: 1) Report	Norway
	Goals	Melissa Wilk 8 '

Stadium: Olympic Sports Center , Qinhuangdao
Spectators: 7285
Judge: Estela Alvarez

August 12, 2008
19:45

Norway	1: 5 (1: 1) Report	Japan
Guro Knutsen 27 '	Goals	Yukari King 31 ' Gunhild Felsatd 51 '( own goal ) Shinobu Ono 52 ' Homare Sawa 70 ' Ayumi Hara 83 '

Stadium: Shanghai , Shanghai
Spectators: 16,872
Judge: Shane de Silva

August 12, 2008
19:45

USA	4: 0 (2: 0) Report	New Zealand
Heather O'Reilly 1 ' Amy Rodriguez 43 ' Lindsay Terpley 56 ' Angela Hackles 60 '	Goals

Stadium: Olympic Stadium , Shenyang
Spectators: 12 453
Judge: Dagmar Damkova

Playoffs

Quarter finals

Semifinals

The final

August 15 - Shenyang

Sweden

0

August 18 - Shanghai

Germany

2

Brazil

four

August 15 - Tianjin

Germany

one

Brazil

2

August 21 - Beijing

Norway

one

Brazil

0

August 15 - Shanghai

USA

one

USA

2

August 18 - Beijing

Canada

one

USA

four

3rd place match

August 15 - Qinhuangdao

Japan

2

China

0

Germany

2

Japan

2

Japan

0

August 21 - Beijing

Quarter Final

August 15, 2008
18:00

USA	2: 1 (1: 1, 1: 1) add. vr. Report	Canada
Hackles 12' Kai 101 '	Goals	30 ' Sinclair

Stadium: Shanghai , Shanghai
Spectators: 26 129
Judge: Yenny Palmquist

August 15, 2008
18:00

Brazil	2: 1 (1: 0) Report	Norway
Daniela 44 ' Martha 57 '	Goals	Siri Nordby 83 '( pen. )

Stadium: Olympic Center , Tianjin
Spectators: 26 174
Judge: Kari seitz

August 15, 2008
9 p.m.

Sweden	0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0) add. vr. Report	Germany
	Goals	Kerstin Garefrekes 105 ' Simone Lauder 115 '

Stadium: Olympic Stadium , Shenyang
Spectators: 17 209
Judge: Dagmar Damkova

August 15, 2008
9 p.m.

China	0: 2 (0: 1) Report	Japan
	Goals	15 ' Sava 80 ' Nagasato

Stadium: Olympic Sports Center , Qinhuangdao
Spectators: 28 459
Judge: Christina Beck

Semifinal

August 18, 2008
18:00

Brazil	4: 1 (1: 1) Report	Germany
Formiga 43 ' Christians 49 ', 76' Martha 53 '	Goals	Birgit Prince ten'

Stadium: Shanghai , Shanghai
Spectators: 26 976
Judge: Hong Yun A

August 18, 2008
9 p.m.

USA	4: 2 (2: 1) Report	Japan
Angela Hackles 41 ', 81' Lori Chalapni 44 ' Heather O'Reilly 71 '	Goals	Shinobu Ono 17 ' Eriko Arakawa 90 + 3 '

Stadium: Proletarian Stadium , Beijing
Spectators: 50 937
Judge: Nicole Petigna

3rd place match

August 21, 2008
18:00

Germany	2: 0 (0: 0) Report	Japan
Fatmir Bayramay 69 ', 87'	Goals

Stadium: Proletarian Stadium , Beijing
Spectators: 49,285
Judge: Estela Alvarez

Final

August 21, 2008
9 p.m.

Brazil	0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0) add. vr. Report	USA
	Goals	96 ' Lloyd

Stadium: Proletarian Stadium , Beijing
Spectators: 51 612
Judge: Dagmar Damkova

Bombardiers

5 goals

Christians ( BRA )

4 goals

Angela Hackles ( USA )

3 goals

Martha ( BRA )
Lotta Shelin ( SWE )
Homare Sawa ( JPN )

2 goals

Daniela ( BRA )
Fatmir Bayramay ( GER )
Christina Sinclar ( CAN )
Xu Yuan ( CHN )
Melissa Wilk ( NOR )
Carly Lloyd ( USA )
Heather O'Reilly ( USA )
Shinobu Ono ( JPN )

1 goal

Lyudmila Manikler ( ARG )
Formiga ( BRA )
Kerstin Garefrekes ( GER )
Simone Lauder ( GER )
Anya Mittag ( GER )
Birgit Prince ( GER )
Kerstin Stegemann ( GER )
Kara Lang ( CAN )
Candance Chapman ( CAN )
Melissa Tancredi ( CAN )
Gu Yasha ( CHN )
Han Duan ( CHN )
Kim Kyung Hwa ( PRK )
Ri Kum Souk ( PRK )
Perpetua Nkvocha ( NGR ) (1)
Amber Hearn ( NZL ) (1)
Kirsty Yallop ( NZL )

Leni Larsen Kaurin ( NOR )
Guro Knutsen ( NOR )
Siri Nordby ( NOR ) (1)
Natasha Kai ( USA )
Amy Rodriguez ( USA )
Lindsay Terpley ( USA )
Lori Chalapney ( USA )
Nilla Fisher ( SWE )
Eriko Arakawa ( JPN )
Yukari King ( JPN )
Aya Miyama ( JPN ) (1)
Yuki Nagasato ( JPN )
Ayumi Hara ( JPN )

Own goals

Maria Quinones ( ARG )
Gunhild Felsatd ( NOR )

The number of goals scored from the penalty spot is shown in brackets.

Links

Women's tournament on the FIFA website
Results of matches on the official website of the Games (English) (Chinese) (French)

[1] Among the four best European teams of the tournament (except England ), two of them, who took top positions, immediately qualified for the Olympic Games, and the remaining two were to hold two matches for participating in the tournament

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Women)

Medals

Qualification

Judges

Asia

Africa

Europe

North and Central America and the Caribbean

South America

Tournament

Group Stage

Group E

Group F

Group G

Playoffs

Quarter Final

Semifinal

3rd place match

Final

Bombardiers

Links

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