Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | July 21 – August 1 |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (1st title) |
Runners-up | China |
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) | Pretinha Ann Kristin Aarønes Linda Medalen (4 goals each) |
Fair play award | United States |
1996 Football at the Summer Olympics was held in the United States from July 21 to August 1.
Results
[change | change source]Group stage
[change | change source]Group E
[change | change source]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
Group F
[change | change source]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 |
Knockout stage
[change | change source]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
July 28 – Athens, Georgia | ||||||
China | 3 | |||||
August 1 – Athens | ||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||
China | 1 | |||||
July 28 – Athens, Georgia | ||||||
United States | 2 | |||||
Norway | 1 | |||||
United States (AET) | 2 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
August 1 – Athens | ||||||
Brazil | 0 | |||||
Norway | 2 |