Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

The girls' football tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place at the Wutaishan Stadium and the Jiangning Sports Center, both located in Nanjing, China, between 14–26 August 2014.^[2]

2014 Girls' Youth Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	(2014-08-14) (2014-08-26)14–26 August 2014 (12 days)
Teams	6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	56 (5.09 per match)
Attendance	67,190 (6,108 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Deyna Castellanos (7 goals)
Fair play award	Mexico[1]
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Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two periods of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.^[3]

Participating teams

One team from each continental confederation participated in the tournament.^[4] The same country may not participate in both the boys' and girls' tournament. As hosts, China was given Asia's spot to compete in the girls' tournament (and thus could not participate in the boys' tournament). Teams may qualify through preliminary competitions, or be nominated for participation by their confederation, with the invited teams ratified by FIFA during their meeting in Zürich on 3–4 October 2013.

Confederation	Team	Qualification method
Africa (CAF)	Namibia	Invited
Asia (AFC)	China	Hosts[5]
Europe (UEFA)	Slovakia	Four-team Youth Olympic qualifying tournament (Nyon, Switzerland, 14–16 October 2013)[6][7]
North America (CONCACAF)	Mexico	Invited
Oceania (OFC)	Papua New Guinea	Invited
South America (CONMEBOL)	Venezuela	2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship (Paraguay, 12–29 September 2013)[8][9]

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' team squads

Players must be 15 years old (born between 1 January and 31 December 1999) to be eligible to participate.^[3] Each team consisted of 18 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).^[10]

Match officials

A total of six referees and twelve assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.^[11]

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees
AFC	He Jin	Cui Yongmei Ensieh Khabaz Mafinezhad
CAF	Gladys Lengwe	Emmanuella Aglago Bernadettar Kwimbira
CONCACAF	Christina Unkel	Princess Brown Wendy Fisher
CONMEBOL	Olga Miranda Villarreal	Liliana Bejarano Albornoz Loreto Toloza Cravero
OFC	Anna-Marie Keighley	Nadia Browning Lata I Sia Kaumatule
UEFA	Morag Pirie†	Manuela Nicolosi Petruta Claudia Iugulescu

^† Morag Pirie is affiliated with the Football Association of Scotland. Since Scotland is not a member of the IOC, she is listed by the IOC under Great Britain.

Group stage

The draw was held at the Hilton Hotel in Nanjing on 14 May 2014.^[12] The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:^[3]

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semi-finals
	Third-placed teams play in the Fifth place match

All times are local: Nanjing in China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Venezuela	2	2	0	0	13	2	+11	6
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 August 2014

18:00

Papua New Guinea	0–7	Venezuela
	Report	Castellanos 19', 40', 49' (pen.), 69' Hilary Vergara 47' Nathalie Pasquel 61' Greisbell Marquez 80+2'

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 4,323

Referee: He Jin (China)

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17 August 2014

18:00

Venezuela	6–2	Slovakia
Castellanos 10', 13', 33' Nathalie Pasquel 45', 72' Yuleisi Rivero 61'	Report	Šurnovská 40', 58'

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 4,503

Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

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20 August 2014

18:00

Slovakia	4–0	Papua New Guinea
Laura Suchá 11' Šurnovská 35', 54' Veronika Jančová 68'	Report

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 4,350

Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12	6
Mexico	2	1	0	1	9	2	+7	3
Namibia	2	0	0	2	0	19	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 August 2014

20:45

China	2–0	Mexico
Zhao Yujie 10' Jin Kun 35'	Report

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 4,323

Referee: Morag Pirie (Great Britain)

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17 August 2014

20:45

Mexico	9–0	Namibia
Montserrat Hernandez 19', 59' Daniela Garcia 21', 44' Alejandra Zaragoza 30', 55', 76' Cázares 72' Maria Acedo 79'	Report

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 4,503

Referee: Marilin Miranda (Paraguay)

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20 August 2014

20:45

Namibia	0–10	China
	Report	Wan Wenting 9' Zhang Jiayun 13', 62' Ma Xiaolan 19', 24', 30', 45' Jin Kun 43' Wang Yanwen 54' Fang Jie 66'

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 4,350

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).^[3]

Semi-finals

23 August 2014

18:00

Venezuela	1–1	Mexico
Argelis Campos 2'	Report	Cázares 8'
Penalties
Olimar Castillo Nathalie Pasquel Luzardo Castellanos Nayluisa Cáceres	4–3	Rodriguez Vanessa Gonzalez Marianna Maldonado Daniela Garcia Montserrat Hernandez

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 4,690

Referee: Morag Pirie (Great Britain)

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23 August 2014

20:45

China	0–0	Slovakia
	Report
Penalties
Zhao Yujie Ma Xiaolan Zhang Jiayun Fang Jie	4–2	Šurnovská Tamara Gmitterová Mária Mikolajová Veronika Jančová

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 4,690

Referee: Marilin Miranda (Paraguay)

Fifth place match

25 August 2014

20:45

Papua New Guinea	3–2	Namibia
Bellinda Giada 1', 29' Marity Sep 34'	Report	Ignacia Haoses 16' Ivone Kooper 40+1'

Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing

Attendance: 8,102

Referee: He Jin (China)

Bronze medal match

26 August 2014

18:00

Mexico	3–1	Slovakia
Andrea Herbríková 10' (o.g.) Montserrat Hernandez 15' Daniela Garcia 79'	Report	Diana Anguiano 43' (o.g.)

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 11,678

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Gold medal match

26 August 2014

20:45

Venezuela	0–5	China
	Report	Wan Wenting 10' Xie Qiwen 19' Ma Xiaolan 34' Zhang Jiayun 45' Wu Xi 80+1'

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Attendance: 11,678

Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	China
	Venezuela
	Mexico
4	Slovakia
5	Papua New Guinea
6	Namibia

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Deyna Castellanos

5 goals

• Ma Xiaolan

4 goals

• Martina Šurnovská

3 goals

• Zhang Jiayun
• Daniela Garcia
• Montserrat Hernandez
• Alejandra Zaragoza
• Nathalie Pasquel

2 goals

• Jin Kun
• Wan Wenting
• Dayana Cázares
• Bellinda Giada

1 goal

• Fang Jie
• Wang Yanwen
• Wu Xi
• Xie Qiwen
• Zhao Yujie
• Maria Acedo
• Ignacia Haoses
• Ivone Kooper
• Marity Sep
• Veronika Jančová
• Laura Suchá
• Argelis Campos
• Greisbell Marquez
• Yuleisi Rivero
• Hilary Vergara

1 own goal

• Diana Anguiano (playing against Slovakia)
• Andrea Herbríková (playing against Mexico)