Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
2008 edition of the women's association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The women's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held held in Beijing and 4 other cities in the China. The tournament had 12 teams. The group stage began two days before the opening ceremony, August 6. The United States won the tournament against Brazil, winning their 3rd olympic gold medal.
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Qualification
The following teams qualified:
China (Host nation)
Japan
North Korea
Nigeria
United States
Canada
Argentina
New Zealand
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Brazil
Group stage
Group E
Group F
Group G
Ranking of third place teams
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Knockout stage
The games had a single-elimination format. When a team lost a match, the tournament was ended for them. In other words, when a team won, the women continued to play until only one team remained as the Olympic champion.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 15 August – Tianjin | ||||||||||
 Brazil |
2 | |||||||||
| 18 August – Shanghai | ||||||||||
 Norway |
1 | |||||||||
| Brazil |
4 | |||||||||
| 15 August – Shenyang | ||||||||||
 Germany |
1 | |||||||||
 Sweden |
0 | |||||||||
| 21 August – Beijing | ||||||||||
| Germany |
2 | |||||||||
| Brazil |
0 | |||||||||
| 15 August – Qinhuangdao | ||||||||||
 United States |
1 | |||||||||
 China |
0 | |||||||||
| 18 August – Beijing | ||||||||||
 Japan |
2 | |||||||||
| Japan |
2 | |||||||||
| 15 August – Shanghai | ||||||||||
| United States |
4 | |||||||||
| United States |
2 | |||||||||
 Canada |
1 | |||||||||
The US and Brazilian women won the opportunity to compete for the gold medal and the Olympic championship.
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Statistics
- Top scorer : Cristiane
- Own goal : Gunhild Følstad
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References
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