Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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Eight teams competed in the women's football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In addition to the host nation, the United States, seven other teams qualified for the tournament based on the results from the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Method

Unlike the men's competition, there was no fixed slot allocation for the women's tournament. Instead, the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup would be used as the preliminary competition to qualify teams for the inaugural women's Olympic football tournament, which featured eight teams. The United States automatically qualified for the tournament as hosts, leaving seven spots to be determined by the Women's World Cup. Teams were ranked based on their results in the tournament, with the top seven teams in the ranking qualifying for the Olympics (excluding the United States and England, a non-IOC member).[1][2]

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
Qualification for women's championships (UEFA)
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Championship
Summer Olympics

Qualification

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden based on a fixed slot allocation.

Confederation Slots Tournament Teams qualified
AFC (Asia) 2 Football at the 1994 Asian Games – Women's tournament File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
CAF (Africa) 1 1995 African Women's Championship File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) 2 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1 1995 South American Women's Football Championship File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
OFC (Oceania) 1 1994 OFC Women's Championship File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
UEFA (Europe) 5 Host country File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
UEFA Women's Euro 1995 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
File:Flag of England.svg England
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway

Group stage

Group A Group B Group C
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3 6
2 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (H) 3 6
3 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 3 3
4 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3 3
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 3 9
2 File:Flag of England.svg England 3 6
3 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 1
4 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 1
Source: FIFA
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 7
2 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3 7
3 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 3
4 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 0
Source: FIFA

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 3
2 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 3 3
3 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 1
Source: FIFA

Knockout stage

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage

{{#lst:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}

Ranking of teams

See also: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup § Tournament ranking

Teams were ranked by the round/place which they reached, and then by points, goal difference and goals scored. Teams eliminated in the quarter-finals are ranked by their quarter-final goal differential. Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 6 6 0 0 23 1 +22 18 Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
2 A File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12
3 C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Automatically qualified (host)
4 C File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8 Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
5 A File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
6 C File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 4 1 0 3 7 8 −1 3
7 B File:Flag of England.svg England 4 2 0 2 6 9 −3 6 Ineligible (not an IOC member)
8 A File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4 1 0 3 2 8 −6 3 Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
9 A File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
10 B File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8 1
11 B File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
12 C File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: FIFA Technical Report[3]

Qualified teams

Team Confederation Qualified as Qualified on
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States CONCACAF Host 18 September 1993[4]
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway UEFA Women's World Cup winner 9 June 1995
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany UEFA Women's World Cup runner-up 9 June 1995
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China AFC Women's World Cup fourth-place 9 June 1995
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden UEFA Women's World Cup fifth-place 9 June 1995
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark UEFA Women's World Cup sixth-place 10 June 1995
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan AFC Women's World Cup eighth-place 10 June 1995
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil CONMEBOL Women's World Cup ninth-place 10 June 1995

Breakdown by confederation

No teams from Africa (CAF) or Oceania (OFC) managed to qualify for the Olympic tournament.

Confederation Teams qualified
AFC 2
CAF 0
CONCACAF 1
CONMEBOL 1
OFC 0
UEFA 4

References

  1. ↑ "Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournament – Games of the XXVIth Olympiad, Atlanta 1996". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Olympic eight". Soccer America. 11 June 1995. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 – Technical Report, Part 1: Table" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. p. 14 (15 of PDF). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Women Sports Get a Boost". The New York Times. 20 September 1993. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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