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

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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

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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

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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  China
 Japan
CAF (Africa) 1 1995 African Women's Championship  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) 2 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship  Canada
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1 1995 South American Women's Football Championship  Brazil
OFC (Oceania) 1 1994 OFC Women's Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 5 Host country  Sweden
UEFA Women's Euro 1995  Denmark
 England
 Germany
 Norway

Group stage

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Group A Group B Group C
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Germany 3 6
2  Sweden (H) 3 6
3  Japan 3 3
4  Brazil 3 3
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Norway 3 9
2  England 3 6
3  Canada 3 1
4  Nigeria 3 1
Source: FIFA
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  United States 3 7
2  China 3 7
3  Denmark 3 3
4  Australia 3 0
Source: FIFA

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Denmark 3 3
2  Japan 3 3
3  Canada 3 1
Source: FIFA

Knockout stage

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Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 June – Västerås
 
 
 Germany3
 
15 June – Helsingborg
 
 England0
 
 Germany1
 
13 June – Helsingborg
 
 China0
 
 Sweden1 (3)
 
18 June – Solna
 
 China (p)1 (4)
 
 Germany0
 
13 June – Gävle
 
 Norway2
 
 Japan0
 
15 June – Västerås
 
 United States4
 
 United States0
 
13 June – Karlstad
 
 Norway1 Third place play-off
 
 Norway3
 
17 June – Gävle
 
 Denmark1
 
 China0
 
 
 United States2
 

Ranking of teams

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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  Norway 6 6 0 0 23 1 +22 18 Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
2 A  Germany 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12
3 C  United States 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Automatically qualified (host)
4 C  China 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8 Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
5 A  Sweden 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
6 C  Denmark 4 1 0 3 7 8 −1 3
7 B  England 4 2 0 2 6 9 −3 6 Ineligible (not an IOC member)
8 A  Japan 4 1 0 3 2 8 −6 3 Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
9 A  Brazil 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
10 B  Canada 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8 1
11 B  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
12 C  Australia 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: FIFA Technical Report[3]

Qualified teams

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

Breakdown by confederation

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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

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  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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