Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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There will be 12 teams that qualify for women's football at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In addition to host nation Japan, 11 women's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations.^[1]

Table

Means of qualification	Dates2	Venue2	Berths	Qualified	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Host country	7 September 2013	N/A	1	Japan	5th	2012	Runner-up (2012)
2018 Copa América[2]	4–22 April 2018	Chile	1	Brazil	7th	2016	Runner-up (2004,2008)
2018 OFC Nations Cup[3]	18 November – 1 December 2018	New Caledonia	1	TBD
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup (for UEFA eligible teams)	7 June – 7 July 2019	France	3	TBD
				TBD
				TBD
2019 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament	October 2019	TBD	1	TBD
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship	February 2020	TBD	2	TBD
				TBD
2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament	February – March 2020	TBD	2	TBD
				TBD
2020 CAF–CONMEBOL play-off	TBD	TBD	1	TBD
Total			12

2018 Copa América

Brazil earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Copa América. Chile advanced to a playoff against the second-place team from the 2019 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Qualified teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking at start of event
Argentina	7th	Champions (2006)	37
Bolivia	7th	Fifth place (1995)	84
Brazil (holders)	8th	Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014)	8
Chile (hosts)	8th	Runners-up (1991)	40
Colombia	6th	Runners-up (2010, 2014)	24
Ecuador	7th	Third place (2014)	Not ranked
Paraguay	6th	Fourth place (2006)	50
Peru	6th	Third place (1998)	59
Uruguay	6th	Third place (2006)	68
Venezuela	7th	Third place (1991)	64

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	10	Final stage
2	Chile (H)	4	2	2	0	8	2	+6	8
3	Paraguay	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7	2019 Pan American Games
4	Uruguay	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1
5	Peru	4	0	1	3	1	12	−11	1

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	12	Final stage
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	12	6	+6	9
3	Venezuela	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6
4	Bolivia	4	1	0	3	1	18	−17	3
5	Ecuador	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers

Final stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics
2	Chile (H)	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and Olympic CAF–CONMEBOL play-off
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3	World Cup CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off and 2019 Pan American Games
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1	2019 Pan American Games

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Final stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

2018 OFC Nations Cup

Qualified teams

Main article: 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification

For the first time, the OFC Women's Nations Cup is a compulsory tournament, so all 11 OFC member national teams will enter the tournament.^[4] The top seven ranked teams advance to the final automatically, with the remaining four competing in a qualification stage for the final place.

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking at start of event
Cook Islands	Automatic	4th	Third place (2010, 2014)
New Caledonia		2nd	Third place (1983)
New Zealand		11th	Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)
Papua New Guinea		9th	Runners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)
Samoa		3rd	Fourth place (2003)
Tahiti		2nd	Group stage (2010)
Tonga		4th	Third place (2007)
Fiji	Qualification winner	3rd	Fourth place (1983, 1998)

Note: Tahiti and New Caledonia are not eligible to compete at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Caledonia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tahiti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 18 November 2018. Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 19 November 2018. Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Only European teams are eligible to gain qualification through the World Cup. Nine teams from UEFA will be competing at the World Cup. The top three among those teams will qualify for the Olympics.

Qualified UEFA Teams

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in the finals	Consecutive streak	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
France	Hosts	19 March 2015	4th	3	Fourth place (2011)	5
Spain	UEFA qualification group 7 winners	8 June 2018	2nd	2	Group stage (2015)	12
Italy	UEFA qualification group 6 winners	8 June 2018	3rd	1	Quarter-finals (1991)	15
	UEFA qualification group 1 winners
	UEFA qualification group 2 winners
	UEFA qualification group 3 winners
	UEFA qualification group 4 winners
	UEFA qualification group 5 winners
	UEFA play-offs winners

2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2020 CAF–CONMEBOL play-off

Chile qualified as the CONMEBOL participant in this playoff as the runner-up in the Copa America. The CAF participant will be the second-place team in the CAF qualifying tournament.

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