Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1996 Summer Olympics—based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States—marked the first time that women participated in the Olympic association football tournament.[2][3] The tournament featured eight women's national teams from four continental confederations. The teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament (which was held in Miami, Orlando, Birmingham and Washington, D.C.). At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage (which was held at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia), beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match on August 1, 1996.

Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Qualification
	men	women
Tournament
	men	women
Squads
	men	women

Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 21 – August 1
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States[1] (1st title)
Runners-up	China PR
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	53 (3.31 per match)
Attendance	691,762 (43,235 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ann Kristin Aarønes Linda Medalen Pretinha (4 goals)

Competition schedule

G	Group stage	½	Semifinals	B	3rd place play-off	F	Final

Sun 21	Mon 22	Tue 23	Wed 24	Thu 25	Fri 26	Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1
G		G		G			½				B	F

Qualification

Eight teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic women's football tournament, the hosts United States and the seven other best ranked teams at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. England was ineligible to qualify for the tournament.

Asia (AFC)
- China PR
- Japan
South America (CONMEBOL)
- Brazil

Europe (UEFA)
- Denmark
- Germany
- Norway
- Sweden
North and Central America (CONCACAF)
- United States Host nation

Venues

The tournament was held in five venues across five cities:

Squads

Match officials

North and Central America

Sonia Denoncourt

South America

Claudia Vasconcelos

Europe

Ingrid Jonsson
Bente Skogvang

Preliminary round

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China PR	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	United States (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Semi-finals
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

21 July 1996

16:00

United States	3–0	Denmark
Venturini 37' Hamm 41' Milbrett 49'	Report (FIFA)

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 25,303[4]

Referee: Cláudia de Vasconcellos (Brazil)

21 July 1996

16:00

Sweden	0–2	China PR
	Report (FIFA)	Shi Guihong 31' Zhao Lihong 32'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 46,724[5]

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

23 July 1996

18:00

United States	2–1	Sweden
Venturini 15' MacMillan 62'	Report (FIFA)	Overbeck 64' (o.g.)

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 28,000[6]

Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

23 July 1996

16:00

Denmark	1–5	China PR
Madsen 55'	Report (FIFA)	Shi Guihong 10' Liu Ailing 49' Sun Qingmei 29', 59' Fan Yunjie 36'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 34,871[7]

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

25 July 1996

18:30

United States	0–0	China PR
	Report (FIFA)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 55,650[8]

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

25 July 1996

18:30

Denmark	1–3	Sweden
Jensen 90'	Report (FIFA)	Swedberg 62', 68' Videkull 76'

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 17,020[9]

Referee: Cláudia de Vasconcellos (Brazil)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Brazil	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Semi-finals
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

21 July 1996

13:30

Germany	3–2	Japan
Wiegmann 5' Tomei 29' (o.g.) Mohr 52'	Report (FIFA)	Kioka 18' Noda 33'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 44,211[10]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

21 July 1996

15:00

Norway	2–2	Brazil
Medalen 32' Aarønes 68'	Report (FIFA)	Pretinha 57', 89'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 45,946[11]

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

23 July 1996

16:30

Brazil	2–0	Japan
Kátia 68' Pretinha 78'	Report (FIFA)

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 26,111[12]

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

23 July 1996

18:30

Norway	3–2	Germany
Aarønes 5' Medalen 34' Riise 65'	Report (FIFA)	Wiegmann 32' Prinz 62'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 28,000[13]

Referee: Edward McGregor Lennie (Australia)

25 July 1996

18:30

Brazil	1–1	Germany
Sissi 53'	Report (FIFA)	Wunderlich 4'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 28,319[14]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

25 July 1996

18:30

Norway	4–0	Japan
Pettersen 25', 86' Medalen 60' Tangeraas 74'	Report (FIFA)

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 30,237[15]

Referee: Omar Al-Mehanna (Saudi Arabia)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	July 28 – Athens, Georgia

	China PR	3
					August 1 – Athens
	Brazil	2
					China PR	1
	July 28 – Athens, Georgia
					United States	2
	Norway	1

	United States (AET)	2
					Third place

					August 1 – Athens

					Brazil	0

					Norway	2

Semi finals

July 28, 1996

China PR	3–2	Brazil
Qingmei 5' Haiying 83', 90'	Report	Roseli 67' Pretinha 72'

Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

Attendance: 64,196

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

July 28, 1996

Norway	1–2 (a.e.t)	United States
Medalen 18'	Report	Akers 76' (pen) MacMillan 100'

Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

Attendance: 64,196

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Bronze medal match

August 1, 1996

Brazil	0–2	Norway
	Report	Aarønes 21', 25'

Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

Attendance: 76,489

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Gold medal match

August 1, 1996

China PR	1–2	United States
Wen 32'	Report	MacMillan 19' Milbrett 68'

Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

Attendance: 76,489

Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

FIFA Fair play award

United States

Goalscorers

With four goals, Pretinha of Brazil, Ann Kristin Aarønes and Linda Medalen of Norway are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 53 goals were scored by 33 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Yumi Tomei (playing against Germany)
Carla Overbeck (playing against Sweden)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (USA)	5	4	1	0	9	3	+6	13
2	China (CHN)	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
3	Norway (NOR)	5	3	1	1	12	6	+6	10
4	Brazil (BRA)	5	1	2	2	7	8	–1	5
5	Germany (GER)	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
6	Sweden (SWE)	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	3
7	Japan (JPN)	3	0	0	3	2	9	–7	0
8	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	0	3	2	11	–9	0

References

"U.S. Women's Soccer Team Wins Gold". WashingtonPost.com. August 2, 1996. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
GEORGE VECSEYPublished: August 2, 1996 (August 2, 1996). "Women's Soccer: 76,481 Fans, 1 U.S. Gold - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
"Women Sports Get a Boost - New York Times". Nytimes.com. September 20, 1993. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
"USA - Denmark". FIFA. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
"Sweden - China PR". FIFA. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
"USA - Sweden". FIFA. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
"Denmark - China PR". FIFA. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
"USA - China PR". FIFA. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
"Denmark - Sweden". FIFA. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
"Germany - Japan". FIFA. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
"Norway - Brazil". FIFA. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
"Brazil - Japan". FIFA. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
"Norway - Germany". FIFA. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
"Brazil - Germany". FIFA. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
"Norway - Germany". FIFA. Retrieved June 14, 2019.

External links

Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 - Women, FIFA.com
RSSSF Summary
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)

Football at the Summer Olympics

Tournaments

Qualifications

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Women	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Squads

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Women	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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