Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group E

Group E of the women's soccer tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was played from 21 to 25 July 1996, and included hosts United States, China, Denmark and Sweden. The top two teams advanced to the Semi-finals.[1]

All times are EST (UTC−5).

Teams

Standings
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
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.

Matches

United States vs Denmark
United States 3–0 Denmark
Venturini  37'
Hamm  41'
Milbrett  49'		 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 25,303[2]
Referee: Cláudia de Vasconcellos (Brazil)
United States[3]
Denmark[3]

Sweden vs China PR
Sweden 0–2 China PR
Report (FIFA) Shi Guihong  31'
Zhao Lihong  32'
Attendance: 46,724[4]

United States vs Sweden
United States 2–1 Sweden
Venturini  15'
MacMillan  62'		 Report (FIFA) Overbeck  64' (o.g.)
Attendance: 28,000[5]
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Denmark vs China PR
Denmark 1–5 China PR
Madsen  55' Report (FIFA) Shi Guihong  10'
Liu Ailing  49'
Sun Qingmei  29', 59'
Fan Yunjie  36'
Attendance: 34,871[6]

United States vs China PR
United States 0–0 China PR
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 55,650[7]

Denmark vs Sweden
Denmark 1–3 Sweden
Jensen  90' Report (FIFA) Swedberg  62', 68'
Videkull  76'
Attendance: 17,020[8]
Referee: Cláudia de Vasconcellos (Brazil)

References
  1. "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 - Women". FIFA.com.
  2. "USA - Denmark". FIFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. "Sweden - China PR". FIFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. "USA - Sweden". FIFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. "Denmark - China PR". FIFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  7. "USA - China PR". FIFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  8. "Denmark - Sweden". FIFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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