Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament#Gold medal match

{{main|Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification}}

Each National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team in the football tournament.

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• {{note|1|1}}Locations are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

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{{Details|Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Venues}}

The tournament was held in six venues across six cities:

• Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
• City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
• Hampden Park, Glasgow
• Wembley Stadium, London
• Old Trafford, Manchester
• St James' Park, Newcastle

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/media-centre/media-releases/2011/11/here-we-go-team-gb-fixture-dates-confirmed-and-london-20.html |title=Here we go: Team GB fixture dates confirmed and London 2012 Football tickets to go back on sale |date=10 November 2011 |publisher=London 2012 |access-date=25 July 2012 |archive-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525181116/http://www.london2012.com/media-centre/media-releases/2011/11/here-we-go-team-gb-fixture-dates-confirmed-and-london-20.html |url-status=dead }} Great Britain, Japan and the United States were seeded for the draw and placed into groups E–G, respectively.{{cite news |title=Britain, Brazil, Spain seeded |first=Mike |last=Collett |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-soccer-seeds-idUKBRE83M13120120423 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508140052/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-soccer-seeds-idUKBRE83M13120120423 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 May 2016 |work=Reuters |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=25 July 2012}} The remaining teams were drawn from four pots.{{cite news |title=London 2012 Olympics: Team GB men's side avoid Brazil and Spain in group stage of football tournament |first=Paul |last=Kelso |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/football/9221818/London-2012-Olympics-Team-GB-mens-side-avoid-Brazil-and-Spain-in-group-stage-of-football-tournament.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=25 July 2012}}

{{main|Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads}}

The women's tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players.

On 19 April 2012, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/61/74/88/referees_womenappointmentsoftlondon2012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513102445/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/61/74/88/referees%5fwomenappointmentsoftlondon2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2012 |title=Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – Appointments of Match Officials |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=19 April 2012}}

Group winners and runners-up and the two best third-ranked teams advanced to the quarter-finals (also see Tie breakers).

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

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{{main|Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group E}}

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{{main|Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group G}}

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† Game delayed by one hour, having been originally scheduled at 19:45,[https://web.archive.org/web/20120617052253/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/40/35/75/londonolympicgames_matchschedulemix_fifa_06062012.pdf FIFA.com] due to North Korean protest after accidental use of South Korean flag for North Korea.{{cite news|last=Borden|first=Same|title=Flag Error Delays Start of North Korea-Colombia Match|url=http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/flag-error-delays-start-of-north-korea-colombia-match/|work=The New York Times|access-date=25 July 2012|date=25 July 2012}}

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{{main|Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Knockout stage}}

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{{main|Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics)}}

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• {{fbwicon|CAN}} Christine Sinclair

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• {{fbwicon|USA}} Abby Wambach

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• {{fbwicon|USA}} Carli Lloyd

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• {{fbwicon|GBR}} Steph Houghton
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Yūki Ōgimi
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Alex Morgan
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Megan Rapinoe

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• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Marta
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Marie-Laure Delie
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Laura Georges
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Wendie Renard
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Élodie Thomis
• {{fbwicon|PRK}} Kim Song-hui
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Nilla Fischer
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Lotta Schelin

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• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Francielle
• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Renata Costa
• {{fbwicon|CMR}} Gabrielle Onguéné
• {{fbwicon|CAN}} Jonelle Filigno
• {{fbwicon|CAN}} Diana Matheson
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Camille Catala
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Eugénie Le Sommer
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Gaëtane Thiney
• {{fbwicon|GBR}} Jill Scott
• {{fbwicon|GBR}} Casey Stoney
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Nahomi Kawasumi
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Aya Miyama
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Shinobu Ohno
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Mizuho Sakaguchi
• {{fbwicon|NZL}} Sarah Gregorius
• {{fbwicon|NZL}} Rebecca Smith
• {{fbwicon|RSA}} Portia Modise
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Lisa Dahlkvist
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Marie Hammarström
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Sofia Jakobsson
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Sydney Leroux

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• {{fbwicon|CMR}} Ysis Sonkeng (against New Zealand)

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• {{fbwicon|USA}} Alex Morgan

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• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Louisa Nécib

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• {{fbwicon|CAN}} Sophie Schmidt
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Élodie Thomis
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Megan Rapinoe

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• {{fbwicon|CAN}} Rhian Wilkinson
• {{fbwicon|GBR}} Karen Carney
• {{fbwicon|GBR}} Kim Little
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Shinobu Ohno
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Marie Hammarström
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Tobin Heath

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• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Cristiane
• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Francielle
• {{fbwicon|CMR}} Adrienne Iven
• {{fbwicon|CAN}} Diana Matheson
• {{fbwicon|CAN}} Lauren Sesselmann
• {{fbwicon|CAN}} Christine Sinclair
• {{fbwicon|FRA|1974}} Sonia Bompastor
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Aya Miyama
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Aya Sameshima
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Homare Sawa
• {{fbwicon|NZL}} Ria Percival
• {{fbwicon|NZL}} Rosie White
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Sofia Jakobsson
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Lina Nilsson
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Caroline Seger
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Sara Thunebro
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Kelley O'Hara
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Heather O'Reilly
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Christie Rampone
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Hope Solo

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;Red cards

• {{flagicon|PRK}} Choe Mi-gyong

;Match bans

• {{flagicon|COL}} Lady Andrade was banned two matches for violent conduct in punching Abby Wambach.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/soccer/story/_/id/8214771/2012-london-olympics-fifa-bans-colombia-lady-andrade-two-games-punching-abby-wambach |title=Lady Andrade banned two games |date=30 July 2012 |work=ESPN |access-date=1 August 2012}}

The United States won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament. Every match in the final competition is taken into account but only teams that reach the second stage of the competition are eligible for the Fair Play Award.

{{small|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.}}

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In the first day of the Olympic events on 25 July, the match between DPR Korea and Colombia was delayed by a little over an hour because the flag of South Korea was mistakenly displayed on the electronic scoreboard in Hampden Park. The North Korean team walked off the pitch in protest at seeing the South Korean flag displayed by their names and refused to warm-up whilst the flag was being displayed. They also objected to the South Korean flag being displayed above the stadium, even though the flags of all the competing countries were being displayed. The game then commenced after a delay and rectification of the error.{{cite web |url=http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/112456-olympic-blunder-sees-north-korea-refuse-to-play-after-wrong-flag-raised/ |title=Hampden Olympic blunder sees North Korea delay game after wrong flag raised |last=Stuart |first=Gavin |work=stv.tv |date=25 July 2012 |access-date=25 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727024517/http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/112456-olympic-blunder-sees-north-korea-refuse-to-play-after-wrong-flag-raised/ |archive-date=27 July 2012 }}

Andy Mitchell, venue media manager for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), read out a LOCOG statement shortly afterwards:{{cite news |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/olympics-organisers-sorry-over-north-korea-flag-mix-up |title=London 2012 'sorry' over North Korea flag mix-up |publisher=Channel 4 News |access-date=26 July 2012}}{{cite news |title=North Korea women footballers protest over flag gaffe|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9427788/North-Korea-women-footballers-protest-over-flag-gaffe.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=25 July 2012|location=London|first=Donna|last=Bowater|date=25 July 2012}}

"Today ahead of the Women’s football match at Hampden Park, the South Korean flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of the North Korean flag. Clearly that is a mistake, we will apologise to the team and the National Olympic Committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again".

LOCOG's statement had to be reissued because it failed to use the nations' official titles, "Republic of Korea" and "Democratic People's Republic of Korea".{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Olympics in flap over North Korean flag fiasco |newspaper=Japan Times |date=27 July 2012 |page=4}}

British Prime Minister David Cameron added that it was an "honest mistake" and efforts would be undertaken to ensure such a mishap does not recur. However, North Korean manager Sin Ui-gun expressed reservations about whether the incident was a mistake of intention and said: "We were angry because our players were introduced as if they were from South Korea, which may affect us greatly as you may know. Our team was not going to participate unless the problem was solved perfectly and fortunately some time later, the broadcasting was corrected and shown again live so we made up our mind to participate and go on with the match. If this matter cannot be solved, we thought going on was nonsense. Winning the game cannot compensate for that thing".{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/07/201272610133885299.html |title=Olympics: Apology to N Korea over flag mix-up |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=27 July 2012 |access-date=27 July 2012}}

During the semi-final match between Canada and the United States, a time-wasting call was made against the Canadian goalkeeper, Erin McLeod, when she held the ball longer than the allowed six seconds. As a result, the American side was awarded an indirect free-kick in the box. On the ensuing play, Canada was penalized for a handball in the penalty box, with the American team being awarded a penalty kick, which Abby Wambach converted to tie the game at 3–3. The Americans went on to win the match in extra time, advancing to the gold medal game.{{cite news |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/controversy-mars-americans-4-3-win-over-canada-220231424.html |title=Controversy mars Americans' 4–3 win over Canada, but shouldn't detract from a great game |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=7 August 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/london2012/football/article/1238210--london-2012-soccer-controversial-call-against-canada-in-u-s-semifinal-rarely-made |title=London 2012 soccer: Controversial call against Canada in U.S. semifinal rarely made |date=7 August 2012 |newspaper=Toronto Star}} After the match, Canada forward Christine Sinclair stated, "the ref decided the result before the game started." FIFA responded by stating that the refereeing decisions were correct and saying it was considering disciplinary action against Sinclair, but that any disciplinary action would be postponed until after the end of the tournament.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=FIFA to probe Canadian remarks |work=Japan Times |date=9 August 2012 |page=17}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/christine-sinclair-s-suspension-wasn-t-for-comments-to-media-1.1158484 |title=Christine Sinclair's suspension wasn't for comments to media |work=CBC News}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/an-oral-history/article24914992/ |title=The greatest game of women's soccer ever played |first=Cathal |last=Kelly |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=12 June 2015}}

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• [http://www.london2012.com/football/event/women/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121209142926/http://www.london2012.com/football/event/women/ |date=9 December 2012 }}
• [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensolympic/london2012/match-center FIFA official website]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol2012f-women.html RSSSF Summary]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130402070116/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/01/78/81/33/report%5foft%5f2012.pdf FIFA Technical Report]

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