Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament final
{{Infobox football match
| title = 2024 Summer Olympic women's football final
| image = Paris Le Parc des Princes (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 275
| caption = Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final
| event = Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
| team1 = Brazil
| team1association = {{flagicon|BRA|size=30px}}
| team1score = 0
| team2 = United States
| team2association = {{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}
| team2score = 1
| details =
| date = {{Start date|2024|8|10|df=y}}
| stadium = Parc des Princes
| city = Paris
| referee = Tess Olofsson (Sweden){{cite web|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|url=https://inside.fifa.com/technical/refereeing/news/match-officials-appointed-for-olympic-football-tournaments-gold-and-bronze-medal-matches|title=Match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments' gold and bronze medal matches|date=8 August 2024 |accessdate=9 August 2024}}
| weather = Sunny
{{convert|26|°C|°F|abbr=on}}
53% humidity{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/FBL/OG2024_FBL_C51_FBLWTEAM11------------FNL-000100--.pdf|title=Start List – Brazil v United States |website=Olympics.com|date=10 August 2024 |access-date=10 August 2024|publisher=International Olympic Committee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812181014/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/FBL/OG2024_FBL_C51_FBLWTEAM11------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2024}}
| previous = 2020
| next = 2028
}}
The 2024 Summer Olympic women's football gold medal match was a football match to determine the winners of the women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The match was the eighth final of the women's football tournament at the Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. The match took place at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, on 10 August 2024.{{cite web |url=https://inside.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensolympic/paris2024/media-releases/match-schedules-confirmed-for-olympic-football-tournaments-at-paris-2024|title=Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|date=28 July 2022|access-date=28 July 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2a11c4cc29021dd/original/Women-s-International-Match-Calendar-2023-2025_EN.pdf|title=Women's International Match Calendar 2024–2025|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|format=PDF|page=2|date=January 2024|access-date=10 March 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/28cbbb045cb9d61b/original/Olympic-Games-Paris-Match-Schedule.pdf|title=Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|access-date=29 July 2024|date=10 April 2024|format=PDF}} This was the first Olympic women's football final to take place after the men's tournament final.{{cite web |url=https://inside.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensolympic/paris2024/media-releases/match-schedules-confirmed-for-olympic-football-tournaments-at-paris-2024|title=Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|access-date=29 July 2024|date=28 July 2022}}
Background
This was Brazil's third Olympic final, having lost both the 2004 and 2008 finals to the United States after extra time. Overall, this was their fourth major tournament final, having lost the 2007 Women's World Cup final to Germany.
This was the sixth Olympic final for the U.S., with them winning four of the first five Olympic women's football tournament finals dating back to 1996. Their most recent final was in 2012 victory against Japan and their previous final loss was suffered against Norway in 2000. Overall, this was their 11th major tournament final, having won in the 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019 Women's World Cup finals and lost to Japan in 2011.
Venue
The final was held at the Parc des Princes in Paris.
The stadium first opened in 1897, and had been refurbished twice since 1972, first for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and then for the UEFA Euro 2016. It hosted the UEFA Euro finals in 1960 and 1984. It also hosted some matches for the 1938 and 1998 World Cups, the 2019 Women's World Cup, and the three aforementioned UEFA Euros.{{Cite web |date=14 September 2017 |title=Parc des Princes |url=https://inside.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/france2019/news/parc-des-princes-2905271 |access-date=6 August 2024 |website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}
Route to the final
| style="width:100%; text-align:center;" |
| style="vertical-align:top; background:#99CCFF;"
! colspan="2" | {{fbw|BRA}} ! Round ! colspan="2" | {{fbw|USA}} |
| style="vertical-align:top; background:#C1E0FF;"
| Opponent | Result | Opponent | Result |
| style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|NGA}}
|{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group C#Nigeria vs Brazil|1–0}} | style="background:#C1E0FF" | Match 1 | style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|ZAM}} |{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group B#United States vs Zambia|3–0}} |
| style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|JPN}}
|{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group C#Brazil vs Japan|1–2}} | style="background:#C1E0FF" | Match 2 | style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|GER}} |{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group B#United States vs Germany|4–1}} |
| style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|ESP}}
|{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group C#Brazil vs Spain|0–2}} | style="background:#C1E0FF" | Match 3 | style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|AUS}} |{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group B#Australia vs United States|2–1}} |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Group C third place
{{:Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group C|transcludesection=Standings|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=BRA}}
| style="background:#C1E0FF" | Final standings | colspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Group B winners {{:Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group B|transcludesection=Standings|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=USA}} |
| style="vertical-align:top; background:#C1E0FF"
| Opponent | Result | Opponent | Result |
| style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|FRA}}
|{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Knockout stage#France vs Brazil|1–0}} | style="background:#C1E0FF" | Quarter-finals | style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|JPN}} |{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Knockout stage#United States vs Japan|1–0}} {{aet}} |
| style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|ESP}}
|{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Knockout stage#Brazil vs Spain|4–2}} | style="background:#C1E0FF" | Semi-finals | style="text-align:left" | {{fbw|GER}} |{{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Knockout stage#United States vs Germany|1–0}} {{aet}} |
Match
=Details=
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2024|8|10|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbw-rt|BRA}}
|score={{score link|Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Knockout stage#Gold medal match|0–1}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286077/400015691
|team2={{fbw|USA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=Swanson {{goal|57}}
|stadium=Parc des Princes, Paris
|referee=Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
}}
| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"| {| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
| width=25| | width=25| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Lorena | ||
| CB | 15 | Thaís | ||
| CB | 21 | Lauren | {{suboff|84}} | |
| CB | 3 | Tarciane | {{yel|81}} | |
| RM | 9 | Adriana (c) | ||
| CM | 8 | Vitória Yaya | {{suboff|50}} | |
| CM | 5 | Duda Sampaio | {{suboff|61}} | |
| LM | 13 | Yasmim | ||
| RF | 18 | Gabi Portilho | ||
| CF | 11 | Jheniffer | {{suboff|61}} | |
| LF | 14 | Ludmila | {{suboff|61}} | |
| colspan="3"|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 12 | Tainá | ||
| DF | 4 | Rafaelle Souza | {{subon|84}} | |
| MF | 17 | Ana Vitória | {{subon|50}} | |
| MF | 20 | Angelina | {{subon|61}} | |
| FW | 10 | Marta | {{subon|61}} | |
| FW | 16 | Gabi Nunes | ||
| FW | 19 | Priscila | {{subon|61}} | |
| colspan="3"|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="3"|Arthur Elias |
|valign="top"|300px
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Alyssa Naeher | ||
| RB | 2 | Emily Fox | ||
| CB | 4 | Naomi Girma | ||
| CB | 12 | Tierna Davidson | {{suboff|74}} | |
| LB | 7 | Crystal Dunn | ||
| DM | 3 | Korbin Albert | ||
| CM | 17 | Sam Coffey | ||
| CM | 10 | Lindsey Horan (c) | ||
| RF | 5 | Trinity Rodman | ||
| CF | 9 | Mallory Swanson | {{suboff|90+5}} | |
| LF | 11 | Sophia Smith | {{suboff|84}} | |
| colspan="3"|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 18 | Casey Murphy | ||
| DF | 6 | Casey Krueger | {{subon|90+5}} | |
| DF | 13 | Jenna Nighswonger | ||
| MF | 14 | Emily Sonnett | {{subon|74}} | |
| MF | 16 | Rose Lavelle | ||
| FW | 8 | Lynn Williams | {{subon|84}} | |
| FW | 15 | Jaedyn Shaw | ||
| colspan="3"|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="3"|{{flagicon|GBR}} Emma Hayes |
|}
| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|
|
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
{{Match rules
|extra time = y
|penalties = y
|named subs = 7
|additional sub ET = y
|subs allowed = 5
|sub opportunities = y
}}
|}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics tournament navbox}}
{{Football at the Summer Olympics}}
{{Brazil women's national football team}}
{{United States women's national soccer team matches}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament - Final}}
Category:Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament