football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

{{main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification}}

The qualification system for the inaugural women's football tournament was based on the results of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Seven best teams and the host nation were qualified for the tournament. As the third-ranked United States team was already qualified as the host, its spot was passed down to the eighth-ranked team, Japan. England was ranked seventh, but due to it not being an IOC member, its spot was passed down to the ninth-ranked Brazil.[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensolympic/atlanta1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament Atlanta 1996]

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• Asia (AFC)
• {{fbw|CHN}}
• {{fbw|JPN|1947}}
• South America (CONMEBOL)
• {{fbw|BRA}}
• Europe (UEFA)
• {{fbw|DEN}}
• {{fbw|GER}}
• {{fbw|NOR}}
• {{fbw|SWE}}
• North and Central America (CONCACAF)
• {{fbw|USA}} – host nation

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The tournament was held in five stadiums across five cities:

{{main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads}}

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{{main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group E}}

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{{main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group F}}

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{{Round4-with third

|July 28 – Athens, GA|{{fbw|CHN}}|3|{{fbw|BRA}}|2

|July 28 – Athens, GA|{{fbw|NOR}}|1|{{nowrap|{{fbw|USA}} (AET}})|2

|August 1 – Athens, GA|{{fbw|CHN}}|1|{{fbw|USA}}|2

|August 1 – Athens, GA|{{fbw|BRA}}|0|{{fbw|NOR}}|2

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{{football box

| date = 1 August 1996

| bg = #ffdab9

| team1 = {{fbw-rt|BRA}}

| score = 0–2

| report = https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensolympic/atlanta1996/matches/round=4721/match=22099/index.html

| team2 = {{fbw|NOR}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Aarønes {{goal|21||25}}

| stadium = Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

| attendance = 76,489

| referee = Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

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{{football box

| date = 1 August 1996

| bg = #F7F6A8

| team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}

| score = 1–2

| report = https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensolympic/atlanta1996/matches/round=4722/match=22100/index.html

| team2 = {{fbw|USA}}

| goals1 = Sun {{goal|32}}

| goals2 = MacMillan {{goal|19}}
Milbrett {{goal|68}}

| stadium = Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

| attendance = 76,489

| referee = Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

}}

{{Goalscorers

|goals=53 |matches=16

|further=Brazil's Pretinha and Norway's Ann Kristin Aarønes and Linda Medalen finished as the top scorers of the tournament, with each scoring four goals.

|source=FIFA{{cite book |title=Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta '96 |work=FIFA |year=1996 |location=Zürich}}

|4 goals=

• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Pretinha
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Ann Kristin Aarønes
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Linda Medalen

|3 goals=

• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Sun Qingmei
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Shannon MacMillan

|2 goals=

• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Shi Guihong
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Wei Haiying
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Bettina Wiegmann
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Marianne Pettersen
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Malin Swedberg
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Tiffeny Milbrett
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Tisha Venturini

|1 goal=

• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Kátia
• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Roseli
• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Sissi
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Fan Yunjie
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Liu Ailing
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Sun Wen
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Zhao Lihong
• {{fbwicon|DEN}} Helle Jensen
• {{fbwicon|DEN}} Lene Madsen
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Heidi Mohr
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Pia Wunderlich
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Futaba Kioka
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Akemi Noda
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Hege Riise
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Trine Tangeraas
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Lena Videkull
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Michelle Akers
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Mia Hamm

|1 own goal=

• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Yumi Tomei (against Germany)
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Carla Overbeck (against Sweden)

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{{Goalscorers

|assists=yes

|source=FIFA

|4 assists=

• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Roseli
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Sun Qingmei

|2 assists=

• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Shi Guihong
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Linda Medalen

|1 assist=

• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Fanta
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Fan Yunjie
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Sun Wen
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Zhao Lihong
• {{fbwicon|DEN}} Lisbet Kolding
• {{fbwicon|DEN}} Gitte Krogh
• {{fbwicon|DEN}} Lene Madsen
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Martina Voss
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Futaba Kioka
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Agnete Carlsen
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Gro Espeseth
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Hege Riise
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Brit Sandaune
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Tina Svensson
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Trine Tangeraas
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Kristin Bengtsson
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Ulrika Kalte
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Pia Sundhage
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Michelle Akers
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Julie Foudy
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Mia Hamm
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Kristine Lilly

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• Winner: {{fbw|USA}}

The United States won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.

{{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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|update=complete |source=FIFA

|status_USA=H

|team_order=USA, CHN, NOR, BRA, GER, SWE, JPN, DEN

|win_BRA=1 |draw_BRA=2 |loss_BRA=2 |gf_BRA=7 |ga_BRA=8

|win_CHN=3 |draw_CHN=1 |loss_CHN=1 |gf_CHN=11|ga_CHN=5

|win_DEN=0 |draw_DEN=0 |loss_DEN=3 |gf_DEN=2 |ga_DEN=11

|win_GER=1 |draw_GER=1 |loss_GER=1 |gf_GER=6 |ga_GER=6

|win_JPN=0 |draw_JPN=0 |loss_JPN=3 |gf_JPN=2 |ga_JPN=9

|win_NOR=3 |draw_NOR=1 |loss_NOR=1 |gf_NOR=12|ga_NOR=6

|win_SWE=1 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=2 |gf_SWE=4 |ga_SWE=5

|win_USA=4 |draw_USA=1 |loss_USA=0 |gf_USA=9 |ga_USA=3

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|name_CHN={{fbw|CHN}}

|name_DEN={{fbw|DEN}}

|name_GER={{fbw|GER}}

|name_JPN={{fbw|JPN}}

|name_NOR={{fbw|NOR}}

|name_SWE={{fbw|SWE}}

|name_USA={{fbw|USA}}

|show_groups=T

|group_BRA=F

|group_CHN=E

|group_DEN=E

|group_GER=F

|group_JPN=F

|group_NOR=F

|group_SWE=E

|group_USA=E

|res_col_header=Final result

|col_1st=#FFD700 |text_1st=Gold medal

|col_2nd=#C0C0C0 |text_2nd=Silver medal

|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Bronze medal

|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_GS=Eliminated in
group stage

|split4=yes

|result1=1st |result2=2nd |result3=3rd |result4=4th |result5=GS |result6=GS |result7=GS |result8=GS

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensolympic/atlanta1996/match-center Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 - Women], FIFA.com
• [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1996f-women.html RSSSF Summary]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220054401/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/74/oft%5f96%5ftr%5fpart1%5f157.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220055453/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/70/oft%5f96%5ftr%5fpart2%5f156.pdf (Part 2)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220053527/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/65/oft%5f96%5ftr%5fpart3%5f155.pdf (Part 3)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106063519/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/62/oft%5f96%5ftr%5fpart4%5f154.pdf (Part 4)]

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