Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in China from 6 to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | China |
Dates | 6–21 August |
Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Brazil |
Third place | Germany |
Fourth place | Japan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 66 (2.54 per match) |
Attendance | 740,014 (28,462 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Cristiane (5 goals) |
Fair play award | China |
← 2004 2012 → |
For these Games, the women competed in a 12-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced on 6 August, two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games. The teams were grouped into three pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool, as well as the best two third-place finishing teams, advanced to an eight-team single-elimination bracket.
The tournament was won by the United States, which beat Brazil 1–0 in the gold medal game. Carli Lloyd scored the game-winning goal in the 96th minute for the United States, which collected their third Olympic gold medal.[1][2]