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Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
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Tournament details
Host country United Kingdom
Dates (2012-07-25) (2012-08-09)25 July – 9 August 2012
(15 days)
Teams 12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  United States (4th title)
Runners-up  Japan
Third place  Canada
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played 26
Goals scored 70 (2.69 per match)
Attendance 661,016 (25,424 per match)
Top scorer(s) Canada Christine Sinclair
(6 goals)
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The women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London and five other cities in the United Kingdom from 25 July to 9 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their women's teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 11 teams, plus the hosts Great Britain reached the final tournament. There are no age restrictions for the players participating in the tournament. It is the first major FIFA affiliated women's tournament to be staged within the United Kingdom, and marked the first time a team representing Great Britain took part in the women's tournament.

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

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012. Great Britain, Japan and the United States were seeded for the draw and placed into groups E–G, respectively. The remaining teams were drawn from four pots.

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.

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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