Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United Kingdom |
| Dates |
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)
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| Runners-up |
 Japan
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| Third place |
 Canada
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| Fourth place |
 France
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 70 (2.69 per match) |
| Attendance | 661,016 (25,424 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Christine Sinclair (6 goals) |
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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