Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Brazil
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| Dates | 3–19 August 2016 |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Germany (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Sweden
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| Third place |
 Canada
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| Fourth place |
Brazil
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.54 per match) |
| Attendance | 635,885 (24,457 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Melanie Behringer (5 goals)
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The women's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 19 August 2016. It was the 6th edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium. There were no player age restrictions for teams participating in the women's competition.
In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time. Title holders and 2012 Summer Olympics gold Olympic medalists the United States, were eliminated in a loss against Sweden in a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals. This marked the first time that the United States has not progressed to the semi-finals in a major international tournament.
Germany won their first gold medal by defeating Sweden 2–1 in the final. Canada won bronze after beating host Brazil with the same scoreline in the bronze medal game.
The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.
In addition to host nation Brazil, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.
The tournament was held in seven venues across six cities:
The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Each team might also have a list of four alternate players, who would replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.
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