Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Eight teams competed in the women's football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In addition to the host nation, Australia, seven other teams qualified for the tournament based on the results from the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Method

Unlike the men's competition, there was no fixed slot allocation for the women's tournament. Instead, the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup would be used as the preliminary competition to qualify teams for the women's Olympic football tournament, which featured eight teams. Australia automatically qualified for the tournament as hosts, with the remaining spots going to the top seven teams at the Women's World Cup, excluding Australia.^[1] FIFA set the following qualification procedure to determine the remaining seven teams:^[2]^[3]

If Australia are one of the eight quarter-finalists, all eight will qualify for the Olympics.
If Australia are not one of the eight quarter-finalists, the four quarter-final winners and the three best-ranked quarter-final losers will qualify for the Olympics.

To determine the best three quarter-final losers, FIFA set the following ranking criteria:^[4]

Goal difference in the quarter-finals;
Number of goals scored in the quarter-finals;
Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
FIFA Fair Play ranking;
Drawing of lots.

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States based on a fixed slot allocation.

Confederation	Slots	Tournament	Teams qualified
AFC (Asia)	3	1997 AFC Women's Championship	China Japan North Korea
CAF (Africa)	2	1998 African Women's Championship	Ghana Nigeria
CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)	2.5	Host country	United States
		1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship	Canada
		CONCACAF v CONMEBOL play-off	Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America)	1.5	1998 South American Women's Football Championship	Brazil
OFC (Oceania)	1	1998 OFC Women's Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	6	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)	Denmark Germany Italy Norway Russia Sweden

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	United States (H)	3	9
2	Nigeria	3	6
3	North Korea	3	3
4	Denmark	3	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Brazil	3	7
2	Germany	3	5
3	Italy	3	4
4	Mexico	3	0

Source: FIFA

Group C

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Norway	3	9
2	Russia	3	6
3	Canada	3	1
4	Japan	3	1

Source: FIFA

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	China	3	9
2	Sweden	3	6
3	Australia	3	1
4	Ghana	3	1

Source: FIFA

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

July 1 – Landover

United States	3
		July 4 – Stanford
Germany	2
		United States	2
July 1 – Landover
		Brazil	0
Brazil (g.g.)	4
				July 10 – Pasadena
Nigeria	3
				United States (p)	0 (5)
June 30 – San Jose
				China	0 (4)
Norway	3
		July 4 – Foxborough
Sweden	1
		Norway	0
June 30 – San Jose
		China	5	Third place playoff
China	2
				July 10 – Pasadena
Russia	0
				Brazil (p)	0 (5)

				Norway	0 (4)

Quarter-final ranking

As Australia were eliminated in the group stage, the results of the quarter-finals were used to determine the seven teams which would qualify.^[4] Although Russia and Sweden both lost by two goals, the Swedes had scored in their defeat while Russia did not, leaving them as the only quarter-finalist to not qualify for the Olympics.^[5]^[6]

Pos	Team	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Norway	3	1	+2	Qualify for 2000 Summer Olympics
2	China	2	0	+2
3	Brazil	4	3	+1
4	United States	3	2	+1

5	Nigeria	3	4	−1
6	Germany	2	3	−1
7	Sweden	1	3	−2
8	Russia	0	2	−2

Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympic women's football tournament:^[7]

Team	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics^[a]
Australia	OFC	Host	23 September 1993^[8]	0 (debut)
China	AFC	Women's World Cup runner-up	30 June 1999	1 (1996)
Norway	UEFA	Women's World Cup fourth place	30 June 1999	1 (1996)
Sweden	UEFA	3rd best quarter-final loser	30 June 1999	1 (1996)
Germany	UEFA	2nd best quarter-final loser	1 July 1999	1 (1996)
United States	CONCACAF	Women's World Cup winner	1 July 1999	1 (1996)
Brazil	CONMEBOL	Women's World Cup third place	1 July 1999	1 (1996)
Nigeria	CAF	1st best quarter-final loser	1 July 1999	0 (debut)

^ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Breakdown by confederation

Confederation	Teams qualified
AFC	1
CAF	1
CONCACAF	1
CONMEBOL	1
OFC	1
UEFA	3

References

^ "Règlement du tournoi olympique de football – Jeux de la XXVII Olympiade Sydney 2000" [Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournament – Games of the XXVII Olympiad Sydney 2000]. FIFA (in French). Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "Front-runners advance at Women's World Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 June 1999. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "FIFA announces women's soccer qualification criteria for Sydney 2000 Olympic Games" (Press release). Los Angeles: FIFA. 25 February 1999. Archived from the original on 21 January 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Qualification for the Sydney 2000 Women's Football Tournament". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 June 1999. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Brazilians advance 4–3 in OT". Tampa Bay Times. 2 July 1999. p. C3. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Roundup: Russian plan backfires". San Francisco Examiner. 2 July 1999. p. D7. Retrieved 8 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Field for 2000 Sydney Olympics is complete following dramatic World Cup quarterfinals" (Press release). Los Angeles: FIFA. 3 July 1999. Archived from the original on 11 October 2000. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ Tyler, Patrick (24 September 1993). "Olympics: There's No Joy in Beijing as Sydney Gets Olympics". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

External links

Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women, FIFA.com

[8] Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

[1] "Règlement du tournoi olympique de football – Jeux de la XXVII Olympiade Sydney 2000" [Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournament – Games of the XXVII Olympiad Sydney 2000]. FIFA (in French). Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[2] "Front-runners advance at Women's World Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 June 1999. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[3] "FIFA announces women's soccer qualification criteria for Sydney 2000 Olympic Games" (Press release). Los Angeles: FIFA. 25 February 1999. Archived from the original on 21 January 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[qualification-4] "Qualification for the Sydney 2000 Women's Football Tournament". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 June 1999. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[5] "Brazilians advance 4–3 in OT". Tampa Bay Times. 2 July 1999. p. C3. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Roundup: Russian plan backfires". San Francisco Examiner. 2 July 1999. p. D7. Retrieved 8 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] "Field for 2000 Sydney Olympics is complete following dramatic World Cup quarterfinals" (Press release). Los Angeles: FIFA. 3 July 1999. Archived from the original on 11 October 2000. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[9] Tyler, Patrick (24 September 1993). "Olympics: There's No Joy in Beijing as Sydney Gets Olympics". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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