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Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Twelve teams competed in the 2020 women's Olympic football tournament (postponed to 2021^[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Table

Means of qualification	Dates¹	Venue(s)¹	Berth(s)	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2018 Copa América	4–22 April 2018	Chile	1	Brazil
2018 OFC Nations Cup	18 November – 1 December 2018	New Caledonia	1	New Zealand
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup (as UEFA qualifying)	7 June – 7 July 2019	France	3	Netherlands Sweden Great Britain
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship	28 January – 9 February 2020	United States	2	United States Canada
2020 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament	5–10 March 2020	Multiple	1	Zambia
2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament	6–11 March 2020 & 8–13 April 2021	Multiple	2	Australia China
CAF–CONMEBOL play-off	10–13 April 2021	Turkey	1	Chile
Total			12

^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

2018 Copa América

Brazil earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Copa América. Chile advanced to the playoff round against Cameroon, the second-place team from the CAF qualifying tournament.

Qualified teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking at start of event
Argentina	7th	Champions (2006)	37
Bolivia	7th	Fifth place (1995)	84
Brazil (holders)	8th	Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014)	8
Chile (hosts)	8th	Runners-up (1991)	40
Colombia	6th	Runners-up (2010, 2014)	24
Ecuador	7th	Third place (2014)	Not ranked
Paraguay	6th	Fourth place (2006)	50
Peru	6th	Third place (1998)	59
Uruguay	6th	Third place (2006)	68
Venezuela	7th	Third place (1991)	64

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	10	Final stage
2	Chile	4	2	2	0	8	2	+6	8	Final stage
3	Paraguay	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7
4	Uruguay	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1
5	Peru	4	0	1	3	1	12	−11	1

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	12	Final stage
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	12	6	+6	9	Final stage
3	Venezuela	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6
4	Bolivia	4	1	0	3	1	18	−17	3
5	Ecuador	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers

Final stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Chile	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4	CAF–CONMEBOL play-off
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Final stage tiebreakers

2018 OFC Nations Cup

New Zealand earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Nations Cup.

Qualified teams

All 11 OFC member national teams entered the tournament.^[2] The top seven ranked teams advanced to the final automatically, with the remaining four competing in a qualification stage for the final place. Tahiti and New Caledonia, as French administrative divisions, were not eligible to compete at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking at start of event
Cook Islands	Automatic	4th	Third place (2010, 2014)
New Caledonia		2nd	Third place (1983)
New Zealand		11th	Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)
Papua New Guinea		9th	Runners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)
Samoa		3rd	Fourth place (2003)
Tahiti		2nd	Group stage (2010)
Tonga		4th	Third place (2007)
Fiji	Qualification winner	3rd	Fourth place (1983, 1998)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Papua New Guinea	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Knockout stage
2	New Caledonia (H)	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6	Knockout stage
3	Tahiti	3	0	1	2	8	12	−4	1
4	Samoa	3	0	1	2	5	12	−7	1

Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	27	0	+27	9	Knockout stage
2	Fiji	3	2	0	1	15	10	+5	6	Knockout stage
3	Tonga	3	1	0	2	1	23	−22	3
4	Cook Islands	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Final stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	28 November – Maré

	Papua New Guinea	1
					1 December – Nouméa
	Fiji	5
					Fiji	0
	28 November – Lifou
					New Zealand	8
	New Zealand	8

	New Caledonia	0
					Third place match

					1 December – Nouméa

					Papua New Guinea	7

					New Caledonia	1

UEFA qualification through the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Qualification for women's championships (UEFA)
FIFA Women's World Cup 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
UEFA Women's Championship 1984 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025
Summer Olympics 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
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Nine teams from UEFA competed at the World Cup, with the three best-placed European teams earning an Olympic qualification place. Three UEFA teams reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, which earned an Olympic qualification place for Great Britain (through England's performance), the Netherlands and Sweden, with Sweden eliminating reigning Olympic champions Germany.

Great Britain qualified through England's performance in the World Cup (a procedure already successfully employed by Team GB in field hockey and rugby sevens), based on a format agreed by the four British football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales). Scotland also qualified for the World Cup but, under the agreement whereby the highest ranked home nation is nominated to compete for the purposes of Olympic qualification, their performance was not taken into account. Scotland players, along with Welsh and Northern Irish players, will be eligible for the Great Britain team in Tokyo.^[3]

Qualified UEFA teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals	Last appearance	Streak	Previous best performance	2019 performance
Netherlands	UEFA qualification play-off winners	13 November 2018	2nd	2015	2	Round of 16 (2015)	Runners-up
Sweden	UEFA qualification Group 4 winners	4 September 2018	8th	2015	8	Runners-up (2003)	Third place
England (for Great Britain)	UEFA qualification Group 1 winners	31 August 2018	5th	2015	4	Third place (2015)	Fourth place
France	Hosts	19 March 2015	4th	2015	3	Fourth place (2011)	Quarter-finals
Germany	UEFA qualification Group 5 winners	4 September 2018	8th	2015	8	Champions (2003, 2007)	Quarter-finals
Italy	UEFA qualification Group 6 winners	8 June 2018	3rd	1999	1	Quarter-finals (1991)	Quarter-finals
Norway	UEFA qualification Group 3 winners	4 September 2018	8th	2015	8	Champions (1995)	Quarter-finals
Spain	UEFA qualification Group 7 winners	8 June 2018	2nd	2015	2	Group stage (2015)	Round of 16
Scotland	UEFA qualification Group 2 winners	4 September 2018	1st	–	1	Debut	Group Stage

2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

The United States and Canada qualified for Olympic by winning the semi-finals of the Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Haiti	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	0	3	0	24	−24	0

Source: CONCACAF

Final stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	7 February – Carson, CA

	Canada	1
					9 February – Carson, CA
	Costa Rica	0
					Canada	0
	7 February – Carson, CA
					United States	3
	United States	4

	Mexico	0

2020 CAF Olympic qualifying tournament

Zambia earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the qualifying tournament. Cameroon will advance to the playoff round against Chile, the second-place team from the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament.

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round						Fifth round

	Ivory Coast	—	—	w/o
	Sierra Leone	—	—				Ivory Coast	3	0	3
	Mali	3	2	5			Mali	0	0	0
	Morocco	1	2	3									Ivory Coast (a)	0	1	1
	Algeria	2	1	3									Nigeria	0	1	1
	Chad	0	1	1			Algeria	0	0	0
							Nigeria	2	1	3
																			Ivory Coast	0	1	1
	Ethiopia	3	1	4															Cameroon	0	2	2
	Uganda	2	0	2			Ethiopia	1	0	1
							Cameroon (a)	1	0	1
													Cameroon	2	1	3
	Tanzania	2	0	2									DR Congo	0	2	2
	DR Congo	2	1	3			DR Congo	—	—	w/o
							Equatorial Guinea	—	—
																									Cameroon	3	1	4
	Gabon (p)	0	2	2 (5)																					Zambia (a)	2	2	4
	Congo	2	0	2 (3)			Gabon	0	0	0
							Ghana	3	2	5
													Ghana	0	0	0
	Malawi	11	3	14									Kenya (a.e.t.)	0	1	1
	Mozambique	1	0	1			Malawi	3	0	3
							Kenya	2	3	5
																			Kenya	2	0	2
	Angola	—	—																Zambia	2	1	3
	Zambia	—	—	w/o			Zambia^{[note 1]}	5	—	w/o
							Zimbabwe	0	—
													Zambia	1	2	3
	Botswana	1	2	3									Botswana	0	0	0
	Namibia	0	2	2			Botswana (p)	0	0	0 (3)
							South Africa	0	0	0 (2)

2020 AFC Olympic qualifying tournament

Australia and China qualified for Olympic by winning the play-off round of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Qualified teams

Teams entering third round	Teams entering second round	Teams entering first round
Teams entering third round	Teams entering second round	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5 (unranked)
Australia China North Korea South Korea Thailand	Vietnam Uzbekistan	Chinese Taipei Myanmar Jordan Iran	India Philippines Hong Kong Indonesia	United Arab Emirates Palestine Singapore Nepal	Tajikistan Bangladesh Maldives	Lebanon Macau¹ Mongolia

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	4	4	0	0	33	0	+33	12	Second round
2	Philippines	4	3	0	1	17	7	+10	9	Second round
3	Tajikistan (H)	4	2	0	2	11	13	−2	6
4	Mongolia	4	0	1	3	4	20	−16	1
5	Singapore	4	0	1	3	2	27	−25	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	1	1	0	9	1	+8	4	Second round
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Second round
3	Lebanon	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0
4	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
5	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Second round
2	India	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
3	Nepal	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Bangladesh	3	0	1	2	2	13	−11	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Second round
2	Indonesia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Palestine (H)	3	1	1	1	3	9	−6	4
4	Maldives	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar (H)	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Third round
2	India	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
3	Nepal	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Indonesia	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Third round
2	Uzbekistan (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Jordan	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1
4	Hong Kong	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Third round
2	Philippines	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	10	6	+4	3
4	Palestine	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Third round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea (H)	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Play-off round
2	Vietnam	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3	Play-off round
3	Myanmar	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
4	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	2	1	0	14	1	+13	7	Play-off round
2	China	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7	Play-off round
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	1	12	−11	3
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	7–1	Vietnam	5–0	2–1
South Korea	3–4	China	1–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)

CAF–CONMEBOL play-off

The Cameroon, the African runners-up, and Chile, the South American runners-up, will compete in a home-and-away two-legged play-off for a spot in the Olympics.

The draw for the order of legs was held on 31 January 2020 at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The first leg was originally to be held in Cameroon (the participating team from Africa was not known at the time of draw), while the second leg was originally to be held in Chile.^[6] The matches were originally scheduled to be played on 9 and 15 April 2020, with the second leg in Chile to take place at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique,^[7] but were postponed on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

After the Olympics had been postponed to July 2021, on 30 July 2020 FIFA announced the matches were rescheduled to 18 and 24 February 2021.^[9] The fixtures were to take place at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé and Estadio Nacional, Santiago.^[10] However, FIFA announced on 4 February 2021 that the matches had been further postponed to the women's international match window in April 2021.^[11] It was confirmed on 22 March 2021 that the matches had been moved to Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey and would be played on 10 and 13 April 2021.^[12]^[13]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cameroon	1–2	Chile	1–2	0–0

Notes

^ Zimbabwe Football Association failed to field a side for the second leg against Zambia after its players refused to fulfill the fixture as they were owed allowances from the 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 October 2017.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Home nations agree to GB women's football team". 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^ Vickers, Steve; Mangunda, Yvonne (1 September 2019). "Zimbabwe's women boycott Olympic football qualifier against Zambia over unpaid fees". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "Kenya outwit Malawi, through to third round". CAFOnline.com. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "FIFA.com en español". Twitter (in Spanish). Zürich: @fifacom_es. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020. 🚨 Chile jugará de local la vuelta del repechaje intercontinental a #Tokyo2020 Así lo ha determinado el sorteo celebrado hoy en Zúrich 🇨🇱 @LaRoja se medirá a 🇨🇲 Camerún o 🇿🇲 Zambia por el pase al Torneo Olímpico de Fútbol Femenino 🗓️ 9 Abril - Ida 🗓️ 15 Abril - Vuelta
^ "El Estadio Tierra de Campeones de Iquique albergará la vuelta del repechaje olímpico" [The Estadio Tierra de Campeones will host the 2nd Leg of the Olympic Play-offs] (in Spanish). La Roja. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "FIFA pospone el repechaje olímpico entre Chile y Camerún debido al COVID-19". ANFP. 17 March 2020.
^ "La Roja Femenina disputará en febrero el repechaje para los Juegos Olímpicos". laroja.cl. 31 July 2020.
^ "La Roja Femenina ya conoce la programación del repechaje olímpico ante Camerún" [La Roja women already know the schedule for the Olympic play-off against Cameroon]. laroja.cl (in Spanish). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Cameroon-Chile postponed". FIFA.com. 4 February 2021.
^ "FIFA anunció programación del repechaje olímpico entre La Roja Femenina y Camerún". laroja.cl. 22 March 2021.
^ "Programación de los partidos de La Roja Femenina ante Camerún". laroja.cl. 5 April 2021.

Football at the Summer Olympics

General

Tournaments

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Women	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Qualifications

Men	1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Women	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Finals

Men	1920 1960 1964 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Women	2020 2024

Squads

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Women	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Related topics

Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men's qualification
AFC	Qualification rounds U-23 Championship
CAF	Qualification rounds U-23 Cup of Nations
CONCACAF	Qualification rounds Olympic Qualifying Championship
CONMEBOL	Pre-Olympic Tournament
OFC	Olympic Qualifying Tournament
UEFA	Qualification rounds Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Play-offs U-21 Championship

Women's qualification
AFC	Olympic Qualifying Tournament
CAF	Olympic Qualifying Tournament
CONCACAF	Qualification rounds Olympic Qualifying Championship
CONMEBOL	Copa América
OFC	Qualification round Nations Cup
UEFA	Qualification rounds Preliminary round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Play-offs World Cup
Play-off	CAF v CONMEBOL

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