Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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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.
The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012.[4] Great Britain, Japan and the United States were seeded for the draw and placed into groups E–G, respectively.[5] The remaining teams were drawn from four pots.[6]
† Game delayed by one hour, having been originally scheduled at 19:45,[26] due to North Korean protest after accidental use of South Korean flag for North Korea.[27]
Lady Andrade was banned two matches for violent conduct in punching Abby Wambach.[37]
FIFA Fair Play Award
The United States won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament. Every match in the tournament was taken into account, though only teams that reached the knockout stage were eligible to win the award.[36]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
In the first day of the Olympic events on 25 July, the match between DPR Korea and Colombia was delayed by a little over an hour because the flag of South Korea was mistakenly displayed on the electronic scoreboard in Hampden Park. The North Korean team walked off the pitch in protest at seeing the South Korean flag displayed by their names and refused to warm-up whilst the flag was being displayed. They also objected to the South Korean flag being displayed above the stadium, even though the flags of all the competing countries were being displayed. The game then commenced after a delay and rectification of the error.[38]
"Today ahead of the Women’s football match at Hampden Park, the South Korean flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of the North Korean flag. Clearly that is a mistake, we will apologise to the team and the National Olympic Committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again".
LOCOG's statement had to be reissued because it failed to use the nations' official titles, "Republic of Korea" and "Democratic People's Republic of Korea".[41]
British Prime Minister David Cameron added that it was an "honest mistake" and efforts would be undertaken to ensure such a mishap does not recur. However, North Korean manager Sin Ui-gun expressed reservations about whether the incident was a mistake of intention and said: "We were angry because our players were introduced as if they were from South Korea, which may affect us greatly as you may know. Our team was not going to participate unless the problem was solved perfectly and fortunately some time later, the broadcasting was corrected and shown again live so we made up our mind to participate and go on with the match. If this matter cannot be solved, we thought going on was nonsense. Winning the game cannot compensate for that thing".[42]
Canada–United States semi-final
During the semi-final match between Canada and the United States, a time-wasting call was made against the Canadian goalkeeper, Erin McLeod, when she held the ball longer than the allowed six seconds. As a result, the American side was awarded an indirect free-kick in the box. On the ensuing play, Canada was penalized for a handball in the penalty box, with the American team being awarded a penalty kick, which Abby Wambach converted to tie the game at 3–3. The Americans went on to win the match in extra time, advancing to the gold medal game.[43][44] After the match, Canada forward Christine Sinclair stated, "the ref decided the result before the game started." FIFA responded by stating that the refereeing decisions were correct and saying it was considering disciplinary action against Sinclair, but that any disciplinary action would be postponed until after the end of the tournament.[45][46][47]
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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 2012 Women s Olympic Football TournamentTournament detailsHost countryUnited KingdomDates25 July 9 AugustTeams12 from 6 confederations Venue s 6 in 6 host cities Final positionsChampions United States 4th title Runners up JapanThird place CanadaFourth place FranceTournament statisticsMatches played26Goals scored71 2 73 per match Attendance660 986 25 423 per match Top scorer s Christine Sinclair 6 goals Fair play award United States 20082016 Contents 1 Qualifying 2 Venues 3 Draw 4 Squads 5 Match officials 6 Group stage 6 1 Group E 6 2 Group F 6 3 Group G 6 4 Ranking of third placed teams 7 Knockout stage 7 1 Quarter finals 7 2 Semi finals 7 3 Bronze medal match 7 4 Gold medal match 8 Statistics 8 1 Goalscorers 8 2 Assists 8 3 Discipline 8 4 FIFA Fair Play Award 8 5 Tournament ranking 9 Notable events and controversies 9 1 North Korea flag confusion 9 2 Canada United States semi final 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksQualifying EditMain article Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women s qualification Each National Olympic Committee may enter one women s team in the football tournament Means of qualification Date of completion Venue1 Berths QualifiedHost nation 2005 none 1 Great BritainAFC Preliminary Competition 11 September 2011 China 1 2 Japan North KoreaCAF Preliminary Competition 22 October 2011 2 multiple 2 South Africa CameroonCONCACAF Preliminary Competition 29 January 2012 Canada 3 2 United States CanadaCONMEBOL Preliminary Competition 21 November 2010 Ecuador 2 Brazil ColombiaOFC Preliminary Competition 4 April 2012 multiple 1 New ZealandBest UEFA teams in 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup 17 July 2011 Germany 2 Sweden FranceTOTAL 12 1 Locations are those of final tournaments various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues Venues EditFurther information Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Venues The tournament was held in six venues across six cities Millennium Stadium Cardiff City of Coventry Stadium Coventry Hampden Park Glasgow Wembley Stadium London Old Trafford Manchester St James Park NewcastleDraw EditThe draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012 4 Great Britain Japan and the United States were seeded for the draw and placed into groups E G respectively 5 The remaining teams were drawn from four pots 6 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Great Britain assigned to E1 Sweden France Cameroon South Africa Colombia Japan assigned to F1 North Korea New Zealand United States assigned to G1 Canada BrazilSquads EditMain article Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women s team squads The women s tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players Match officials EditOn 19 April 2012 FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics 7 Match officials Confederation Referee Assistant refereesAFC Hong Eun ah South Korea Sarah Ho Australia Kim Kyoung min South Korea Sachiko Yamagishi Japan Widiya Habibah Shamsuri Malaysia Saori Takahashi Japan CAF Therese Neguel Cameroon Tempa Ndah Benin Lidwine Rakotozafinoro Madagascar CONCACAF Quetzalli Alvarado Mexico Mayte Chavez Mexico Shirley Perello Honduras Carol Anne Chenard Canada Marie Josee Charbonneau Canada Stacy Ann Greyson Jamaica Kari Seitz United States Marlene Duffy United States Veronica Perez United States CONMEBOL Salome di Iorio Argentina Mariana Corbo Uruguay Maria Rocco Argentina UEFA Kirsi Heikkinen Finland Anu Jokela Finland Tonja Paavola Finland Thalia Mitsi Greece Yolanda Parga Rodriguez Spain Maria Luisa Villa Gutierrez Spain Jenny Palmqvist Sweden Helen Caro Sweden Anna Nystrom Sweden Christina Pedersen Norway Lada Rojc Croatia Hege Lanes Steinlund Norway Bibiana Steinhaus Germany Katrin Rafalski Germany Marina Wozniak Germany Group stage EditGroup 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 Group E Edit Great Britain vs New Zealand Main article Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Group E Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Great Britain 3 3 0 0 5 0 5 9 Qualified for the quarter finals2 Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 1 5 63 New Zealand 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 34 Cameroon 3 0 0 3 1 11 10 0Source IOC 25 July 201216 00vGreat Britain 1 0 New ZealandHoughton 64 ReportMillennium Stadium CardiffAttendance 24 445 8 Referee Kari Seitz United States 25 July 201218 45vCameroon 0 5 BrazilReport Francielle 7 Costa 10 Marta 73 pen 88 Cristiane 78 Millennium Stadium CardiffAttendance 30 847 9 Referee Jenny Palmqvist Sweden 28 July 201214 30 vNew Zealand 0 1 BrazilReport Cristiane 86 Millennium Stadium CardiffAttendance 30 103 10 Referee Bibiana Steinhaus Germany 28 July 201217 15vGreat Britain 3 0 CameroonStoney 18 J Scott 23 Houghton 82 ReportMillennium Stadium CardiffAttendance 31 141 11 Referee Hong Eun ah South Korea 31 July 201219 45vNew Zealand 3 1 CameroonSmith 43 Sonkeng 49 o g Gregorius 62 Report Onguene 75 City of Coventry Stadium CoventryAttendance 11 425 12 Referee Christina Pedersen Norway 31 July 201219 45vGreat Britain 1 0 BrazilHoughton 2 ReportWembley Stadium LondonAttendance 70 584 13 Referee Carol Anne Chenard Canada Group F Edit Main article Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Group F Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Sweden 3 1 2 0 6 3 3 5 Qualified for the quarter finals2 Japan 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 53 Canada 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 44 South Africa 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 1Source IOC 25 July 201217 00vJapan 2 1 CanadaKawasumi 33 Miyama 44 Report Tancredi 55 City of Coventry Stadium CoventryAttendance 14 119 14 Referee Kirsi Heikkinen Finland 25 July 201219 45vSweden 4 1 South AfricaFischer 7 Dahlkvist 20 Schelin 21 63 ReportReport Modise 60 City of Coventry Stadium CoventryAttendance 18 290 15 Referee Salome di Iorio Argentina 28 July 201212 00 vJapan 0 0 SwedenReportReportCity of Coventry Stadium CoventryAttendance 14 160 16 Referee Quetzalli Alvarado Mexico 28 July 201214 45vCanada 3 0 South AfricaTancredi 7 Sinclair 58 86 ReportCity of Coventry Stadium CoventryAttendance 14 753 17 Referee Christina Pedersen Norway 31 July 201214 30vJapan 0 0 South AfricaReportMillennium Stadium CardiffAttendance 24 202 18 Referee Efthalia Mitsi Greece 31 July 201214 30vCanada 2 2 SwedenTancredi 43 84 ReportReport Hammarstrom 14 Jakobsson 16 St James Park NewcastleAttendance 12 719 19 Referee Hong Eun ah South Korea Group G Edit Main article Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Group G Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 United States 3 3 0 0 8 2 6 9 Qualified for the quarter finals2 France 3 2 0 1 8 4 4 63 North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 6 4 34 Colombia 3 0 0 3 0 6 6 0Source IOC 25 July 201217 00vUnited States 4 2 FranceWambach 19 Morgan 32 66 Lloyd 56 Report Thiney 12 Delie 14 Hampden Park GlasgowAttendance 18 090 20 Referee Sachiko Yamagishi Japan 25 July 201220 50 vColombia 0 2 North KoreaReport Kim Song hui 39 85 Hampden Park GlasgowAttendance 18 900 21 Referee Carol Anne Chenard Canada 28 July 201217 00vUnited States 3 0 ColombiaRapinoe 33 Wambach 74 Lloyd 77 ReportHampden Park GlasgowAttendance 11 313 22 Referee Efthalia Mitsi Greece 28 July 201219 45vFrance 5 0 North KoreaGeorges 45 Thomis 70 Delie 71 Renard 81 Catala 87 ReportHampden Park GlasgowAttendance 11 743 23 Referee Therese Neguel Cameroon 31 July 201217 15vUnited States 1 0 North KoreaWambach 25 ReportOld Trafford ManchesterAttendance 29 522 24 Referee Jenny Palmqvist Sweden 31 July 201217 15vFrance 1 0 ColombiaThomis 5 ReportSt James Park NewcastleAttendance 13 184 25 Referee Quetzalli Alvarado Mexico Game delayed by one hour having been originally scheduled at 19 45 26 due to North Korean protest after accidental use of South Korean flag for North Korea 27 Ranking of third placed teams Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Canada 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 4 New Zealand 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 6 4 3Source IOC Green indicates qualified for the quarter finalsKnockout stage EditMain article Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Knockout stage Quarter finalsSemi finalsGold medal match E1 Great Britain0F3 Canada2F3 Canada3G1 United States aet 4G1 United States2E3 New Zealand0G1 United States2F2 Japan1F1 Sweden1G2 France2G2 France1Bronze medal matchF2 Japan2E2 Brazil0F3 Canada1F2 Japan2G2 France0Quarter finals Edit 3 August 201212 00vSweden 1 2 FranceFischer 18 ReportReport Georges 29 Renard 39 Hampden Park GlasgowAttendance 12 869 28 Referee Kari Seitz United States 3 August 201214 30vUnited States 2 0 New ZealandWambach 27 Leroux 87 ReportSt James Park NewcastleAttendance 10 441 29 Referee Salome di Iorio Argentina 3 August 201217 00vBrazil 0 2 JapanReport Ōgimi 27 Ohno 73 Millennium Stadium CardiffAttendance 28 528 30 Referee Kirsi Heikkinen Finland 3 August 201219 30vGreat Britain 0 2 CanadaReport Filigno 12 Sinclair 26 City of Coventry Stadium CoventryAttendance 28 828 31 Referee Sachiko Yamagishi Japan Semi finals Edit 6 August 201217 00vFrance 1 2 JapanLe Sommer 76 Report Ōgimi 32 Sakaguchi 49 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 61 482 32 Referee Quetzalli Alvarado Mexico Main article Canada v United States 2012 Summer Olympics 6 August 201219 45vCanada 3 4 a e t United StatesSinclair 22 67 73 Report Rapinoe 54 70 Wambach 80 pen Morgan 120 3 Old Trafford ManchesterAttendance 26 630 33 Referee Christina Pedersen Norway Bronze medal match Edit 9 August 201213 00v Canada 1 0 FranceMatheson 90 2 ReportCity of Coventry Stadium CoventryAttendance 12 465 34 Referee Jenny Palmqvist Sweden Gold medal match Edit 9 August 201219 45v United States 2 1 Japan Lloyd 8 54 Report Ōgimi 63 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 80 203 35 Referee Bibiana Steinhaus Germany Statistics EditGoalscorers Edit There were 71 goals scored in 26 matches for an average of 2 73 goals per match 6 goals Christine Sinclair 5 goals Abby Wambach 4 goals Melissa Tancredi Carli Lloyd 3 goals Steph Houghton Yuki Ōgimi Alex Morgan Megan Rapinoe 2 goals Cristiane Marta Marie Laure Delie Laura Georges Wendie Renard Elodie Thomis Kim Song hui Nilla Fischer Lotta Schelin 1 goal Francielle Renata Costa Gabrielle Onguene Jonelle Filigno Diana Matheson Camille Catala Eugenie Le Sommer Gaetane Thiney Jill Scott Casey Stoney Nahomi Kawasumi Aya Miyama Shinobu Ohno Mizuho Sakaguchi Sarah Gregorius Rebecca Smith Portia Modise Lisa Dahlkvist Marie Hammarstrom Sofia Jakobsson Sydney Leroux 1 own goal Ysis Sonkeng against New Zealand Source FIFA 36 Assists Edit 5 assists Alex Morgan 4 assists Louisa Necib 3 assists Sophie Schmidt Elodie Thomis Megan Rapinoe 2 assists Melissa Tancredi Rhian Wilkinson Karen Carney Kim Little Shinobu Ohno Marie Hammarstrom Tobin Heath 1 assist Cristiane Francielle Adrienne Iven Diana Matheson Lauren Sesselmann Christine Sinclair Sonia Bompastor Aya Miyama Aya Sameshima Homare Sawa Ria Percival Rosie White Sofia Jakobsson Lina Nilsson Caroline Seger Sara Thunebro Kelley O Hara Heather O Reilly Christie Rampone Hope SoloSource FIFA 36 Discipline Edit Red cards Choe Mi gyongMatch bans Lady Andrade was banned two matches for violent conduct in punching Abby Wambach 37 FIFA Fair Play Award Edit The United States won the FIFA Fair Play Award given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament Every match in the tournament was taken into account though only teams that reached the knockout stage were eligible to win the award 36 Pos Team Pts1 United States 9452 Sweden 8903 France 8754 Japan 8745 Canada 8636 New Zealand 8447 Great Britain 7988 Brazil 698Tournament ranking Edit Per statistical convention in football matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses while matches decided by penalty shoot outs are counted as draws Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result1 G United States 6 6 0 0 16 6 10 18 Gold medal2 F Japan 6 3 2 1 7 4 3 11 Silver medal3 F Canada 6 3 1 2 12 8 4 10 Bronze medal4 G France 6 3 0 3 11 8 3 9 Fourth place5 E Great Britain H 4 3 0 1 5 2 3 9 Eliminated inquarter finals6 E Brazil 4 2 0 2 6 3 3 67 F Sweden 4 1 2 1 7 5 2 58 E New Zealand 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 39 G North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 6 4 3 Eliminated ingroup stage10 F South Africa 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 111 G Colombia 3 0 0 3 0 6 6 012 E Cameroon 3 0 0 3 1 11 10 0Source FIFA 36 H HostNotable events and controversies EditNorth Korea flag confusion Edit In the first day of the Olympic events on 25 July the match between DPR Korea and Colombia was delayed by a little over an hour because the flag of South Korea was mistakenly displayed on the electronic scoreboard in Hampden Park The North Korean team walked off the pitch in protest at seeing the South Korean flag displayed by their names and refused to warm up whilst the flag was being displayed They also objected to the South Korean flag being displayed above the stadium even though the flags of all the competing countries were being displayed The game then commenced after a delay and rectification of the error 38 Andy Mitchell venue media manager for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games LOCOG read out a LOCOG statement shortly afterwards 39 40 Today ahead of the Women s football match at Hampden Park the South Korean flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of the North Korean flag Clearly that is a mistake we will apologise to the team and the National Olympic Committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again LOCOG s statement had to be reissued because it failed to use the nations official titles Republic of Korea and Democratic People s Republic of Korea 41 British Prime Minister David Cameron added that it was an honest mistake and efforts would be undertaken to ensure such a mishap does not recur However North Korean manager Sin Ui gun expressed reservations about whether the incident was a mistake of intention and said We were angry because our players were introduced as if they were from South Korea which may affect us greatly as you may know Our team was not going to participate unless the problem was solved perfectly and fortunately some time later the broadcasting was corrected and shown again live so we made up our mind to participate and go on with the match If this matter cannot be solved we thought going on was nonsense Winning the game cannot compensate for that thing 42 Canada United States semi final Edit During the semi final match between Canada and the United States a time wasting call was made against the Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod when she held the ball longer than the allowed six seconds As a result the American side was awarded an indirect free kick in the box On the ensuing play Canada was penalized for a handball in the penalty box with the American team being awarded a penalty kick which Abby Wambach converted to tie the game at 3 3 The Americans went on to win the match in extra time advancing to the gold medal game 43 44 After the match Canada forward Christine Sinclair stated the ref decided the result before the game started FIFA responded by stating that the refereeing decisions were correct and saying it was considering disciplinary action against Sinclair but that any disciplinary action would be postponed until after the end of the tournament 45 46 47 See also EditFootball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Men s 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