Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group E explained

Group E of the women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 21 to 27 July 2021 and included Canada, Chile, Great Britain and hosts Japan. The top two teams, Great Britain and Canada, advanced to the knockout stage, along with third-placed Japan as one of the two best third-placed teams among all three groups.^[1]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Olympic appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Olympic appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	April 2021	June 2021
E1	style=white-space:nowrap		1		Hosts	7 September 2013	data-sort-value="5"	5th		data-sort-value="2"	Silver medalists (2012)	11	10
E2	style=white-space:nowrap		3		2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2nd place	7 February 2020	data-sort-value="4"	4th		data-sort-value="3"	Bronze medalists (2012, 2016)	8	8
E3	style=white-space:nowrap		2			28 June 2019	data-sort-value="2"	2nd		data-sort-value="5"	Quarter-finals (2012)	6	6
E4	style=white-space:nowrap		4		CAF–CONMEBOL play-off winners	13 April 2021	data-sort-value="1"	1st	—	data-sort-value="99"	Debut	37	37

Notes

Standings

In the quarter-finals,^[1]

The winner of Group E, Great Britain, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group G, Australia.
The runner-up of Group E, Canada, advanced to play the runner-up of Group F, Brazil.
The third-placed team of Group E, Japan, advanced as one of the two best third-placed teams to play the winner of Group G, Sweden.

Matches

Great Britain vs Chile

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GK	1	Ellie Roebuck
RB	2	Lucy Bronze
CB	5	Steph Houghton (c)
CB	14	Millie Bright
LB	12	Rachel Daly
CM	4
CM	11
RW	17	Georgia Stanway
AM	8
LW	15
CF	9	Ellen White
Substitutions:
FW	7
MF	6
MF	18
FW	20
Manager:
Hege Riise

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GK	1	Christiane Endler (c)
RB	6
CB	14	Daniela Pardo
CB	3	Carla Guerrero
LB	18	Camila Sáez
RM	15	Daniela Zamora
CM	8	Karen Araya
CM	4	Francisca Lara
LM	10
AM	11
CF	9	María José Urrutia
Substitutions:
MF	20
FW	7
FW	16
Manager:
José Letelier

Assistant referees

^[2]
Bernadettar Kwimbira (Malawi)
Mary Njorge (Kenya)
Fourth official

Ndidi Patience Madu (Nigeria)
Video assistant referee

Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referee

Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Japan vs Canada

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GK	1	Sakiko Ikeda
RB	2	Risa Shimizu
CB	4	Saki Kumagai (c)
CB	5	Moeka Minami
LB	17	Nanami Kitamura
RM	13
CM	8	Narumi Miura
CM	7
LM	14
CF	9
CF	10	Mana Iwabuchi
Substitutions:
FW	11
FW	12
MF	6
FW	15
Manager:
Asako Takakura

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GK	1
RB	10	Ashley Lawrence
CB	3	Kadeisha Buchanan
CB	4	Shelina Zadorsky
LB	2	Allysha Chapman
CM	11	Desiree Scott
CM	5
RW	15
AM	17	Jessie Fleming
LW	16	Janine Beckie
CF	12	Christine Sinclair (c)
Substitutions:
GK	18
FW	6
FW	13
FW	9
Manager:
Bev Priestman

Assistant referees

Neuza Back (Brazil)
Mónica Amboya (Ecuador)
Fourth official

Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Video assistant referee

Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Assistant video assistant referee

Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Chile vs Canada

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GK	1	Christiane Endler (c)
RB	16	Rosario Balmaceda
CB	14
CB	3	Carla Guerrero
LB	18	Camila Sáez
RM	15	Daniela Zamora
CM	8	Karen Araya
CM	4	Francisca Lara
LM	10	Yanara Aedo
AM	11
CF	9	María José Urrutia
Substitutions:
FW	7
FW	19
Manager:
José Letelier

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GK	18	Kailen Sheridan
RB	10	Ashley Lawrence
CB	3	Kadeisha Buchanan
CB	4	Shelina Zadorsky
LB	8	Jayde Riviere
CM	11
CM	7
RW	16	Janine Beckie
AM	17	Jessie Fleming
LW	15
CF	12	Christine Sinclair (c)
Substitutions:
MF	5
FW	6
Manager:
Bev Priestman

Assistant referees

^[3]
Katrin Rafalski (Germany)
Susanne Küng (Switzerland)
Fourth official

Maria Rivet (Mauritius)
Video assistant referee

Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Assistant video assistant referee

Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)

Japan vs Great Britain

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GK	18
RB	2	Risa Shimizu
CB	4	Saki Kumagai (c)
CB	5	Moeka Minami
LB	16	Asato Miyagawa
RM	13
CM	7
CM	6	Hina Sugita
LM	14	Yui Hasegawa
CF	20
CF	11
Substitutions:
FW	15
FW	12
MF	8
FW	10
Manager:
Asako Takakura

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GK	1	Ellie Roebuck
RB	2	Lucy Bronze
CB	5	Steph Houghton (c)
CB	16	Leah Williamson
LB	3	Demi Stokes
CM	4	Keira Walsh
CM	6
RW	7
AM	8
LW	15
CF	9	Ellen White
Substitutions:
MF	11
DF	12
MF	17
MF	18
Manager:
Hege Riise

Assistant referees

Ekaterina Kurochkina (Russia)
Sanja Rodak (Croatia)
Fourth official

Ndidi Patience Madu (Nigeria)
Video assistant referee

Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee

Chris Penso (United States)

Chile vs Japan

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GK	1	Christiane Endler (c)
CB	14
CB	3	Carla Guerrero
CB	18	Camila Sáez
RM	16
CM	8	Karen Araya
CM	11
LM	4	Francisca Lara
AM	10
CF	9	María José Urrutia
CF	15
Substitutions:
DF	17
FW	19
MF	20
FW	7
DF	13
Manager:
José Letelier

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GK	18	Ayaka Yamashita
RB	2	Risa Shimizu
CB	4	Saki Kumagai (c)
CB	3	Saori Takarada
LB	17	Nanami Kitamura
RM	14
CM	8
CM	20
LM	6	Hina Sugita
CF	10	Mana Iwabuchi
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	11
FW	12
MF	21
MF	7
Manager:
Asako Takakura

Assistant referees

^[4]
Shirley Perello (Honduras)
Mary Blanco (Colombia)
Fourth official

Ndidi Patience Madu (Nigeria)
Video assistant referee

Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referee

Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Canada vs Great Britain

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GK	1	Stephanie Labbé
RB	8
CB	3	Kadeisha Buchanan (c)
CB	14	Vanessa Gilles
LB	10
CM	20	Sophie Schmidt
CM	5
RW	6
AM	16
LW	9	Adriana Leon
CF	13
Substitutions:
MF	17
FW	19
FW	15
MF	7
DF	21
Manager:
Bev Priestman

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GK	1	Ellie Roebuck
RB	2	Lucy Bronze
CB	16	Leah Williamson
CB	14	Millie Bright
LB	3	Demi Stokes
CM	18
CM	6	Sophie Ingle (c)
RW	12
AM	11	Caroline Weir
LW	17	Georgia Stanway
CF	7	Nikita Parris
Substitutions:
MF	8
FW	9
FW	10
Manager:
Hege Riise

Assistant referees

Lucie Ratajová (Czech Republic)
Maryna Striletska (Ukraine)
Fourth official

Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
Video assistant referee

Mahmoud Mohamed Ashour (Egypt)
Assistant video assistant referee

Wagner Reway (Brazil)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:^[1]

first yellow card: minus 1 point;
indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
direct red card: minus 4 points;
yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions could be applied to a player in a single match.

Team	Match 1
Team
				0
		2		−2
	1	1	1	−3
		2	2	−4

External links

Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020, FIFA.com

Notes and References

Web site: Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020. FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
Web site: Referee Match Assignments: Wed 21 Jul 2021 . Olympics.com . 20 July 2021 . 21 July 2021 . 21 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210721221258/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FBL/OG2020-_FBL_C58_FBL-------------------------------2021-07-21.pdf . dead .
Web site: Referee Match Assignments: Sat 24 Jul 2021 . Olympics.com . 22 July 2021 . 23 July 2021 . 23 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210723081449/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FBL/OG2020-_FBL_C58_FBL-------------------------------2021-07-24.pdf . dead .
Web site: Referee Match Assignments: Tue 27 Jul 2021 . Olympics.com . 26 July 2021 . 26 July 2021 . 25 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210725225308/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FBL/OG2020-_FBL_C58_FBL-------------------------------2021-07-27.pdf . dead .