Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament final explained

2024 Summer Olympic women's football final
Event:Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team1:Brazil
Team1association:
Team1score:0
Team2:United States
Team2association:
Team2score:1
Stadium:Parc des Princes
City:Paris
Referee:Tess Olofsson (Sweden)[1]
Attendance:43,813
Weather:Sunny
26°C
53% humidity[2]
Previous:2020
Next:2028

The 2024 Summer Olympic women's football gold medal match was a football match to determine the winners of the women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The match was the eighth final of the women's football tournament at the Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. The match took place at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, on 10 August 2024.[3] [4] [5] This was the first Olympic women's football final to take place after the men's tournament final.[6]

Background

This was Brazil's third Olympic final, having lost both the 2004 and 2008 finals to the United States after extra time. Overall, this was their fourth major tournament final, having lost the 2007 Women's World Cup final to Germany.

This was the sixth Olympic final for the U.S., with them winning four of the first five Olympic women's football tournament finals dating back to 1996. Their most recent final was in 2012 victory against Japan and their previous final loss was suffered against Norway in 2000. Overall, this was their 11th major tournament final, having won in the 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019 Women's World Cup finals and lost to Japan in 2011.

Venue

The final was held at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

The stadium first opened in 1897, and had been refurbished twice since 1972, first for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and then for the UEFA Euro 2016. It hosted the UEFA Euro finals in 1960 and 1984. It also hosted some matches for the 1938 and 1998 World Cups, the 2019 Women's World Cup, and the three aforementioned UEFA Euros.[7]

Route to the final

Round
OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Group C third placeFinal standingsGroup B winners
OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResult
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

Match

Details

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GK 1 Lorena
CB 15Thaís
CB 21
CB 3
RM 9 Adriana (c)
CM 8
CM 5
LM 13Yasmim
RF 18Gabi Portilho
CF 11
LF 14
Substitutes:
GK 12Tainá
DF 4
MF 17
MF 20
FW 10
FW 16Gabi Nunes
FW 19
Manager:
Arthur Elias
GK 1 Alyssa Naeher
RB 2 Emily Fox
CB 4 Naomi Girma
CB 12
LB 7 Crystal Dunn
DM 3 Korbin Albert
CM 17Sam Coffey
CM 10Lindsey Horan (c)
RF 5 Trinity Rodman
CF 9
LF 11
Substitutes:
GK 18Casey Murphy
DF 6
DF 13Jenna Nighswonger
MF 14
MF 16Rose Lavelle
FW 8
FW 15Jaedyn Shaw
Manager:
Emma Hayes
Assistant referees


Almira Spahić (Sweden)
Francesca Di Monte (Italy)
Fourth official


Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)
Reserve assistant referee


Franca Overtoom (Netherlands)
Video assistant referee


Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Assistant video assistant referees


Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Jérôme Brisard (France)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments' gold and bronze medal matches. 8 August 2024 . 9 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Start List – Brazil v United States . Olympics.com. 10 August 2024 . 10 August 2024. International Olympic Committee.
  3. Web site: Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. 28 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Women's International Match Calendar 2024–2025. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. PDF. 2. January 2024. 10 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2024. 10 April 2024. PDF.
  6. Web site: Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2024. 28 July 2022.
  7. Web site: 14 September 2017 . Parc des Princes . 6 August 2024 . FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association.