Group F of the women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 21 to 27 July 2021 and included Brazil, China PR, the Netherlands and Zambia. The top two teams, the Netherlands and Brazil, advanced to the knockout stage.[1]
Teams
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | |
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F1 | China | 3 | AFC | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament play-off round winners | 13 April 2021 | 6th | 2016 | Silver medalists (1996) | 14 | 15 |
F2 | Brazil | 2 | CONMEBOL | 2018 Copa América Femenina 1st place | 22 April 2018 | 7th | 2016 | Silver medalists (2004, 2008) | 7 | 7 |
F3 | Zambia | 4 | CAF | 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament winners | 10 March 2020 | 1st | — | Debut | 104 | 104 |
F4 | Netherlands | 1 | UEFA | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 1st place European team | 29 June 2019 | 1st | — | Debut | 3 | 4 |
Notes
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | |
3 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 1 | |
4 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 |
In the quarter-finals,[1]
- The winners of Group F, the Netherlands, advanced to play the runners-up of Group G, the United States.
- The runners-up of Group F, Brazil, advanced to play the runners-up of Group E, Canada.
Matches
China PR vs Brazil
China PR[3] | Brazil[3] |
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Zambia vs Netherlands
This was the highest-scoring women's football match ever at the Olympic Games, with the Netherlands' tally of ten goals is also a women's Olympic record.[5] It was also the highest-scoring match at the Olympics since 1928, when Italy beat Egypt 11–3 in the men's bronze medal match in Amsterdam.[6]
Zambia | 3–10 | Netherlands |
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Zambia[7] | Netherlands[7] |
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Assistant referees:[4] |
China PR vs Zambia
China | 4–4 | Zambia |
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China PR[8] | Zambia[8] |
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Assistant referees:[9] |
Netherlands vs Brazil
Netherlands | 3–3 | Brazil |
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Netherlands[10] | Brazil[10] |
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Assistant referees:[9] |
Netherlands vs China PR
Netherlands | 8–2 | China |
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Netherlands[11] | China PR[11] |
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Assistant referees:[12] |
Brazil vs Zambia
Brazil[13] | Zambia[13] |
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Assistant referees:[12] |
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 is applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Brazil | 1 | 1 | −2 | ||||||||||
Netherlands | 1 | 2 | −3 | ||||||||||
China | 1 | 3 | −7 | ||||||||||
Zambia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | −7 |