FOOTBALL at the 2020 (2021) Summer Olympics
THE WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT
This is how the group stage ended.
Chile, Zambia, China, and New Zealand will bow out of the tournament and miss out on the quarter-finals.
RESULTS FROM THE FINAL GROUP GAMES
Canada 1- 1 Great Britain
Chile 0-1 Japan
Brazil 1- 0 Zambia
Netherlands 8- 2 China
New Zealand 0-2 Sweden
USA 0-0 Australia
Group E
Japan eliminated Chile.
Chile failed to get the win that was needed to advance to the quarter-finals. Instead, Chile ended up 1-0 losers against Japan.
Canada got the point needed to finish in second place. Had it not been for an own-goal
Canada would’ve won the group. Great Britain and Canada were into the quarterfinal regardless of the result.
Great Britain-7 points Canada - 5 points Japan - 4 points Chile - 0 point
Group F
Netherlands won the group with a +13 goal difference.
China is eliminated with a -11 goal difference
China exits the tournament after getting thrashed 8-2 by the Dutch. There were five goal scorers for the Netherlands. There were no penalty goals and no hattrick in a 10-goal match.
Zambia was also eliminated after a 1-0 defeat to Brazil. Even without the defeat, a point won’t have been enough for Zambia.
Brazil and Netherlands are the two teams advancing from Group F.
Netherlands - 7 points Brazil - 7 points Zambia - 1 point China - 1- point
Group G
Sweden used a 100% winning record to win Group G by 5 points.
Sweden - 9 points USA - 4 points Australia - 4 points New Zealand - 0 point
NETHERLANDS AND GOALS
Netherlands kicked off their tournament by involving themselves in a 13-goal game. A 10 -3 win against Zambia. They followed that with a 6- goal game; a 3-3 draw with Brazil before ending with a 8- 2 win against China.
Next up for the Netherlands is USA.
LEADING GOAL SCORERS
Vivianne Miedema [Netherlands]- 8 goals
Barbra Banda [Zambia] – 6 goals
THE QUARTERFINALS
July 30, 2021
CANADA VS BRAZIL
GREAT BRITAIN VS AUSTRALIA
SWEDEN VS JAPAN
NETHERLANDS vs USA