2016 Olympics Women Football Tournament

Despite the Olympics 2016 opening ceremony taking place on Friday, the preliminary matches of the women football tournament are already under way.

Group Stage - Matchday 1

Sweden 1:0 South Africa (Group E, Rio)
76.) 1:0 - Nilla Fischer

Canada 2:0 Australia (Group F, Sao Paolo)
01.) 1:0 - Janine Beckie
80.) 2:0 - Christine Sinclair

Brazil 3:0 China (Group E, Rio)
36.) 1:0 - Monica Hickmann
59.) 2:0 - Andressa Alves
90+1) 3:0 - Cristiane

Germany 6:1 Zimbabwe (Group F, Sao Paolo)
23.) 1:0 - Sara Däbritz (assist by Dzsenifer Marozsan)
36.) 2:0 - Alexandra Popp (assist by Melanie Leupolz)
50.) 2:1 - Kudakwashe Basopo (assist by Rutendo Makore)
53.) 3:1 - Melanie Behringer (FK)
78.) 4:1 - Melanie Behringer (rebound after missed PK)
83.) 5:1 - Melanie Leupolz (assist by Alexandra Popp)
90.) 6:1 - Eunice Chibanda (OG)

This is be the last tournament for highly acclaimed head coach Silvia Neid who will then give the German NT into the hands of Steffi Jones.

It is also the first tournament without famous number 1 goalkeeper Nadine Angerer who retired last summer. Now Almuth Schult will have to guard the goal for the DFB-Eleven.

USA 2:0 New Zealand (Group G, Belo Horizonte)
09.) 1:0 - Carli Lloyd
46.) 2:0 - Alex Morgan

France 4:0 Colombia (Group G, Belo Horizonte)
02.) 1:0 - Carolina Arias (OG)
14.) 2:0 - Eugenie le Sommer
42.) 3:0 - Camille Abily
82.) 4:0 - Amel Majri

Germany 6:1 Zimbabwe (Group F, Sao Paolo)

Considering the prevailing condition of their country, The Zimbabweans should be awarded a medal just for making it to the Olympics.

USA got this

If Fifa is any indication Carli Lloyd got this. There's only 2 attributes that aren't green

GO CANADA !!!!

I don't know much about women football but i think we have a decent team. Flopped last year at home in the world cup, but we won the previous one (or was it Olympics 2012 ?).

heffkzar wrote:GO CANADA !!!!

I don't know much about women football but i think we have a decent team. Flopped last year at home in the world cup, but we won the previous one (or was it Olympics 2012 ?).

Canada has never won an Olympics. Pretty sure US has been cleaning most things since 2012

Yeah ur right, it was only a bronze medal in 2012.

CONCACAF champions in 2010 tho, not bad

CBarca wrote:USA got this

soccer gonna win

Is Asllani in the Sweden squad?

Canada

Nishankly wrote:Is Asllani in the Sweden squad?

Yup. Kosovare Asllani is there: http://www.kicker.de/news/olympia/olympiaturnier_frauen/olympiaturnier-frauen/2016/schweden-frauen/kader.html

USA gold is fixed unless they somehow choke it or Brazil uses the home advantage, Germany have lost all their experienced players.

Yeah and the woodchoppers of Zimbabwe managed to badly injure Simone Laudehr (ruptured ligament in the left ankle) in the first match, too (they pretty much kicked everything that wasn't on the trees by three and the referee didn't even whistle).

Oh and how I miss Nadine Angerer!

The better tournament for sure. Probably the only event I'll watch. The rest of the Olympics, I simply won't.

Good win for USA against France. Carli clutch again.

Group Stage - Matchday 2

Canada 3:1 Zimbabwe (Group F, Sao Paolo)
07.) 1:0 - Janine Beckie
19.) 2:0 - Christine Sinclair
35.) 3:0 - Janine Beckie
86.) 3:1 - Mavis Chirandu

USA 1:0 France (Group G, Belo Horizonte)
63.) 1:0 - Carli Lloyd

Germany 2:2 Australia (Group F, Sao Paolo)
06.) 0:1 - Samantha Kerr (assist by Caitlin Foord)
45.) 2:0 - Caitlin Foord (assist by Lisa De Vanna)
45+2.) 1:2 - Sara Däbritz (assist by Alexandra Popp)
88.) 2:2 - Clare Polkinghorne (OG)

South Africa 0:2 China (Group E, Rio)
45+1.) 0:1 - GU Yasha
87.) 0:2 - TAN Ruyin

Colombia 0:1 New Zealand (Group G, Belo Horizonte)
31.) 0:1 - Amber Hearn

Brazil 5:1 Sweden (Group E, Rio)
21.) 1:0 - Beatriz
25.) 2:0 - Cristiane
44.) 3:0 - Marta (PK)
80.) 4:0 - Marta
86.) 5:0 - Beatriz
89.) 5:1 - Lotta Schelin

Ouch. Brazil totally took Sweden apart with 5:1 o_O

McLewis wrote:The better tournament for sure. Probably the only event I'll watch. The rest of the Olympics, I simply won't.  

Same for me, maybe i'll watch women volleyball too if i catch it on TV. I prefer by far the Winter Olympics.

Canada vs Germany is a very big match, scheduled on Tuesday august 9. A draw would be enough for us to pass.

I think it's important for the women national team to perform well, because it increases the visibility/popularity of soccer in Canada. Lost faith in our men's NT years ago so ladies are our only chance to shine.

Schedule Matchday 3:

Tuesday 09 Aug 2016
21:00 GMT+2: Germany vs Canada (Group F, Brasilia)
21:00 GMT+2: Australia vs Zimbabwe (Group F, Salvador)

Wednesday 10 Aug 2016
00:00 GMT+2: Colombia vs USA (Group G, Manaus)
00:00 GMT+2: New Zealand vs France (Group G, Salvador)
03:00 GMT+2: China vs Sweden (Group E, Brasilia)
03:00 GMT+2: South Africa vs Brazil (Group E, Manaus)

Current standings:

^Only China and USA are spelt correctly imo

Hey, I was too lazy to look for an English overview. And as they put the flags next to the countries, I thought people could tell what is meant

Maybe I am showing my age, but who would have thought that going into the final game of the group stage, that Germany need to get a result over Kanada to advance (OK, not really true, third place teams can also qualify) to get to the ko round.

On that note does Germany even have any Olympians in Brazil? I was watching rowing and did not see one single German team. Maybe a couple of swimmers, but not a lot of athletes in other sports. Maybe I really am showing my age, but back in my day Germany were always up in the top 5 (and i am not including the East Germans) and seemed to have athletes in every competition.

Have not been back in about ten years, but are all German kids eating McDonalds and playing Xbox nowadays?

But I digress, I am now Canadian and hope the Canadians go through to the final and get revenge over those American Biatches.

@elfmeter
Here's the overview: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Sommerspiele_2016/Teilnehmer_%28Deutschland%29

BTW, for discussing other Olympic sports but football, please go here: http://www.goallegacy.net/t39706-summer-olympics-2016

Is it just me or women don't fish and dive as much as men?

They just get up and get on with it, Always seem to play to the whistle.

Bah Gawd. We did it. Against all the odds. On to the next stage we march

Nishankly wrote:USA gold is fixed unless they somehow choke it

They choke, Asllani knocks them out