Women's Olympic Football 2024: Tension in the final round

On the night of July 31 and early morning of August 1, the final round of the women's football group stage of the 2024 Olympics will determine the remaining 6 tickets to the quarterfinals.

Japan women's team is expected to advance - Photo: Reuters

After the first two matches, the 2024 Olympic women's football tournament has determined the two teams that have early tickets: Spain and the United States. The remaining tickets will be determined after the final round of group stage matches.

In Group A, the Colombian women's team is temporarily leading with 3 points. France has the same 3 points but is ranked 2nd due to a lower goal difference. The defending champion Canada, despite winning both matches, only has 0 points (6 points were deducted by FIFA for spying on opponent New Zealand before the first match of the group stage). In the last match, New Zealand will face France, while Colombia will face Canada. The Canadian women's team can still advance if they beat Colombia and New Zealand does not beat France (or wins by a not too high score). France and Colombia only need 1 point in the last match to advance. According to experts' predictions, the tickets to the next round will most likely belong to Canada and France. In Group B, the US women's team has already secured the ticket to the next round thanks to two absolute victories. The remaining ticket will be a competition between Germany and Australia (both with 3 points). In the last match of Group B, Australia will face the US while Germany will face Zambia. A victory will most likely send the German team to the next round thanks to a superior goal difference compared to Australia.

However, Australia still has to aim for victory to keep their hopes of reaching the quarterfinals alive as the third-placed team with the best record. Meanwhile, in Group C, Spain also has an early ticket with 6 points after the first two matches. The remaining ticket is the competition between Japan and Brazil (both with 3 points). Japan is temporarily on top thanks to a better goal difference. In the final round, Spain will meet Brazil while Japan will face Nigeria. With the advantage of the number of goals scored and only having to face weaker teams, Japan has a better chance of winning a ticket to the next round. The 2024 Olympic women's football competition will have the participation of 12 teams, divided into 3 groups (4 teams each). At the end of the group stage, the 2 best teams in each group and the 2 best third-placed teams will win tickets to the quarterfinals. In the 2024 Olympic women's football competition, the US, Spain, France, and Japan are the leading candidates for the gold medal. The Canadian women's team is the reigning Olympic women's soccer champion. * 2024 Olympic women's soccer schedule: Japan - Nigeria, Brazil - Spain (10pm on July 31), Zambia - Germany, Australia - USA (0am on August 1), New Zealand - France, Colombia - Canada (2am on August 1).

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