Chinese Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

PR China
(中国 国家 女子 足球队)

OS record goal scorer :	Sun Wen (5)
OS record player:	Fan Yunjie and Wang Liping (10 each)
Rank :	7th
Balance sheet
18 OS games 7 wins 5 draws 6 defeats 24:26 goals
statistics
First OS game China 2-0 Sweden Miami ( USA ); July 21, 1996
Highest OS victory China Japan 5: 1 Denmark Miami ( USA ); July 23, 1996
Biggest OS defeat China 0: 8 Germany Patras ( GRC ); August 11, 2004
successes
Olympic games:
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1996 )
Best results	Silver medal ( 1996 )
(As of August 20, 2016 )

The article provides a detailed account of the Chinese national soccer team for women in the Summer Olympics . The People's Republic of China took part in the first four and sixth women's tournaments at the Olympic Games and was able to reach the final of the first event, but lost it to the later record Olympic champion USA. In the medal table, China ranks fifth, along with Japan and Sweden , who all came second once.

The national team at the Olympic Games

Overview

Olympic Games in	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
Atlanta 1996	final	United States	Silver medal	Yuanan Ma	First silver medal for an Asian team in football
Sydney 2000	Preliminary round	Nigeria , Norway , USA	-	Yuanan Ma	Eliminated as third in the group, Sun Wen top scorer (4 goals)
Athens 2004	Preliminary round	Germany , Mexico	-	Zhang Haitao	Biggest international defeat (0: 8 against Germany)
Beijing 2008	Quarter finals	Japan	-	Shang Ruihua	Automatically qualifies as a host.
London 2012	not qualified	-	-	-	Failed fourth at the qualification tournament in the People's Republic of China
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Quarter finals	Germany	-	Bruno Bini	China met Australia, Japan, North and South Korea and Vietnam in qualifying for the two Asian starting positions and qualified on the penultimate match day. Opponents in Brazil were Brazil , Sweden and South Africa in the group stage

The tournaments

Olympia 1996 in Atlanta

By reaching the World Cup quarter-finals in 1995, the Chinese were qualified for the first Olympic women's football tournament. They started with a 2-0 win against Sweden , then won 5-1 against Denmark and reached the semi-finals with a 0-0 win against hosts USA due to the more goals they scored against the northern Europeans. Here they met Brazil and won 3-2 with two goals from Wei Haiying in the 83rd and final minute, which was only substituted in the 55th minute. It is the only win against Brazil to date. In the final, they met the USA again and lost 2-1. The substitution of Wei Haiying immediately after the 1: 2 was unsuccessful.

Olympia 2000 in Sydney

For the Games in 2000 also had Beijing advertised, but was failed in the vote on the final lap. For the second women's Olympic soccer tournament, however, the Chinese were again qualified by reaching the 1999 World Cup quarter-finals . They started the tournament with a 3: 1 against Nigeria and then achieved a 1: 1 against the USA in the remake of the World Cup final. Due to a 1: 2 defeat against Norway they then had to give them second place and were eliminated. With four goals, Sun Wen was the tournament's top scorer despite being eliminated early.

Olympia 2004 in Athens

For the third Olympic women's football tournament, the Chinese qualified as winners at a qualifying tournament that was held in Japan in April 2004 . They first defeated Myanmar 11-0 in the group stage , then Guam 9-0 and then South Korea 3-0. A 1-0 win in the semifinals, in which they met South Korea again, then qualified. The final, which is no longer decisive for the qualification, was also won 1-0 against Japan .

In one of two groups of three they lost their opening game against world champions Germany with 0: 8 and received their highest international defeat. Since then against the newcomer Mexico only achieved a 1-1 draw and the Mexicans only lost 2-0 to the world champions, the Chinese were eliminated as the worst group third.

2008 Olympics in Beijing

The Chinese women were automatically qualified as hosts for the tournament in the People's Republic of China .

At the beginning of the tournament they won against Sweden 2-1. Then it was enough against Canada only to a 1: 1. With a 2-0 win against newcomers Argentina , in which they took the lead with an own goal by the South Americans and only scored the final score in the final minute, they reached the quarter-finals as group winners. Here they met Japan and lost 2-0.

Olympia 2012 in London

The Chinese missed participation in the tournament in London as fourth in the group at the final Asian qualification tournament on home soil, although they could not use the home advantage.

Olympia 2016 in Rio de Janeiro

The two best teams qualify for the tournament in Rio de Janeiro at a tournament in Osaka, Japan . Opponents at the tournament that started on February 29, 2016 are Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Vietnam. With three wins and one draw, China was able to qualify for Rio before the last game against the also qualified Australians. Opponents in Brazil in the group stage were hosts Brazil , who lost 3-0 at the beginning, Sweden (0-0) and South Africa (2-0). As second in the group, the Chinese met European champions Germany in the quarter-finals and lost 1-0. They had to play outnumbered for 33 minutes, because in the 57th minute, Wang Shanshan, who was substituted at half time, received a yellow-red card . She had received a yellow card a minute after being substituted on . The Chinese were able to keep the 0-0 for a long time and only had to accept the goal in the 76th minute. They had a chance to equalize in the 84th minute, but Wang Shuang hit the post with a penalty .

statistics

Record against the Olympic champions at the Olympic Games

• USA : 3 games - 2 draws, 1 defeat - 2: 3 goals
• Germany : 2 games - 2 defeats - 0: 9 goals
• Norway : 1 game - 1 defeat - 1: 2 goals

Games

The Chinese have so far played 18 games at the Olympic Games. Seven were won, six lost and five ended in a draw. No game went into overtime. The Chinese have played four home games so far and played three times against the hosts, four times against the eventual Olympic champion (1996 in the preliminary round and in the final, 2000 in the preliminary round, 2016 in the quarter-finals) and once against the defending champion. The Chinese played the most frequently against Sweden and the USA (3 times each). No game was the first against the respective opponents.

China has played against teams from all confederations except Oceania and nine times against the champions of the other confederations except Oceania, most often against the South American champions (3 times). China met the reigning world champion twice (2000 and 2004) without winning any game.

Most of the games were played by Fan Yunjie and Wang Liping , who were used in 10 of the previous 18 games. The most goals scored Sun Wen , who scored five goals in two appearances and is 10th on the top scorer list with four other players and was 2000 top scorer of the tournament.

No.	date	Result	opponent	AH/*	venue	occasion	comment
1	07/21/1996	2-0	Sweden	*	Miami ( USA )	Preliminary round
2	07/23/1996	5: 1	Denmark	*	Miami ( USA )	Preliminary round
3	07/25/1996	0-0	United States	A.	Miami ( USA )	Preliminary round
4th	07/28/1996	3: 2	Brazil	*	Athens ( USA )	Semifinals	First game against a reigning South American champion
5	08/01/1996	1: 2	United States	A.	Athens ( USA )	final
6th	09/14/2000	3: 1	Nigeria	*	Canberra ( AUS )	Preliminary round
7th	09/17/2000	1: 1	USA * (TV)	*	Melbourne ( AUS )	Preliminary round
8th	09/20/2000	1: 2	Norway	*	Canberra ( AUS )	Preliminary round
9	08/11/2004	0: 8	Germany *	*	Patras ( GRC )	Preliminary round	Biggest defeat
10	08/14/2004	1: 1	Mexico	*	Patras ( GRC )	Preliminary round
11	08/06/2008	2: 1	Sweden	H	Tianjin	Preliminary round
12	08/09/2008	1: 1	Canada	H	Tianjin	Preliminary round
13	08/12/2008	2-0	Argentina	H	Qinhuangdao	Preliminary round
14th	08/15/2008	0: 2	Japan	H	Qinhuangdao	Quarter finals
15th	08/03/2016	0: 3	Brazil	A.	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	Preliminary round
16	08/06/2016	2-0	South Africa	*	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	Preliminary round
17th	08/09/2016	0-0	Sweden	*	Brasília ( BRA )	Preliminary round
18th	08/12/2016	0: 1	Germany	*	Salvador ( BRA )	Quarter finals

Note: Teams marked in bold were continental champions at the time of the game, teams marked with "*" were world champions.

Records

• Youngest goalscorer until 2016: Gu Yasha at 17 years and 8 months on August 12, 2008 in the game against Argentina to make it 2-0 in the 90th minute two minutes after being substituted on (now Deanne Rose , Canada)
• Most goals in a tournament: Sun Wen - 4 (2000)

The Chinese team scored their highest victories against these teams at the Olympics:

•  Brazil 3-2 semi-finals 1996 - only win against Brazil
•  Nigeria 3-1 preliminary round 2000 - also a 3-1 at the Hong Kong tournament 2000

Her biggest defeat against this team was at the Olympic Games:

•  Germany 0: 8 preliminary round 2004 - highest defeat for the Chinese

Negative records

• The biggest defeat: 0: 8 against Germany in the 2004 preliminary round
• Most goals conceded by one player: 4 by Birgit Prinz at 0: 8
• Most red cards or yellow-red cards in one game: Brazil against PR China in the semi-finals on July 28, 1996 (1 card each)

Web links

• Women's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 - Statistical Kit - Statistics, Facts & Figures 1996 - 2012

Individual evidence

1. ^ Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament
2. ^ Games of the XXX. Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament