Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

The girls' football tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place at the Wutaishan Stadium and the Jiangning Sports Center, both located in Nanjing, China, between 14–26 August 2014.[2]

2014 Girls' Youth Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates (2014-08-14) (2014-08-26)14–26 August 2014
(12 days)
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (1st title)
Runners-up Venezuela
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored56 (5.09 per match)
Attendance67,190 (6,108 per match)
Top scorer(s)Venezuela Deyna Castellanos
(7 goals)
Fair play award Mexico[1]
2010

Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two periods of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.[3]

Participating teams

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One team from each continental confederation participated in the tournament.[4] The same country may not participate in both the boys' and girls' tournament. As hosts, China was given Asia's spot to compete in the girls' tournament (and thus could not participate in the boys' tournament). Teams may qualify through preliminary competitions, or be nominated for participation by their confederation, with the invited teams ratified by FIFA during their meeting in Zürich on 3–4 October 2013.

Confederation Team Qualification method
Africa (CAF)   Namibia Invited
Asia (AFC)   China Hosts[5]
Europe (UEFA)   Slovakia Four-team Youth Olympic qualifying tournament
(Nyon, Switzerland, 14–16 October 2013)[6][7]
North America (CONCACAF)   Mexico Invited
Oceania (OFC)   Papua New Guinea Invited
South America (CONMEBOL)   Venezuela 2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship
(Paraguay, 12–29 September 2013)[8][9]

Squads

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Players must be 15 years old (born between 1 January and 31 December 1999) to be eligible to participate.[3] Each team consisted of 18 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[10]

Match officials

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A total of six referees and twelve assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.[11]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees
AFC

  He Jin

  Cui Yongmei
  Ensieh Khabaz Mafinezhad

CAF

  Gladys Lengwe

  Emmanuella Aglago
  Bernadettar Kwimbira

CONCACAF

  Christina Unkel

  Princess Brown
  Wendy Fisher

CONMEBOL

  Olga Miranda Villarreal

  Liliana Bejarano Albornoz
  Loreto Toloza Cravero

OFC

  Anna-Marie Keighley

  Nadia Browning
  Lata I Sia Kaumatule

UEFA

  Morag Pirie

  Manuela Nicolosi
  Petruta Claudia Iugulescu

Morag Pirie is affiliated with the Football Association of Scotland. Since Scotland is not a member of the IOC, she is listed by the IOC under Great Britain.

Group stage

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The draw was held at the Hilton Hotel in Nanjing on 14 May 2014.[12] The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[3]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semi-finals
Third-placed teams play in the Fifth place match

All times are local: Nanjing in China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Venezuela 2 2 0 0 13 2 +11 6
  Slovakia 2 1 0 1 6 6 0 3
  Papua New Guinea 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
Papua New Guinea  0–7  Venezuela
Report Castellanos   19', 40', 49' (pen.), 69'
Hilary Vergara   47'
Nathalie Pasquel   61'
Greisbell Marquez   80+2'
Attendance: 4,323
Referee: He Jin (China)

Venezuela  6–2  Slovakia
Castellanos   10', 13', 33'
Nathalie Pasquel   45', 72'
Yuleisi Rivero   61'
Report Šurnovská   40', 58'
Attendance: 4,503
Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

Slovakia  4–0  Papua New Guinea
Laura Suchá   11'
Šurnovská   35', 54'
Veronika Jančová   68'
Report
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  China 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6
  Mexico 2 1 0 1 9 2 +7 3
  Namibia 2 0 0 2 0 19 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]
China  2–0  Mexico
Zhao Yujie   10'
Jin Kun   35'
Report
Attendance: 4,323
Referee: Morag Pirie (Great Britain)

Mexico  9–0  Namibia
Montserrat Hernandez   19', 59'
Daniela Garcia   21', 44'
Alejandra Zaragoza   30', 55', 76'
Cázares   72'
Maria Acedo   79'
Report
Attendance: 4,503
Referee: Marilin Miranda (Paraguay)

Namibia  0–10  China
Report Wan Wenting   9'
Zhang Jiayun   13', 62'
Ma Xiaolan   19', 24', 30', 45'
Jin Kun   43'
Wang Yanwen   54'
Fang Jie   66'
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[3]

Semi-finals

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Venezuela  1–1  Mexico
Argelis Campos   2' Report Cázares   8'
Penalties
Olimar Castillo  
Nathalie Pasquel  
Luzardo  
Castellanos  
Nayluisa Cáceres  
4–3   Rodriguez
  Vanessa Gonzalez
  Marianna Maldonado
  Daniela Garcia
  Montserrat Hernandez
Attendance: 4,690
Referee: Morag Pirie (Great Britain)

China  0–0  Slovakia
Report
Penalties
Zhao Yujie  
Ma Xiaolan  
Zhang Jiayun  
Fang Jie  
4–2   Šurnovská
  Tamara Gmitterová
  Mária Mikolajová
  Veronika Jančová
Attendance: 4,690
Referee: Marilin Miranda (Paraguay)

Fifth place match

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Papua New Guinea  3–2  Namibia
Bellinda Giada   1', 29'
Marity Sep   34'
Report Ignacia Haoses   16'
Ivone Kooper   40+1'
Attendance: 8,102
Referee: He Jin (China)

Bronze medal match

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Mexico  3–1  Slovakia
Andrea Herbríková   10' (o.g.)
Montserrat Hernandez   15'
Daniela Garcia   79'
Report Diana Anguiano   43' (o.g.)
Attendance: 11,678
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Gold medal match

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Venezuela  0–5  China
Report Wan Wenting   10'
Xie Qiwen   19'
Ma Xiaolan   34'
Zhang Jiayun   45'
Wu Xi   80+1'
Attendance: 11,678
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Final ranking

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Rank Team
    China
    Venezuela
    Mexico
4   Slovakia
5   Papua New Guinea
6   Namibia

Goalscorers

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7 goals
5 goals
  •   Ma Xiaolan
4 goals
3 goals
  •   Zhang Jiayun
  •   Daniela Garcia
  •   Montserrat Hernandez
  •   Alejandra Zaragoza
  •   Nathalie Pasquel
2 goals
1 goal
  •   Fang Jie
  •   Wang Yanwen
  •   Wu Xi
  •   Xie Qiwen
  •   Zhao Yujie
  •   Maria Acedo
  •   Ignacia Haoses
  •   Ivone Kooper
  •   Marity Sep
  •   Veronika Jančová
  •   Laura Suchá
  •   Argelis Campos
  •   Greisbell Marquez
  •   Yuleisi Rivero
  •   Hilary Vergara
1 own goal
  •   Diana Anguiano (playing against Slovakia)
  •   Andrea Herbríková (playing against Mexico)

References

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  1. ^ "China triumph at home". FIFA.com. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "Match schedule – Youth Olympic Football Tournaments Nanjing 2014" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations – Youth Olympic Football Tournaments Nanjing 2014" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Qualifiers – Girls' Youth Olympic Football Tournaments Nanjing 2014". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "China PR eye maiden global title". FIFA.com. 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2013.
  6. ^ "Girls' Olympic qualifiers begin". UEFA.com. 8 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Slovakia earn girls' Youth Olympics spot". UEFA.com. 16 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17 Paraguay 2013 – Reglamento del Torneo" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27.
  9. ^ "En imágenes, desde el puntapié inicial hasta la entrega de premios, toda la fiesta del fútbol femenino Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 30 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Team Roster" (PDF). Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  11. ^ "Youth Olympic Football Tournament Nanjing 2014 – Appointment of Match Officials – Women" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2014.
  12. ^ "Draw sets up enticing match-ups". FIFA.com. 14 May 2014. Archived from the original on May 26, 2014.
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