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The women's football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta was held from 21 July to 1 August 1996. The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 16 players, including two goalkeepers. [1]
The qualification system for the inaugural women's football tournament was based on the results of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Seven best teams and the host nation were qualified for the tournament. As the third-ranked United States team was already qualified as the host, its spot was passed down to the eighth-ranked team, Japan.
Name Team Goals 1 Cristiane: Brazil 14 2 Marta: Brazil 13 3 Christine Sinclair: Canada 12 4 Birgit Prinz: Germany 10 Carli Lloyd: United States 10 Vivianne Miedema: Netherlands 10 Barbra Banda: Zambia 10 8 Abby Wambach: United States 9 9 Pretinha: Brazil 8 10 Sam Kerr: Australia 7 Melissa Tancredi: Canada 7 Stina Blackstenius: Sweden 7 13 Ellen ...
The United States (USA) was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports. [1]With a total of 44 gold, 32 silver, and 25 bronze medals, the United States returned to the top spot in the medal standings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.
1996 Summer Olympics: Host country: United States: Dates: July 20 – August 3, 1996: Venues: ... Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Women, FIFA.com
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The team is governed by United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football). The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019), five Olympic gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012 ...
In 1996, Akers was again a member of the U.S. women's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where it won the first gold medal in Olympic Women's Soccer. She played with a torn medial collateral ligament in the holding central midfielder role, anchoring the team's defense, dominating in the air, and playmaking out of the ...