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.
Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two periods of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.
Participating teams One team from each continental confederation participated in the tournament. 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) Invited Asia (AFC) Hosts Europe (UEFA) Four-team Youth Olympic qualifying tournament(Nyon, Switzerland, 14–16 October 2013) North America (CONCACAF) Invited Oceania (OFC) Invited South America (CONMEBOL) 2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship(Paraguay, 12–29 September 2013)
Squads
Players must be 15 years old (born between 1 January and 31 December 1999) to be eligible to participate. Each team consisted of 18 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).
Match officials A total of six referees and twelve assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.
ConfederationRefereesAssistant refereesAFC He Jin Cui Yongmei Ensieh Khabaz MafinezhadCAF Gladys Lengwe Emmanuella Aglago Bernadettar KwimbiraCONCACAF Christina Unkel Princess Brown Wendy FisherCONMEBOL Olga Miranda Villarreal Liliana Bejarano Albornoz Loreto Toloza CraveroOFC Anna-Marie Keighley Nadia Browning Lata I Sia KaumatuleUEFA 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 The draw was held at the Hilton Hotel in Nanjing on 14 May 2014. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows: points obtained in all group matches; goal difference in all group matches; 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: points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned; number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the Semi-finalsThird-placed teams play in the Fifth place match All times are local: Nanjing in China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage 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).
Semi-finals
Fifth place match
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final ranking Rank Team456
Goalscorers 7 goals Deyna Castellanos
5 goals Ma Xiaolan
4 goals Martina Šurnovská
3 goals
Zhang Jiayun Daniela Garcia Montserrat Hernandez Alejandra Zaragoza Nathalie Pasquel
2 goals
Jin Kun Wan Wenting Dayana Cázares Bellinda Giada
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
External links Event – Overview – Women , Nanjing 2014 Girls' Youth Olympic Football Tournament Nanjing 2014 , FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report