Twelve teams will go for gold at this year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament, which will be held across seven French cities from 25 July to 10 August

Hosts France, reigning FIFA Women’s World Cup™ winners Spain and record four-time Olympic champions USA are among the 10 teams whose places have been confirmed, with only Africa’s two representatives still to be determined.

The tournament draw will be made on 20 March, with the teams divided into three groups of four. The competition begins on 25 July, one day before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Get the lowdown on every team who has secured qualification so far below.

AFC
Australia
Coach: Tony Gustavsson
Qualification: AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament third-round winners (beat Uzbekistan 13-0 on aggregate).
Previous appearances: 4 (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
Best result: Fourth place (Tokyo 2020)

Japan
Coach: Futoshi Ikeda
Qualification: AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament third-round winners (beat Korea DPR 2-1 on aggregate)
Previous appearances: 5 (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Tokyo 2020)
Best result: Silver medal (London 2012)

CAF
The final round of CAF Olympic qualifying takes place from 1-9 April, with four teams still in contention for the two Paris 2024 spots. Zambia will face Morocco and Nigeria will take on South Africa in home-and-away ties, with the two winners qualifying for the Olympic Games.

Concacaf
Canada
Coach: Bev Priestman
Qualification: Winner of the Concacaf Olympic play-off (beat Jamaica 4-1 on aggregate)
Previous appearances: 4 (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
Best result: Gold medal (Tokyo 2020)

USA
Coach: Emma Hayes (will take over from interim coach Twila Kilgore ahead of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament)
Qualification: Winner of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship
Previous appearances: 7 (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
Best result: Gold medal (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012)

CONMEBOL
Brazil
Coach: Arthur Elias
Qualification: 2022 Copa América Femenina winners
Previous participations: 7 (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
Best result: Silver medal (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008)

Colombia
Coach: Angelo Marsiglia
Qualification: 2022 Copa America Femenina runners-up
Previous participations: 2 (London 2012, Rio 2016)
Best result: Group stage (London 2012, Rio 2016)

OFC
New Zealand
Coach: Jitka Klimkova
Qualification: OFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament winners
Previous participations: 4 (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
Best result: Quarter-final (London 2012)

UEFA
Germany
Coach: Horst Hrubesch
Qualification: UEFA Women’s Nations League, third place
Previous appearances: 5 (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, Rio 2016)
Best result: Gold medal (Rio 2016)

France
Coach: Herve Renard
Qualification: Qualified automatically as host nation
Previous participations: 2 (London 2012, Rio 2016)
Best result: Fourth place (2012)

Spain
Coach: Montse Tome
Qualification: UEFA Women’s Nations League winners
Previous participations: 0
Best result: N/A