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<\/p>\n
Hosts France, reigning FIFA Women’s World Cup\u2122 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Get the lowdown on every team who has secured qualification so far below.<\/p>\n
AFC
\nAustralia
\nCoach: Tony Gustavsson
\nQualification: AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament third-round winners (beat Uzbekistan 13-0 on aggregate).
\nPrevious appearances: 4 (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
\nBest result: Fourth place (Tokyo 2020)<\/p>\n
Japan
\nCoach: Futoshi Ikeda
\nQualification: AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament third-round winners (beat Korea DPR 2-1 on aggregate)
\nPrevious appearances: 5 (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Tokyo 2020)
\nBest result: Silver medal (London 2012)<\/p>\n
CAF
\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
Concacaf
\nCanada
\nCoach: Bev Priestman
\nQualification: Winner of the Concacaf Olympic play-off (beat Jamaica 4-1 on aggregate)
\nPrevious appearances: 4 (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
\nBest result: Gold medal (Tokyo 2020)<\/p>\n
USA
\nCoach: Emma Hayes (will take over from interim coach Twila Kilgore ahead of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament)
\nQualification: Winner of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship
\nPrevious appearances: 7 (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
\nBest result: Gold medal (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012)<\/p>\n
CONMEBOL
\nBrazil
\nCoach: Arthur Elias
\nQualification: 2022 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina winners
\nPrevious participations: 7 (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
\nBest result: Silver medal (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008)<\/p>\n
Colombia
\nCoach: Angelo Marsiglia
\nQualification: 2022 Copa America Femenina runners-up
\nPrevious participations: 2 (London 2012, Rio 2016)
\nBest result: Group stage (London 2012, Rio 2016)<\/p>\n
OFC
\nNew Zealand
\nCoach: Jitka Klimkova
\nQualification: OFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament winners
\nPrevious participations: 4 (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
\nBest result: Quarter-final (London 2012)<\/p>\n
UEFA
\nGermany
\nCoach: Horst Hrubesch
\nQualification: UEFA Women’s Nations League, third place
\nPrevious appearances: 5 (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, Rio 2016)
\nBest result: Gold medal (Rio 2016)<\/p>\n
France
\nCoach: Herve Renard
\nQualification: Qualified automatically as host nation
\nPrevious participations: 2 (London 2012, Rio 2016)
\nBest result: Fourth place (2012)<\/p>\n
Spain
\nCoach: Montse Tome
\nQualification: UEFA Women’s Nations League winners
\nPrevious participations: 0
\nBest result: N\/A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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