IFFHS OLYMPIC NEWS AND STATISTICS - DAY 5
Picture : Vivianne Miedema leads sovereign the Goal Scorer ranking with 8 goals in 3 matches. Olympic Record !
OLYMPIC GAMES 2020 - FOOTBALL DAY 5
- 3 matches, 3 victories : Sweden’s women football national team made a perfect begin of Olympics . Next step in quarter finals : Japan.
- Since losing against USA in February, Brazil continue his unbeaten run ! 6 matches and a quarter final against Canada.
- China was one of the deceptions of the Olympics. The « Steel Roses » were totally unable to stop Netherlands and Brazil (13 goals conceeded) !
- After two Bronze medals in London 2012 and Rio 2016, Canada won his qualification for the quarter finals with a draw against Great Britain. In London 2012, Canada was winner of the quarter final match. Adriana Leon (picture) scored the goal today.
- It was the 31st game between USA and Australia, but only the second draw in the History. USA won 26 games and Australia 3 in all time history.
- In 2019, the FIFA World Cup Final saw the victory of USA against Netherlands.Two years later, the teams will be face to face in the Olympics Quarter final ! The dutch players scored 21 goals in 3 matches with Vivianne Miedema 8 and Lieke Martens 4 !
- Never an olympic football tournament was so prolific with 4,12 goals / game since the beginning ! In 2016, it was 2,54 ; in 2012, 2,73 ; in 2008, 2,54 ; in 2004, 2,75 ; in 2000, 2,63 !
- China’s and Zambia’s Goal Scorers ,Wang Shuang and Barbra Banda, are now eliminated in the Olympic tournament with their team. But the 4 goals of Wang (she was already picked at 12 in China’s U17 squad !) and the 6 goals of Banda (Olympic record of hat tricks) will announce a great future.
- Hannah Wilkinson is the 11th to reach 100 caps for the football Ferns of New Zealand ! She joins the centurions Percival, Erceg, Riley, Hearn, Duncan, Longo, Hassett, White, Yallop and Gregorius !