2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Sweden vs. Netherlands, the top 2 teams of the tournament
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates2–9 March 2016
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sweden
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place Switzerland
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored19 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Manon Melis
Netherlands Vivianne Miedema
Norway Ada Hegerberg
Switzerland Rahel Kiwic
(2 goals each)
2008

The 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an international football competition organised by UEFA to determine the final women's national team from Europe to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil. The tournament was played between 2 and 9 March 2016 in the Netherlands.[1]

Four teams participated in the tournament: Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. As the tournament winner, Sweden qualified for the last available Olympic spot from Europe, joining France and Germany, who had already qualified, as the three UEFA representatives.[2]

  1. ^ "Netherlands to stage Olympic qualifiers". uefa.com. UEFA. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Sweden seal Europe's last ticket to Rio". FIFA.com. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.