Women's Football - Football - Rio 2016 Summer Olympics
Event Format:
The format for the Football tournament included a preliminary group stage followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. In the preliminary phase the participating teams was split into pools in a round robin format with each team playing every other team in their pool. The top eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals. Event facts: Women's Football competition was held at the Maracana Stadium and 12 teams participated in the event. |