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Football At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's Team Squads
The women's football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta was held from 21 July to 1 August 1996. The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 16 players, including two goalkeepers. Additionally, teams could name a maximum of four alternate players, numbered from 17 to 20. The alternate list could contain at most three outfielders, as at least one slot was reserved for a goalkeeper. In the event of serious injury during the tournament, an injured player could be replaced by one of the players in the alternate list. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. The age listed for each player is on 21 July 1996, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The 1996 Summer Olympics—based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States—marked the first time that women participated in the Olympic association football tournament. The tournament featured eight women's national teams from four continental confederations. The teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament (which was held in Miami, Florida, Orlando, Florida, Birmingham, Alabama and Washington, D.C.). At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage (which was held at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia), beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match on August 1, 1996. The United States became the inaugural champion after a 2–1 victory against China in the gold medal game. Competition schedule Qualification The qualification system for the inaugural women's football tournament was based on the results of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Seven best teams and the host nation were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Ailing
Liu Ailing (; born 2 May 1967) is a Chinese former footballer who played for the China national team at the 1991, 1995 and 1999 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup. She won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and participated at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A playmaking midfielder, she played for professional club football in Japan and the United States. Club career Born in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, Liu excelled in basketball and athletics but did not play football until she was 17 years old. Her parents were initially reluctant to let her play what they saw as a masculine sport. In 1994, Liu joined Japanese second-tier club Tasaki Perule FC. She won promotion in her first season and remained with the club until 1997. At the 2000 WUSA Draft, Liu was selected by Philadelphia Charge in the first round, second overall behind compatriot Sun Wen. In the United States, Liu experienced a culture shock; she bought only raw fruit and vegetables from the supermarket as in Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark Women's National Football Team
The Denmark women's national football team () represents Denmark and Greenland in international Women's association football, women's football. The team is governed by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, the Algarve Cup, and, since 2023, the new UEFA Women's Nations League. A Danish national women's football team was not formally recognised by DBU until February 1972. The first official match was played against Sweden women's national football team, Sweden in Markusböle, Finland on 27 July 1974. Denmark have qualified four times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and nine times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the final in UEFA Women's Euro 2017, 2017. During the era before DBU recognised women's football as legitimate, various teams were assembled independently to compete for Denmark in unofficial competitions, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keld Gantzhorn
Keld Gantzhorn Knudsen (born 3 October 1954) is a Danish former footballer and manager. Career Gantzhorn played for Odense, and appeared for the team in the 1978–79 European Cup on 27 September 1978 against Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Sofia, which finished as a 1–2 away loss. He later began coaching, and was the manager of the Denmark women's national team from 1988 until 1996. He coached the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and 1996 Summer Olympics. Under the leadership of Keld Gantzhorn, the team won a bronze medal during the European Championships in Denmark in 1991 by winning 2–1 over Italy in the match of 3–4. place, after losing to Norway in the semifinals after rematch and penalty shootout. Likewise, the team won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Italy in 1993 by beating the defending European champions Germany 3–1. Here too, Denmark had lost the semifinal to Norway 1–0. In addition to the national coaching job ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niu Lijie
Niu Lijie (born 12 April 1969) is a Chinese former football player who played for the China women's national football team. She represented China at the 1996 Summer Olympics Soccer America, 18 July 1996 and the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the first FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international governing body sele ... .
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Zhao Yan (footballer)
Zhao Yan (born 7 May 1972) is a Chinese women's international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. She is a member of the China women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's association football, women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September .... References External links * 1972 births Living people Chinese women's footballers 21st-century Chinese sportswomen China women's international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football goalkeepers Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games footballers for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Yan (footballer, Born 1972)
Zhang Yan (; born ) is a Chinese former women's football player. She participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1972 births Living people Chinese women's footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players China women's international footballers Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games footballers for China Women's association football forwards Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in football {{PRChina-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Yating
Li Yating () is a Chinese former footballer who played for the China women's national team. Career In club football, Li played for the Dalian women's football team. She was also member of the China national team, and was included in the team's squad at the 1993 Summer Universiade football tournament, which saw China win the gold medal. She was also included in the squad for the 1995 AFC Women's Championship, in which she scored two goals against the Philippines and one against Kazakhstan as China won the tournament. The following year, she was included as an alternate player for the football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ..., in which China won the silver medal. She also played in a friendly match against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao Hong (footballer)
Gao Hong (; born 27 November 1967) is a Chinese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also played professionally for the New York Power of the Women's United Soccer Association in 2001 and 2002. In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches as goalkeeper. Four years later she was a member of the Chinese team which finished fifth in the women's tournament. She played all three matches as goalkeeper. Hong played as goalkeeper for the Chinese team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. She is known to stare down her opponents. Brandi Chastain recalled Hong's ability to psych her out. Chastain attributed Hong's ability to a lost goal, saying "She got in my head and as I approached the ball I was thinking more about her than about what I should be doing." Hong began playing soccer at 18 when her supervisor at the factory she worked at made her join the factory' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Guihong
Shi Guihong (, born February 13, 1968) is a female PR China, Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches and scored two goals. International goals References External links *Shi Guihong at databaseOlympics.com 1968 births Living people Chinese women's footballers Olympic footballers for China Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics China women's international footballers Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games footballers for China Women's association football players not categorized by position Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in football {{PRChina-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Yufeng
Chen Yufeng (, born January 17, 1970) is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played two matches. References External links * Chen Yufeng at databaseOlympics.com 1970 births Living people Chinese women's footballers China women's international footballers Olympic footballers for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in football Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Ying (footballer)
Liu Ying (; born June 11, 1974) is a Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she won the Olympic silver medal with China. Her team finished the group phase in first place ahead of the United States. In the semifinals, China defeated Brazil 3–2. She and her team earned silver after a 2–1 loss to the hosts the United States in the final. She played three matches including the final. She played in the 1999 FIFA World Cup. She scored a goal in the 3–1 win against Australia in the group stage. The final match against the hosts the United States went to penalties, where her kick was saved by Briana Scurry. The U.S. ultimately won the shootout 5–4. One year later she was a member of the Chinese team which finished fifth in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
