Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament
# Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

The girls' football tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place at the Wutaishan Stadium and the Jiangning Sports Center, both located in Nanjing, China, between 14–26 August 2014.

Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two periods of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

## Participating teams

One team from each continental confederation participated in the tournament. The same country may not participate in both the boys' and girls' tournament. As hosts, China was given Asia's spot to compete in the girls' tournament (and thus could not participate in the boys' tournament). Teams may qualify through preliminary competitions, or be nominated for participation by their confederation, with the invited teams ratified by FIFA during their meeting in Zürich on 3–4 October 2013.

| Confederation | Team | Qualification method |
| - | - | - |
| Africa (CAF) | Namibia | Invited |
| Asia (AFC) | China | Hosts |
| Europe (UEFA) | Slovakia | Four-team Youth Olympic qualifying tournament (Nyon, Switzerland, 14–16 October 2013) |
| North America (CONCACAF) | Mexico | Invited |
| Oceania (OFC) | Papua New Guinea | Invited |
| South America (CONMEBOL) | Venezuela | 2013 South American Under-17 Women's Championship (Paraguay, 12–29 September 2013) |

## Squads

Players must be 15 years old (born between 1 January and 31 December 1999) to be eligible to participate. Each team consisted of 18 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).

## Match officials

A total of six referees and twelve assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.

| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees |
| - | - | - |
| AFC | He Jin | Cui Yongmei Ensieh Khabaz Mafinezhad |
| CAF | Gladys Lengwe | Emmanuella Aglago Bernadettar Kwimbira |
| CONCACAF | Christina Unkel | Princess Brown Wendy Fisher |
| CONMEBOL | Olga Miranda Villarreal | Liliana Bejarano Albornoz Loreto Toloza Cravero |
| OFC | Anna-Marie Keighley | Nadia Browning Lata I Sia Kaumatule |
| UEFA | Morag $Pirie^†$ | Manuela Nicolosi Petruta Claudia Iugulescu |

$^†$ Morag Pirie is affiliated with the Football Association of Scotland. Since Scotland is not a member of the IOC, she is listed by the IOC under Great Britain.

## Group stage

The draw was held at the Hilton Hotel in Nanjing on 14 May 2014. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

* points obtained in all group matches;
* goal difference in all group matches;
* number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

* points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Key to colours in group tables :

* Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semi-finals
* Third-placed teams play in the Fifth place match

All times are local: Nanjing in China Standard Time (UTC+8)

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 6 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 3 |
| Namibia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | China |
| | Venezuela |
| | Mexico |
| 4 | Slovakia |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea |
| 6 | Namibia |

## Goalscorers

### 7 goals

* Deyna Castellanos

### 5 goals

* Ma Xiaolan

### 4 goals

* Martina Šurnovská

### 3 goals

* Zhang Jiayun
* Daniela Garcia
* Montserrat Hernandez
* Alejandra Zaragoza
* Nathalie Pasquel

### 2 goals

* Jin Kun
* Wan Wenting
* Dayana Cázares
* Bellinda Giada

### 1 goal

* Fang Jie
* Wang Yanwen
* Wu Xi
* Xie Qiwen
* Zhao Yujie
* Maria Acedo
* Ignacia Haoses
* Ivone Kooper
* Marity Sep
* Veronika Jančová
* Laura Suchá
* Argelis Campos
* Greisbell Marquez
* Yuleisi Rivero
* Hilary Vergara

### 1 own goal

* Diana Anguiano (playing against Slovakia)
* Andrea Herbríková (playing against Mexico)
