Who can stop the US women’s soccer No. 1 team? That will be the theme of the women’s soccer tournament at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, which kicks off on Wednesday, July 21.
Twelve nations are competing for the Olympic gold in soccer in Tokyo in the seventh women’s soccer tournament at the Olympic Games since 1996. The United States of America has won all but one of the gold medals, four times and Norway and Germany the other two champions. Germans are Olympic gold medalists, but failed to qualify for the 2021 tournament.
Brazil (No. 7), Canada (No. 8), host Japan (No. 10), Sweden (No. 5), the Netherlands (No. 4) are the main contenders for the Americans for the 2021 gold medal.) and Great Britain (England is ranked sixth in the world ).
Australia (No. 9) and China (No. 15) have a history of participating in major tournaments, while New Zealand (No. 22), Chile (No. 37) and Zambia (No. 104) have great prospects. Out of the group stage, not to mention making it to the medal round.
How to watch Olympic women’s football in the United States
- TV channels: NBCSN, USA Network, Olympic Channel
- Spanish TV: Telemundo, the universe
- flow: fuboTV, NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports app, Telemundo Deportes app, TelemundoDeportes.com
Television coverage of select Women’s Football Championship matches will be broadcast on five channels in the NBC Family Network in both English and Spanish (match-by-match lists below).
Every football match for the men’s and women’s tournaments is broadcast on NBCOlympics.com (in English), TelemundoDeportes.com (in Spanish), the NBC Sports app and the Telemundo Deportes app with user authentication (verified cable/satellite subscription).
NBC and Telemundo TV families are also available on fuboTV (7-day free trial): NBC, NBCSN, USA Network, CNBC, Olympic Channel, Golf Channel, Telemundo, Universo.
Women’s soccer schedule 2021
Notice: All matches will be broadcast in the United States on NBCOlympics.comand the TelemundoDeportes.comand the NBC Sports App تطبيق and the Telemundo Sports App With user authentication.
Wednesday, July 21 (group stage, first round)
| Matching | Time (Eastern Time) | TV channels | flow |
| Group E: Great Britain and Chile | 03:30 AM | Olympic Channel, Universo | fuboTV |
| Group F: China and Brazil | four in the morning | NBCSN | fuboTV |
| Group G: Sweden and America | 04:30 AM | USA Network, Telemundo | fuboTV |
| Group E: Japan vs Canada | 6.30 am | NBCSN, Universe | fuboTV |
| Group F: Zambia vs. Dutch | 7 o’clock in the morning | Olympic Channel | fuboTV |
| Group G: Australia and New Zealand | 07:30 | US network | fuboTV |
Saturday 24 July (group stage, second round)
| Matching | Time (Eastern Time) | TV channels | flow |
| Group E: Chile vs Canada | 03:30 AM | Telemundo | fuboTV |
| Group F: China – Zambia | four in the morning | Unavailable | |
| Group G: Sweden and Australia | 04:30 AM | NBCSN | fuboTV |
| Group E: Japan – Great Britain | 6.30 am | Unavailable | |
| Group F: Holland and Brazil | 7 o’clock in the morning | Universe | fuboTV |
| Group G: New Zealand and the United States of America | 07:30 | NBCSN, Telemundo | fuboTV |
Tuesday 27 July (group stage, third round)
| Matching | Time (Eastern Time) | TV channels | flow |
| Group G: New Zealand and Sweden | four in the morning | Unavailable | |
| Group G: America and Australia | four in the morning | USA Network, Telemundo | fuboTV |
| Group E: Chile vs Japan | 7 o’clock in the morning | Universe | fuboTV |
| Group E: Canada and Great Britain | 7 o’clock in the morning | Unavailable | |
| Group F: Netherlands and China | 07:30 | Unavailable | |
| Group F: Brazil vs Zambia | 07:30 | Telemundo | fuboTV |
Friday 30 July (Quarterfinals)
| Matching | Time (Eastern Time) | TV channels | flow |
| QF 1: E2 vs F2 | four in the morning | NBCSN | fuboTV |
| QF 2: E1 vs. F3/G3 | five A.M | It will be announced later | fuboTV |
| QF 3: G1 vs. E3/F3 | 6 am | NBCSN | fuboTV |
| QF 4: F1 vs. G2 | 7 o’clock in the morning | NBCSN (8-9 p.m.) | fuboTV |
Monday August 2 (Semi-finals)
| Matching | Time (Eastern Time) | TV channels | flow |
| Semi-finals 1: Winner 1 in QF vs Winner of 4 QF | four in the morning | US network | fuboTV |
| Semi-final 2: QF Winner 2 vs. Qatar Foundation Winner 3 | 7 o’clock in the morning | US network | fuboTV |
Thursday, August 5 (gold and bronze medal matches)
| Matching | time | TV channels | flow |
| Bronze: Losers in the semi-finals | four in the morning | US network | fuboTV |
| silver gold: Semi-final winners | 10 pm | US network | fuboTV |
Women’s Olympic Football: Tournament Format
The women’s soccer tournament begins with a group stage in which four of the twelve teams are eliminated. The remaining eight advance to the quarter-finals and the start of the knockout rounds.
Group stage: The 12 teams are divided into groups E, F and G to avoid confusion with the AD men’s championship groups. The two best teams in each group advance automatically, along with the two best teams in third place.
The group stage awards three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. Teams are ranked on points (including the best third-placed teams) with the first half being the goal difference and goals scored in that order. If the teams are still tied after the second half, there are other pre-set criteria.
Knockout rondes: The top eight teams will advance to the set-piece knockout round, individual elimination, starting with the quarter-finals, then to the semi-finals and finally the medal matches.
