2016 Olympic women’s football
Germany won the 2016 Olympic women’s football in Brazil. In the final in Rio de Janeiro on 19 August 2016, Germany beat Sweden 2–1.
- Hosts
- Brazil
- Teams
- 12
- Winner
- Germany
- Runner-up
- Sweden
- Final
- 2–1, 19 August 2016
- Venue
- Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
- Top scorer
- Melanie Behringer (5 goals)
- Goals in the tournament
- 66
Questions
Who won the 2016 Olympic women’s football?
Germany won the 2016 Olympic women’s football in Brazil. In the final in Rio de Janeiro on 19 August 2016, Germany beat Sweden 2–1.
Who was the top scorer at the 2016 Olympic women’s football?
Melanie Behringer (5 goals).
Where was the 2016 Olympic women’s football final?
At Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, on 19 August 2016.
Sources
Checked against 5 pages from 4 publishers; a server re-read the quoted lines before this page went up. Scores are the winner’s first.
- Olympedia (read 2026-10-26)
- Olympedia (read 2026-10-26)
- UEFA (read 2026-10-26)
- FIFA technical report, publicly archived by the Society for American Soccer History (read 2026-10-26) (quote not re-read by the server)
- The Sporting News / Kyle Bonn (read 2026-10-26)