- Colombia advances to the Quarter-Finals of the Olympics for the first time in their history.
- Brazil and Las Cafeteras find themselves on the same side of the bracket, with a potential matchup in the Semi-Finals looming.
Although Brazil and Colombia both suffered defeats on the last day of the Group Stage at the 2024 Olympics, both nations qualified for the knockout rounds as the two best third-place teams. It’s a reason to celebrate for both teams, especially Colombia who reached the Quarter-Finals of the Olympics for the first time in their history. It’s also a huge moment for Linda Caicedo, one of the world’s greatest young talents, who has the chance to help her team continue to make history in the knockout rounds.
For Brazil, they will be without key player and legend Marta, after she received a red card in their match against Spain. Still, Canarinhas have the history and tradition to overcome such a challenge. Brazil is the only nation to have participated in every edition of the tournament to date and they have two silver medals to their name.
In the next round, Colombia will face Spain while Brazil will take on France with both matches taking place on August 3.
Colombia
Colombia’s first match at the 2024 Summer Olympics saw them nearly claw back from a 3-0 deficit against France to only lose 3-2 thanks to goals from Manuela Pavi and Catalina Usme. That momentum would carry them into their second match of the tournament against Australia where they’d score two goals again, this time from Marcela Restrepo and Leicy Santos. This time they would also earn a clean sheet, giving them a hardfought 2-0 victory. In the final match of the Group Stage, Las Cafeteras would fall just short, losing to Canada 1-0, but it would be enough to see them qualify for the next round, finishing as the best third place team on goal difference.
Brasil
Brazil began the tournament with a victory, a hard-earned 1-0 win against Nigeria with Gabriela Nunes Da Silva scoring the decisive goal. They’d then suffer heartbreak at the hands of Japan in their second match of the tournament. The Brazilians were leading 1-0 going into the 90 minute, Japan would score two stoppage time goals to win the game 2-1. Then in their final game against Spain, Brazil would lose again, this time 2-0 to end the Group Stage. The good news for Brazil however, is that they finished the Group Stage as the second best third place team, earning them a spot in the knockouts.
