Women’s football draw sets stage for Paris 2024 Olympics | OneFootball

The 2024 Paris Olympics are shaping up to be a thrilling event for women’s football and the draw took place this week, with legendary figures like Arsène Wenger and Thierry Henry, making an appearance.

With a unique format and a chance for some Arsenal stars to shine, this tournament promises high-quality competition across France. Let’s delve into the draw results and what it means for the Gunners.

There are only twelve teams involved in the women’s tournament and it is open to all players regardless of their age, unlike in the men’s.

It means the tournament is part of the FIFA calendar and therefore players’ release is compulsory.

Here is the full draw:

The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals as well as the best two third placed teams. Group B and C are certainly the group of death with three teams good enough to go deep into the tournament

The Olympics tournament is extremely demanding as teams play up to six games in 16 days and have only 18 players available as per the IOC rules. They have also four alternates but those players can only replace an injured player and therefore are unlikely to participate.

Unlike in last season’s world cup, Arsenal will not have too many players involved and therefore the start of the 2024/25 pre-season will not be disrupted too much. It means the Champions League qualifying Round 1, should Arsenal qualify, will be properly prepared for and elimination less likely.

Emily Fox with the USA, Sabrina D’Angelo and Chloé Lacasse Canada, Laia Codina with Spain, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley with Australia should all be involved.

The tournament will be very high quality and will be played all over France with seven stadiums involved: Paris, Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Marseille, Nantes, Bordeaux.