Women's soccer Olympics schedule: Paris Olympics group play, knockout stage matches

The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris begin in just over a month, and the schedule and groupings for the women's soccer tournament have already been announced.

Group stage matches for both the men's and women's tournaments make up some of the first events of this year's Olympics. The women's bracket will begin its group matches on Thursday, July 25 – the day before the official opening ceremony for the Paris Games. It will conclude with one of the final gold medal events on Saturday, August 10, which is the day before the closing ceremony.

In total, the women's bracket features three sessions of group matches then two rounds of knockout stages before the gold medal game.

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Unlike the men's tournament, which has four groups of four national teams, the women's competition features only three groups of four teams each. In the women's bracket, the top two teams in each group advance, and the two best third-place teams from the three groups advance to the knockout stage.

Here is everything to know about the women's tournament at the 2024 Olympics.

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Olympics 2024: Women's soccer Olympic groups for Paris

Here are the results of March's drawing for each of the three groups in the women's soccer tournament.

Group A

• France (Hosts)

• Colombia

• Canada

• New Zealand

Group B

• United States

• Zambia

• Germany

• Australia

Group C

• Spain

• Japan

• Nigeria

• Brazil

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Olympics 2024: Women's soccer group match schedule

All times Eastern.

Thursday, July 25

Group A

• Canada vs. New Zealand, 11 a.m.

• France vs. Colombia, 3 p.m.

Group B

• Germany vs. Australia, 1 p.m.

• United States vs. Zambia, 3 p.m.

Group C

• Spain vs. Japan, 11 a.m.

• Nigeria vs. Brazil, 1 p.m.

Sunday, July 28

Group A

• New Zealand vs. Colombia, 11 a.m.

• France vs. Canada, 3 p.m.

Group B

• Australia vs. Zambia, 1 p.m.

• United States vs. Germany, 3 p.m.

Group C

• Brazil vs. Japan, 11 a.m.

• Spain vs. Nigeria, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, July 31

Group A

• New Zealand vs. France, 3 p.m.

• Colombia vs. Canada, 3 p.m.

Group B

• Zambia vs. Germany, 1 p.m.

• Australia vs. United States, 1 p.m.

Group C

• Japan vs. Nigeria, 11 a.m.

• Brazil vs. Spain, 11 a.m.

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Olympics 2024: Women's soccer knockout rounds schedule

All times Eastern.

Saturday, August 3

• Women's Quarterfinal #1: 9 a.m.

• Women's Quarterfinal #2: 11 a.m.

• Women's Quarterfinal #3: 1 p.m.

• Women's Quarterfinal #4: 3 p.m.

Tuesday, August 6

• Women's Semifinal #1: Noon

• Women's Semifinal #2: 3 p.m.

Friday, August 9

Women's bronze medal match: 9 a.m.

Saturday, August 10

Women's gold medal match: 11 a.m.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Paris Olympics 2024: Women's soccer Olympics groups and schedule