The knockout stage of the women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 30 July to 6 August 2021. The top two teams from each group in the group stage, as well as the two best third-placed teams, qualified for the knockout stage. [1]
All times listed are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. [1]
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which two third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals: [1]
| Third-placed teams qualify from groups | 1E vs | 1G vs | |||
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| E | F | 3F | 3E | ||
| E | G | 3G | 3E | ||
| F | G | 3G | 3F | ||
The top two placed teams from each of the three groups, along with the two best-placed third teams, qualified for the knockout stage. [1]
| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third-placed teams (Best two qualify) |
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| E |  Great Britain |  Canada |  Japan |
| F |  Netherlands |  Brazil | — |
| G |  Sweden |  United States |  Australia |
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| 30 July – Kashima | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 August – Yokohama | ||||||||||
| Australia (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 July – Saitama | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 August – Yokohama | ||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| 30 July – Yokohama | ||||||||||
| Canada (p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2 August – Kashima | ||||||||||
| United States (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 July – Rifu | ||||||||||
| Canada | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Canada (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 5 August – Kashima | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 (3) | |||||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||||
| Canada | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–3 | ||
        Canada [3] |    Brazil [3] |
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Assistant referees: [4] |
| Great Britain | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
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   Great Britain [5] |  Australia [5] |
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Assistant referees: [4] |
| Sweden | 3–1 | Japan |
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   Sweden [6] |    Japan [6] |
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| Netherlands | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | United States |
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| Penalties | ||
| 2–4 | ||
     Netherlands [7] |     United States [7] |
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Assistant referees: [4] |
United States [8] | Canada [8] |
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Assistant referees: [9] |
| Australia | 0–1 | Sweden |
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| Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) | Rolfö  46' |
Australia [10] |    Sweden [10] |
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Assistant referees: [9] |
Australia [11] |      United States [11] |
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Assistant referees: [12] |
The gold medal match was originally scheduled to be held on 6 August 2021, 11:00, at National Stadium, Tokyo. Both teams requested a later kick-off time due to concerns about excessive heat; as the National Stadium was already booked for athletics events in the evening, the game was moved to 21:00 on the same day at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama. [13] [14] [15]
| Sweden | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
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| 2–3 | ||
Sweden [16] | Canada [16] |
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Assistant referees: [17] |
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