Football - Team Brazil

Nickname
As Canarinhas

General
Brazil qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games by winning the 2018 Copa America Femenina in Chile.

The Brazilian team have competed at all six editions of the Olympic Games since the first women's tournament in 1996. They finished fourth in 1996 and 2000, and then claimed back-to-back silver medals in 2004 and 2008. They were beaten by the United States of America in the final in both Athens and Beijing. The Brazilians were knocked out at the quarterfinal stage at the 2012 Games in London, but there were high hopes they could win their first gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. Despite topping their group with two wins and a draw before seeing off Australia in the quarterfinals, the hosts lost on penalties to Sweden at the semifinal stage in a match that was attended by more than 70,000 spectators. They then suffered a 2-1 defeat to Canada in the bronze medal match.

The Brazilian team were runners-up at the Women's World Cup in 2007, losing to Germany in the final, and they placed third in 1999. They were knocked out in the round of 16 at the two most recent editions of the tournament in 2015 and 2019.

At continental level, Brazil won seven of the eight Copa America Femenina tournaments between 1991 and 2018. They have also had success at the Pan American Games, claiming gold in 2003, 2007, and 2015.