The long awaited Tokyo Olympics gets underway on Wednesday with the Women’s Football taking centre stage. The tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held from 21 July to 6 August 2021. Originally, it was to be held from 22 July to 7 August 2020, but the Summer Olympics were postponed to the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our 3 Medal Picks:
Great Britain Women @7/1
GB Women kick off with the pick of the ties on Wednesday vs Chile, Given Team GB doesn’t usually play together, it was pre-agreed that for them to qualify for Tokyo a home nation had to finish as one of the three best European teams at the 2019 Women’s World Cup. So, despite losing to Sweden in the bronze-medal match, England clinched the final place for Team GB in Japan. Such is the level of competition that France, the 2019 World Cup hosts and one of the favourites, and the defending Olympic champions Germany, missed out. The Netherlands qualified after defeat by the USA in the final. But we strongly believe GB will build and stride to the gold.
USA Women, @5/6 Favs
Always a dominant force USA will be looking to push for honours here, USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonovski now has an expanded roster to choose from as the team looks ahead to their opponents in group G where they will face Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden. With a mix of new talent and the old guard we think there a strong medal contender but could have to settle for Silver.
China Women @100/1
Well why not! or just not….. well been there home Olympics and been well adjusted to the conditions the Chinese women could be a surprise package. The last time China beat Brazil was in the Summer Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta. Sun Yingmei and Wei Haiying scored the goals to defeat Brazil 3-2 in the semi final. The last time the two teams met was in the International Women’s Football Tournament in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality in 2019, when China managed to draw 0-0 thanks to a resilient defence. We see this as the telling test if China can get a result vs Brazil why not push for at least a Bronze.
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