Written by Thomas Esamie.
| Australia hosted a 4 nation tournament, the Australia Cup, in Brisbane and re-acquainted themselves with TransTasman rivals New Zealand. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 18 | Venue : QEII Stadium, Brisbane | |||
| Australia Cassandra Kell (Melissa Barbieri 61), Karla Reuter (Gill Foster 46), Dianne Alagich, Rhian Davies (Pam Grant 71), Tal Karp (Lana Harch 70), Sarah Walsh (Selin Kuralay 61), Kate McShea (Leah Blayney 36), April Mann (Kate Gill 36), Joanne Peters, Lisa De Vanna, Amy Taylor Goals : Mann 26, Walsh 30 |
2 | - | 0 | New Zealand Jenny Bindon (Rachel Howard 46), Sarah Gibbs (Brooke Rangi 46), Priscilla Duncan, Maia Jackman, Rebecca Smith (Rebecca Sowden 46), Hayley Moorwood, Naomi Clarke (Sara Clapham 77), Amber Hearn, Pip Meo (Zarnia Cogle 46), Simone Ferrara (Zoe Thompson 66), Meisha Pyke (Rebecca Simpson 46) |
| Referee : Jacqui Melksham (Australia) Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (New Zealand) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This match was abandoned at halftime and was not resumed or replayed and therefore this isn't *really* a proper international. For the purposes of the competition table it was counted as a 0-0 draw (although North Korea led 1-0 at halftime) which might have proven a problem if Australia had won their final game against China. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 22 | Venue : QEII Stadium, Brisbane | |||
| Australia |
0 | - | 0 | North Korea Goal : Sok Chun Myong 11 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (North Korea) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| Australia concluded the Australia Cup with this draw and a second place finish. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 24 | Venue : QEII Stadium, Brisbane | |||
| Australia Cassandra Kell, Karla Reuter, Dianne Alagich, Rhian Davies, Tal Karp (Leah Blayney 46), Sarah Walsh (Gill Foster 57), Kate McShea, Joanne Peters, Lisa De Vanna, Amy Taylor, Kate Gill (Selin Kuralay 46) |
0 | - | 0 | China Weng Xiaojie, Gao Yan, Guo Lin, Wang Kun, Hou Iijia, Fan Tingting, Xu Yuan (Wang Yihang 83), Wang Dandan, Liu Sa (Lou Xiaoxu 90), Guo Yue, Sun Yongxia (Weng Xinzhi 90) |
| Referee : Krystyna Szokolai (Australia) Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (China) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| Australia more or less qualified with this win given PNG had defeated the Fijians on Match Day one and Fiji would have to score a stupid number of goals against Australia in the 3rd and final qualifier. This was a Olympic Games Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : March 4 | Venue : Govind Park, Ba, Fiji | |||
| Australia Melissa Barbieri, Gillian Foster, Dianne Alagich, Rhian Davies, Tal Karp, Sarah Walsh (Selin Kuralay 46), Kate McShea (Leah Blayney 60), Joanne Peters, Lisa De Vanna, Amy Taylor, Kathryn Gill (April Mann 46) Goals : Gill 5, 16, 36, De Vanna 23, 33, Walsh 30, Peters 38, Kuralay 52, Mann 65, 77 |
10 | - | 0 | Papua New Guinea Roxanne Komeng, Lydia Banabas (Regina Sui 65), Julie Alau, Miriam Lanta, Judith S Michael, Deslyn Siniu, Nakare Nombe, May S Liosi, Nellie Taman, Jocelyn Komeng, Margaret Aka |
| Referee : Bentla D'Coth (India) Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (PNG) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| Qualification was assured with this win meaning that Australia would field Mens and Womens Teams at the Athens games. This was a Olympic Games Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : March 6 | Venue : Govind Park, Ba, Fiji | |||
| Fiji Paulini Ragani, Sera Talanavula (Kini Wilson Ratoto 65), Asena Reba Ratu, Kasaya Lovodua (Miriama Nawaqalevu 81), Kinisimere Vanua, Katarine Sanmarie (Kinisimere Selau 57), Mereilisoni Adireki, Naomi Regu, Lavenia Yalovi, Alisi Meredani, Unaisi Moce |
0 | - | 7 | Australia Melissa Barbieri, Gillian Foster (Kathryn Gill 75), Karla Reuter, Dianne Alagich, Rhian Davies, Kate McShea (Pamela Grant 46), April Mann (Selin Kuralay 46), Joanne Peters, Amy Taylor, Leah Blayney, Lana Harch Goals : Harch 3, 5, 49, Mann 15, 19, Foster 33, Gill 90 |
| Referee : Dongqing Zhang (China) Attendance : 600 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (Fiji) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This time the match still didn't go the full 90 minutes (the previous game is in the "B" games section) but it got close enough to be considered a full match. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 2 | Venue : Beijing | |||
| China Goal : Duan Fang Fang 74 |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Cassandra Kell (Melissa Barbieri 45), Rhian Davies, Sacha Wainwright, Dianne Alagich (Tal Karp 45), Cheryl Salisbury, Sarah Walsh (Lana Harch 61), Heather Garriock (Kathryn Gill 74), Kylie Ledbrook (Leah Blayney 61), Joanne Peters, Lisa de Vanna, Karla Reuter Goal : De Vanna 34 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (China) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 7 | Venue : Azteca Stadium, Mexico City | |||
| Mexico (starting lineup) Jennifer Molina, Elizabeth Gomez, Marlene Sandoval, Maria Castillo, Monica Vergara, Monica Gonzalez, Maribel Dominguez, Iris Mora, Patricia Perez, Carina Maravillas, Evelyn Lopez Goal : Dominguez 81 |
1 | - | 2 | Australia Cassandra Kell, Rhian Davies, Sacha Wainwright, Dianne Alagich, Cheryl Salisbury, Sarah Walsh (Tal Karp 65), Heather Garriock, Kylie Ledbrook (Lisa de Vanna 53 (sent off 89)), Joanne Peters (Selin Kuralay 82), Thea Slatyer (Karla Reuter 90), Danielle Small (Gillian Foster 65) Goals : Walsh 26, 31 |
| Referee : Quetzalli Alvarado Godinez (Mexico) Attendance : 20000 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (Mexico) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 10 | Venue : Jalisco Stadium, Guadalajara | |||
| Mexico Goals : Dominguez 81, 90 |
2 | - | 0 | Australia Cassandra Kell, Sacha Wainwright, Cheryl Salisbury, Sally Shipard, Sarah Walsh (Selin Kuralay 70), Heather Garriock, Joanne Peters, Karla Reuter, Thea Slatyer (Tal Karp 90), Gillian Foster, Danielle Small (Kylie Ledbrook 77) |
| Referee : Virginia Tovar Diaz (Mexico) Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (Mexico) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 21 | Venue : National Sports Centre, Blaine, Minnesota | |||
| United States of America Briana Scurry, Heather Mitts, Cat Reddick, Kate Markgraf, Christie Rampone, Brandi Chastain (Shannon Boxx 46), Aly Wagner (Heather O'Reilly 71), Angela Hucles (Julie Foudy 46), Cindy Parlow (Mia Hamm 46), Lindsay Tarpley (Abby Wambach 46), Kristine Lilly Goals : Boxx 56, Hamm 76, Wambach 81 |
3 | - | 1 | Australia Cassandra Kell, Rhian Davies (Karla Reuter 89), Sacha Wainwright, Dianne Alagich, Cheryl Salisbury, Sarah Walsh (Lisa De Vanna 79), Heather Garriock (Kylie Ledbrook 85), Joanne Peters, Gillian Foster (Selin Kuralay 62), Tal Karp (Thea Slatyer 56), Danielle Small Goal : Small 5 |
| Referee : Terry Vaughn (USA) Attendance : 10276 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), April Heinrichs (USA) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA Match Report by USSF | ||||
| There's not a lot of mention of this game and perhaps it was a training match rather than a proper international but one assumes that with the Olympic Games only days away this would have been a proper hitout to get acclimatised under match conditions. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 6 | Venue : Athens, Greece | |||
| Australia Goal : Walsh 36 |
1 | - | 0 | Mexico |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (Mexico) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by ASA | |||
| Australia began their Olympic Games adventure with a match against Brazil against whom a 1-0 loss is not a complete failure. Though still it's not much of a success either. This was a Olympic Games match. | ||||
| Played : August 11 | Venue : Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece | |||
| Australia Cassandra Kell, Sacha Wainwright, Cheryl Salisbury, Dianne Alagich, Rhian Davies, Heather Garriock, Joanne Peters, Sally Shipard (Kylie Ledbrook 83), Danielle Small, Gillian Foster (Lisa De Vanna 57), Sarah Walsh (Selin Kuralay 71) |
0 | - | 1 | Brazil Andreia, Monica, Tania, Juliana, Renata Costa (Grazielle 13 (Cristiane 83)), Formiga, Daniela, Pretinha, Marta, Rosana (Maicon 76), Elaine Goal : Marta 36 |
| Referee : Christine Frai (Germany) Attendance : 25152 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), Rene Simoes (Brazil) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by ASA | |||
| In the match that really would decide who was to go through to Quarters, if the formguide went to plan and USA and Brazil won all their games, went in Australia's favour. This was a Olympic Games match. | ||||
| Played : August 14 | Venue : Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio, Greece | |||
| Greece Maria Giatrakis, Angeliki Lagoumtzi (Angeliki Tefani 73), Sophia Smith, Kalliopi Stratakis, Eftichia Michailidou, Konstantina Katsaiti, Natalia Chatzigiannidou (Maria Lazarou 46), Dimitra Panteleiadou (Vasiliki Soupiadou 46), Amalia Loseno, Anastasia Papadopoulou, Eleni Benson |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Cassandra Kell, Sacha Wainwright, Cheryl Salisbury, Dianne Alagich, Rhian Davies (Lisa De Vanna 46), Heather Garriock, Joanne Peters, Sally Shipard, Danielle Small, Gillian Foster (Karla Reuter 74), Sarah Walsh (Selin Kuralay 58) Goal : Garriock 27 |
| Referee : Bentla D'Coth (India) Attendance : 8857 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), Xanthi Konstantinidou (Greece) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by ASA | |||
| With this awesome draw Australia not only proved their mettle but also ensured that even a Greek win against Brazil wasn't going to hamper progression to the Quarterfinals. This was a Olympic Games match. | ||||
| Played : August 17 | Venue : Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece | |||
| Australia Cassandra Kell, Sacha Wainwright, Cheryl Salisbury, Dianne Alagich (Lisa De Vanna 62), Rhian Davies, Heather Garriock, Joanne Peters, Sally Shipard, Danielle Small (Gillian Foster 67), Thea Slatyer (Karla Reuter 43), Sarah Walsh Goal : Peter 82 |
1 | - | 1 | United States of America Briana Scurry, Heather Mitts, Cat Reddick, Shannon Boxx (Lindsay Tarpley 67), Mia Hamm (Heather O'Reilly 67), Aly Wagner (Angela Hucles 74), Julie Foudy, Cindy Parlow, Kristine Lilly, Joy Fawcett, Kate Markgraf Goal : Lilly 19 |
| Referee : Cristina Ionescu (Romania) Attendance : 3320 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), April Heinrichs (USA) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by ASA Match Report by USSF | |||
| Australia can be proud of making the quarter finals of the Olympics, however you have to temper that with the fact you need 8 teams to make a quarterfinal system work and there were only 10 teams competing, so 3rd place in the group behind the eventual finalists was good enough to progress this far. This was a Olympic Games match. | ||||
| Played : August 20 | Venue : Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, Greece | |||
| Australia Cassandra Kell, Sacha Wainwright, Cheryl Salisbury, Dianne Alagich, Rhian Davies, Heather Garriock, Joanne Peters, Sally Shipard, Danielle Small (Lisa De Vanna 36), Gillian Foster (Selin Kuralay 61), Sarah Walsh Goal : De Vanna 79 |
1 | - | 2 | Sweden Caroline Joensson, Karolina Westberg, Hanna Marklund, Kristin Bengtsson, Malin Mostroem, Sara Larsson, Frida Oestberg, Hanna Ljungberg (Linda Fagerstroem 77), Victoria Svensson, Therese Sjoegran (Josefine Oeqvist 71), Anna Sjoestroem (Salina Olsson 87) Goals : Ljungberg 25, Larsson 30 |
| Referee : Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic) Attendance : 4811 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), Markia Domanski-Lyfors (Sweden) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by ASA | |||