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  • Records tumble as groups close

    Records tumble as groups close

    Tuesday 12 August 2008

    Brazilian goal-getter Cristiane and US ace Heather O'Reilly were each on the record trail as the group stages came to a close in China.

  • Cristiane stars as Brazil take top

    Cristiane stars as Brazil take top

    Tuesday 12 August 2008

    Cristiane scored a quick-fire treble to help Brazil come from behind to beat Nigeria. The result sent the South Americans through as group winners.

Photos

  • Faith Ikidi of Nigeria in action against Brazil.
  • Brazil's players celebrate Cristiane's goal against Nigeria.
  • Brazil's Daniela (R) vies for the header with Nigeria's Efioanwan Ekpo
  • Brazil's Christiane (L) vies for the ball with Nigeria's Tawa Ishola (C) and Edith Eduviere
  • Daniela Alves (BRA) fights the ball with a Nigerian opponent
  • Brazil's Christiane (L) leaps over Nigeria's Christie George in their women's first round group F fo
  • Brazil's Marta (R#10) vies for the ball with Nigeria's Ifeanyi Chiejine
  • Cristiane (BRA) celebrates with teammates
  • Cristiane (BRA) in action against Nigeria at the Olympic Games.
  • CHRISTINAE (BRA) and Efioanwan EKPO (NGR)
  • Brazil's Christiane (#11) celebrates after scoring against Nigeria
  • CRISTIANE (BRA) and Ulunma JEROME (NGR)

Match galleries

Fixtures and Results

First stage
MatchDate - Time Results
406 Aug - 19:45Korea DPRKorea DPR1:0 (1:0)NigeriaNigeria
909 Aug - 17:00NigeriaNigeria0:1 (0:0)GermanyGermany
1412 Aug - 17:00NigeriaNigeria1:3 (1:3)BrazilBrazil

Groups and Standings

Group F
TeamMPWDLGFGAPts
1Brazil3210527
1Germany3210207
3Korea DPR3102233
4Nigeria3003150

Statistics

MPGFGAY2YCR
315300

Squad List

1Precious DEDE
2Efioanwan EKPO
3Ayisat YUSUF
4Perpetua NKWOCHA
5Onome EBI
6Kikelomo AJAYI
7Stella MBACHU
8Ifeanyi CHIEJINE
9Sarah MICHAEL
10Rita CHIKWELU
11Lilian COLE
12Cynthia UWAK
13Christie GEORGE
14Faith IKIDI
15Tawa ISHOLA
16Ulunma JEROME
17Edith EDUVIERE
18Tochukwu OLUEHI