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Rio 2016 – Women: SOUTH AFRICA PROFILE
- Updated: July 31, 2016
Olympic record South Africa’s women will be making their second appearance at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. At London 2012, Banyana Banyana – as the team is affectionately known – failed to progress beyond the group stage, losing their opening game against Sweden 4-1 but managing to score their first-ever Olympic goal in the process. A 3-0 defeat against Canada in their second game saw the team all-but eliminated ahead of their final match, where they secured a morale-boosting goalless draw against Japan. Japan and Canada going on to secure the silver and bronze medals respectively, is an indication just how competitive the group was.
The road to Rio The first hurdle South Africa faced en route to Rio was Gabon, who they managed to overcome easily, winning 8-2 on aggregate following a 3-2 victory in Libreville and a 5-0 rout at home. The …
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