Australia: Average age: 27.52 or 27 years and 191 days (oldest: Luik, 36; youngest: Fowler, 18) Olympic newbies: 6 (Micah, Luik, Cooney-Cross, Raso, Gielnik, Fowler) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 2 (Cooney-Cross, Simon)
I think we're only waiting on Chile, China, and Zambia at this point. So far (while still awaiting those 3 and seeing if there are any final changes due to injury or something), the teams in order of average age (oldest to youngest): 1. USA (30.87) 2. Brazil (29.84) 3. Sweden (28.41) 4. Great Britain (28.2) 5. Australia (27.52) 6. Canada (27.3) 7. New Zealand (27.12) 8. Netherlands (26.28) 9. Japan (25.49)
@lil_one, it looks like you can throw away your accurate calculations, because the worst travesty in the history of women's football is going to happen : "Even before this it was well know that there's things in works for (changes to the roster rules), and obviously we thought about it, we were preparing in some ways for it. If that happens, we're hoping to be ready if the changes come in place." — Andonovski cont. #USWNT— Meg Linehan (@itsmeglinehan) June 30, 2021
I wonder how the rosters would've differed if everyone knew the rules were going to change. I can't think of a ton of significant changes, but maybe Pia would've brought Christiane for Brazil? Jess Fishlock for Great Britain?
NOOOOO, why are you doing this to me????? Actually, it won't be too big a deal since usually we have to change a calculation anyway when an alternate replaces an injured player. But, I'm waiting until it's official before I update anything.
I have seen several reputable news sources confirm the news, so I've started updating. Hopefully, we don't hear another change tomorrow. Brazil: Average age: 29.3 or 29 years and 108 days (oldest: Formiga, 43; youngest: Giovana, 18) Olympic newbies: 9 (Leticia, Jucinara, Adriana, Duda, Julia Bianchi, Ludmila, Geyse, Leticia Santos, Giovana) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 8 (Erika, Rafaelle, Bruna Benites, Jucinara, Adriana, Duda, Julia Bianchi, Giovana)...although several missed because of injury and are veterans Japan: Average age: 25.11 or 25 years and 39 days (oldest: Nakajima, 30; youngest: Kinoshita, 18) Olympic newbies: 20 (all but Iwabuchi and Kumagai who were on the 2012 roster) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 5 (Kitamura, Shiokoshi, Tanaka, Hiyashi, Kinoshita) Netherlands: Average age: 27.31 or 27 years and 114 days (oldest: Geurts, 35; youngest: Lynn Wilms, 21) Olympic newbies: all (1st time the Netherlands have qualified for the Olympics) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 3 (Folkertsma, Nouwen, Wilms) Great Britain: Average age: 27.14 or 27 years and 52 days (oldest: Jill Scott, 34; youngest: Lauren Hemp, 20) Olympic newbies: 14 (all except for Houghton, Little, Scott, and White who were on the GB roster in 2012) # not on a WWC 19 roster (either England or Scotland's roster): 7 (Roebuck, Ingle, Hemp, MacIver, Wubben-Moy, Charles, Toone) USA: Average age: 30.18 or 30 years and 65 days (oldest: Lloyd, 39 by the start of the Olympics; youngest: Macario, 21) Olympics newbies: 11 (Franch, Dahlkemper, Davidson, Sonnett, Lavelle, K Mewis, S Mewis, Campbell, Krueger, Macario, Williams) # not on the 2019 WWC roster: 5 (K Mewis, Campbell, Krueger, Macario, Williams)
Sorry if this has already been posted, but I didn't see anywhere here a roster (so to speak) of the officials for the Olympics. The FIFA list of officials that I found doesn't distinguish or separate men or women. I don't know if that means women may work some men's matches, and vice-versa, or not. Here, taking my best guess based on my familiarity with them or the name ( who's a man and who's a woman), is a list of the women referees (Center Referees only): Edina Alves Batista / Brazil Melissa Borjas / Honduras Laura Fortunato / Argentina Stephanie Frappart / France Kate Jacewicz / Australia Kateryna Monzul / Ukraine Salima Mukansanga / Rwanda Anastasia Pustovoitova / Russia Esther Staubli / Switzerland Lucila Venega / Mexico Yoshimi Yamashita / Japan the only Americans on the list are, I believe, two men on the Assistant Referee list (Corey Parker and Kyle Atkins) and one on the Video Assistant Referee list (Chris Penso) One familiar name from women's soccer is on the Video Assistant Referee list: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
Canada: Average age: 27.54 or 27 years and 198 days (oldest: McLeod, 38; youngest: Huitema, 20) Olympic newbies: 8 (Sheridan, Gilles, Riviere, Grosso, Leon, Viens, Carle, Huitema) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 3 (Gilles, Viens, McLeod) New Zealand: Average age: 26.74 or 26 years and 269 days (oldest: Riley, 33; youngest: Rennie, 20)--I may have to come back and edit since I couldn't find a birthdate for Michaela Robertson and had to guesstimate Olympic newbies: 12 (Leat, Bott, Bunge, Rennie, Cleaverley, Chance, Rolston, Satchell, Esson, Anton, van der Meer, Robertson) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 8 (Leat, Moore, Bunge, Rennie, Rolston, Anton, van der Meer, Robertson) Sweden: Average age: 27.92 or 27 years and 335 days (oldest: Lindahl, 38; youngest: Bennison, 18) Olympic newbies: 9 (Falk, Björn, Glas, Ilestedt, Kullberg, Angeldal, Bennison, Hurtig, Janogy, Mušović, Roddar, Anvegård, Blomqvist) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 4 (Kullberg, Angeladal, Bennison, Blomqvist) Australia: Average age: 26.99 or 26 years and 363 days (oldest: Luik, 36; youngest: Fowler, 18) Olympic newbies: 8 (Micah, Luik, Cooney-Cross, Raso, Gielnik, Fowler, Grant, Nevin) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 5 (Cooney-Cross, Simon, Brock, Grant, Nevin)
Starting last year, I believe, FIFA started issuing gender neutral FIFA lists (A list of all officials with a FIFA badge is released annually). I think it's highly unlikely that men will center any women's matches, for several reasons, but we may see some as 4th officials, just because of only having 11 officials (I believe normally for Olympics there's 12, so its not a crazy low number). But, I do think Frappart will get a men's match, but hopefully she'll still do the high-profile women's matches (medal round, etc.). But, can I also just point out how difficult it is to switch back and forth between refereeing men and women's games? That's another reason I really doubt that you'd see any men refereeing women's games. For game management, foul recognition, and other factors, you have to have experience in reffing women's games. You can't just show up at one at a major tournament, even if you're a top-level referee.
Even by squeezing Macario in, USA can't help remaining the oldest team in the tournament. I see that, with the alternates now making the full roster, the 18 yo players passed from 2 to 4 (or even more, not sure if the teams having one of them could have another in the roster). Who's currently the youngest player in this tournament (I assume the oldest one is Formiga)?
Let's see if she can make any damage even in this role. Does anyone remember Olympic final 2012? What the score of that game could have been with an active (and honest) Video Assistant Referee?
Currently, Brazil's Giovana is the youngest, so right now Brazil has both the youngest and oldest players in the tournament.
Chile GK Christiane Endler – Olympique Lyonnais (Francia) Natalia Campos – Universidad de Chile Antonia Canales – Universidad Católica DF Valentina Díaz – Colo Colo Camila Sáez – Rayo Vallecano (España) Daniela Pardo – Santiago Morning Javiera Toro – Sevilla (España) Carla Guerrero – Universidad de Chile Fernanda Ramírez – Universidad de Chile MF Yastin Jiménez – Colo Colo Francisca Lara – Havre AC (Francia) Nayadet López Opazo – Libre Yanara Aedo – Rayo Vallecano (España) Karen Araya – Santiago Morning María F. Mardones – Santiago Morning Yessenia López – Universidad de Chile FW María José Urrutia – Colo Colo Javiera Grez – Colo Colo Daniela Zamora – Djurgärden (Suecia) Rosario Balmaceda – Santiago Morning Yenny Acuña – Santiago Morning Fernanda Pinilla – Universidad de Chile 😎 Oye @TeamChile_COCH: ¿Qué tal este Team?🇨🇱 ¡Hay nómina de #LaRojaFemenina para @Tokyo2020!📝 Los detalles en la nota: https://t.co/ya18c6sw35#VamosLaRoja #TodosSomosTeamChile pic.twitter.com/FuAV7z4O2l— Selección Chilena (@LaRoja) July 1, 2021
...and, despite having the youngest player, they remain the second oldest roster in the tournament after USA!
Chile: Average age: 27.0 years (oldest: Guerrero, 33; youngest: Canales, 18) Olympic newbies: all (1st time to qualify for the Olympics) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 6 (Canales, Ramírez, Mardones, López Opazo, Jiménez, Acuña)
Zambia 1. Hazel Nali (Hapoel Beer Sheeva, Israel) 2. Ngambo Musole (ZESCO Ndola Girls) 3. Catherine Musonda (Indeni Roses) 4. Margaret Belemu (Red Arrows) 5. Martha Tembo (Green Buffaloes) 6. Esther Siamfuko (Queens Academy) 7. Lushomo Mweemba (Green Buffaloes) 8. Anita Mulenga (Green Buffaloes) 9. Agness Musesa (Green Buffaloes) 10. Grace Chanda (Red Arrows) 11. Fikile Xhosa (Red Arrows) 12. Mary Wilombe (Red Arrows) 13. Ireen Lungu (Green Buffaloes) 14. Ochumba Oseke Lubandji (Red Arrows) 15. Esther Mukwasa (Indeni Roses) 16. Suzeni Evaline Katongo (ZISD) 17. Hellen Mubanga (Zaragoza CCF, Spain) 18. Barbara Banda (Shanghai Shengli, China) 19. Avell Chitundu (ZESCO Ndola Girls) 20. Hellen Chanda (Red Arrows) 21. Vast Phiri (ZESCO Ndola Girls) 22. Racheal Kundananji (BIIK-Kazgurt, Kazakhstan) We are live from Football House in Lusaka where Copper Queens coach Bruce Mwape is unveiling his Tokyo Olympics Final Squad. Mwape is accompanied by skipper Barbara Banda. https://t.co/2bqiugmrgW— FAZ (@FAZFootball) July 2, 2021
Zambia: Average age: 22.98 or 22 years and 358 days (oldest: Mulenga, 26; youngest: Siamfuko, 16?) Olympic newbies: all (1st time to qualify) # not on 2019 WWC roster: all (was not at the 2019 WWC) There were several guesses on the Zambian ages as info was more limited. For example, I found dates for Siamfuko's birth as 2004 and 2005; I went with 2004 for the calculation. Once the official rosters come out from FIFA, I'll be able to check and edit, if needed.
Just waiting on China now, but I'm updating the list to see if there were any changes with the alternates added. (Also all countries are now average ages as of the start of the Olympics; I corrected that since I had to make changes anyway.) 1. USA: 30.18 2. Brazil: 29.3 3. Sweden: 27.92 4. Canada: 27.54 5. Netherlands: 27.31 6. Great Britain: 27.14 7. Chile: 27.0 8. Australia: 26.99 9. New Zealand: 26.74 10. Japan: 25.11 11. Zambia: 22.98 Great Britain's team is definitely younger with the alternates, and the Netherlands' roster definitely is older.
This brings Brazil's average age down a bit, but doesn't change the number of those new to the Olympics. Brazil: Average age: 29.15 or 29 years and 55 days (oldest: Formiga, 43; youngest: Giovana, 18) Olympic newbies: 9 (Leticia, Jucinara, Duda, Julia Bianchi, Ludmila, Geyse, Leticia Santos, Giovana, Angelina) # not on 2019 WWC roster: 8 (Erika, Rafaelle, Bruna Benites, Jucinara, Duda, Julia Bianchi, Giovana, Angelina)
I can confirm. When I was at Uni, though I was on the men's club B team, I reffed both the women's club team and the men's club team (as opposed to the full university teams). It always took about 15 min into the women's match before I got adjusted. And that was at some level of skill and speed massively below where the full national teams play.
China GK ZHU Yu (Wuhan Jiangda Univ.) PENG Shimeng (Jiangsu LFC) DING Xuan (SRCB FC) DF LI Mengwen (Jiangsu LFC) LIN Yuping (Meizhou Huijun WFC) WU Haiyan (Wuhan Jiangda Univ. WFC) WANG Xiaoxue (Jiangsu LFC) LUO Guiping (Meizhou Huijun WFC) MF LI Qingtong (Meizhou Huijun WFC) ZHANG Xin (SRCB FC) WANG Shuang (Wuhan Jiangda Univ. WFC) WANG Yan (Beijing BG Phoenix WFC) (CHN) MIAO Siwen (SRCB FC) WANG Yanwen (Beijing BG Phoenix WFC) YANG Lina (Shanghai Shengli WFC) LIU Jing (Changchun DZZY WFC) WANG Ying (Wuhan Jiangda Univ. WFC) JIN Kun (Jiangsu LFC) FW WANG Shanshan (Tianjin Huisen WFC) YANG Man (Shandong Huangming WFC) WURIGUMULA (Changchun DZZY WFC) XIAO Yuyi (SRCB FC)