Twelve teams are scheduled to compete in the women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
[9][10] England and Scotland were both drawn into Group A1, having to meet twice; at the time of the draw this was considered strange and a conflict of interest.
Further controversy arose from this arrangement ahead of the final matchday, with the two playing against each other and qualification undecided.
[11][10][8] Due to previous results and the system of tiebreakers, the deciding factor between whether England (and thus Great Britain) or the Netherlands would continue in the tournament, presuming both won their final match, was how many goals they would score.
Other commenters believed that the teams would play properly but that the British Home Nations should not have been put in such a position.
[15] The issue was seen to be caused by the Nations League's system and lack of prestige: England and Scotland had also been in the same group during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, which served as qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics (which Great Britain did achieve), with the draw and their performances not questioned due to having to play many other teams and because the World Cup is aspirational and Olympics qualification an afterthought in that situation.
CAF qualification consisted of four rounds of home-and-away matches between July 2023 and April 2024 to determine the two teams which qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.