#TeamGB Women get Tokyo 2020 Olympics green light

Team GB’s line-up against Brazil at the London 2012 Olympics.

Having missed out on the Rio Olympics in 2016, there is now the opportunity for a Great Britain women’s football team to play at Tokyo 2020.

FIFA has apparently now received written confirmation from the four British associations, confirming their intention to allow a British women’s team to try to qualify for the next Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.

England will be the nominated country to seek a qualification slot for Tokyo 2020 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.

The top three nations at the Women’s World Cup will qualify for the twelve-team Olympics.

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