Olympics-U.S. women to face Australia in women's football at Tokyo Games

FILE PHOTO: Women's World Cup Final - United States v Netherlands - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - July 7, 2019 Kelley O'Hara of the U.S., Allie Long of the U.S. and team mates celebrate after winning the Women's World Cup REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

(Reuters) - The U.S. women's national team will face Australia, Sweden and New Zealand at this summer's Tokyo Olympics, while in the men's competition 2016 winners Brazil will take on Germany following the group stage draw on Wednesday.

The American women's team are the reigning world champions and four-time winners of the Olympic tournament and will start as favourites in Tokyo, with Rio 2016 winners Germany failing to qualify.