Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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Host country | France |
Dates | 24 July – 9 August |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
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The men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held from 24 July to 9 August 2024.[1] It will be the 28th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament will be held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France. The final will be held at Parc des Princes in Paris. Teams participating in the men's competition will be restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.
Schedule
The schedule is as follows.[2]
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
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Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 |
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GS | GS | GS | QF | SF | B | F |
Qualification
In addition to host nation France, fifteen men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 24 February 2022.[3]
Means of qualification | Date(s)[a] | Venue(s)[a] | Berth(s) | Qualified |
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Host nation | — | — | 1 | France |
2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | 18 June – 3 July 2022 | Honduras | 2 | United States Dominican Republic |
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 21 June – 8 July 2023 | Georgia Romania |
3 | Spain Israel Ukraine |
2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations | 24 June – 8 July 2023 | Morocco | 3 | Morocco Egypt Mali |
2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 27 August – 9 September 2023 | New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand |
2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 20 January – 11 February 2024 | Venezuela | 2 | Paraguay Argentina |
2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | 15 April – 3 May 2024 | Qatar | 3 | Japan Uzbekistan Iraq |
AFC–CAF play-off | 9 May 2024 | France | 1 | Guinea |
Total | 16 |
Venues
The tournament will be held in seven venues across seven cities:
- Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
- Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu (Lyon)
- Stade de Marseille, Marseille
- Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
- Stade de Nice, Nice
- Parc des Princes, Paris
- Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Match officials
On 3 April 2024, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[4]
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Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 20 March 2024, 20:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Pulse building in Paris, France.[5][6]
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. No group contains more than one team from each confederation.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Notes
- ^ a b c Teams from AFC were in the qualifying phase and were not known at the time of the draw; they will be seeded 1 to 3 according to their 2020 Olympics performance.
Group stage
The competing countries were divided into four groups of four teams, denoted as groups A, B, C and D. Teams in each group play one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[7]
Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage will be determined as follows:[8]
- Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
New Zealand | 1–4 | United States |
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New Zealand | 0–3 | France |
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United States | 3–0 | Guinea |
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Group B
Iraq | 2–1 | Ukraine |
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Argentina | 3–1 | Iraq |
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Morocco | 3–0 | Iraq |
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Group C
Uzbekistan | 1–2 | Spain |
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Uzbekistan | 0–1 | Egypt |
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Report | Ahmed Koka 11' |
Dominican Republic | 1–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Núñez 51' (pen.) | Report | Odilov 58' |
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[8]
Bracket
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France | 1 | |||||||||
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Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
France (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
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Egypt | 1 | |||||||||
Egypt (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
9 August – Paris | ||||||||||
Paraguay | 1 (4) | |||||||||
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Morocco | 4 | |||||||||
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United States | 0 | |||||||||
Morocco | 1 | |||||||||
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Spain | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
Japan | 0 | |||||||||
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Spain | 3 | |||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
France | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Egypt |
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Report | Mahmoud Saber 62' |
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
See also
References
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- ^ "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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- ^ a b "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
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- ^ "Match report – France v Guinea" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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- ^ "Match report – Morocco v Iraq" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Uzbekistan v Spain" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Egypt v Dominican Republic" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Dominican Republic v Spain" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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- ^ "Match report – Dominican Republic v Uzbekistan" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Spain v Egypt" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Mali v Israel" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Japan v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Paraguay v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Morocco v United States" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Match report – Japan v Spain" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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External links
- Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024, FIFA.com