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2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Kingdom
Dates (2012-07-26) (2012-08-11)26 July – 11 August 2012
(16 days)
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored76 (2.38 per match)
Attendance1,525,134 (47,660 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Leandro Damião
(6 goals)
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The men's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London and five other cities in Great Britain from 26 July to 11 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's U-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the hosts Great Britain, reached the final tournament. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 23. It was the first major FIFA-organised men's tournament to be held within the United Kingdom since the 1966 FIFA World Cup and was the first men's Olympic football tournament to feature a team representing Great Britain since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1]

The gold medal was won by Mexico who defeated Brazil 2–1 in the final.[2]

Qualifying

Each National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team in the football tournament.

Participating countries
Means of qualification Date of completion Venue1 Berths[3] Qualified
Host nation 2005 — 1  Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition 29 March 2012 Various (home and away) 3  South Korea
 Japan
 United Arab Emirates
2011 CAF U-23 Championship 10 December 2011  Morocco 3  Gabon
 Morocco
 Egypt
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 2 April 2012  United States[4] 2  Mexico
 Honduras
2011 South American Youth Championship 12 February 2011  Peru 2  Brazil
 Uruguay
OFC Preliminary Competition 25 March 2012  New Zealand 1  New Zealand
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 25 June 2011  Denmark 3  Spain
  Switzerland
 Belarus
AFC–CAF play-off 23 April 2012 United Kingdom Great Britain[5] 1  Senegal
Total 16
  • ^1 Locations are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

For the men's tournament, each nation submitted a squad of 18 players, 15 of whom had to be born on or after 1 January 1989, and three of whom could be overage players. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) had to be included in the squad.

Match officials

On 19 April 2012, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[6]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Ben Williams (Australia) Matthew Cream (Australia)
Hakan Anaz (Australia)
CAF Bakary Gassama (Gambia) Jason Damoo (Seychelles)
Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)
Slim Jedidi (Tunisia) Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)
Sherif Hassan (Egypt)
CONCACAF Roberto García (Mexico) José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Alberto Morín (Mexico)
Mark Geiger (United States) Mark Hurd (United States)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
CONMEBOL Raúl Orosco (Bolivia) Efraín Castro (Bolivia)
Arol Valda (Bolivia)
Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)
Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
Juan Soto (Venezuela) Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
Carlos López (Venezuela)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
UEFA Felix Brych (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain) Stephen Child (Great Britain)
Simon Beck (Great Britain)
Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic)
Antonín Kordula (Czech Republic)
Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) Kim Haglund (Norway)
Frank Andas (Norway)
Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Gianluca Cariolato (Italy)

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012.[7] Great Britain, Mexico, Brazil and Spain were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively.[8] The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Preliminary round

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals (also see Tie breakers).

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group A

The match of Great Britain against Senegal in Old Trafford, Manchester
Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group A

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Group B

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B

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Group C

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group C
Match between Brazil and Belarus

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Group D

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D
Juan Mata taking a corner in the match between Spain and Japan

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Knockout stage

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
         
A1  Great Britain 1 (4)
B2  South Korea (p) 1 (5)
B2  South Korea 0
C1  Brazil 3
C1  Brazil 3
D2  Honduras 2
C1  Brazil 1
B1  Mexico 2
B1  Mexico (aet) 4
A2  Senegal 2
B1  Mexico 3 Bronze medal match
D1  Japan 1
D1  Japan 3 B2  South Korea 2
C2  Egypt 0 D1  Japan 0

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico (MEX) 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16
2  Brazil (BRA) 6 5 0 1 16 7 +9 15
3  South Korea (KOR) 6 2 3 1 5 5 0 9
4  Japan (JPN) 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10
5  Great Britain (GBR) 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
6  Senegal (SEN) 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
7  Honduras (HON) 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
8  Egypt (EGY) 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
9  Uruguay (URU) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
10  Belarus (BLR) 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
11  Morocco (MAR) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
12  Gabon (GAB) 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
13  Switzerland (SUI) 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
14  Spain (ESP) 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
15  United Arab Emirates (UAE) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
16  New Zealand (NZL) 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1

Statistics

Goalscorers

With six goals, Leandro Damião of Brazil is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 76 goals were scored by 49 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

Red cards

Controversies

Queues

Further information: Controversies at the 2012 Summer Olympics

For the first matchday at St James' Park, there were long queues at the box office, leading to fans missing some of the game. A spokesman for Ticketmaster said: "We saw extremely high numbers of spectators arriving at St James' Park to purchase football tickets on the day of the event. While Ticketmaster is contracted to manage the box offices at Olympic venues, the staff numbers at those venues are determined by LOCOG. We will continue to work closely with LOCOG to ensure that the box office staff levels are sufficient to meet the demands for ticket sales and collection." LOCOG described the situation as "totally and completely 100% unacceptable", and after changes were made in the process, the issue was reportedly avoided for the second round of matches.[10][11]

During the matches held at the Wembley Stadium on 29 July, fans were subjected to long queues at the concession stands in the ground after Visa's card payment system crashed, leaving cash payment as the only alternative. The situation was compounded by the fact that, as Visa had been granted exclusive rights to the Olympics, other cards could not be accepted as payment, and the number of cash machines in the stadium had been reduced after 27 that worked on the LINK system had been removed to be replaced by eight that could only be used by Visa cards.[12]

There were several problems relating to transport for events held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. There was severe congestion at Cardiff Central railway station when Great Britain played South Korea;[13] and the bronze medal match also had rail disruption when a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks.[14][15][16]

Player sent home

Swiss footballer Michel Morganella was sent home by the Switzerland team following their 2–1 loss against South Korea after he sent a tweet that, according to the director of Swiss Olympic Committee Gian Gilli, "discriminated, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korean football team and people".[17]

Great Britain football teams

Following the criticism against Scottish female player Kim Little, for choosing not to sing the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" because of her national identity,[18] other Scottish and Welsh players, Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy and Ifeoma Dieke, also attracted comment in the media for remaining silent.[19] Giggs, the Great Britain men's captain, later said: "The problem is the British anthem is the same as the English anthem and if you're a Welshman or a Scotsman it's difficult."[20]

LOCOG also apologised after an error in the official match programme for the first game mistakenly described Welsh player Joe Allen as being English.[21]

Political statement made by Park Jong-Woo

After South Korea defeated Japan in the bronze medal match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 10 August, South Korean player Park Jong-Woo walked around the field holding a banner with a political message written in Korean, "독도는 우리 땅!" (dokdo neun uri ttang, lit.: "Dokdo is our territory").[22] This incident occurred on the same night after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had visited the islands which both South Korea and Japan claim as their territory.[23] The IOC and FIFA reviewed the evidence, since FIFA statutes prohibit political statements being made by athletes at Olympic events.[24] The IOC barred Park from the bronze medal ceremony and did not permit him to receive his medal.[25] In addition, it asked FIFA to discipline Park, and stated that it may decide on further sanctions at a later date.[26][27] IOC president Jacques Rogge told reporters: "We will take a possible decision of what will happen with the medal later."[28] FIFA failed to reach a conclusion on the case at a meeting at its Zürich headquarters held on 5 October, and the disciplinary committee discussed the case again on the following week,[29] then again failed to reach a verdict. After that, the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) announced that Park would receive his bronze medal. The case was heard again by the committee on 20 November,[30] and FIFA finally decided and announced on 3 December to suspend Park for two matches after he was considered to have breached the FIFA Disciplinary Code and the Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournaments. FIFA also imposed a warning on the Korea Football Association and reminded it of its obligation to properly instruct its players on all the pertinent rules and applicable regulations before the start of any competition, in order to avoid such incidents in the future. The Korea Football Association was warned that should incidents of such nature occur again in the future, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may impose harsher sanctions on the Korea Football Association.[31]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Irvin, Duncan (11 August 2012). "Mexico Wins Soccer Gold Medal, 2-1". New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. ^ "AFC slots for Olympics approved". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ^ "CONCACAF to seek additional World Cup berth". CONCACAF. 16 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Play-off details confirmed". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – Appointments of Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Here we go: Team GB fixture dates confirmed and London 2012 Football tickets to go back on sale". London2012.com. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
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  11. ^ "Olympic football delay at St James' Park 'unacceptable'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Olympics: Anger As Visa Cards Crash At Wembley". Sky News. BSkyB. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  13. ^ "Olympic football: Team GB Cardiff quarter-final attracts thousands". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Cardiff rail disruption 'to continue' after wall breaks". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  15. ^ "Cardiff rail services disruption after wall collapse". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Cardiff wall collapse causes rail delays". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Olympics football: Michel Morganella expelled for racist tweet". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  18. ^ "Controversy as team GB Scots refuse to sing God Save the Queen". Newsnetscotland.com. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  19. ^ Silverman, Rosa (27 July 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Team GB athletes in National Anthem singing row". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  20. ^ "Ryan Giggs urges Welsh fans not to boo anthem at Millennium". Western Mail. Media Wales. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  21. ^ "London 2012: Wales' Joe Allen listed as English by Team GB". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  22. ^ "[SS포토]동메달 축구대표팀 박종우, '독도는 우리 땅!'". Sports Seoul (in Korean). 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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  25. ^ "London Olympics: row over S Korea 'political celebration'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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  28. ^ "IOC withholds football medal from S Korea's Park Jong-woo". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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  30. ^ "FIFA to hear case over South Korea Olympic protest". Brian Homewood. Reuters. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  31. ^ "Korea Republic's Park Jongwoo suspended for two matches". FIFA. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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