Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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| Host country |  Brazil |
| Dates | 4–20 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 6 host cities) |
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The men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics is being held from 4 to 20 August 2016.[1] It is the 26th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament is held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which will host the final at the Maracanã Stadium.[2] Teams participating in the men's competition are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.
This tournament will adopt for the first time the goal-line technology with Hawk-Eye system. In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3]
Competition schedule
The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.[4][5]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Wed 3 | Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | ||
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| Men | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||
Qualification
In addition to host nation Brazil, 15 men's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.[6]
| Means of qualification | Dates1 | Venue1 | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host country | 2 October 2009 |  Denmark |
1 | Brazil
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| 2015 South American Youth Championship[7] | 14 January – 7 February 2015 |  Uruguay |
1 |  Argentina
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| 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[8] | 17–30 June 2015 |  Czech Republic |
4 | Denmark
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 Portugal
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 Sweden
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| 2015 Pacific Games[9] | 3–17 July 2015 |  Papua New Guinea |
1 |  Fiji2
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| 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[10] | 1–13 October 2015 |  United States |
2 |  Honduras
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 Mexico
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| 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations[11] | 28 November – 12 December 2015 |  Senegal |
3 |  Algeria
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 Nigeria
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 South Africa
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| 2016 AFC U-23 Championship[12] | 12–30 January 2016 |  Qatar |
3 |  Iraq
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 Japan
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 South Korea
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| 2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off | 25–29 March 2016 |  Colombia (first leg) United States (second leg) |
1 | Colombia
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| Total | 16 | |||
Match officials
On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that will officiate at the Olympics.[13]
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
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| AFC | Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) | Abdullah Al-Shalwai (Saudi Arabia) Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia) |
| Alireza Faghani (Iran) | Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) | |
| Ryuji Sato (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) | |
| CAF | Gehad Grisha (Egypt) | Rédouane Achik (Morocco) Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) |
| Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) | Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal) | |
| CONCACAF | Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala) | Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) Gerson López Castellanos (Guatemala) |
| César Arturo Ramos (Mexico) | Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Miguel Hernández (Mexico) | |
| CONMEBOL | Néstor Pitana (Argentina) | Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) |
| Sandro Ricci (Brazil) | Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) | |
| Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) | Christian Lescano (Ecuador) Byron Romero (Ecuador) | |
| OFC | Matthew Conger (New Zealand) | Simon Lount (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga) |
| UEFA | Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) | Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) |
| Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) | Octavian Șovre (Romania) Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania) | |
| Sergei Karasev (Russia) | Tikhon Kalugin (Russia) Nikolay Golubev (Russia) | |
| Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) | Pau Cebrián Devis (Spain) Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain) | |
| Clément Turpin (France) | Frédéric Cano (France) Nicolas Danos (France) | |
| Support Referee | Diego Haro (Peru) | |
| Joseph Lamptey (Ghana) | ||
Venues
The tournament will be held in seven venues across six cities:
- Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
- Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
- Arena da Amazônia, Manaus
- Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
- Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
- Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
- Arena Corinthians, São Paulo
Squads
The men's tournament is an under-23 international tournament (born on or after 1 January 1993), with a maximum of three overage players allowed. Each team must submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Each team may also have a list of four alternate players, who may replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[14]
Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.[15] The 16 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into four groups of four teams.[16] The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the five previous Olympics (with more recent tournaments weighted higher), plus bonus points awarded to the six confederation qualifying champions (Japan, Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Fiji, Sweden).[17] The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position A1. No groups can contain more than one team from the same confederation.[18]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[14]
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, 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.[14]
On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[19]
The knockout stage of the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played from 13 to 20 August 2016. The top two teams from each group in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.[14]
All times are local, BRT (UTC−3).[20]
Qualified teams
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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| A | Brazil
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Denmark
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| B | Nigeria
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Colombia
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| C | South Korea
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Germany
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| D | Portugal
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 Honduras
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Bracket
In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[14]
On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[21]
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| Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
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| Honduras | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
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| Brazil (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
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| Germany | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
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| Denmark | 0 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||||||
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| Germany | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
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| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| Honduras | 2 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Portugal vs Germany
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Semi-finals
Brazil vs Honduras
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
The final pitted host Brazil against defending world champions Germany, with both teams seeking their first Olympic title despite having won a combined nine World Cups. Both opposing coaches — Rogerio Micale for Brazil and Horst Hrubesch for Germany — downplayed the fact that the gold medal match was a rematch of the 2014 World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte, known in Brazil as the Mineirazo after Germany had won 7–1.[29]
Brazil took the lead through a first-half free kick from Neymar, the senior team captain and one of the Brazilian players who had lost the gold medal match in the London 2012 Olympic tournament against Mexico at Wembley. Opposing German captain Max Meyer then equalised in the second half for Germany with a half-volley off a cross. Neither team was able to score again after 120 minutes, meaning the final went to penalties for the first time since 2000 when Cameroon had beaten Spain in a shootout in Sydney. Both teams scored on their first four penalties, with the breakthrough coming when Weverton saved the German fifth penalty from substitute Nils Petersen.[30] Neymar then converted Brazil's fifth penalty to seal Olympic gold for Brazil in football for the first time. Brazil's victory also meant that the team had won every major global tournament at least once (World Cup, Confederations Cup and Olympics) and was also the first host nation victory in an Olympic tournament since Spain won the Barcelona 1992 tournament.[31]
| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Germany |
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References
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- ^ a b c "Match Report: BRA vs COL" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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- ^ a b c "Match Report: HON vs NGA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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External links
- Football – Men, Rio2016.com
- Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com
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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Goalscorers
See also
References
External links
- Football – Men, Rio2016.com
- Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com
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