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Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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2024 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Image
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates24 July – 9 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venues7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsImage Spain (2nd title)
Runners-upImage France
Third placeImage Morocco
Fourth placeImage Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored96 (3 per match)
Attendance821,961 (25,686 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Soufiane Rahimi
(8 goals)
2020
2028

The men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 24 July to 9 August 2024.[1] It was the 28th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France. Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.

Brazil were the two-time defending champions, having won in 2016 and 2020, but did not qualify for this tournament.[2]

Spain won their second gold medal and first since 1992, defeating hosts France 5–3 after extra time in the final, held at Parc des Princes in Paris.[3]

Schedule

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The schedule was as follows.[4]

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
Wed 24Thu 25Fri 26Sat 27Sun 28Mon 29Tue 30Wed 31Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9
GSGSGSQFSFBF

Qualification

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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.[5]

Means of qualification Date(s)[a] Venue(s)[a] Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation N/a N/a 1 Image France
2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 18 June – 3 July 2022 Image Honduras 2 Image United States
Image Dominican Republic
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 21 June – 8 July 2023 Image Georgia
Image Romania
3 Image Spain
Image Israel
Image Ukraine
2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 24 June – 8 July 2023 Image Morocco 3 Image Morocco
Image Egypt
Image Mali
2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 27 August – 9 September 2023 Image New Zealand 1 Image New Zealand
2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament 20 January – 11 February 2024 Image Venezuela 2 Image Paraguay
Image Argentina
2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup 15 April – 3 May 2024 Image Qatar 3 Image Japan
Image Uzbekistan
Image Iraq
AFC–CAF play-off 9 May 2024 Image France 1 Image Guinea
Total 16
  1. 1 2 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages may precede these matches.

Venues

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Marseille Décines-Charpieu
(Lyon Area)
Paris
Stade de Marseille Stade de Lyon Parc des Princes
Capacity: 67,394 Capacity: 59,186 Capacity: 47,929
Image Image Image
Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Bordeaux
Stade de Bordeaux
Capacity: 42,115
Image
Saint-Étienne Nice Nantes
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade de Nice Stade de la Beaujoire
Capacity: 41,965 Capacity: 36,178 Capacity: 35,322
Image Image Image

Squads

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Each team had to submit a squad of eighteen players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers, with at least fifteen born on or after 1 January 2001, and three who could be older dispensation players. Additionally, each team could also have a list of four alternate players, who could replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[6]

Match officials

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On 3 April 2024, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[7]

Notes
  1. Male field referees are shown in the table. During the tournament, mixed officials were appointed for some matches.

Draw

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The draw for the groups was held on 20 March 2024, 20:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Pulse building in Saint-Denis, France.[8] The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. The hosts France were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five Men's Olympic Football Tournament (with more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), as follows:[9][10]

Furthermore, five bonus points were added to each of the six continental champions from the qualifying tournaments.[10]

Pot Team Confederation 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 BP Total
points
Pts 20% Pts 40% Pts 60% Pts 80% Pts 100%
1 Image France (H)UEFAHost nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1
Image Japan (AFC 1, results of Japan)[a]AFC30.60010643.21019.8
Image Uzbekistan (AFC 2, results of South Korea)[a]AFC5141.695.475.6619.6
Image ArgentinaCONMEBOL183.6187.2DNQ43.2418
2 Image SpainUEFADNQ10.6DNQ11+516.6
Image New ZealandOFCDNQ10.410.6DNQ5+511
Image ParaguayCONMEBOL122.4DNQ+57.4
Image MoroccoCAF40.8DNQ21.2DNQ+57
3 Image United StatesCONCACAFDNQ41.6DNQ+56.6
Image EgyptCAFDNQ42.4DNQ46.4
Image Iraq (AFC 3, results of Australia)[a]AFCOFC10.4DNQ33.4
Image MaliCAF51DNQ1
4 Image Dominican RepublicCONCACAFDNQ0
Image IsraelUEFADNQ0
Image UkraineUEFADNQ0
Image Guinea[b]CAFAFC-CAF play-off winners, automatically assigned to Pot 4

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 As the three teams qualified through the AFC U-23 Asian Cup were to be known only after the draw, placeholders were allocated according to the ranking of the AFC teams in the 2020 Men's Olympic Football Tournament, i.e. the results of Japan, South Korea, and Australia in the previous 5 Men's Olympic Football Tournament were taken into account. The placeholders were named “AFC 1”, “AFC 2” and “AFC 3”.[10]
  2. As the AFC–CAF play-off was to be played after the draw, the placeholder was allocated to Pot 4 and would not be drawn into a group already containing an AFC or CAF team.[10]

The draw started with teams from Pot 1 being drawn first and placed in the first position of their groups (hosts France automatically assigned to A1). Then the teams from Pot 2 were drawn, followed by Pot 3 and Pot 4, with each team also being drawn to one of the positions within their group. No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.[11] The ceremony was hosted by the local presenter Fabien Leveque and conducted by FIFA's Director of Tournaments Jaime Yarza and Chief Women's Football Officer Sarai Bareman, with the former Argentine footballer Javier Saviola and French track and field legend athlete Marie-José Pérec as draw assistants.[12]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[13][14]

Group A
PosTeam
A1Image France
A2Image United States
A3Image Guinea[a]
A4Image New Zealand
Group B
PosTeam
B1Image Argentina
B2Image Morocco
B3Image Iraq[a]
B4Image Ukraine
Group C
PosTeam
C1Image Uzbekistan[a]
C2Image Spain
C3Image Egypt
C4Image Dominican Republic
Group D
PosTeam
D1Image Japan[a]
D2Image Paraguay
D3Image Mali
D4Image Israel

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The identity of these teams was not known at the time of the draw.

Group stage

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The competing countries were divided into four groups of four teams, denoted as groups A, B, C and D. Teams in each group played 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).[15]

Tiebreakers

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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[6]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. 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;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image France (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Image United States 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3 Image New Zealand 3 1 0 2 3 8 5 3
4 Image Guinea 3 0 0 3 1 6 5 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Guinea Image1–2Image New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 4,909[16]
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
France Image3–0Image United States
Report

New Zealand Image1–4Image United States
Report
France Image1–0Image Guinea
Sildillia Image 75' Report
Attendance: 25,965[19]

New Zealand Image0–3Image France
Report
United States Image3–0Image Guinea
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Morocco 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[a] Advance to knockout stage
2 Image Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[a]
3 Image Ukraine 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 3
4 Image Iraq 3 1 0 2 3 7 4 3
Source: FIFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Morocco 3, Argentina 0.
Argentina Image1–2Image Morocco
Report
Iraq Image2–1Image Ukraine
Report

Argentina Image3–1Image Iraq
Report
Ukraine Image2–1Image Morocco
Report Rahimi Image 64' (pen.)

Ukraine Image0–2Image Argentina
Report
Morocco Image3–0Image Iraq
Report
Attendance: 19,300[27]
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Egypt 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Image Spain 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 Image Dominican Republic 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 2
4 Image Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1
Source: FIFA
Uzbekistan Image1–2Image Spain
Report
Attendance: 33,732[28]
Egypt Image0–0Image Dominican Republic
Report

Dominican Republic Image1–3Image Spain
Montes de Oca Image 38' Report
Attendance: 16,099[30]
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
Uzbekistan Image0–1Image Egypt
Report Koka Image 11'

Dominican Republic Image1–1Image Uzbekistan
Núñez Image 51' (pen.) Report Odilov Image 58'
Attendance: 30,475[32]
Spain Image1–2Image Egypt
Aghehowa Image 90' Report Adel Image 40', 62'
Attendance: 12,180[33]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Japan 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Image Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 7 2 6
3 Image Mali 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 1
4 Image Israel 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 1
Source: FIFA
Japan Image5–0Image Paraguay
Report
Mali Image1–1Image Israel
Report

Israel Image2–4Image Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 28,887[36]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Japan Image1–0Image Mali
Yamamoto Image 82' Report

Israel Image0–1Image Japan
Report Hosoya Image 90+1'
Paraguay Image1–0Image Mali
M. Fernández Image 5' Report

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[6]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
2 August – Bordeaux
 
 
Image France1
 
5 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
Image Argentina0
 
Image France (a.e.t.)3
 
2 August – Marseille
 
Image Egypt1
 
Image Egypt (p)1 (5)
 
9 August – Paris
 
Image Paraguay1 (4)
 
Image France3
 
2 August – Paris
 
Image Spain (a.e.t.)5
 
Image Morocco4
 
5 August – Marseille
 
Image United States0
 
Image Morocco1
 
2 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
Image Spain2 Bronze medal match
 
Image Japan0
 
8 August – Nantes
 
Image Spain3
 
Image Egypt0
 
 
Image Morocco6
 

Quarter-finals

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Morocco Image4–0Image United States
Report
Attendance: 42,868[40]

Japan Image0–3Image Spain
Report


France Image1–0Image Argentina
Mateta Image 5' Report

Semi-finals

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Morocco Image1–2Image Spain
Rahimi Image 37' (pen.) Report

France Image3–1 (a.e.t.)Image Egypt
Report Saber Image 62'

Bronze medal match

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Egypt Image0–6Image Morocco
Report

Gold medal match

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France Image3–5 (a.e.t.)Image Spain
Report
Attendance: 44,260[48]
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 96 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA

Final ranking

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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Image Spain 6 5 0 1 16 8 +8 15 Gold medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Image France (H) 6 5 0 1 14 6 +8 15 Silver medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Image Morocco 6 4 0 2 17 5 +12 12 Bronze medal
4 Image Egypt 6 2 2 2 5 11 6 8 Fourth place
5 Image Japan 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 Image Paraguay 4 2 1 1 6 8 2 7
7 Image Argentina 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6
8 Image United States 4 2 0 2 7 8 1 6
9 Image Ukraine 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10 Image Iraq 3 1 0 2 3 7 4 3
11 Image New Zealand 3 1 0 2 3 8 5 3
12 Image Dominican Republic 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 2
13 Image Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1
14 Image Mali 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 1
15 Image Israel 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 1
16 Image Guinea 3 0 0 3 1 6 5 0
Source: IOC
(H) Hosts

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