The affiliation football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil. [ 1 ] In addition to the Olympic host city of Rio de Janeiro, matches were played in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus. All six cities hosted matches during the 2014 World Cup, with the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio the only Olympic venue not to have been a World Cup venue. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Associations affiliated with FIFA might send teams to participate in the tournament. Men ‘s teams were restricted to under-23 players ( born on or after 1 January 1993 ) with a maximal of three overage players allowed, while there were no age restrictions on women ‘s teams. [ 4 ] The Games made use of about 400 footballs. [ 5 ]

competition schedule [edit ]

The peer agenda of the men ‘s and women ‘s tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]

GS Group stage QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
date event 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
Men GS GS GS QF SF B F
Women GS GS GS QF SF B F

Venues [edit ]

Rio de Janeiro hosted preliminary matches at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange and the women ‘s and men ‘s final examination at the Maracanã Stadium on 19 and 20 August. apart from Rio de Janeiro the five early cities were : São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, and Manaus, which were all master of ceremonies cities during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 2 ] The concluding option of venues was announced by FIFA on 16 March 2015. [ 3 ]

prepare venues [edit ]

qualification [edit ]

serviceman ‘s qualification [edit ]

In addition to host state Brazil, 15 men ‘s home teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meet in March 2014. [ 9 ]

Women ‘s qualification [edit ]

In addition to host nation Brazil, 11 women ‘s national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014. [ 9 ] Most continents use specific Olympic qualifying tournaments to allocate their spots, but two use slenderly different procedures. CONMEBOL used the Copa América to determine its Olympic newcomer. Because the Olympic horde, Brazil, won the Copa América, the runner-up ( Colombia ) qualified for the Olympics. UEFA broadly uses the World Cup to determine its Olympic entrants. The top 3 finishers at the World Cup, excluding England, qualified. When multiple european teams were eliminated in the like attack and this results in a tie for an Olympic qualify spot, an Olympic Qualifying Tournament was used to break the necktie. For these Games, Germany and France both reached at least the quarterfinals and frankincense obtained reservation spots ( England besides did so, but was ineligible for Olympic shimmer ). The next best finish up for european teams was a four-way necktie among the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, which each lost in the round of 16. Those four teams competed in a separate tournament to break that tie, won by Sweden .

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  • ^5England finished in the top three among UEFA teams in the World Cup, however England is not an IOC member and talks for them to compete as Great Britain broke down.
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homo ‘s rival [edit ]

The competition consisted of two stages ; a group stage followed by a knockout stage .

Group degree [edit ]

Teams were divided into four groups of four countries, playing each team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top two teams per group qualified for the quarterfinals .

Group A [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil ( H ) 3 1 2 0 4 0 +4 5 Quarter-finals
2  Denmark 3 1 1 1 1 4 −3 4
3  Iraq 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
4  South Africa 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2

FIFA
Rules for classification:
( H ) Host source : Rio2016 Rules for classification : Tiebreakers Host

Group B [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6 Quarter-finals
2  Colombia 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3  Japan 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
4  Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1

FIFA
Rules for classification: source : Rio2016 Rules for categorization : Tiebreakers

Group C [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7 Quarter-finals
2  Germany 3 1 2 0 15 5 +10 5
3  Mexico 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  Fiji 3 0 0 3 1 23 −22 0

FIFA
Rules for classification: reservoir : Rio2016 Rules for classification : Tiebreakers

Group D [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2  Honduras 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Algeria 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1

FIFA
Rules for classification: informant : Rio2016 Rules for categorization : Tiebreakers

Knockout stage [edit ]

Women ‘s contest [edit ]

The competition consisted of two stages ; a group stage followed by a smasher stagecoach .

Group stage [edit ]

Teams were divided into three groups of four countries, playing each team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top two teams per group and best two third-placed teams qualified for the quarterfinals.

Group E [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil ( H ) 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Quarter-finals
2  China PR 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3  Sweden 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
4  South Africa 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1

FIFA
Rules for classification:
( H ) Host beginning : Rio2016 Rules for classification : Tiebreakers Host

Group F [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Quarter-finals
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
3  Australia 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 4
4  Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0

FIFA
Rules for classification: source : Rio2016 Rules for categorization : Tiebreakers

Group G [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2  France 3 2 0 1 7 1 +6 6
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
4  Colombia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1

FIFA
Rules for classification: reference : Rio2016 Rules for categorization : Tiebreakers

Knockout stage [edit ]

Medal compendious [edit ]

Medal table [edit ]

* Host state ( Brazil )

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany  ( GER ) 1 1 0 2
2  Brazil  ( BRA )* 1 0 0 1
3  Sweden  ( SWE ) 0 1 0 1
4  Canada  ( CAN ) 0 0 1 1
 Nigeria  ( NGR ) 0 0 1 1
Totals (5 nations) 2 2 2 6

Medalists [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]