Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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.

2024 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates24 July – 9 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
2020
2028

Schedule edit

The schedule is as follows.[2]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match


Date
Event
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
GS GS GS QF SF B F

Qualification edit

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
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
AFC–CAF play-off 9 May 2024   France 1
Total 16
  1. ^ a b Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages may precede these matches.

Venues edit

The tournament will be held in seven venues across seven cities:

Match officials edit

On 3 April 2024, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[4]

Draw edit

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.[7][8]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Notes

  1. ^ 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 last 5 Olympics performance. The ranking system is based on the total number of points obtained in the last five editions of the men's Olympic football tournament (three points for a win, one point for a draw, no points for a defeat), namely those held in 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008 and 2004.

Group stage edit

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).[9]

Tiebreakers edit

The ranking of teams in the group stage will be determined as follows:[10]

  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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2   United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   AFC–CAF play-off winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 24 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts


AFC–CAF play-off winner  Match 2  New Zealand
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France  Match 1  United States
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New Zealand  Match 10  United States
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France  Match 9  AFC–CAF play-off winner
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New Zealand  Match 17  France
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Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2   Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   AFC 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers


Argentina  Match 3  Morocco
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AFC 3  Match 4  Ukraine
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Argentina  Match 11  AFC 3
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Ukraine  Match 12  Morocco
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Ukraine  Match 19  Argentina
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Morocco  Match 20  AFC 3
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Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   AFC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2   Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers


AFC 2  Match 5  Spain
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Egypt  Match 6  Dominican Republic
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Dominican Republic  Match 14  Spain
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AFC 2  Match 13  Egypt
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Dominican Republic  Match 21  AFC 2
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Spain  Match 22  Egypt
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Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   AFC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2   Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers


AFC 1  Match 8  Paraguay
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Mali  Match 7  Israel
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Israel  Match 15  Paraguay
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AFC 1  Match 16  Mali
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Israel  Match 23  AFC 1
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Paraguay  Match 24  Mali
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Knockout stage edit

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.[10]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
2 August – Bordeaux
 
 
Winner Group A
 
5 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
Runner-up Group B
 
 
 
2 August – Marseille
 
 
 
Winner Group C
 
9 August – Paris
 
Runner-up Group D
 
 
 
2 August – Paris
 
 
 
Winner Group B
 
5 August – Marseille
 
Runner-up Group A
 
 
 
2 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
 Bronze medal match
 
Winner Group D
 
8 August – Nantes
 
Runner-up Group C
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals edit

1BMatch 262A
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1DMatch 282C
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1CMatch 272D
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1AMatch 252B
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Semi-finals edit

WQF2Match 30WQF4
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WQF1Match 29WQF3
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Bronze medal match edit

LSF1Match 31LSF2
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Gold medal match edit

WSF1Match 32WSF2
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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Paris to host Olympic Football Tournaments draw on 20 March". fifa.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024 – information on preliminary competitions" (PDF). FIFA Circular Letter. No. 1792. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ^ "FIFA match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Paris to host Olympic Football Tournaments draw on 20 March". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 draws produce blockbuster match-ups". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  7. ^ https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/olympicgames/paris2024/articles/olympic-football-tournaments-draw-paris-2024-date-place-host-info
  8. ^ https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/f8505818e26ba58/original/Draw-procedures-for-the-Men-s-Olympic-Football-Tournament-Paris-2024.pdf
  9. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association.

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