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. Brazil were the defending champions, but did not qualified for this tournament.[2]
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
Dates | 24 July – 9 August |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
Schedule
editThe schedule is as follows.[3]
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 |
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GS | GS | GS | QF | SF | B | F |
Qualification
editIn 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.[4]
Means of qualification | Date(s)[a] | Venue(s)[a] | Berth(s) | Qualified |
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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 | Japan Uzbekistan Iraq |
AFC–CAF play-off | 9 May 2024 | France | 1 | Guinea |
Total | 16 |
Venues
editMarseille | Décines-Charpieu (Lyon area) |
Paris |
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Stade de Marseille | Stade de Lyon | Parc des Princes |
Capacity: 67,394 | Capacity: 59,186 | Capacity: 47,929 |
Bordeaux | ||
Stade de Bordeaux | ||
Capacity: 42,115 | ||
Saint-Étienne | Nice | Nantes |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Stade de Nice | Stade de la Beaujoire |
Capacity: 41,965 | Capacity: 36,178 | Capacity: 35,322 |
Squads
editEach team had to submit a squad of 18 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 might replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[5]
Match officials
editOn 3 April 2024, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[6]
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Draw
editThe draw for the groups was held on 20 March 2024, 20:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Pulse building in Saint-Denis, France.[7] 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:[8][9]
- 2004 Men’s Olympic Football Tournament: 20% value of total points;
- 2008 Men’s Olympic Football Tournament: 40% value of total points;
- 2012 Men’s Olympic Football Tournament: 60% value of total points;
- 2016 Men’s Olympic Football Tournament: 80% value of total points;
- 2020 Men’s Olympic Football Tournament: 100% value of total points.
Furthermore, five bonus points were added to each of the six continental champions from the qualifying tournaments.[9]
Pot | Team | Confederation | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | BP | Total points | |||||
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Pts | 20% | Pts | 40% | Pts | 60% | Pts | 80% | Pts 100% | ||||||
1 | France (H) | UEFA | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | |||||||||||
Japan (AFC 1, results of Japan)[a] | AFC | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3.2 | 10 | 19.8 | |||
Uzbekistan (AFC 2, results of South Korea)[a] | AFC | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1.6 | 9 | 5.4 | 7 | 5.6 | 6 | 19.6 | |||
Argentina | CONMEBOL | 18 | 3.6 | 18 | 7.2 | DNQ | 4 | 3.2 | 4 | 18 | ||||
2 | Spain | UEFA | DNQ | 1 | 0.6 | DNQ | 11 | +5 | 16.6 | |||||
New Zealand | OFC | DNQ | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | DNQ | 5 | +5 | 11 | ||||
Paraguay | CONMEBOL | 12 | 2.4 | DNQ | +5 | 7.4 | ||||||||
Morocco | CAF | 4 | 0.8 | DNQ | 2 | 1.2 | DNQ | +5 | 7 | |||||
3 | United States | CONCACAF | DNQ | 4 | 1.6 | DNQ | +5 | 6.6 | ||||||
Egypt | CAF | DNQ | 4 | 2.4 | DNQ | 4 | 6.4 | |||||||
Iraq (AFC 3, results of Australia)[a] | AFC | — | 1 | 0.4 | DNQ | 3 | 3.4 | |||||||
Mali | CAF | 5 | 1 | DNQ | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Dominican Republic | CONCACAF | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
Israel | UEFA | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Ukraine | UEFA | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Guinea[b] | CAF | AFC-CAF play-off winners, automatically assigned to Pot 4 |
Notes
- ^ a b c 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 Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020, 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”.[9]
- ^ 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.[9]
The draw started with teams from pot one being drawn first and placed in the first position of their groups (hosts France automatically assigned to A1). Then were drawn the teams from pot 2, 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.[10] 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.[11]
The draw resulted in the following groups:[12][13]
Pos | Team |
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A1 | France |
A2 | United States |
A3 | Guinea[a] |
A4 | New Zealand |
Pos | Team |
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B1 | Argentina |
B2 | Morocco |
B3 | Iraq[a] |
B4 | Ukraine |
Pos | Team |
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C1 | Uzbekistan[a] |
C2 | Spain |
C3 | Egypt |
C4 | Dominican Republic |
Pos | Team |
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D1 | Japan[a] |
D2 | Paraguay |
D3 | Mali |
D4 | Israel |
Notes
Group stage
editThe 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).[14]
Tiebreakers
editThe ranking of teams in the group stage will be determined as follows:[5]
- Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- 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;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Guinea | Match 2 | New Zealand |
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France | Match 1 | United States |
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Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Uzbekistan | 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 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan | Match 5 | Spain |
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Egypt | Match 6 | Dominican Republic |
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Group D
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 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 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mali | Match 7 | Israel |
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Knockout stage
editIn 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.[5]
Bracket
editQuarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold 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
editSemi-finals
editBronze medal match
editGold medal match
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Paris to host Olympic Football Tournaments draw on 20 March". fifa.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Brazil edge Spain in men's Olympic football final thanks to Malcom's magic". Guardian. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
- ^ "FIFA match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Paris to host Olympic Football Tournaments draw on 20 March". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Everything you need to know about the Olympic Football Tournaments Draw". FIFA. 15 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Draw Procedures for the Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA. 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Draw | Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024 | Replay". FIFA.com. FIFA. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "How to watch the Olympic Football Tournament Draw live". FIFA. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 draws produce blockbuster match-ups". FIFA. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Paris gives 2024 Olympic Football Tournaments "special feel" says FIFA President". FIFA. 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
External links
edit- Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024, FIFA.com