Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Football pictogram for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games2016 Summer Olympics
Host countryBrazil
Dates3–20 August 2016
Venues7 (in 6 host cities)
Competitors473 from 23 nations
Men's tournament
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
1 Gold Brazil
2 Silver Germany
3 Bronze Nigeria
Women's tournament
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
1 Gold Germany
2 Silver Sweden
3 Bronze Canada
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The association 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 de Janeiro 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 maximum 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

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The match schedule 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

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

Rio de Janeiro Brasília São Paulo
Maracanã Olympic Stadium Mané Garrincha National Stadium Arena Corinthians
Capacity: 74,738[8][a] Capacity: 60,000[b] Capacity: 69,349[8][a] Capacity: 48,234[8][c]
Belo Horizonte
Mineirão
Capacity: 58,170[8][a]
Salvador
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova
Capacity: 51,900[8][c]
Manaus
Arena da Amazônia
Capacity: 40,549[8][c]
  1. ^ a b c Renovated for the 2014 World Cup
  2. ^ Renovated for the 2016 Olympics
  3. ^ a b c New stadium for the 2014 World Cup

Training venues

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Event stadium Training venue #1 Training venue #2 Training venue #3 Training venue #4
Maracanã CFZ Stadium Vasco Barra Football Club Juliano Moreira Sports Complex —
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Cave Stadium Minas Brasília Tennis Club Yacht Club of Brasília Cruzeiro Stadium
Mineirão Toca da Raposa 1 Toca da Raposa 2 Cidade do Galo América F.C. Training Center
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova Parque Santiago Stadium Pituaçu Stadium Barradão Stadium E.C. Bahia Training Center
Arena Corinthians São Paulo F.C. Training Center S.E. Palmeiras Training Center C.A. Juventus Stadium Nacional A.C. Stadium

Qualification

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Summary

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Nation Men's Women's Athletes
 Argentina Yes 22
 Australia Yes 22
 Brazil Yes Yes 44
 Canada Yes 22
 China Yes 22
 Colombia Yes Yes 44
 Denmark Yes 22
 France Yes 22
 Fiji Yes 22
 Germany Yes Yes 44
 Honduras Yes 22
 Iraq Yes 22
 Japan Yes 22
 South Korea Yes 22
 Mexico Yes 22
 Nigeria Yes 22
 New Zealand Yes 22
 Portugal Yes 22
 South Africa Yes 22
 Sweden Yes Yes 44
 United States Yes 22
 Zimbabwe Yes 22
Total: 22 NOCs 16 12 608

Men's qualification

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

Means of qualification Dates1 Venue1 Berths Qualified
Host country 2 October 2009  Denmark 1  Brazil
2015 South American Youth Championship[10] 14 January – 7 February 2015  Uruguay 1  Argentina
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[11] 17–30 June 2015  Czech Republic 4  Sweden
 Portugal
 Denmark
 Germany
2015 Pacific Games[12] 3–17 July 2015  Papua New Guinea 1  Fiji2
2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[13] 1–13 October 2015  United States 2  Mexico
 Honduras
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations[14] 28 November – 12 December 2015  Senegal 3  Nigeria
 Algeria
 South Africa
2016 AFC U-23 Championship[15] 12–30 January 2016  Qatar 3  Japan
 South Korea
 Iraq
2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off 25–29 March 2016 Various (home and away)3 1  Colombia
Total 16
  • ^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.
  • ^2 Nations making their Olympic tournament debut
  • ^3 One match each in Colombia and United States in a two-legged tie.

Women's qualification

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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 slightly different procedures.

CONMEBOL used the 2014 Copa América Femenina as a qualifier for both the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympic tournament and, as Brazil was on the Olympics host country condition,they automatically qualified for the tournament and therefore the South American spot was given to second place in the tournament,Colombia.

UEFA used the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup to determine its Olympic qualification.The top 3 european finishers at the World Cup, excluding England, qualified. When multiple European teams was eliminated on the same round,this results were a used as tie for the Olympic qualifying spots,and had the necessity to held an Olympic Qualifying Tournament to give the last spot. As Germany and France both reached at least the quarterfinals and thus obtained qualification spots (England also did so, but was ineligible for the Olympic Games). The next best finishes for the European teams were a four-way tie among 4 teams: Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, eliminated in the round of 16. With this unproceded situation, a round robin tournament to decide who would take the last spot for the Olympic Games was held and was won by Sweden.

Means of qualification Dates4 Venue4 Berths Qualified
Host country 2 October 2009  Denmark 1  Brazil
2014 Copa América[16] 11–28 September 2014  Ecuador 1  Colombia
2015 FIFA World Cup[17]
(for UEFA eligible teams)5		 6 June – 5 July 2015  Canada 2  Germany
 France
2015 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament[14] 2–18 October 2015 Various (home and away) 2  South Africa
 Zimbabwe6
2016 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[12] 23 January 2016  Papua New Guinea 1  New Zealand
2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[18] 10–21 February 2016  United States 2  United States
 Canada
2016 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[19] 29 February – 9 March 2016  Japan[20] 2  Australia
 China
2016 UEFA Olympic Qualifying Tournament[21] 2–9 March 2016  Netherlands 1  Sweden
Total 12
  • ^4 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.
  • ^5 England 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.
  • ^6 Nations making their Olympic tournament debut

Men's competition

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2016 Summer Olympics Visual Identity signs on Brasília's Monumental Axis, near Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, venue for 7 matches on men's tournament and 3 women's matches
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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

Group stage

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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

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group A
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
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B
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
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group C

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group C
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
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group D

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D
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
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
13 August – São Paulo
 
 
 Brazil2
 
17 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
 
 Colombia0
 
 Brazil6
 
13 August – Belo Horizonte
 
 Honduras0
 
 South Korea0
 
20 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
 
 Honduras1
 
 Brazil (p)1 (5)
 
13 August – Salvador
 
 Germany1 (4)
 
 Nigeria2
 
17 August – São Paulo
 
 Denmark0
 
 Nigeria0
 
13 August – Brasília
 
 Germany2 Bronze medal match
 
 Portugal0
 
20 August – Belo Horizonte
 
 Germany4
 
 Honduras2
 
 
 Nigeria3
 

Women's competition

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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

Group stage

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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

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group E
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 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
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group F

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group F
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
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group G

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group G
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
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
12 August — Belo Horizonte
 
 
 Brazil (p) 0 (7)
 
16 August — Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
 
 Australia0 (6)
 
 Brazil0 (3)
 
12 August — Brasília
 
 Sweden (p)0 (4)
 
 United States1 (3)
 
19 August — Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
 
 Sweden (p)1 (4)
 
 Sweden1
 
12 August — São Paulo
 
 Germany2
 
 Canada1
 
16 August — Belo Horizonte
 
 France0
 
 Canada0
 
12 August — Salvador
 
 Germany2 Bronze medal match
 
 China0
 
19 August — São Paulo
 
 Germany1
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 Canada2
 

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)1102
2 Brazil (BRA)*1001
3 Sweden (SWE)0101
4 Canada (CAN)0011
 Nigeria (NGR)0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details 		 Brazil (BRA)
Weverton
Zeca
Rodrigo Caio
Marquinhos
Renato Augusto
Douglas Santos
Luan Vieira
Rafinha
Gabriel Barbosa
Neymar
Gabriel Jesus
Walace
William
Luan Garcia
Rodrigo Dourado
Thiago Maia
Felipe Anderson
Uilson
  		 Germany (GER)
Timo Horn
Jeremy Toljan
Lukas Klostermann
Matthias Ginter
Niklas Süle
Sven Bender
Max Meyer
Lars Bender
Davie Selke
Leon Goretzka
Julian Brandt
Jannik Huth
Philipp Max
Robert Bauer
Max Christiansen
Grischa Prömel
Serge Gnabry
Nils Petersen
Eric Oelschlägel 		 Nigeria (NGR)
Daniel Akpeyi
Seth Sincere
Kingsley Madu
Shehu Abdullahi
Saturday Erimuya
William Troost-Ekong
Aminu Umar
Peter Etebo
Imoh Ezekiel
John Obi Mikel
Junior Ajayi
Saliu Popoola
Umar Sadiq
Azubuike Okechukwu
Ndifreke Udo
Stanley Amuzie
Muhammed Usman Edu
Emmanuel Daniel
 
Women
details 		 Germany (GER)
Almuth Schult
Josephine Henning
Saskia Bartusiak
Leonie Maier
Annike Krahn
Simone Laudehr
Melanie Behringer
Lena Goeßling
Alexandra Popp
Dzsenifer Marozsán
Anja Mittag
Tabea Kemme
Sara Däbritz
Babett Peter
Mandy Islacker
Melanie Leupolz
Isabel Kerschowski
Laura Benkarth
Svenja Huth 		 Sweden (SWE)
Jonna Andersson
Emilia Appelqvist
Kosovare Asllani
Emma Berglund
Stina Blackstenius
Hilda Carlén
Lisa Dahlkvist
Magdalena Eriksson
Nilla Fischer
Pauline Hammarlund
Sofia Jakobsson
Hedvig Lindahl
Fridolina Rolfö
Elin Rubensson
Jessica Samuelsson
Lotta Schelin
Caroline Seger
Linda Sembrant
Olivia Schough 		 Canada (CAN)
Stephanie Labbé
Allysha Chapman
Kadeisha Buchanan
Shelina Zadorsky
Quinn[a]
Deanne Rose
Rhian Wilkinson
Diana Matheson
Josée Bélanger
Ashley Lawrence
Desiree Scott
Christine Sinclair
Sophie Schmidt
Melissa Tancredi
Nichelle Prince
Janine Beckie
Jessie Fleming
Sabrina D'Angelo
 

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Then known as Rebecca Quinn

References

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  12. ^ a b "OFC Insider Issue 6". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 March 2015. p. 8.
  13. ^ "United States Named Host for CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015". CONCACAF.com. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  14. ^ a b "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Regulations AFC U-23 Championship 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  16. ^ "Reglamento – Copa América Femenina 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
  17. ^ "Germany and Norway drawn together". UEFA.com. 6 December 2014.
  18. ^ "2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship Will be Played in Dallas and Houston". US Soccer. 12 August 2015.
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