Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil.[1]

Football
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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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Football at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Squads
menwomen

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 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

The match schedule of the men's and women's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.[6][7]

GSGroup stage QFQuarter-finals SFSemi-finals BBronze medal match FGold medal match
Date
Event
Wed 3Thu 4Fri 5Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20
MenGSGSGSQFSFBF
WomenGSGSGSQFSFBF

Venues

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][lower-alpha 1] Capacity: 60,000[lower-alpha 2] Capacity: 69,349[8][lower-alpha 1] Capacity: 48,234[8][lower-alpha 3]
Belo Horizonte
Mineirão
Capacity: 58,170[8][lower-alpha 1]
Salvador
Itaipava Arena
Capacity: 51,900[8][lower-alpha 3]
Manaus
Arena da Amazônia
Capacity: 40,549[8][lower-alpha 3]
  1. Renovated for the 2014 World Cup
  2. Renovated for the 2016 Olympics
  3. New stadium for the 2014 World Cup

Training venues
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

Summary
NationMen'sWomen'sAthletes
 ArgentinaYes22
 AustraliaYes22
 BrazilYesYes44
 CanadaYes22
 ChinaYes22
 ColombiaYesYes44
 DenmarkYes22
 FranceYes22
 FijiYes22
 GermanyYesYes44
 HondurasYes22
 IraqYes22
 JapanYes22
 South KoreaYes22
 MexicoYes22
 NigeriaYes22
 New ZealandYes22
 PortugalYes22
 South AfricaYes22
 SwedenYesYes44
 United StatesYes22
 ZimbabweYes22
Total: 22 NOCs1612608

Men's qualification

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 qualificationDates1Venue1BerthsQualified
Host country2 October 2009 Denmark1 Brazil
2015 South American Youth Championship[10]14 January – 7 February 2015 Uruguay1 Argentina
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[11]17–30 June 2015 Czech Republic4 Sweden
 Portugal
 Denmark
 Germany
2015 Pacific Games[12]3–17 July 2015 Papua New Guinea1 Fiji2
2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[13]1–13 October 2015 United States2 Mexico
 Honduras
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations[14]28 November – 12 December 2015 Senegal3 Nigeria
 Algeria
 South Africa
2016 AFC U-23 Championship[15]12–30 January 2016 Qatar3 Japan
 South Korea
 Iraq
2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off25–29 March 2016Various (home and away)31 Colombia
Total16
  • ^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
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 qualificationDates4Venue4BerthsQualified
Host country2 October 2009 Denmark1 Brazil
2014 Copa América[16]11–28 September 2014 Ecuador1 Colombia
2015 FIFA World Cup[17]
(for UEFA eligible teams)5		6 June – 5 July 2015 Canada2 Germany
 France
2015 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament[14]2–18 October 2015Various (home and away)2 South Africa
 Zimbabwe6
2016 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[12]23 January 2016 Papua New Guinea1 New Zealand
2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[18]10–21 February 2016 United States2 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 Netherlands1 Sweden
Total12
  • ^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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
 
 Colombia0
 
 Brazil6
 
13 August – Belo Horizonte
 
 Honduras0
 
 South Korea0
 
20 August – Rio de Janeiro
 
 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
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

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
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
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
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
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 (Mar.)
 
 Australia0 (6)
 
 Brazil0 (3)
 
12 August — Brasília
 
 Sweden (p)0 (4)
 
 United States1 (3)
 
19 August — Rio de Janeiro (Mar.)
 
 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

Medal table

  *   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
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  Brazil (BRA)
Weverton
Zeca
Rodrigo Caio
Marquinhos
Renato Augusto
Douglas Santos
Luan
Rafinha
Gabriel
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
Muenfuh Sincere
Kingsley Madu
Shehu Abdullahi
Saturday Erimuya
William Troost-Ekong
Aminu Umar
Oghenekaro Etebo
Imoh Ezekiel
Mikel John Obi
Junior Ajayi
Popoola Saliu
Umar Sadiq
Azubuike Okechukwu
Ndifreke Udo
Stanley Amuzie
Usman Mohammed
Emmanuel Daniel
 
Women
  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 Ericsson
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[lower-alpha 1]
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

Notes
  1. Then known as Rebecca Quinn

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