Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

2016 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 4–20 August 2016
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 7 (in 6 host cities)
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The men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held from 4 to 20 August.[1] It will be the 26th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament will be held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which will host the final at the Maracanã Stadium.[2] Teams participating in the men's competition are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.

This tournament will adopt for the first time the goal-line technology with Hawk-Eye system. In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3]

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.[4][5]

GGroup stage ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date → 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 G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

In addition to host nation Brazil, 15 men's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.[6]

Means of qualification Dates1 Venue1 Berths Qualified
Host country2 October 2009 Denmark1 Brazil
2015 South American Youth Championship[7]14 January – 7 February 2015 Uruguay 1 Argentina
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[8]17–30 June 2015 Czech Republic 4 Denmark
 Germany
 Portugal
 Sweden
2015 Pacific Games[9]3–17 July 2015 Papua New Guinea 1 Fiji2
2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[10]1–13 October 2015 United States 2 Honduras
 Mexico
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations[11]28 November – 12 December 2015 Senegal 3 Algeria
 Nigeria
 South Africa
2016 AFC U-23 Championship[12]12–30 January 2016 Qatar 3 Iraq
 Japan
 South Korea
2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off 25–29 March 2016 Colombia
 United States
(home and away)		 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

Match officials

On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that will officiate at the Olympics.[13]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) Abdullah Al-Shalwai (Saudi Arabia)
Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
Alireza Faghani (Iran) Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)
Ryuji Sato (Japan) Toru Sagara (Japan)
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
CAF Gehad Grisha (Egypt) Rédouane Achik (Morocco)
Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)
Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) Djibril Camara (Senegal)
El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)
CONCACAF Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala) Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Gerson López Castellanos (Guatemala)
César Arturo Ramos (Mexico) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Miguel Hernández (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Néstor Pitana (Argentina) Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Sandro Ricci (Brazil) Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)
Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Byron Romero (Ecuador)
OFC Matthew Conger (New Zealand) Simon Lount (New Zealand)
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
UEFA Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) Octavian Şovre (Romania)
Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)
Sergei Karasev (Russia) Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)
Nikolay Golubev (Russia)
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) Pau Cebrián Devis (Spain)
Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)
Clément Turpin (France) Frédéric Cano (France)
Nicolas Danos (France)
Support Referee Diego Haro (Peru)
Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Venues

For more details on this topic, see Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics § Venues.

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

Squads

The men's tournament is an under-23 international tournament (born on or after 1 January 1993), with a maximum of three overage players allowed. Each team must submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Each team may also have a list of four alternate players, who may replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[14]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.[15] The 16 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into four groups of four teams.[16] The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the five previous Olympics (with more recent tournaments weighted higher), plus bonus points awarded to the six confederation qualifying champions (Japan, Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Fiji, Sweden).[17] The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position A1. No groups can contain more than one team from the same confederation.[18]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[14]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA
(H) Host.
4 August 2016
Iraq – Denmark
Brazil – South Africa
7 August 2016
Denmark – South Africa
Brazil – Iraq
10 August 2016
Denmark – Brazil
South Africa – Iraq

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA
4 August 2016
Sweden – Colombia
Nigeria – Japan
7 August 2016
Sweden – Nigeria
Japan – Colombia
10 August 2016
Japan – Sweden
Colombia – Nigeria

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA
4 August 2016
Fiji – South Korea
Mexico – Germany
7 August 2016
Fiji – Mexico
Germany – South Korea
10 August 2016
Germany – Fiji
South Korea – Mexico

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA
4 August 2016
Honduras – Algeria
Portugal – Argentina
7 August 2016
Honduras – Portugal
Argentina – Algeria
10 August 2016
Argentina – Honduras
Algeria – Portugal

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, 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.[14]

On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[19]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
13 August — São Paulo
 
 
Winner Group A
 
17 August — Rio de Janeiro
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 28
 
13 August — Belo Horizonte
 
Winner Match 27
 
Winner Group C
 
20 August — Rio de Janeiro
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 30
 
13 August — Salvador
 
Winner Match 29
 
Winner Group B
 
17 August — São Paulo
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 26
 
13 August — Brasília
 
Winner Match 25Bronze medal match
 
Winner Group D
 
20 August — Belo Horizonte
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Loser Match 30
 
 
Loser Match 29
 

Quarter-finals

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
13:00

Winner Group D Match 25 Runner-up Group C

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
16:00

Winner Group B Match 26 Runner-up Group A

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
19:00

Winner Group C Match 27 Runner-up Group D

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
22:00

Winner Group A Match 28 Runner-up Group B

Semi-finals

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
13:00

Winner Match 28 Match 30 Winner Match 27

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
16:00

Winner Match 26 Match 29 Winner Match 25

Bronze medal match

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
13:00

Loser Match 30 Match 31 Loser Match 29

Gold medal match

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
17:30

Winner Match 30 Match 32 Winner Match 29

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Circular no. 1383 – Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men's and Women's Tournaments" (PDF). FIFA.com. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Manaus enters race to host Rio 2016 Olympic Games football matches". Rio 2016 official website. 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". FIFA. 18 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Match schedule for Rio 2016 unveiled". FIFA.com. 10 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Match Schedule Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  6. ↑ "FIFA ratifies the distribution of seats corresponding to each confederation". CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Reglamento – Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América 2015" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  8. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2013–15 competition" (PDF). UEFA.
  9. ↑ "OFC Insider Issue 6". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 March 2015. p. 8.
  10. ↑ "United States Named Host for CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015". CONCACAF.com. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Regulations AFC U-23 Championship 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  13. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments (OFTs) RIO 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  15. ↑ "Olympic draw to be held at Maracana". FIFA.com. 23 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Groups and match schedule defined for Rio 2016 Olympic football tournaments". Rio 2016 Official Website. 14 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Olympic draw: what you need to know". FIFA.com. 8 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "Draw procedures: Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  19. ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". FIFA. 18 March 2016.

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