Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Rio de Janeiro and five other cities in Brazil from 4 to 20 August 2016.[1] It was the 26th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at Maracanã Stadium.[2] Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.

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2016 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates4–20 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored104 (3.25 per match)
Attendance1,008,426 (31,513 per match)
Top scorer(s) Serge Gnabry
Nils Petersen
(6 goals each)
Fair play award Denmark
2012
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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]

Brazil captured their first gold medal after defeating Germany on penalties.[4] Nigeria won the bronze medal by beating Honduras 3–2.[5] With the victory, Brazil became the second country after France to win all five FIFA 11-a-side men's titles (FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the Olympic football tournament).[citation needed]

Competition schedule

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

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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.[8]

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Host country2 October 20091 Brazil
2015 South American Youth Championship[9]14 January – 7 February 2015 Uruguay1 Argentina
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[10]17–30 June 2015 Czech Republic4 Sweden
 Portugal
 Denmark
 Germany
2015 Pacific Games[11]3–17 July 2015 Papua New Guinea1 Fiji2
2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[12]1–13 October 2015 United States2 Mexico
 Honduras
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations[13]28 November – 12 December 2015 Senegal3 Nigeria
 Algeria
 South Africa
2016 AFC U-23 Championship[14]12–30 January 2016 Qatar3 Japan
 South Korea
 Iraq
2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off25–29 March 2016 Colombia (first leg)
 United States (second leg)
1 Colombia
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  • ^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

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On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[15]

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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 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 Șovre (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)
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Venues

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2016 Summer Olympics livery near Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília, venue for several matches.
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Rio de Janeiro Brasília São Paulo
Maracanã Stadium Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Arena Corinthians
Capacity: 74,738[16][a] Capacity: 60,000[b] Capacity: 69,349[16][a] Capacity: 48,234[16][c]
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Belo Horizonte
Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Mineirão Stadium
Capacity: 58,170[16][a]
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Salvador
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova
Capacity: 51,900[16][c]
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Manaus
Arena da Amazônia
Capacity: 40,549[16][c]
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  1. Renovated for the 2014 World Cup
  2. Renovated for the 2016 Olympics
  3. 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 Stadium 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
Estádio 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
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Squads

The men's tournament was an under-23 international tournament (born on or after 1 January 1993), with a maximum of three overage players allowed. Each team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. Each team might also have a list of four alternate players, who might replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[17]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.[18] The 16 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into four groups of four teams.[19] 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).[20] The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position A1. No groups could contain more than one team from the same confederation.[21]

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Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows:[17]

  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 were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were 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

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Brazil vs South Africa
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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
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Denmark 1–0 South Africa
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Group B

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Nigeria vs Colombia
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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
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Nigeria 5–4 Japan
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Attendance: 26,603[31]

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Group C

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South Korea vs Mexico
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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
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Fiji 1–5 Mexico
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Germany 10–0 Fiji
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Group D

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Argentina vs Honduras
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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
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Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[17]

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.[3]

 
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
 

Quarter-finals

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Portugal vs Germany
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Attendance: 36,704[48]
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

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Attendance: 9,091[52]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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Goalscorers

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil (H) 6 3 3 0 13 1 +12 12 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 6 3 3 0 22 6 +16 12 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Nigeria 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12 Bronze Medal
4  Honduras 6 2 1 3 8 14 6 7 Fourth place
5  South Korea 4 2 1 1 12 4 +8 7 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Portugal 4 2 1 1 5 6 1 7
7  Colombia 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
8  Denmark 4 1 1 2 1 6 5 4
9  Mexico 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Japan 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
11  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 4
12  Iraq 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
13  South Africa 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2
14  Algeria 3 0 1 2 4 6 2 1
15  Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1
16  Fiji 3 0 0 3 1 23 22 0
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References

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