Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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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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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | 4–20 August |
Teams | 16 (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 played | 32 |
Goals scored | 104 (3.25 per match) |
Attendance | 1,008,426 (31,513 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Serge Gnabry Nils Petersen (6 goals each) |
Fair play award | Denmark |
← 2012 2020 → |
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]
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
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 | ||
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G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
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]
Means of qualification | Dates1 | Venue1 | Berths | Qualified |
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Host country | 2 October 2009 | — | 1 | ![]() |
2015 South American Youth Championship[9] | 14 January – 7 February 2015 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[10] | 17–30 June 2015 | ![]() | 4 | ![]() |
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2015 Pacific Games[11] | 3–17 July 2015 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[12] | 1–13 October 2015 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() |
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2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations[13] | 28 November – 12 December 2015 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() |
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2016 AFC U-23 Championship[14] | 12–30 January 2016 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() |
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2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off | 25–29 March 2016 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Match officials
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On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[15]
Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
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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) |
Venues

Rio de Janeiro | Brasília | São Paulo | |
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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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- Renovated for the 2014 World Cup
- Renovated for the 2016 Olympics
- New stadium for the 2014 World Cup
Training venues
Event stadium | Training venue #1 | Training venue #2 | Training venue #3 | Training venue #4 |
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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 |
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]
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]
- Points obtained in all group matches;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- 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:
- Points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Group A

Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Denmark ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
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Group B

Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Group C

Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 |
Fiji ![]() | 0–8 | ![]() |
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Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
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Group D

Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
Attendance: 37,407[41]
Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)
Honduras ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Attendance: 32,928[42]
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
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-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
13 August – São Paulo | ||||||||||
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17 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | ||||||||||
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13 August – Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
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20 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | ||||||||||
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13 August – Salvador | ||||||||||
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17 August – São Paulo | ||||||||||
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13 August – Brasília | ||||||||||
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20 August – Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals

Attendance: 55,412[46]
Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)
Brazil ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Semi-finals

Brazil ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match

Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Mohamed Benkablia
Baghdad Bounedjah
Jonathan Calleri
Ángel Correa
Mauricio Martínez
Marquinhos
Robert Skov
Roy Krishna
Lukas Klostermann
Philipp Max
Romell Quioto
Saad Abdul-Amir
Shinzo Koroki
Takumi Minamino
Shoya Nakajima
Musashi Suzuki
Shinya Yajima
Oribe Peralta
Rodolfo Pizarro
Carlos Salcedo
Mikel John Obi
Tobias Figueiredo
Pité
Hwang Hee-chan
Gift Motupa
Astrit Ajdarević
Mikael Ishak
- Own goals
Hiroki Fujiharu (playing against Colombia)
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 12 | Gold Medal |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 12 | Silver Medal |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | Bronze Medal |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 7 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 4 | |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 |
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