Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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

2016 Men's Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
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)
← 2012 2020 →

2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	3–19 August
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	66 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	635,885 (24,457 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Melanie Behringer (5 goals)
← 2012 2020 →

The tournament were feature both the men's and women's teams. The men's teams can only have players who were born on or after 1 January 1993, and the women's teams have no age limit.^[2]

The tournament were played in six cities: Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus.

Qualified teams

Men

The top 4 teams in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualify, the winner of the 2015 Pacific Games qualifies, the top 2 teams in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualify, the top 3 teams from the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualify, the top 3 teams from the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualify and the winner of the 2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off qualifies.

Argentina  Brazil (host)  Colombia  Denmark  Fiji  Germany  Honduras

Iraq  Japan  Mexico  Nigeria  Portugal  South Africa  South Korea  Sweden

Women

The best two European teams from the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualify, the winner of the 2014 Copa América Femenina qualifies (which was Brazil but they already qualified for being hosts, so the runners-up qualified instead), the top 2 teams from the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualify, the winner of the 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualifies, the top 2 teams from the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualify, the top 2 teams from the 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualify and the winner of the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualifies.

Australia  Brazil (host)  Canada  China  Colombia  France

Germany  New Zealand  South Africa  Sweden  United States  Zimbabwe

Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Brazil	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

4 August 2016
Iraq	0–0	Denmark
Brazil	0–0	South Africa
7 August 2016
Denmark	1–0	South Africa
Brazil	0–0	Iraq
10 August 2016
Denmark	0–4	Brazil
South Africa	1–1	Iraq

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
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

4 August 2016
Sweden	2–2	Colombia
Nigeria	5–4	Japan
7 August 2016
Sweden	0–1	Nigeria
Japan	2–2	Colombia
10 August 2016
Japan	1–0	Sweden
Colombia	2–0	Nigeria

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Korea Republic	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

4 August 2016
Mexico	2–2	Germany
Fiji	0–8	South Korea
7 August 2016
Fiji	1–5	Mexico
Germany	3–3	South Korea
10 August 2016
Germany	10–0	Fiji
South Korea	1–0	Mexico

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	4	6	–2	1

4 August 2016
Honduras	3–2	Algeria
Portugal	2–0	Argentina
7 August 2016
Honduras	1–2	Portugal
Argentina	2–1	Algeria
10 August 2016
Argentina	1–1	Honduras
Algeria	1–1	Portugal

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 August — São Paulo
	Brazil	2
					17 August — Rio de Janeiro
	Colombia	0
					Brazil	6
	13 August — Belo Horizonte
					Honduras	0
	Korea Republic	0
									20 August — Rio de Janeiro
	Honduras	1
									Brazil (p)	1 (5)
	13 August — Salvador
									Germany	1 (4)
	Nigeria	2
					17 August — São Paulo
	Denmark	0
					Nigeria	0			Third place
	13 August — Brasília
					Germany	2
	Portugal	0							Honduras	2
	Germany	4							Nigeria	3
									20 August — Belo Horizonte

Quarter-finals

Brazil	v.	Colombia
	Report

13 August 2016

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

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Korea Republic	v.	Honduras
	Report

13 August 2016

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

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Nigeria	v.	Denmark
	Report

13 August 2016

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

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Portugal	v.	Germany
	Report

13 August 2016

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Women's tournament

Group stage

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Brazil	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

3 August 2016
Sweden	1–0	South Africa
Brazil	3–0	China
6 August 2016
South Africa	0–2	China
Brazil	5–1	Sweden
9 August 2016
South Africa	0–0	Brazil
China	0–0	Sweden

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
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

3 August 2016
Canada	2–0	Australia
Zimbabwe	1–6	Germany
6 August 2016
Canada	3–1	Zimbabwe
Germany	2–2	Australia
9 August 2016
Germany	1–2	Canada
Australia	6–1	Zimbabwe

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
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

3 August 2016
United States	2–0	New Zealand
France	4–0	Colombia
6 August 2016
United States	1–0	France
Colombia	0–1	New Zealand
9 August 2016
Colombia	2–2	United States
New Zealand	0–3	France

Best third-place teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Australia	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4	Quarter-finals
2	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	5	–3	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	–4	3

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 August — Belo Horizonte
	Brazil (p)	0 (7)
					16 August — Rio de Janeiro
	Australia	0 (6)
					Brazil	0 (3)
	12 August — Brasília
					Sweden (p)	0 (4)
	United States	1 (3)
									19 August — Rio de Janeiro
	Sweden (p)	1 (4)
									Sweden	1
	12 August — São Paulo
									Germany	2
	Canada	1
					16 August — Belo Horizonte
	France	0
					Canada	0			Third place
	12 August — Salvador
					Germany	2
	China	0							Brazil	1
	Germany	1							Canada	2
									19 August — São Paulo

Quarter-finals

Brazil	v.	Australia
	Report

12 August 2016

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

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United States	1–1(aet)	Sweden
Morgan  77'	Report	Blackstenius  61'
Penalties
Morgan Horan Lloyd Brian Press	3–4	Schelin Asllani Sembrant Seger Dahlkvist

12 August 2016

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

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Canada	1–0	France
Schmidt  56'	Report

12 August 2016

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

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China	0–1	Germany
	Report	Behringer  76'

12 August 2016

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	1	0	2
2	Brazil	1	0	0	1
3	Sweden	0	1	0	1
4	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Statistics

Men top goalscorers

6 goals

• Serge Gnabry
• Nils Petersen

4 goals

• Neymar
• Maximilian Meyer
• Erick Gutiérrez
• Oghenekaro Etebo
• Umar Sadiq

3 goals

• Gabriel Jesus
• Luan
• Teo Gutiérrez
• Anthony Lozano
• Kwon Chang-hoon
• Ryu Seung-woo
• Suk Hyun-jun
• Gonçalo Paciência

2 goals

• Sofiane Bendebka
• Gabriel
• Dorlan Pabón
• Matthias Ginter
• Davie Selke
• Alberth Elis
• Marcelo Pereira
• Takuma Asano
• Son Heung-min
• Aminu Umar

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
• John Obi Mikel
• Tobias Figueiredo
• Pité
• Hwang Hee-chan
• Gift Motupa
• Astrit Ajdarević
• Mikael Ishak

Own goals

• Hiroki Fujiharu (playing against Colombia)

Women top goalscorers

5 goals

• Melanie Behringer

3 goals

• Beatriz
• Janine Beckie
• Christine Sinclair
• Sara Däbritz

2 goals

• Michelle Heyman
• Cristiane
• Marta
• Melissa Tancredi
• Catalina Usme
• Louisa Cadamuro
• Eugenie Le Sommer
• Stina Blackstenius
• Carli Lloyd
• Alex Morgan

1 goal

• Lisa De Vanna
• Caitlin Foord
• Alanna Kennedy
• Samantha Kerr
• Clare Polkinghorne
• Kyah Simon
• Andressa Alves
• Mônica
• Deanne Rose
• Sophie Schmidt
• Gu Yasha
• Tan Ruyin
• Camille Abily
• Amel Majri
• Saskia Bartusiak
• Melanie Leupolz
• Dzsenifer Marozsán
• Alexandra Popp
• Amber Hearn
• Nilla Fischer
• Lotta Schelin
• Crystal Dunn
• Mallory Pugh
• Kudakwashe Basopo
• Mavis Chirandu
• Emmaculate Msipa

1 own goal

• Carolina Arias (playing against France)
• Linda Sembrant (playing against Germany)
• Eunice Chibanda (playing against Germany)

Tournament rankings

Men

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	6	3	3	0	13	1	+12	12
2	Germany	6	3	3	0	22	6	+16	12
3	Nigeria	6	4	0	2	11	10	+1	12
4	Honduras	6	2	1	3	8	14	–6	7
Eliminated in Quarter-finals
5	Korea Republic	4	2	1	1	12	4	+8	7
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
Eliminated in Group stage
9	Mexico	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
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

Women

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13
2	Sweden	6	1	3	2	4	8	–4	6
3	Canada	6	5	0	1	10	5	+5	15
4	Brazil	6	2	3	1	9	3	+6	9
Eliminated in Quarter-finals
5	United States	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
6	France	4	2	0	2	7	2	+5	6
7	Australia	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	5
8	China	4	1	1	2	2	4	–2	4
Eliminated in Group stage
9	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	–4	3
10	South Africa	3	0	1	2	0	3	–3	1
11	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	7	–5	1
12	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	3	15	–12	0