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Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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The men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 22 July to 7 August 2021. Originally, it was to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2020, but the Summer Olympics were postponed to the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the official name of the games remains the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] It was the 27th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2020 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at six stadiums in six cities in Japan. The final was hosted at the International Stadium in Yokohama. Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-24 players (born on or after 1 January 1997) with a maximum of three overage players allowed. The men's tournament is typically restricted to under-23 players though following the postponement of the Olympics by a year, FIFA decided to maintain the restriction of players born on or after 1 January 1997.[2]

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Brazil were the defending champions and successfully retained their title.[3]

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Schedule

The match schedule of the tournament as of 5 December 2018.[4]

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
More information 22 Thu, 23 Fri ...

Qualification

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In addition to host nation Japan, 15 men's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations. The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 14 September 2017.[5]

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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.
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Venues

More information Chōfu (Tokyo Area), Saitama ...


Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, most matches were played behind closed doors without any spectators, including the final.[14][15] However, Miyagi Stadium allowed a limited audience to attend matches and Kashima Stadium permitted local schoolchildren as part of the school program but Olympic spectators were still not allowed.[16]

Squads

The men's tournament was an international tournament with restrictions on age: players had to be born on or after 1 January 1997, with three overage players allowed for each squad in the final tournament. Traditionally the roster rules required each team to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Each team also named a list of four alternate players, who could replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[17] In late June 2021 the International Olympic Committee and FIFA announced that all 22 players of each team would be available for selection before each match. Prior to each match, the teams chose from their total of 22 players, a roster of 18 players to be available for play in that match.[18] The rule change was made in regards to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]

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Match officials

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In June 2020, FIFA approved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system for the tournament.[20] The match officials were announced on 23 April 2021.[21][22]

More information Confederation, Referee ...
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Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 21 April 2021, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[23] It was conducted by Sarai Bareman, FIFA chief women's football officer, while Samantha Johnson presented the ceremony. Lindsay Tarpley and Ryan Nelsen acted as the draw assistants.[24]

The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[25] The hosts Japan were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five Olympics (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), with bonus points awarded to confederation champions. No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.[26]

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Group stage

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The competing countries were divided into four groups of four teams, denoted as groups A, B, C and D. Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin basis with the top two teams of each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, JST (UTC+9).[27]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[17]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
(H) Hosts
More information Mexico, 4–1 ...
More information Japan, 1–0 ...
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

More information France, 4–3 ...
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
More information Japan, 2–1 ...

More information France, 0–4 ...
More information South Africa, 0–3 ...

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
More information New Zealand, 1–0 ...
More information Honduras, 0–1 ...
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

More information New Zealand, 2–3 ...
More information Romania, 0–4 ...
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

More information Romania, 0–0 ...
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
More information South Korea, 6–0 ...

Group C

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
More information Egypt, 0–0 ...
More information Argentina, 0–2 ...

More information Egypt, 0–1 ...
More information Australia, 0–1 ...

More information Australia, 0–2 ...
More information Spain, 1–1 ...

Group D

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
More information Ivory Coast, 2–1 ...
More information Brazil, 4–2 ...

More information Brazil, 0–0 ...
More information Saudi Arabia, 2–3 ...

More information Saudi Arabia, 1–3 ...
More information Germany, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 4,294[29]
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)[30]
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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 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[17]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
31 July – Yokohama
 
 
 South Korea3
 
3 August – Kashima
 
 Mexico6
 
 Mexico0 (1)
 
31 July – Saitama
 
 Brazil (p)0 (4)
 
 Brazil1
 
7 August – Yokohama
 
 Egypt0
 
 Brazil (a.e.t.)2
 
31 July – Kashima
 
 Spain1
 
 Japan (p)0 (4)
 
3 August – Saitama
 
 New Zealand0 (2)
 
 Japan0
 
31 July – Rifu
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)1 Bronze medal match
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)5
 
6 August – Saitama
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
 Mexico3
 
 
 Japan1
 

Quarter-finals

More information Spain, 5–2 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 5,526[29]
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)


More information Brazil, 1–0 ...

More information South Korea, 3–6 ...

Semi-finals


More information Japan, 0–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Bronze medal match

More information Mexico, 3–1 ...

Gold medal match

More information Brazil, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
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Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA

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.

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts
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Notes

References

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