Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament final

The 2024 Summer Olympic football gold medal match was a football match to determine the gold medal winners of men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The match was the 26th final of the men's football tournament at the Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's under-23 national teams of the member associations of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. The match was held at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, on 9 August 2024.^[4][5] This was the first Olympic men's football final to take place before the women's tournament final.^[6]

2024 Summer Olympic men's football final

Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final
Event	Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
France Spain 3 5
After extra time
Date	9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Ramon Abatti (Brazil)[1]
Attendance	44,260[2]
Weather	Partly cloudy 26 °C (79 °F) 58% humidity[3]
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The final was contested between hosts France and previous Games' silver medalists Spain. Both teams were seeking their second Olympic title, having won in 1984 and 1992, respectively. France hoped to emulate Spain's 1992 triumph by winning a home Olympics, while Spain hoped to emulate France's 1984 record of winning the Olympics and the UEFA European Championship, having won the UEFA Euro 2024. At that time, France defeated Spain in the UEFA Euro 1984 final held at Parc des Princes.

Spain won the match 5–3 after extra time, winning a second gold medal and became the first European team to do so since themselves in 1992.^[7][8]

Venue

The final was held at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

The stadium first opened in 1897, and had been refurbished twice since 1972, first for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and then for the UEFA Euro 2016. It hosted the UEFA Euro finals in 1960 and 1984, as well as six finals in various Europe's club competitions. It also hosted some matches for the 1938 and 1998 World Cups, the 2019 Women's World Cup, and the three aforementioned UEFA Euros.^[9]

Route to the final

France		Round	Spain
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
United States	3–0	Match 1	Uzbekistan	2–1
Guinea	1–0	Match 2	Dominican Republic	3–1
New Zealand	3–0	Match 3	Egypt	1–2
Group A winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  France (H) 3 9 2  United States 3 6 3  New Zealand 3 3 4  Guinea 3 0 Source: FIFA (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group C runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Egypt 3 7 2  Spain 3 6 3  Dominican Republic 3 2 4  Uzbekistan 3 1 Source: FIFA
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Argentina	1–0	Quarter-finals	Japan	3–0
Egypt	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	Morocco	2–1

Match

Details

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)

18:00

France	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Millot 11' Akliouche 79' Mateta 90+3' (pen.)	Report	F. López 18', 25' Baena 28' Camello 100', 120+1'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,260^[2]

Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

France[10]

Spain[10]

GK 16 Guillaume Restes RB 5 Kiliann Sildillia  111' CB 4 Loïc Badé  45+5' CB 2 Castello Lukeba LB 3 Adrien Truffert  91' DM 6 Manu Koné  36'  106' CM 12 Enzo Millot  77' CM 13 Joris Chotard  52' AM 7 Michael Olise CF 10 Alexandre Lacazette (c)  52' CF 14 Jean-Philippe Mateta Substitutes: GK 1 Obed Nkambadio DF 15 Bradley Locko  91' DF 17 Soungoutou Magassa  106' MF 8 Maghnes Akliouche  52' MF 11 Désiré Doué  77' FW 9 Arnaud Kalimuendo  52' FW 18 Rayan Cherki  111' Manager: Thierry Henry

GK 1 Arnau Tenas RB 2 Marc Pubill  73' CB 4 Eric García CB 5 Pau Cubarsí LB 3 Juan Miranda  90+2'  98' CM 6 Pablo Barrios CM 10 Álex Baena  78'  83' RW 14 Aimar Oroz  88' AM 11 Fermín López  73' LW 17 Sergio Gómez CF 9 Abel Ruiz (c)  83' Substitutes: GK 13 Joan García DF 12 Jon Pacheco  94'  88' DF 15 Miguel Gutiérrez  98' DF 20 Juanlu Sánchez  73' MF 8 Beñat Turrientes  83' MF 16 Adrián Bernabé  76'  73' FW 21 Sergio Camello  120+2'  83' Manager: Santi Denia

Assistant referees: Rafael Alves (Brazil) Guillerme Camilo (Brazil) Fourth official: Dahane Beida (Mauritania) Reserve assistant referee: Jerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola) Video assistant referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) Assistant video assistant referees: David Coote (Great Britain) Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Match rules[11] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of seven named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time Maximum of three substitution opportunities, with a fourth allowed in extra time