Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Kingdom
Dates26 July – 11 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Third placeFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Fourth placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored76 (2.38 per match)
Attendance1,525,134 (47,660 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Damião
(6 goals)
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The men's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London and five other cities in Great Britain from 26 July to 11 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's U-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the hosts Great Britain, reached the final tournament. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 23. It was the first men's Olympic football tournament to feature a team representing Great Britain since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. [1] The competition also marked Uruguay's men's football team's first Olympic appearance since 1928, when it won its second consecutive gold medal.

Contents

The gold medal was won by Mexico who defeated Brazil 2–1 in the final. [2]

Schedule

The match schedule of the men's tournament. [3]

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
26 Thu27 Fri28 Sat29 Sun30 Mon31 Tue1 Wed2 Thu3 Fri4 Sat5 Sun6 Mon7 Tue8 Wed9 Thu10 Fri11 Sat
GGG¼½BF

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team in the football tournament. The 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold-medallists Argentina failed to qualify, after finishing third in the South American qualifying tournament.

Participating countries Participating countries in men's football at the 2012 Olympics.png
Participating countries
Means of qualificationDate of completionVenue 1 Berths [4] Qualified
Host nation2005—1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 25 June 2011Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
AFC Preliminary Competition 29 March 2012Various
(home and away format)		3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2011 CAF U-23 Championship 10 December 2011Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 2 April 2012Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
2011 South American Youth Championship 12 February 2011Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
OFC Preliminary Competition 25 March 2012Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
AFC–CAF play-off 23 April 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain [5] 1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Total16

Venues

Six venues were used during the tournament with Wembley Stadium in London hosted the Final.

London Trafford
(Manchester)		 Cardiff
Wembley Stadium Old Trafford Millennium Stadium
Capacity: 90,000Capacity: 75,643Capacity: 74,500
Wembley1.jpg Brazil Belarus kickoff.JPG Millennium Stadium GBR-NZL.jpg
Newcastle Glasgow Coventry
St James' Park Hampden Park City of Coventry Stadium
Capacity: 52,354Capacity: 51,866Capacity: 32,609
St James Park.jpg 2012 Olympic Football - Honduras v Morroco.jpg Ricoh Arena - geograph.org.uk - 901396.jpg

Squads

For the men's tournament, each nation submitted a squad of 18 players, 15 of whom had to be born on or after 1 January 1989, and three of whom could be overage players. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) had to be included in the squad.

Match officials

On 19 April 2012, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics. [6]

ConfederationRefereeAssistants
AFC Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Ben Williams (Australia)Matthew Cream (Australia)
Hakan Anaz (Australia)
CAF Bakary Gassama (Gambia)Jason Damoo (Seychelles)
Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)
Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)
Sherif Hassan (Egypt)
CONCACAF Roberto García (Mexico)José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Alberto Morín (Mexico)
Mark Geiger (United States)Mark Hurd (United States)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
CONMEBOL Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)Efraín Castro (Bolivia)
Arol Valda (Bolivia)
Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)
Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
Juan Soto (Venezuela)Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
Carlos López (Venezuela)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
UEFA Felix Brych (Germany)Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)Stephen Child (Great Britain)
Simon Beck (Great Britain)
Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic)
Antonín Kordula (Czech Republic)
Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)Kim Haglund (Norway)
Frank Andas (Norway)
Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Gianluca Cariolato (Italy)

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012. [7] Great Britain, Mexico, Brazil and Spain were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. [8] The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart. [9]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Group stage

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

All times are local, British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group A

The match of Great Britain against Senegal in Old Trafford, Manchester Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament.JPG
The match of Great Britain against Senegal in Old Trafford, Manchester
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (H)321052+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 312042+25
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 310224−23
4Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 301236−31
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1–2 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
  • Matar Soccerball shade.svg23'
 Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 51,745 [10]
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1–1 Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 72,176 [11]
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg 2–0 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Konaté Soccerball shade.svg10', 37' Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,093 [12]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 3–1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 85,137 [13]
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg 1–1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Report
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 28,652 [14]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1–0 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 70,438 [15]
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 321030+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 312021+15
3Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 302113−22
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 301224−21
Source: FIFA
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg 0–0 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 15,748 [16]
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg 1–1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 15,748 [17]
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg 2–0 Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Report
Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Attendance: 28,171 [18]
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg 2–1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Report
Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Attendance: 30,114 [19]
Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg 1–0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 50,000 [20]
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg 0–0 Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 76,927 [21]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Group C

Match between Brazil and Belarus Brazil Belarus kickoff.JPG
Match between Brazil and Belarus
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 330093+69Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 311165+14
3Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 310236−33
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 301215−41
Source: FIFA
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg 1–0 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 14,457 [22]
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg 3–2 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 26,812 [23]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg 1–1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 50,050 [24]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg 3–1 Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 66,212 [25]
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 25,201 [26]
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg 3–1 Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 8,732 [27]
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Group D

Juan Mata taking a corner in the match between Spain and Japan 2012 Olympic Football - Spain v Japan.jpg
Juan Mata taking a corner in the match between Spain and Japan
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 321020+27Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 312032+15
3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 302123−12
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 301202−21
Source: FIFA
Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 2–2 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 23,421 [28]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg 0–1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 37,726 [29]
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 1–0 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 24,936 [30]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg 0–1 Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 26,523 [31]
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg 0–0 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 35,973 [32]
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 0–0 Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Report
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 25,862 [33]
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

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. [34]

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
          
 
4 August – Cardiff
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1 (4)
 
7 August – Manchester
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (p)1 (5)
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0
 
4 August – Newcastle
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3
 
11 August – London
 
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 2
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
 
4 August – London
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (a.e.t.)4
 
7 August – London
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3
 
4 August – Manchester
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1 Bronze medal match
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3
 
10 August – Cardiff
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0
 

Quarter-finals

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Nagai Soccerball shade.svg14'
Yoshida Soccerball shade.svg78'
Ōtsu Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 70,772 [35]
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg4–2 (a.e.t.)Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Enríquez Soccerball shade.svg10'
Aquino Soccerball shade.svg62'
Dos Santos Soccerball shade.svg98'
Herrera Soccerball shade.svg109'		 Report Konaté Soccerball shade.svg69'
Baldé Soccerball shade.svg76'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,855 [36]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–2Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Damião Soccerball shade.svg38', 60'
Neymar Soccerball shade.svg50' (pen.)		 Report Martínez Soccerball shade.svg12'
Espinoza Soccerball shade.svg48'
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 42,166 [37]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Semi-finals

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg3–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fabián Soccerball shade.svg31'
Peralta Soccerball shade.svg65'
Cortés Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		 Report Ōtsu Soccerball shade.svg12'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,372 [39]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Rômulo Soccerball shade.svg38'
Damião Soccerball shade.svg57', 64'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 69,389 [40]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Bronze medal match

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg2–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Park Chu-young Soccerball shade.svg38'
Koo Ja-cheol Soccerball shade.svg57'		 Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 56,393 [41]
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Gold medal match

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report 1
Report 2
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 86,162 [42]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)

Statistics

Goalscorers

With six goals, Leandro Damião of Brazil was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 76 goals were scored by 49 different players, none of them credited as own goals.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

Red cards

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.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6510124+816Gold medal
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6501167+915Silver medal
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 62315509Bronze medal
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 631265+110Fourth place
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 422063+38Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 41216605
7Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 41215505
8Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 411268−24
9Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 310224−23Eliminated in
group stage
10Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 310236−33
11Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 302123−12
12Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 302113−22
13Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 301224−21
14Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 301202−21
15Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 301236−31
16Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 301215−41
Source: Olympics

Controversies

Queues

For the first matchday at St James' Park, there were long queues at the box office, leading to fans missing some of the game. A spokesman for Ticketmaster said: "We saw extremely high numbers of spectators arriving at St James' Park to purchase football tickets on the day of the event. While Ticketmaster is contracted to manage the box offices at Olympic venues, the staff numbers at those venues are determined by LOCOG. We will continue to work closely with LOCOG to ensure that the box office staff levels are sufficient to meet the demands for ticket sales and collection". LOCOG described the situation as "totally and completely 100% unacceptable", and after changes were made in the process, the issue was reportedly avoided for the second round of matches. [43] [44]

During the matches held at the Wembley Stadium on 29 July, fans were subjected to long queues at the concession stands in the ground after Visa's card payment system crashed, leaving cash payment as the only alternative. The situation was compounded by the fact that, as Visa had been granted exclusive rights to the Olympics, other cards could not be accepted as payment, and the number of cash machines in the stadium had been reduced after 27 that worked on the LINK system had been removed to be replaced by eight that could only be used by Visa cards. [45]

There were several problems relating to transport for events held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. There was severe congestion at Cardiff Central railway station when Great Britain played South Korea; [46] and the bronze medal match also had rail disruption when a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks. [47] [48] [49]

Player sent home

Swiss footballer Michel Morganella was sent home by the Switzerland team following their 2–1 loss against South Korea after he sent a tweet that, according to the director of Swiss Olympic Committee Gian Gilli, "discriminated, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korean football team and people". [50]

Great Britain football teams

Following the criticism against Scottish female player Kim Little, for choosing not to sing the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" because of her national identity, [51] other Scottish and Welsh players, Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy and Ifeoma Dieke, also attracted comment in the media for remaining silent. [52] Giggs, the Great Britain men's captain, later said: "The problem is the British anthem is the same as the English anthem and if you're a Welshman or a Scotsman it's difficult". [53]

LOCOG also apologised after an error in the official match programme for the first game mistakenly described Welsh player Joe Allen as being English. [54]

Political statement made by Park Jong-woo

After South Korea defeated Japan in the bronze medal match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 10 August, South Korean player Park Jong-woo walked around the field holding a banner with a political message written in Korean, "독도는 우리 땅!" (dokdo neun uri ttang, lit.: "Dokdo is our territory"). [55] This incident occurred on the same night after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had visited the islands which both South Korea and Japan claim as their territory. [56] The IOC and FIFA reviewed the evidence, since FIFA statutes prohibit political statements being made by athletes at Olympic events. [57] The IOC barred Park from the bronze medal ceremony and did not permit him to receive his medal. [58] In addition, it asked FIFA to discipline Park, and stated that it may decide on further sanctions at a later date. [59] [60] IOC president Jacques Rogge told reporters: "We will take a possible decision of what will happen with the medal later". [61] FIFA failed to reach a conclusion on the case at a meeting at its Zürich headquarters held on 5 October, and the disciplinary committee discussed the case again on the following week, [62] then again failed to reach a verdict. After that, the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) announced that Park would receive his bronze medal. The case was heard again by the committee on 20 November, [63] and FIFA finally decided and announced on 3 December to suspend Park for two matches after he was considered to have breached the FIFA Disciplinary Code and the Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournaments. FIFA also imposed a warning on the Korea Football Association and reminded it of its obligation to properly instruct its players on all the pertinent rules and applicable regulations before the start of any competition, in order to avoid such incidents in the future. The Korea Football Association was warned that should incidents of such nature occur again in the future, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may impose harsher sanctions on the Korea Football Association. [64]

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