Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Football at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Football pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games	2020 Summer Olympics
Host country	Japan
Dates	21 July – 7 August 2021
Venues	Six stadiums across Japan (in 6 host cities)
Competitors	504 from 24 nations
Men's tournament
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold   Brazil Silver   Spain Bronze   Mexico
Women's tournament
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold   Canada Silver   Sweden Bronze   United States
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The football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 7 August 2021 in Japan. ^[1]

In addition to the Olympic host city of Tokyo, matches were also played in Kashima, Saitama, Sapporo, Rifu and Yokohama. ^[2]

Two events were contested: a men's and women's competitions. Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. There were no age restrictions on women's teams, while men's teams were restricted to under-24 players (born on or after 1 January 1997) with a maximum of three overage players allowed. ^[3] 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. ^[4] In June 2020, FIFA approved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system at the Olympics. ^[5] Teams were restricted to 18 athletes, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rosters were allowed to consist of up to 22 athletes. ^[6]

Brazil were the men's defending champions. Germany won the previous women's tournament, but failed to qualify after losing to Sweden in the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Schedule

Legend

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

Date Event	21 Wed	22 Thu	23 Fri	24 Sat	25 Sun	26 Mon	27 Tue	28 Wed	29 Thu	30 Fri	31 Sat	1 Sun	2 Mon	3 Tue	4 Wed	5 Thu	6 Fri	7 Sat
Men		G			G			G			¼			½			B	F
Women	G			G			G			¼			½			B	F

Venues

A total of six venues were used: ^[2]

Chōfu (Tokyo Area)	Saitama	Yokohama
Tokyo Stadium	Saitama Stadium 2002	International Stadium Yokohama
Capacity: 49,970	Capacity: 63,700	Capacity: 72,327
Kashima	Yokohama Saitama Rifu Tokyo Kashima Sapporo
Ibaraki Kashima Stadium [7]
Capacity: 37,638
Rifu
Miyagi Stadium
Capacity: 49,133
Sapporo
Sapporo Dome
Capacity: 42,065

Qualification

The Organizing Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 14 September 2017. ^[8]

Summary

Nation	Men's	Women's	Athletes
Argentina			22
Australia			44
Brazil			44
Canada			22
Chile			22
China			22
Egypt			22
France			21
Great Britain			22
Ivory Coast			21
Germany			19
Honduras			22
Japan			44
Mexico			22
New Zealand			44
Netherlands			22
Romania			22
South Africa			19
Saudi Arabia			22
South Korea			22
Spain			22
Sweden			22
United States			22
Zambia			22
Total: 24 NOCs	16	12	608

Men's qualification

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

In addition to the host nation Japan, 15 men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. ^[8]

Means of qualification	Ref.	Dates 1	Venue(s) 1	Berth(s)	Qualified
Host nation	[9]	—	—	1	Japan
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship	[10]	16–30 June 2019	Italy   San Marino	4	Spain   Germany   France   Romania
2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	[11]	21 September – 5 October 2019	Fiji	1	New Zealand
2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations	[12]	8–22 November 2019	Egypt	3	Egypt   Ivory Coast   South Africa
2020 AFC U-23 Championship	[13]	8–26 January 2020	Thailand	3	South Korea   Saudi Arabia   Australia
2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament	[14]	18 January – 9 February 2020	Colombia	2	Argentina   Brazil
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship	[15]	18–30 March 2021	Mexico	2	Mexico   Honduras
Total				16

• ^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.

Women's qualification

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

In addition to hosts Japan, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. ^[8]

For the first time, as per an agreement between the four British football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), Great Britain qualified for the Olympics through England's performance in the World Cup (a procedure already successfully employed by Team GB in field hockey and rugby sevens). Scotland also participated in the World Cup but, under the agreement whereby the highest ranked home nation is nominated to compete for the purposes of Olympic qualification, their performance was not taken into account. ^{[16] [17]}

Means of qualification	Dates 2	Venue(s) 2	Berth(s)	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2018 Copa América	4–22 April 2018	Chile	1	Brazil
2018 OFC Nations Cup	18 November – 1 December 2018	New Caledonia	1	New Zealand
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup (as UEFA qualifying)	7 June – 7 July 2019	France	3	Netherlands   Sweden   Great Britain
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship	28 January – 9 February 2020	United States	2	United States   Canada
2020 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament	5–10 March 2020	Multiple	1	Zambia
2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament	6–11 March 2020 & 8–13 April 2021	Multiple	2	Australia   China
CAF–CONMEBOL play-off	10–13 April 2021	Turkey	1	Chile
Total			12

• ^2 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

Final draw

The draws for the men's and women's tournaments was held on 21 April 2021, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. ^[18]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
3	Spain	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
5	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Brazil Aderbar Santos Gabriel Menino Diego Carlos Ricardo Graça Douglas Luiz Guilherme Arana Paulinho Bruno Guimarães Matheus Cunha Richarlison Antony Brenno Dani Alves Bruno Fuchs Nino Abner Malcom Matheus Henrique Reinier Jesus Claudinho Gabriel Martinelli Lucão	Spain Unai Simón Óscar Mingueza Marc Cucurella Pau Torres Jesús Vallejo Martín Zubimendi Marco Asensio Mikel Merino Rafa Mir Dani Ceballos Mikel Oyarzabal Eric García Álvaro Fernández Carlos Soler Jon Moncayola Pedri Javi Puado Óscar Gil Dani Olmo Juan Miranda Bryan Gil Iván Villar	Mexico Luis Malagón Jorge Sánchez César Montes Jesús Angulo Johan Vásquez Vladimir Loroña Luis Romo Carlos Rodríguez Henry Martín Diego Lainez Alexis Vega Adrián Mora Guillermo Ochoa Érick Aguirre Uriel Antuna José Joaquín Esquivel Sebastián Córdova Eduardo Aguirre Ricardo Angulo Fernando Beltrán Roberto Alvarado Sebastián Jurado
Women details	Canada Stephanie Labbé Allysha Chapman Kadeisha Buchanan Shelina Zadorsky Quinn Deanne Rose Julia Grosso Jayde Riviere Adriana Leon Ashley Lawrence Desiree Scott Christine Sinclair Évelyne Viens Vanessa Gilles Nichelle Prince Janine Beckie Jessie Fleming Kailen Sheridan Jordyn Huitema Sophie Schmidt Gabrielle Carle Erin McLeod	Sweden Hedvig Lindahl Jonna Andersson Emma Kullberg Hanna Glas Hanna Bennison Magdalena Eriksson Madelen Janogy Lina Hurtig Kosovare Asllani Sofia Jakobsson Stina Blackstenius Jennifer Falk Amanda Ilestedt Nathalie Björn Olivia Schough Filippa Angeldal Caroline Seger Fridolina Rolfö Anna Anvegård Julia Roddar Rebecka Blomqvist Zećira Mušović	United States Alyssa Naeher Crystal Dunn Sam Mewis Becky Sauerbrunn Kelley O'Hara Kristie Mewis Tobin Heath Julie Ertz Lindsey Horan Carli Lloyd Christen Press Tierna Davidson Alex Morgan Emily Sonnett Megan Rapinoe Rose Lavelle Abby Dahlkemper Adrianna Franch Catarina Macario Casey Krueger Lynn Williams Jane Campbell

Men's competition

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The competition consisted of two stages: a group stage with four groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage contested by eight teams which advanced as group winners and runners-up. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. 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. ^[19]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Romania	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4
4	Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

Source: TOCOG and FIFA

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	Australia	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Source: TOCOG and FIFA

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	31 July – Yokohama
	South Korea	3
					3 August – Kashima
	Mexico	6
					Mexico	0 (1)
	31 July – Saitama
					Brazil (p)	0 (4)
	Brazil	1
									7 August – Yokohama
	Egypt	0
									Brazil (a.e.t.)	2
	31 July – Kashima
									Spain	1
	Japan (p)	0 (4)
					3 August – Saitama
	New Zealand	0 (2)
					Japan	0
	31 July – Rifu
					Spain (a.e.t.)	1			Bronze medal match
	Spain (a.e.t.)	5
									6 August – Saitama
	Ivory Coast	2
									Mexico	3
									Japan	1

Women's competition

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The competition consisted of two stages: a group stage with three groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage contested by eight teams which advanced as group winners and runners-up plus the two best third-placed teams. The 12 teams will be drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts Japan were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position E1, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings released on 16 April 2021. As Great Britain are not a FIFA member and therefore do not have a ranking, they would be seeded based on the FIFA ranking of England, who qualified on behalf of Great Britain. No group could contain more than one team from each confederation. ^[20]

Group stage

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Japan (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
(H) Hosts

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	21	8	+13	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7
3	Zambia	3	0	1	2	7	15	−8	1
4	China	3	0	1	2	6	17	−11	1

Source: TOCOG and FIFA

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	30 July – Kashima
	Great Britain	3
					2 August – Yokohama
	Australia (a.e.t.)	4
					Australia	0
	30 July – Saitama
					Sweden	1
	Sweden	3
									6 August – Yokohama
	Japan	1
									Sweden	1 (2)
	30 July – Yokohama
									Canada (p)	1 (3)
	Netherlands	2 (2)
					2 August – Kashima
	United States (p)	2 (4)
					United States	0
	30 July – Rifu
					Canada	1			Bronze medal match
	Canada (p)	0 (4)
									5 August – Kashima
	Brazil	0 (3)
									Australia	3
									United States	4

See also

• Football at the 2018 Asian Games
• Football at the 2019 African Games
• Football at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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External links

• Tokyo 2020
• Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020 - Men, FIFA.com
• Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020 - Women, FIFA.com
• Results book Archived 10 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine