Group D of the men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 22 to 28 July 2021 in Rifu's Miyagi Stadium, Saitama's Saitama Stadium and Yokohama's International Stadium Yokohama. [1] The group consisted of defending gold medalists Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia. [2] The top two teams, Brazil and Ivory Coast, advanced to the knockout stage. [3]
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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| D1 | 1 | CONMEBOL | 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament runners-up | 9 February 2020 | 14th | 2016 | Gold medalists (2016) | |
| D2 | 2 | UEFA | 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship runners-up | 30 June 2019 | 10th | 2016 | Silver medalists (2016) | |
| D3 | 3 | CAF | 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations runners-up | 22 November 2019 | 2nd | 2008 | Sixth place (2008) | |
| D4 | 4 | AFC | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship runners-up | 30 June 2019 | 3rd | 1996 | 15th place (1996) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
In the quarter-finals,
Ivory Coast [4] | Saudi Arabia [4] |
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| Brazil | 4–2 | |
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Brazil [5] | Germany [5] |
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Assistant referees: |
Brazil [6] | Ivory Coast [6] |
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| Saudi Arabia | 2–3 | |
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| Al-Najei | Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) |
Saudi Arabia [7] | Germany [7] |
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| Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | |
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Saudi Arabia [8] | Brazil [8] |
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Germany [11] | Ivory Coast [11] |
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Assistant referees: |
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [3]
Only one of the above deductions is applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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| 2 | 1 | 4 | –7 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | –8 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –11 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | –12 | |||||||||