The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil.
In addition to the Olympic host city of Rio de Janeiro, matches were played in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus. All six cities hosted matches during the 2014 World Cup, with the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro the only Olympic venue not to have been a World Cup venue.
Associations affiliated with FIFA might send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there were no age restrictions on women's teams. The Games made use of about 400 footballs.
Competition schedule The match schedule of the men's and women's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.
GSGroup stageQFQuarter-finalsSFSemi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Men GS GS GS QF SF B F Women GS GS GS QF SF B F
Venues Rio de Janeiro hosted preliminary matches at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange and the women's and men's final at the Maracanã Stadium on 19 and 20 August. Apart from Rio de Janeiro the five other cities were: São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, and Manaus, which were all host cities during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The final choice of venues was announced by FIFA on 16 March 2015. Rio de JaneiroBrasíliaSão PauloEstádio do MaracanãEstádio Olímpico João HavelangeEstádio Nacional Mané GarrinchaArena CorinthiansCapacity: 74,738Capacity: 60,000Capacity: 69,349Capacity: 48,234Belo HorizonteEstádio MineirãoCapacity: 58,170SalvadorItaipava Arena Fonte NovaCapacity: 51,900ManausArena da AmazôniaCapacity: 40,549
Training venues Event stadiumTraining venue #1Training venue #2Training venue #3Training venue #4Estádio do MaracanãCFZ StadiumVasco Barra Football ClubJuliano Moreira Sports ComplexEstádio Nacional Mané GarrinchaCave StadiumMinas Brasília Tennis ClubYacht Club of BrasíliaCruzeiro StadiumEstádio MineirãoToca da Raposa 1Toca da Raposa 2Cidade do GaloAmérica F.C. Training CenterItaipava Arena Fonte NovaParque Santiago StadiumPituaçu StadiumBarradão StadiumE.C. Bahia Training CenterArena CorinthiansSão Paulo F.C. Training CenterS.E. Palmeiras Training CenterC.A. Juventus StadiumNacional A.C. Stadium
Qualification Summary Nation Men's Women's Athletes 22 22 22 44 22 22 44 22 22 22 44 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 44 44 22 22Total: 23 NOCs 16 12 616
Men's qualification In addition to host nation Brazil, 15 men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the executive committee meeting in March 2014.
Means of qualification Dates Venue Berths QualifiedHost country2 October 200912015 South American Youth Championship14 January – 7 February 2015 12015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship17–30 June 2015 42015 Pacific Games3–17 July 2015 12015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship1–13 October 2015 22015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations28 November – 12 December 2015 32016 AFC U-23 Championship12–30 January 2016 32016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off 25–29 March 2016Various (home and away) 1 Total 16
Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues. Nations making their Olympic tournament debut One match each in Colombia and United States in a two-legged tie.
Women's qualification
In addition to host nation Brazil, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the executive committee meeting in March 2014. Most continents use specific Olympic qualifying tournaments to allocate their spots, but two use slightly different procedures.
CONMEBOL used the 2014 Copa América Femenina as a qualifier for both the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympic tournament and, as Brazil was on the Olympics host country condition, they automatically qualified for the tournament and therefore the South American spot was given to second place in the tournament, Colombia.
UEFA used the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup to determine its Olympic qualification. The top 3 European finishers at the World Cup, excluding England, qualified. When multiple European teams was eliminated on the same round, these results were a used as tie for the Olympic qualifying spots, and necessitated holding an Olympic Qualifying Tournament to give the last spot. As Germany and France both reached at least the quarterfinals and thus obtained qualification spots (England also did so, but was ineligible for the Olympic Games). The next best finishes for the European teams were a four-way tie among 4 teams: Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, eliminated in the round of 16. With this unproceded situation, a round robin tournament to decide who would take the last spot for the Olympic Games was held and was won by Sweden.
Means of qualification Dates Venue Berths QualifiedHost country2 October 200912014 Copa América11–28 September 2014 12015 FIFA World Cup(for UEFA eligible teams)6 June – 5 July 2015 22015 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament2–18 October 2015Various (home and away) 22016 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament23 January 2016 12016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship10–21 February 2016 22016 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament29 February – 9 March 2016 22016 UEFA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2–9 March 2016 1 Total 12
Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues. England finished in the top three among UEFA teams in the World Cup, however England is not an IOC member and talks for them to compete as Great Britain broke down. Nations making their Olympic tournament debut
Men's competition
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stage Teams were divided into four groups of four countries, playing each team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top two teams per group qualified for the quarterfinals.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Women's competition
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stage Teams were divided into three groups of four countries, playing each team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top two teams per group and best two third-placed teams qualified for the quarterfinals.
Group E
Group F
Group G
Knockout stage
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists MenWevertonZecaRodrigo CaioMarquinhosRenato AugustoDouglas SantosLuan VieiraRafinhaGabriel BarbosaNeymarGabriel JesusWalaceWilliamLuan GarciaRodrigo DouradoThiago MaiaFelipe AndersonUilson Timo HornJeremy ToljanLukas KlostermannMatthias GinterNiklas SüleSven BenderMax MeyerLars BenderDavie SelkeLeon GoretzkaJulian BrandtJannik HuthPhilipp MaxRobert BauerMax ChristiansenGrischa PrömelSerge GnabryNils PetersenEric OelschlägelDaniel AkpeyiSeth SincereKingsley MaduShehu AbdullahiSaturday ErimuyaWilliam Troost-EkongAminu UmarPeter EteboImoh EzekielJohn Obi MikelJunior AjayiSaliu PopoolaUmar SadiqAzubuike OkechukwuNdifreke UdoStanley AmuzieMuhammed Usman EduEmmanuel Daniel WomenAlmuth SchultJosephine HenningSaskia BartusiakLeonie MaierAnnike KrahnSimone LaudehrMelanie BehringerLena GoeßlingAlexandra PoppDzsenifer MarozsánAnja MittagTabea KemmeSara DäbritzBabett PeterMandy IslackerMelanie LeupolzIsabel KerschowskiLaura BenkarthSvenja HuthJonna AnderssonEmilia AppelqvistKosovare AsllaniEmma BerglundStina BlacksteniusHilda CarlénLisa DahlkvistMagdalena ErikssonNilla FischerPauline HammarlundSofia JakobssonHedvig LindahlFridolina RolföElin RubenssonJessica SamuelssonLotta SchelinCaroline SegerLinda SembrantOlivia SchoughStephanie LabbéAllysha ChapmanKadeisha BuchananShelina ZadorskyQuinnDeanne RoseRhian WilkinsonDiana MathesonJosée BélangerAshley LawrenceDesiree ScottChristine SinclairSophie SchmidtMelissa TancrediNichelle PrinceJanine BeckieJessie FlemingSabrina D'Angelo
See also Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Notes
References
External links
Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com Results Book – Football