The football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 7 August 2021 in Japan.
In addition to the Olympic host city of Tokyo, matches were also played in Kashima, Saitama, Sapporo, Rifu and Yokohama.
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. 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. In June 2020, FIFA approved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system at the Olympics. Teams were restricted to 18 athletes, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rosters were allowed to consist of up to 22 athletes.
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
21 Wed22 Thu23 Fri24 Sat25 Sun26 Mon27 Tue28 Wed29 Thu30 Fri31 Sat1 Sun2 Mon3 Tue4 Wed5 Thu6 Fri7 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:
Chōfu(Tokyo Area)SaitamaYokohamaTokyo StadiumSaitama Stadium 2002International Stadium YokohamaCapacity: 49,970Capacity: 63,700Capacity: 72,327KashimaIbaraki Kashima StadiumCapacity: 37,638RifuMiyagi StadiumCapacity: 49,133SapporoSapporo DomeCapacity: 42,065
Qualification The Organizing Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 14 September 2017.
Summary Nation Men's Women's Athletes 22 44 44 22 22 22 22 21 22 21 19 22 44 22 44 22 22 19 22 22 22 22 22 22Total: 24 NOCs 16 12 608
Men's qualification
In addition to the host nation Japan, 15 men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations.
Women's qualification
In addition to hosts Japan, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations.
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.
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.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists Men Aderbar SantosGabriel MeninoDiego CarlosRicardo GraçaDouglas LuizGuilherme AranaPaulinhoBruno GuimarãesMatheus CunhaRicharlisonAntonyBrennoDani AlvesBruno FuchsNinoAbnerMalcomMatheus HenriqueReinier JesusClaudinhoGabriel MartinelliLucãoUnai SimónÓscar MinguezaMarc CucurellaPau TorresJesús VallejoMartín ZubimendiMarco AsensioMikel MerinoRafa MirDani CeballosMikel OyarzabalEric GarcíaÁlvaro FernándezCarlos SolerJon MoncayolaPedriJavi PuadoÓscar GilDani OlmoJuan MirandaBryan GilIván VillarLuis MalagónJorge SánchezCésar MontesJesús AnguloJohan VásquezVladimir LoroñaLuis RomoCarlos RodríguezHenry MartínDiego LainezAlexis VegaAdrián MoraGuillermo OchoaÉrick AguirreUriel AntunaJosé Joaquín EsquivelSebastián CórdovaEduardo AguirreRicardo AnguloFernando BeltránRoberto AlvaradoSebastián JuradoWomenStephanie LabbéAllysha ChapmanKadeisha BuchananShelina ZadorskyQuinnDeanne RoseJulia GrossoJayde RiviereAdriana LeonAshley LawrenceDesiree ScottChristine SinclairÉvelyne ViensVanessa GillesNichelle PrinceJanine BeckieJessie FlemingKailen SheridanJordyn HuitemaSophie SchmidtGabrielle CarleErin McLeodHedvig LindahlJonna AnderssonEmma KullbergHanna GlasHanna BennisonMagdalena ErikssonMadelen JanogyLina HurtigKosovare AsllaniSofia JakobssonStina BlacksteniusJennifer FalkAmanda IlestedtNathalie BjörnOlivia SchoughFilippa AngeldalCaroline SegerFridolina RolföAnna AnvegårdJulia RoddarRebecka BlomqvistZećira MušovićAlyssa NaeherCrystal DunnSam MewisBecky SauerbrunnKelley O'HaraKristie MewisTobin HeathJulie ErtzLindsey HoranCarli LloydChristen PressTierna DavidsonAlex MorganEmily SonnettMegan RapinoeRose LavelleAbby DahlkemperAdrianna FranchCatarina MacarioCasey KruegerLynn WilliamsJane Campbell
Men's competition
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.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Women's competition
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.
Group stage Group E
Group F
Group G
Knockout stage
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
References
External links
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020 - Men, FIFA.com Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020 - Women, FIFA.com Results book