Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Rio de Janeiro and five other cities in Brazil from 4 to 20 August.[1] It was the 26th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium.[2] Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.

2016 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates4 – 20 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored104 (3.25 per match)
Attendance1,008,426 (31,513 per match)
Top scorer(s) Serge Gnabry
Nils Petersen
(6 goals each)
Fair play award Denmark
Football at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
menwomen
Tournament
menwomen
Squads
menwomen

In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3]

Brazil captured their first gold medal after defeating Germany on penalties.[4] Nigeria won the bronze medal by beating Honduras 3–2.[5]

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.[6][7]

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FGold medal match
Thu 4Fri 5Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20
GGG¼½BF

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.[8]

Means of qualificationDates1Venue1BerthsQualified
Host country2 October 2009N/A1 Brazil
2015 South American Youth Championship[9]14 January – 7 February 2015 Uruguay1 Argentina
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[10]17–30 June 2015 Czech Republic4 Denmark
 Germany
 Portugal
 Sweden
2015 Pacific Games[11]3–17 July 2015 Papua New Guinea1 Fiji2
2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[12]1–13 October 2015 United States2 Honduras
 Mexico
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations[13]28 November – 12 December 2015 Senegal3 Algeria
 Nigeria
 South Africa
2016 AFC U-23 Championship[14]12–30 January 2016 Qatar3 Iraq
 Japan
 South Korea
2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off25–29 March 2016 Colombia (first leg)
 United States (second leg)		1 Colombia
Total16
  • ^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.
  • ^2 Nations making their Olympic tournament debut

Match officials

On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[15]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) Abdullah Al-Shalwai (Saudi Arabia)
Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
Alireza Faghani (Iran) Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)
Ryuji Sato (Japan) Toru Sagara (Japan)
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
CAF Gehad Grisha (Egypt) Rédouane Achik (Morocco)
Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)
Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) Djibril Camara (Senegal)
El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)
CONCACAF Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala) Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Gerson López Castellanos (Guatemala)
César Arturo Ramos (Mexico) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Miguel Hernández (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Néstor Pitana (Argentina) Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Sandro Ricci (Brazil) Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)
Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Byron Romero (Ecuador)
OFC Matthew Conger (New Zealand) Simon Lount (New Zealand)
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
UEFA Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) Octavian Șovre (Romania)
Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)
Sergei Karasev (Russia) Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)
Nikolay Golubev (Russia)
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) Pau Cebrián Devis (Spain)
Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)
Clément Turpin (France) Frédéric Cano (France)
Nicolas Danos (France)
Support Referee Diego Haro (Peru)
Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Venues
Further information: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics § Venues
2016 Summer Olympics livery near Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, venue for several matches.

The tournament was held in seven venues across six cities:

Squads
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The men's tournament was an under-23 international tournament (born on or after 1 January 1993), with a maximum of three overage players allowed. Each team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. Each team might also have a list of four alternate players, who might replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[16]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.[17] The 16 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into four groups of four teams.[18] The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the five previous Olympics (with more recent tournaments weighted higher), plus bonus points awarded to the six confederation qualifying champions (Japan, Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Fiji, Sweden).[19] The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position A1. No groups can contain more than one team from the same confederation.[20]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows:[16]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A
Brazil vs South Africa
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (H) 3 1 2 0 4 0 +4 5 Quarter-finals
2  Denmark 3 1 1 1 1 4 −3 4
3  Iraq 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
4  South Africa 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Iraq 0–0 Denmark
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 18,000[21]
Brazil 0–0 South Africa
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 69,389[22]
Denmark 1–0 South Africa
Skov  69' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 32,314[23]
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Brazil 0–0 Iraq
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 65,829[24]
Denmark 0–4 Brazil
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Gabriel  26', 80'
Gabriel Jesus  40'
Luan  50'
Attendance: 41,067[25]
South Africa 1–1 Iraq
Motupa  6' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Abdul-Amir  14'
Attendance: 37,742[26]

Group B
Nigeria vs Columbia
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6 Quarter-finals
2  Colombia 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3  Japan 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
4  Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Sweden 2–2 Colombia
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 29,996[27]
Nigeria 5–4 Japan
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 29,996[28]
Sweden 0–1 Nigeria
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Sadiq  40'
Attendance: 23,892[29]
Japan 2–2 Colombia
Asano  67'
Nakajima  74'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Gutiérrez  59'
Fujiharu  65' (o.g.)
Attendance: 26,603[30]
Japan 1–0 Sweden
Yajima  65' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 17,821[31]
Colombia 2–0 Nigeria
Gutiérrez  4'
Pabón  63' (pen.)		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 36,702[32]

Group C
South Korea vs Mexico
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7 Quarter-finals
2  Germany 3 1 2 0 15 5 +10 5
3  Mexico 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  Fiji 3 0 0 3 1 23 −22 0
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Mexico 2–2 Germany
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 16,500[33]
Fiji 0–8 South Korea
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 16,000[34]
Fiji 1–5 Mexico
Krishna  10' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Gutiérrez  48', 55', 58', 73'
Salcedo  67'
Attendance: 11,200[35]
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Germany 3–3 South Korea
Gnabry  33', 90+2'
Selke  55'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Hwang Hee-chan  25'
Son Heung-min  57'
Suk Hyun-jun  87'
Attendance: 17,121[36]
Germany 10–0 Fiji
Gnabry  8', 45'
Petersen  14', 33', 40', 63' (pen.), 70'
Meyer  30', 49', 52'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 16,521[37]
South Korea 1–0 Mexico
Kwon Chang-hoon  73' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 19,332[38]

Group D
Argentina vs Honduras
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2  Honduras 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Algeria 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Honduras 3–2 Algeria
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 20,000[39]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Portugal 2–0 Argentina
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 37,407[40]
Honduras 1–2 Portugal
Elis  1' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Figueiredo  21'
Paciência  36'
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 32,928[41]
Argentina 2–1 Algeria
Correa  47'
Calleri  70'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Bendebka  64'
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 37,450[42]
Argentina 1–1 Honduras
Martínez  90+3' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Lozano  75' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,029[43]
Algeria 1–1 Portugal
Benkablia  30' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Paciência  25' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,787[44]

Knockout stage
Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[16]

On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
13 August – São Paulo
 
 
 Brazil2
 
17 August – Rio de Janeiro
 
 Colombia0
 
 Brazil6
 
13 August – Belo Horizonte
 
 Honduras0
 
 South Korea0
 
20 August – Rio de Janeiro
 
 Honduras1
 
 Brazil (p)1 (5)
 
13 August – Salvador
 
 Germany1 (4)
 
 Nigeria2
 
17 August – São Paulo
 
 Denmark0
 
 Nigeria0
 
13 August – Brasília
 
 Germany2 Bronze medal match
 
 Portugal0
 
20 August – Belo Horizonte
 
 Germany4
 
 Honduras2
 
 
 Nigeria3
 

Quarter-finals
Portugal vs Germany
Portugal 0–4 Germany
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Gnabry  45+1'
Ginter  57'
Selke  75'
Max  87'
Attendance: 55,412[45]
Nigeria 2–0 Denmark
Mikel  15'
Umar  59'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 30,307[46]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
South Korea 0–1 Honduras
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Elis  59'
Attendance: 36,704[47]
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Brazil 2–0 Colombia
Neymar  12'
Luan  83'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 41,560[48]

Semi-finals
Nigeria vs Germany
Brazil 6–0 Honduras
Neymar  1', 90+1' (pen.)
Gabriel Jesus  26', 35'
Marquinhos  51'
Luan  79'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 52,457[49]
Nigeria 0–2 Germany
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Klostermann  9'
Petersen  89'
Attendance: 35,562[50]

Bronze medal match
Honduras 2–3 Nigeria
Lozano  71'
Pereira  86'		 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)		 Sadiq  34', 56'
Umar  49'
Attendance: 9,091[51]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Gold medal match
Brazil vs Germany
Brazil 1–1 (a.e.t.) Germany
Neymar  27' Report 1
Report 2		 Meyer  59'
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 63,707[52]

Goalscorers
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
 Brazil (H) 6 3 3 0 13 1 +12 12 Gold Medal
 Germany 6 3 3 0 22 6 +16 12 Silver Medal
 Nigeria 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12 Bronze Medal
4  Honduras 6 2 1 3 8 14 −6 7 Fourth place
5  South Korea 4 2 1 1 12 4 +8 7 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Portugal 4 2 1 1 5 6 −1 7
7  Colombia 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
8  Denmark 4 1 1 2 1 6 −5 4
9  Mexico 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Japan 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
11  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
12  Iraq 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
13  South Africa 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
14  Algeria 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
15  Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
16  Fiji 3 0 0 3 1 23 −22 0
Source: Rio2016
(H) Host.

See also

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