Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	3–19 August
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	66 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	635,885 (24,457 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Melanie Behringer (5 goals)
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2016 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	4–20 August
Teams	16 (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 played	32
Goals scored	104 (3.25 per match)
Attendance	1,008,426 (31,513 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Serge Gnabry; Nils Petersen; (6 goals each)
	← 2012 2020 →

The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics were held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil.^[1]

The tournament were feature both the men's and women's teams. The men's teams can only have players who were born on or after 1 January 1993, and the women's teams have no age limit.^[2]

The tournament were played in six cities: Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus.

Qualified teams

Men

The top 4 teams in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualify, the winner of the 2015 Pacific Games qualifies, the top 2 teams in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualify, the top 3 teams from the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualify, the top 3 teams from the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualify and the winner of the 2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off qualifies.

Women

The best two European teams from the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualify, the winner of the 2014 Copa América Femenina qualifies (which was Brazil but they already qualified for being hosts, so the runners-up qualified instead), the top 2 teams from the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualify, the winner of the 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualifies, the top 2 teams from the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualify, the top 2 teams from the 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualify and the winner of the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualifies.

Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Brazil	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	5	Quarter-finals
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	1	4	–3	4	Quarter-finals
3	Iraq	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
4	South Africa	3	0	2	1	1	2	–1	2


4 August 2016
Iraq	0–0	Denmark
Brazil	0–0	South Africa
7 August 2016
Denmark	1–0	South Africa
Brazil	0–0	Iraq
10 August 2016
Denmark	0–4	Brazil
South Africa	1–1	Iraq

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Quarter-finals
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Quarter-finals
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1


4 August 2016
Sweden	2–2	Colombia
Nigeria	5–4	Japan
7 August 2016
Sweden	0–1	Nigeria
Japan	2–2	Colombia
10 August 2016
Japan	1–0	Sweden
Colombia	2–0	Nigeria

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Korea Republic	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	15	5	+10	5	Quarter-finals
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	1	23	–22	0


4 August 2016
Mexico	2–2	Germany
Fiji	0–8	South Korea
7 August 2016
Fiji	1–5	Mexico
Germany	3–3	South Korea
10 August 2016
Germany	10–0	Fiji
South Korea	1–0	Mexico

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Quarter-finals
4	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	4	6	–2	1


4 August 2016
Honduras	3–2	Algeria
Portugal	2–0	Argentina
7 August 2016
Honduras	1–2	Portugal
Argentina	2–1	Algeria
10 August 2016
Argentina	1–1	Honduras
Algeria	1–1	Portugal

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

13 August — São Paulo

Brazil

2

17 August — Rio de Janeiro

Colombia

0

Brazil

6

13 August — Belo Horizonte

Honduras

0

Korea Republic

0

20 August — Rio de Janeiro

Honduras

1

Brazil (p)

1 (5)

13 August — Salvador

Germany

1 (4)

Nigeria

2

17 August — São Paulo

Denmark

0

Nigeria

0

Third place

13 August — Brasília

Germany

2

Portugal

0

Honduras

2

Germany

4

Nigeria

3

20 August — Belo Horizonte

Quarter-finals

13 August 2016

Brazil	v.	Colombia
	Report

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

13 August 2016

Korea Republic	v.	Honduras
	Report

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

13 August 2016

Nigeria	v.	Denmark
	Report

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

13 August 2016

Portugal	v.	Germany
	Report

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Women's tournament

Group stage

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Quarter-finals
2	China	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	4
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	5	–3	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	0	3	–3	1


3 August 2016
Sweden	1–0	South Africa
Brazil	3–0	China
6 August 2016
South Africa	0–2	China
Brazil	5–1	Sweden
9 August 2016
South Africa	0–0	Brazil
China	0–0	Sweden

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	3	15	–12	0


3 August 2016
Canada	2–0	Australia
Zimbabwe	1–6	Germany
6 August 2016
Canada	3–1	Zimbabwe
Germany	2–2	Australia
9 August 2016
Germany	1–2	Canada
Australia	6–1	Zimbabwe

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6	Quarter-finals
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	–4	3
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	7	–5	1


3 August 2016
United States	2–0	New Zealand
France	4–0	Colombia
6 August 2016
United States	1–0	France
Colombia	0–1	New Zealand
9 August 2016
Colombia	2–2	United States
New Zealand	0–3	France

Best third-place teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Australia	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4	Quarter-finals
2	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	5	–3	4	Quarter-finals
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	–4	3

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

12 August — Belo Horizonte

Brazil (p)

0 (7)

16 August — Rio de Janeiro

Australia

0 (6)

Brazil

0 (3)

12 August — Brasília

Sweden (p)

0 (4)

United States

1 (3)

19 August — Rio de Janeiro

Sweden (p)

1 (4)

Sweden

1

12 August — São Paulo

Germany

2

Canada

1

16 August — Belo Horizonte

France

0

Canada

0

Third place

12 August — Salvador

Germany

2

China

0

Brazil

1

Germany

1

Canada

2

19 August — São Paulo

Quarter-finals

12 August 2016

Brazil	v.	Australia
	Report

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

12 August 2016

United States	1–1(aet)	Sweden
Morgan 77'	Report	Blackstenius 61'
Penalties
Morgan Horan Lloyd Brian Press	3–4	Schelin Asllani Sembrant Seger Dahlkvist

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

12 August 2016

Canada	1–0	France
Schmidt 56'	Report

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

12 August 2016

China	0–1	Germany
	Report	Behringer 76'

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	1	0	2
2	Brazil	1	0	0	1
3	Sweden	0	1	0	1
4	Canada	0	0	1	1
4	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Statistics

Men top goalscorers

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Hiroki Fujiharu (playing against Colombia)

Women top goalscorers

5 goals

Melanie Behringer

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Carolina Arias (playing against France)
Linda Sembrant (playing against Germany)
Eunice Chibanda (playing against Germany)

Tournament rankings

Men

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	6	3	3	0	13	1	+12	12
2	Germany	6	3	3	0	22	6	+16	12
3	Nigeria	6	4	0	2	11	10	+1	12
4	Honduras	6	2	1	3	8	14	–6	7
Eliminated in Quarter-finals
5	Korea Republic	4	2	1	1	12	4	+8	7
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
Eliminated in Group stage
9	Mexico	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
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

Women

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13
2	Sweden	6	1	3	2	4	8	–4	6
3	Canada	6	5	0	1	10	5	+5	15
4	Brazil	6	2	3	1	9	3	+6	9
Eliminated in Quarter-finals
5	United States	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
6	France	4	2	0	2	7	2	+5	6
7	Australia	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	5
8	China	4	1	1	2	2	4	–2	4
Eliminated in Group stage
9	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	–4	3
10	South Africa	3	0	1	2	0	3	–3	1
11	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	7	–5	1
12	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	3	15	–12	0

References

↑ "Circular no. 1383 - Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 - Men's and Women's Tournaments" (PDF). FIFA.com. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
↑ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-07-23.

Other websites

Football Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Rio2016.com
Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016 Archived 2017-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016 Archived 2017-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com

[1] "Circular no. 1383 - Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 - Men's and Women's Tournaments" (PDF). FIFA.com. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

[regulations-2] "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-07-23.

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