Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Great Britain |
Dates | 26 July – 11 August |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Mexico (1st title) |
Runners-up | Brazil |
Third place | South Korea |
Fourth place | Japan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 76 (2.38 per match) |
Attendance | 1,525,134 (47,660 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Leandro Damião (6 goals) |
The 2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament was the under-23 football tournament. It was held during the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was held from 26 July to 11 August. All the national under-23 qualified football teams can compete. The defending champion was Argentina. The tournament was hosted in England (4 stadiums), Scotland (1 stadium) and Wales (1 stadium). 16 teams were qualified for the final group stage.
Teams[change | change source]
Means of qualification | Date of completion | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | — | 1 | Great Britain | |
AFC Preliminary Competition | 29 March 2012 | Various (home and away) | 3 | South Korea Japan United Arab Emirates |
CAF Preliminary Competition | 10 December 2011 | Morocco | 3 | Gabon Morocco Egypt |
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 April 2012 | United States[1] | 2 | Mexico Honduras |
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition | 12 February 2011 | Peru | 2 | Brazil Uruguay |
OFC Preliminary Competition | 25 March 2012 | New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand |
UEFA Preliminary Competition | 25 June 2011 | Denmark | 3 | Spain Switzerland Belarus |
AFC–CAF play-off | 23 April 2012 | Great Britain[2] | 1 | Senegal |
Total | 16 |
Venues[change | change source]
London | Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (the United Kingdom) |
Manchester | |
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Wembley Stadium | Old Trafford | ||
Capacity: 90,000 | Capacity: 76,212 | ||
Cardiff | Newcastle | ||
Millennium Stadium | St James' Park | ||
Capacity: 74,500 | Capacity: 52,387 | ||
Glasgow | Coventry | ||
Hampden Park | City of Coventry Stadium | ||
Capacity: 52,103 | Capacity: 32,500 | ||
Group Stage[change | change source]
Group A[change | change source]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
Senegal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
26 July 2012 | ||
United Arab Emirates | 1 – 2 | Uruguay |
Great Britain | 1 – 1 | Senegal |
29 July 2012 | ||
Senegal | 2 – 0 | Uruguay |
Great Britain | 3 – 1 | United Arab Emirates |
1 August 2012 | ||
Senegal | 1 – 1 | United Arab Emirates |
Great Britain | 1 – 0 | Uruguay |
Group B[change | change source]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
Gabon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
26 July 2012 | ||
Mexico | 0–0 | South Korea |
Gabon | 1–1 | Switzerland |
29 July 2012 | ||
Mexico | 2–0 | Gabon |
South Korea | 2–1 | Switzerland |
1 August 2012 | ||
Mexico | 1–0 | Switzerland |
South Korea | 0–0 | Gabon |
Group C[change | change source]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 |
Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
26 July 2012 | ||
Belarus | 1–0 | New Zealand |
Brazil | 3–2 | Egypt |
29 July 2012 | ||
Brazil | 1–1 | Belarus |
Egypt | 3–1 | New Zealand |
1 August 2012 | ||
Brazil | 3–0 | New Zealand |
Egypt | 3–1 | Belarus |
Group D[change | change source]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
Morocco | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
26 July 2012 | ||
Spain | 0–1 | Japan |
Honduras | 2–2 | Morocco |
29 July 2012 | ||
Spain | 0–1 | Honduras |
Japan | 1–0 | Morocco |
1 August 2012 | ||
Japan | 0–0 | Honduras |
Spain | 0–0 | Morocco |
Knockout phase[change | change source]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||||||||
A1 | Great Britain | 1 (4) | |||||||||||
B2 | South Korea | 1 (5) | |||||||||||
South Korea | 0 | ||||||||||||
Brazil | 3 | ||||||||||||
C1 | Brazil | 3 | |||||||||||
D2 | Honduras | 2 | |||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mexico | 2 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Mexico | 4 | |||||||||||
A2 | Senegal | 2 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 3 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
D1 | Japan | 3 | South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
C2 | Egypt | 0 | Japan | 0 |
Quarter-finals[change | change source]
Mexico | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Senegal |
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Enríquez 10' Aquino 62' Dos Santos 98' Herrera 109' |
Report | Konaté 69' Baldé 76' |
Semi-finals[change | change source]
South Korea | 0–3 | Brazil |
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Report | Rômulo 38' Damião 57', 64' |
Bronze medal match[change | change source]
South Korea | 2–0 | Japan |
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Park Chu-young 38' Koo Ja-cheol 57' |
Report |
Gold medal match[change | change source]
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ "CONCACAF to seek additional World Cup berth". CONCACAF. 16 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ↑ "Play-off details confirmed". FIFA. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ↑ "Japan – Egypt". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ "Mexico – Senegal". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Brazil – Honduras". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Great Britain – South Korea". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Mexico – Japan". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "South Korea – Brazil". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "South Korea – Japan". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "Brazil – Mexico". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2012.