Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

1996 Men's Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 20 – August 3
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	90 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bebeto Hernán Crespo (6 goals each)

1996 Football at the Summer Olympics was held in the United States from July 20 to August 3.

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Australia	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
South Korea	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Hungary	3	0	0	3	3	7	-4	0

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	July 27 – Miami
	Portugal (asdet)	2
					July 30 – Athens
	France	1
					Portugal	0
	July 27 – Birmingham
					Argentina	2
	Argentina	4
									August 3 – Athens
	Spain	0
									Argentina	2
	July 28 – Birmingham
									Nigeria	3
	Mexico	0
					July 31 – Athens
	Nigeria	2
					Nigeria (asdet)	4
	July 28 – Miami
					Brazil	3			Bronze medal match
	Brazil	4
									August 2 – Athens
	Ghana	2
									Portugal	0
									Brazil	5

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