Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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[change | change source]
Men[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
Group stage[change | change source]
Group A[change | change source]
| 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 | |
| 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[change | change source]
| 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 | |
| 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[change | change source]
| 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 | |
| 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[change | change source]
| 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 | |
| 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[change | change source]
| 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[change | change source]
Women's tournament[change | change source]
Group stage[change | change source]
Group E[change | change source]
| 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[change | change source]
| 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
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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[change | change source]
| 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 | |
| 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[change | change source]
| 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 | |
| 3 | New Zealand
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 3 |
Knockout stage[change | change source]
| 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[change | change source]
| United States | 1–1(aet) | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
Morgan  77' |
Report | Blackstenius 61' |
| Penalties | ||
Morgan  Horan  Lloyd Brian Press |
3–4 | Schelin Asllani Sembrant Seger Dahlkvist |
Medal summary[change | change source]
Medal table[change | change source]
| 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 |
| Nigeria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Statistics[change | change source]
Men top goalscorers[change | change source]
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Mohamed Benkablia- Baghdad Bounedjah
Jonathan Calleri- Ángel Correa
- Mauricio Martínez
Marquinhos
Robert Skov
Roy Krishna
Lukas Klostermann- Philipp Max
Romell Quioto
Saad Abdul-Amir
Shinzo Koroki- Takumi Minamino
- Shoya Nakajima
- Musashi Suzuki
- Shinya Yajima
Oribe Peralta- Rodolfo Pizarro
- Carlos Salcedo
John Obi Mikel
Tobias Figueiredo- Pité
Hwang Hee-chan
Gift Motupa
Astrit Ajdarević- Mikael Ishak
- Own goals
- Hiroki Fujiharu (playing against Colombia)
Women top goalscorers[change | change source]
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Lisa De Vanna- Caitlin Foord
- Alanna Kennedy
- Samantha Kerr
- Clare Polkinghorne
- Kyah Simon
- Andressa Alves
- Mônica
Deanne Rose- Sophie Schmidt
Gu Yasha- Tan Ruyin
Camille Abily- Amel Majri
- Saskia Bartusiak
- Melanie Leupolz
- Dzsenifer Marozsán
- Alexandra Popp
Amber Hearn- Nilla Fischer
- Lotta Schelin
Crystal Dunn- Mallory Pugh
Kudakwashe Basopo- Mavis Chirandu
- Emmaculate Msipa
- 1 own goal
Carolina Arias (playing against France)- Linda Sembrant (playing against Germany)
- Eunice Chibanda (playing against Germany)
Tournament rankings[change | change source]
Men[change | change source]
| 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[change | change source]
| 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[change | change source]
- ↑ "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[change | change source]
- 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
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