Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament

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Event details
Games2024 Summer Olympics
Host countryFrance
Dates24 July – 10 August
Venues7 (in 7 host cities)
Competitors504 from 24 nations
Men's tournament
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Women's tournament
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Editions
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Squads
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The football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held from 24 July to 10 August 2024 in France.

In addition to the Olympic host city of Paris, matches will also be played in Bordeaux, Décines-Charpieu (near Lyon), Marseille, Nantes, Nice and Saint-Étienne.[1]

Two events are scheduled to be contested: men's and women's tournaments. Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there are no age restrictions on women's teams.[2]

Brazil are the two-time men's defending champions, while Canada are the women's defending champions.

Competition schedule

The competition schedule was announced on 1 April 2022.[3][4] The final match schedule was confirmed by FIFA on 28 July 2022.[5][6]

GS Group stage QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Date
Event
 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
Men GS GS GS QF SF B F
Women GS GS GS QF SF B F

Venues

A total of seven venues will be used,[1] as confirmed on 17 December 2020.[7][8]

Marseille Décines-Charpieu
(Lyon) 		Paris
Stade de Marseille Stade de Lyon Parc des Princes
Capacity: 67,394 Capacity: 59,186 Capacity: 47,929
Bordeaux
Stade de Bordeaux
Capacity: 42,115
Saint-Étienne Nice Nantes
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade de Nice Stade de la Beaujoire
Capacity: 41,965 Capacity: 36,178 Capacity: 35,322

Qualification

The FIFA Council approved the distribution of spots at their meeting on 24 February 2022.[2]

Qualification summary

Nation Men's Women's Athletes
 Brazil Yes 18
 Canada Yes 18
 Colombia Yes 18
 Dominican Republic Yes 18
 Egypt Yes 18
 France Yes Yes 36
 Israel Yes 18
 Mali Yes 18
 Morocco Yes 18
 New Zealand Yes 18
 Spain Yes 18
 Ukraine Yes 18
 United States Yes Yes 36
Total: 13 NOCs 10/16 5/12 270/504

Men's qualification

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

In addition to host nation France, 15 men's national under-23 teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations.[2]

Means of qualification Dates1 Venue(s) Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation — — 1  France
2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 18 June – 3 July 2022  Honduras 2  United States
 Dominican Republic
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 21 June – 8 July 2023  Georgia
 Romania 		3  Spain
 Israel
 Ukraine
2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 24 June – 8 July 2023  Morocco 3  Morocco
 Egypt
 Mali
2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 27 August – 9 September 2023  New Zealand 1  New Zealand
2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament 20 January – 11 February 2024  Venezuela 2
2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup 15 April – 3 May 2024  Qatar 3
AFC–CAF play-off TBC  France 1
Total 16
  • ^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages may precede these matches.

Women's qualification

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

In addition to host nation France, 11 women's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations.[2]

Means of qualification Dates2 Venue(s)2 Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation — — 1  France
2022 CONCACAF W Championship 4–18 July 2022  Mexico 1  United States
2022 Copa América Femenina 8–30 July 2022  Colombia 2  Brazil
 Colombia
CONCACAF play-off 22–26 September 2023  Jamaica
 Canada 		1  Canada
2024 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 7–19 February 2024  Samoa 1
2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals 21–28 February 2024 Multiple 2
2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 24–28 February 2024 Multiple 2
2024 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1–9 April 2024 Multiple 2
Total   12  
  • ^2 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages may precede these matches.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Football". Paris2024.org. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024 – information on preliminary competitions" (PDF). FIFA Circular Letter. No. 1792. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Competition Schedule for each session of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 revealed". Paris2024.org. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule by session". Paris2024.org. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024 concludes 2020 with an even stronger project". Paris2024.org. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "New era of Games embraced as updated Paris 2024 venue concept approved". International Olympic Committee. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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