Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The 1996 Men's Olympic Football Tournament, played as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics, was hosted in Birmingham, Alabama, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Florida, Miami, Florida and Athens, Georgia.[1][2][3][4] From 1992 onwards, male competitors should be under 23 years old, with three over-23 players allowed per squad. The tournament featured 16 national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sanford Stadium on August 3, 1996.[5]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | July 20 – August 3 |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 90 (2.81 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (6 goals each) |
Venues
Orlando | Birmingham | Miami | |||
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Citrus Bowl | Legion Field | Orange Bowl | |||
Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 81,700 | Capacity: 74,476 | |||
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Athens | Washington, D.C. | ||||
Sanford Stadium | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | ||||
Capacity: 86,100 | Capacity: 56,500 | ||||
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Qualification
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic men's football tournament:
Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 | ![]() |
AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 1 | ![]() |
1996 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
OFC Preliminary Competition | 1 | ![]() |
1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Match officials
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Argentina ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ortega ![]() |
Report | Nuno Gomes ![]() |
United States ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Kirovski ![]() Maisonneuve ![]() |
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United States ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Maisonneuve ![]() |
Report | Paulo Alves ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Spain ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Óscar ![]() |
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Australia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Tsekenis ![]() Viduka ![]() |
Report | Al-Khilaiwi ![]() |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
South Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Yoon Jong-hwan ![]() |
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Mexico ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Italy ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Branca ![]() ![]() |
Report | Lee Ki-hyung ![]() |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
July 27 – Miami | ||||||||||
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July 30 – Athens | ||||||||||
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July 27 – Birmingham | ||||||||||
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August 3 – Athens | ||||||||||
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July 28 – Birmingham | ||||||||||
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July 31 – Athens | ||||||||||
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July 28 – Miami | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
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August 2 – Athens | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Mexico ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Okocha ![]() C. Babayaro ![]() |
Semi-finals
Nigeria ![]() | 4–3 (asdet) | ![]() |
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Roberto Carlos ![]() Ikpeba ![]() Kanu ![]() ![]() |
Report | Flávio Conceição ![]() ![]() Bebeto ![]() |
Gold medal match
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Final ranking
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 8 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Goalscorers
With six goals, Hernán Crespo of Argentina and Bebeto of Brazil are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 90 goals were scored by 55 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
- Own goals
Roberto Carlos (playing against Nigeria)
Afo Dodoo (playing against Brazil)
Tadahiro Akiba (playing against Nigeria)
Agustín Aranzábal (playing against Argentina)
References
- "The inside story of Nigeria's Atlanta '96 gold medal – SuperSport – Football". SuperSport. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- Penner, Mike (1996-08-01). "Defense Rests for a Stunned Brazil – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- Penner, Mike (1996-08-04). "Nigeria's Eagles Catch Argentina in Its Own Trap – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- "Soccer : Results : Men's Competition Notebook". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- "Football at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
External links
- Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Men, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)