Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics. [1] It will be the 27th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2020 Summer Olympics football tournament will be held in six cities in Japan, including Olympic host city Tokyo. The final will be hosted at the International Stadium in Yokohama. Teams participating in the men's competition are restricted to under-24 players (born on or after 1 January 1997) with a maximum of three overage players allowed. The men's tournament is typically restricted to under-23 players, though following the postponement of the Olympics by a year, FIFA decided to maintain the restriction of players born on or after 1 January 1997.[2]

2020 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates22 July – 7 August 2021 (expected)
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
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Brazil are the defending champions.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the men's tournament as of 5 December 2018.[3]

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
22 Thu23 Fri24 Sat25 Sun26 Mon27 Tue28 Wed29 Thu30 Fri31 Sat1 Sun2 Mon3 Tue4 Wed5 Thu6 Fri7 Sat
GGG¼½BF

Qualification
Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

In addition to host nation Japan, 15 men's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations. The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 14 September 2017.[4]

Means of qualification Ref. Dates1 Venue1 Berths Qualified
Host country [5] 7 September 2013 N/A 1  Japan
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship [6] 16–30 June 2019  Italy
 San Marino		 4  France
 Germany
 Romania
 Spain
2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament [7] 21 September – 5 October 2019  Fiji 1  New Zealand
2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations [8] 8–22 November 2019  Egypt 3  Egypt
 Ivory Coast
 South Africa
2020 AFC U-23 Championship [9] 8–26 January 2020  Thailand 3  Australia
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea
2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament [10] 18 January – 9 February 2020  Colombia 2  Argentina
 Brazil
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship [11] 18–30 March 2021  Mexico 2
Total   16
  • ^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

Venues
Further information: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics § Venues

The tournament will be held in six venues across six cities:

Squads

The men's tournament is an international tournament with restrictions on age: players must be born on or after 1 January 1997, with three overage players allowed for each squad in the final tournament. Each team has to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Each team can also name a list of four alternate players, who can replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[12]

Draw

The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts Japan are automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1, while the remaining teams are seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five Olympics (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), with bonus points awarded to confederation champions. No group can contain more than one team from each confederation.[13]

Group stage

The competing countries will be divided into four groups of four teams, denoted as groups A, B, C and D. Teams in each group will play one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, JST (UTC+9).[14]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:[12]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 July 2021. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
A3Match 2A4
Japan Match 1A2
A4Match 10A2
Japan Match 9A3
A4Match 17 Japan
A2Match 18A3

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 July 2021. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
B1Match 3B2
B3Match 4B4
B1Match 11B3
B4Match 12B2
B4Match 19B1
B2Match 20B3

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 July 2021. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
C1Match 5C2
C3Match 6C4
C1Match 13C3
C4Match 14C2
C4Match 21C1
C2Match 22C3

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 July 2021. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
D1Match 7D2
D3Match 8D4
D1Match 15D3
D4Match 16D2
D4Match 23D1
D2Match 24D3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[12]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
31 July – Kashima
 
 
Winner Group A
 
3 August – Saitama
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 25
 
31 July – Rifu
 
Winner Match 27
 
Winner Group C
 
7 August – Yokohama
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 29
 
31 July – Yokohama
 
Winner Match 30
 
Winner Group B
 
3 August – Kashima
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 26
 
31 July – Saitama
 
Winner Match 28Bronze medal match
 
Winner Group D
 
6 August – Saitama
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Loser Match 29
 
 
Loser Match 30
 

Quarter-finals
Winner Group CMatch 27Runner-up Group D
Winner Group AMatch 25Runner-up Group B
Winner Group DMatch 28Runner-up Group C
Winner Group BMatch 26Runner-up Group A

Semi-finals
Winner Match 26Match 30Winner Match 28
Winner Match 25Match 29Winner Match 27

Bronze medal match
Loser Match 29Match 31Loser Match 30

Gold medal match
Winner Match 29Match 32Winner Match 30

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