2016 Men's Olympic Football Tournament Host country Brazil Dates 4–20 August Teams 16 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 7 (in 6 host cities) Champions Brazil (1st title) Runners-up Germany Third place Nigeria Fourth place Honduras 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)
2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament Host country Brazil Dates 3–19 August Teams 12 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 7 (in 6 host cities) Champions Germany (1st title) Runners-up Sweden Third place Canada Fourth place Brazil 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
Men
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
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
Group stage
Group A
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
Group B
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
Group C
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
Group D
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
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Women's tournament
Group stage
Group E
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
Group F
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
3
1
1
1
8
5
+3
4
4
Zimbabwe
3
0
0
3
3
15
–12
0
Group G
Best third-place teams
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
Quarter-finals
Medal summary
Medal table
Statistics
Men top goalscorers
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
Women top goalscorers
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Tournament rankings
Men
Women
References
Other websites
General Tournaments
Qualifications
Finals
Squads
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