The men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Rio de Janeiro and five other cities in Brazil from 4 to 20 August 2016. It was the 26th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at Estádio do Maracanã. Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.
In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.
Brazil captured their first gold medal after defeating Germany on penalties. Nigeria won the bronze medal by beating Honduras 3–2. With the victory, Brazil became the second country after France to win all five FIFA 11-a-side men's titles (FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the Olympic football tournament).
Competition schedule The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20G G G ¼ ½ B F
Qualification In addition to host nation Brazil, 15 men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the executive committee meeting in March 2014.
Means of qualification Dates Venue Berths QualifiedHost country2 October 200912015 South American Youth Championship14 January – 7 February 2015 12015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship17–30 June 2015 42015 Pacific Games3–17 July 2015 12015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship1–13 October 2015 22015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations28 November – 12 December 2015 32016 AFC U-23 Championship12–30 January 2016 32016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off 25–29 March 2016 (first leg) (second leg) 1 Total 16
Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues. Nations making their Olympic tournament debut
Match officials On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.
ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCFahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)Abdullah Al-Shalwai (Saudi Arabia)Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia)Alireza Faghani (Iran)Reza Sokhandan (Iran)Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)Ryuji Sato (Japan)Toru Sagara (Japan)Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)CAFGehad Grisha (Egypt)Rédouane Achik (Morocco)Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)Djibril Camara (Senegal)El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)CONCACAFWalter López Castellanos (Guatemala)Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)Gerson López Castellanos (Guatemala)César Ramos (Mexico)Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Miguel Hernández (Mexico)CONMEBOLNéstor Pitana (Argentina)Hernán Maidana (Argentina)Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)Sandro Ricci (Brazil)Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)Christian Lescano (Ecuador)Byron Romero (Ecuador)OFCMatthew Conger (New Zealand)Simon Lount (New Zealand)Tevita Makasini (Tonga)UEFACüneyt Çakır (Turkey)Bahattin Duran (Turkey)Tarık Ongun (Turkey)Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)Octavian Șovre (Romania)Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)Sergei Karasev (Russia)Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)Nikolay Golubev (Russia)Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)Pau Cebrián Devis (Spain)Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)Clément Turpin (France)Frédéric Cano (France)Nicolas Danos (France)Support RefereeDiego Haro (Peru)Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)
Venues
Rio de JaneiroBrasíliaSão PauloEstádio do MaracanãEstádio Olímpico João HavelangeEstádio Nacional Mané GarrinchaArena CorinthiansCapacity: 74,738Capacity: 60,000Capacity: 69,349Capacity: 48,234Belo HorizonteEstádio MineirãoCapacity: 58,170SalvadorItaipava Arena Fonte NovaCapacity: 51,900ManausArena da AmazôniaCapacity: 40,549
Training venues Event stadiumTraining venue #1Training venue #2Training venue #3Training venue #4Estádio do MaracanãCFZ StadiumVasco Barra Football ClubJuliano Moreira Sports ComplexEstádio Nacional Mané GarrinchaCave StadiumMinas Brasília Tennis ClubYacht Club of BrasíliaCruzeiro StadiumEstádio MineirãoToca da Raposa 1Toca da Raposa 2Cidade do GaloAmérica F.C. Training CenterItaipava Arena Fonte NovaParque Santiago StadiumPituaçu StadiumBarradão StadiumE.C. Bahia Training CenterArena CorinthiansSão Paulo F.C. Training CenterS.E. Palmeiras Training CenterC.A. Juventus StadiumNacional A.C. Stadium
Squads
The men's tournament was an under-23 international tournament (born on or after 1 January 1993), with a maximum of three overage players allowed. Each team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. Each team might also have a list of four alternate players, who might replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The 16 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the five previous Olympics (with more recent tournaments weighted higher), plus bonus points awarded to the six confederation qualifying champions (Japan, Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Fiji, Sweden). The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position A1. No groups could contain more than one team from the same confederation. Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Group stage The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows: Points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned; Number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Goalscorers 6 goals
Serge Gnabry Nils Petersen
4 goals
Neymar Max Meyer Erick Gutiérrez Peter Etebo Umar Sadiq
3 goals
Gabriel Jesus Luan Vieira Teo Gutiérrez Anthony Lozano Kwon Chang-hoon Ryu Seung-woo Suk Hyun-jun Gonçalo Paciência
2 goals
Sofiane Bendebka Gabriel Barbosa Dorlan Pabón Matthias Ginter Davie Selke Alberth Elis Marcelo Pereira Takuma Asano Aminu Umar Son Heung-min
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 Mikel John Obi Tobias Figueiredo Pité Hwang Hee-chan Gift Motupa Astrit Ajdarević Mikael Ishak
Own goals Hiroki Fujiharu (playing against Colombia)
Final ranking
See also Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
References
External links
Football – Men, Rio2016.com Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report