# Football at the 2019 Summer Universiade

The Football at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples was played between 2 and 13 July. 24 football teams participated in the tournament.

## Qualification

Following the FISU regulations, The maximum of 12 teams in football events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level will be selected by
* The entry and the payment of guarantee.
* Those 6 teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified.
* Those 3 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition will be replaced by new applying teams.
* The host is automatically qualified
* The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and FIFA ranking.

### Qualified teams
#### Men's competition

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | — | — | 1 | Italy |
| Top five of previous edition | 18–29 August 2017 | Taipei | 5 | Japan France Mexico Uruguay Russia |
| Continental Quotas | | Lausanne | 4 | Ukraine Brazil South Korea South Africa |
| Wild card | | Naples | 2 | Argentina Republic of Ireland |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

#### Women's competition

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | — | — | 1 | Italy |
| Top six of previous edition | 17–28 August 2017 | Taipei | 6 | Brazil Japan Russia South Africa United States South Korea |
| Continental Quotas | | Lausanne | 2 | Canada China |
| Wild card | | Naples | 3 | North Korea Republic of Ireland Mexico |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Draw

Following the FISU regulations, draw of pool will be based on following by.
* Previous Summer Universiade results
* Participation in previous Summer Universiades
* Continental representation
* FIFA rankings

### Men's competition

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Japan (1)  France (2)  Mexico (3)  Uruguay (4) | Italy (5)  Russia (6) Ukraine (7)  Argentina (8) | Brazil (9)  South Korea (11)  South Africa (12)  Republic of Ireland (13) |

### Women's competition

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Brazil (1)  Japan (2)  Russia (3)  South Africa (4) | United States (5)  South Korea (6)  Mexico (7)  Canada (8) | Republic of Ireland (10)  Italy (11)  China (12)  North Korea (13) |

## Pools composition
### Men's competition

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| South Korea | Italy | France | Argentina |
| Uruguay | Mexico | South Africa | Russia |
| Republic of Ireland | Ukraine | Brazil | Japan |

### Women's competition

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| North Korea | Mexico | Republic of Ireland | Italy |
| Canada | Russia | Brazil | Japan |
| South Africa | China | South Korea | United States |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medal events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Japan (JPN) | Brazil (BRA) | Italy (ITA) |
| Women details | North Korea (PRK) | Japan (JPN) | Russia (RUS) |