# Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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 Maracanã Stadium. 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.
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold 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 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sat 20 |
| G | | | 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 | Qualified |
| Host country | 2 October 2009 | — | 1 | Brazil |
| 2015 South American Youth Championship | 14 January – 7 February 2015 | Uruguay | 1 | Argentina |
| 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 17–30 June 2015 | Czech Republic | 4 | Sweden |
| 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 17–30 June 2015 | Czech Republic | 4 | Portugal |
| 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 17–30 June 2015 | Czech Republic | 4 | Denmark |
| 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 17–30 June 2015 | Czech Republic | 4 | Germany |
| 2015 Pacific Games | 3–17 July 2015 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | Fiji |
| 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship | 1–13 October 2015 | United States | 2 | Mexico |
| 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship | 1–13 October 2015 | United States | 2 | Honduras |
| 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations | 28 November – 12 December 2015 | Senegal | 3 | Nigeria |
| 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations | 28 November – 12 December 2015 | Senegal | 3 | Algeria |
| 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations | 28 November – 12 December 2015 | Senegal | 3 | South Africa |
| 2016 AFC U-23 Championship | 12–30 January 2016 | Qatar | 3 | Japan |
| 2016 AFC U-23 Championship | 12–30 January 2016 | Qatar | 3 | South Korea |
| 2016 AFC U-23 Championship | 12–30 January 2016 | Qatar | 3 | Iraq |
| 2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off | 25–29 March 2016 | Colombia (first leg) United States (second leg) | 1 | Colombia |
| 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.
* ^2 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.
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
| AFC | Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) | Abdullah Al-Shalwai (Saudi Arabia) Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia) |
| AFC | Alireza Faghani (Iran) | Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) |
| AFC | Ryuji Sato (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) |
| CAF | Gehad Grisha (Egypt) | Rédouane Achik (Morocco) Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) |
| CAF | Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) | Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal) |
| CONCACAF | Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala) | Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) Gerson López Castellanos (Guatemala) |
| CONCACAF | César Ramos (Mexico) | Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Miguel Hernández (Mexico) |
| CONMEBOL | Néstor Pitana (Argentina) | Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) |
| CONMEBOL | Sandro Ricci (Brazil) | Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) |
| CONMEBOL | Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) | Christian Lescano (Ecuador) Byron Romero (Ecuador) |
| OFC | Matthew Conger (New Zealand) | Simon Lount (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga) |
| UEFA | Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) | Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) |
| UEFA | Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) | Octavian Șovre (Romania) Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania) |
| UEFA | Sergei Karasev (Russia) | Tikhon Kalugin (Russia) Nikolay Golubev (Russia) |
| UEFA | Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) | Pau Cebrián Devis (Spain) Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain) |
| UEFA | Clément Turpin (France) | Frédéric Cano (France) Nicolas Danos (France) |
| Support Referee | Diego Haro (Peru) | Diego Haro (Peru) |
| Joseph Lamptey (Ghana) ||

## Venues

| Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brasília | São Paulo |
| Maracanã Stadium | Estádio Olímpico João Havelange | Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha | Arena Corinthians |
| Capacity: 74,738 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 69,349 | Capacity: 48,234 |
| Belo Horizonte | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| Mineirão Stadium | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| Capacity: 58,170 | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| Salvador | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| Capacity: 51,900 | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| Manaus | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| Arena da Amazônia | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| Capacity: 40,549 | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. | Belo HorizonteBrasíliaSão PauloRio de JaneiroSalvadorManausclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
* 1 2 3 Renovated for the 2014 World Cup
* ↑ Renovated for the 2016 Olympics
* 1 2 3 New stadium for the 2014 World Cup

### Training venues

| Event stadium | Training venue #1 | Training venue #2 | Training venue #3 | Training venue #4 |
| Maracanã Stadium | CFZ Stadium | Vasco Barra Football Club | Juliano Moreira Sports Complex | — |
| Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha | Cave Stadium | Minas Brasília Tennis Club | Yacht Club of Brasília | Cruzeiro Stadium |
| Estádio Mineirão | Toca da Raposa 1 | Toca da Raposa 2 | Cidade do Galo | América F.C. Training Center |
| Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova | Parque Santiago Stadium | Pituaçu Stadium | Barradão Stadium | E.C. Bahia Training Center |
| Arena Corinthians | São Paulo F.C. Training Center | S.E. Palmeiras Training Center | C.A. Juventus Stadium | Nacional 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 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Brazil  Japan  Mexico  Argentina | Nigeria  South Korea  Honduras  Iraq | Sweden  Fiji  Portugal  South Africa | Algeria  Colombia  Denmark  Germany |

## 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

## 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 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 13 August – São Paulo | 13 August – São Paulo | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | 17 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 17 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | | |
| Colombia | 0 | 17 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 17 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | |
| Colombia | 0 | Brazil | 6 | |
| 13 August – Belo Horizonte | 13 August – Belo Horizonte | | Brazil | 6 | |
| 13 August – Belo Horizonte | 13 August – Belo Horizonte | Honduras | 0 | |
| South Korea | 0 | Honduras | 0 | |
| South Korea | 0 | | | | 20 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 20 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) |
| Honduras | 1 | | | | 20 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 20 August – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) |
| Honduras | 1 | | | | Brazil (p) | 1 (5) |
| 13 August – Salvador | 13 August – Salvador | | | | | Brazil (p) | 1 (5) |
| 13 August – Salvador | 13 August – Salvador | | | | Germany | 1 (4) |
| Nigeria | 2 | | | | Germany | 1 (4) |
| Nigeria | 2 | 17 August – São Paulo | 17 August – São Paulo | | | |
| Denmark | 0 | 17 August – São Paulo | 17 August – São Paulo | | | |
| Denmark | 0 | Nigeria | 0 | | | |
| 13 August – Brasília | 13 August – Brasília | | Nigeria | 0 | | | |
| 13 August – Brasília | 13 August – Brasília | Germany | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Portugal | 0 | Germany | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Portugal | 0 | | | | 20 August – Belo Horizonte | 20 August – Belo Horizonte |
| Germany | 4 | | | | 20 August – Belo Horizonte | 20 August – Belo Horizonte |
| Germany | 4 | | | | Honduras | 2 |
| | | | | | Nigeria | 3 |

### 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

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Brazil (H) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 12 | Gold Medal |
| | Germany | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| | Nigeria | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Honduras | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 7 | Fourth place |
| 5 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Portugal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 4 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 13 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 14 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 15 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 16 | Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |