# Football at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of football at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held from August 18 to 29 in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Teams

| AFC | CAF | CONCACAF | CONMEBOL | UEFA |
| Chinese Taipei (H) Japan Malaysia South Korea | South Africa | Canada Mexico United States | Argentina Brazil Uruguay | France Republic of Ireland Italy Russia Ukraine |

## Preliminary round

All times are Taiwan Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:
* Greatest number of points obtained in group matches;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned;
* Greatest number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards in all group matches;
* Drawing of lots by the Technical Committee.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Elimination round |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Elimination round |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Classification round |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Classification round |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Elimination round |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Elimination round |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | Classification round |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Classification round |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | Elimination round |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Elimination round |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | Classification round |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | Classification round |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Elimination round |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | Elimination round |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | Classification round |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Classification round |

## Classification round

| 13th place | 13th place | 13th place | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | | 9th place | 9th place | 9th place |
| | | | | | | A3 | Republic of Ireland | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D4 | South Africa | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | A3 | Republic of Ireland | 4 | | | | D4 | South Africa | 1 | | |
| | | | C4 | United States | 1 | | | | B3 | Canada | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | B3 | Canada | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C4 | United States | 0 | | | | | | |
| Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 1 | | | | | | | | | Canada | Canada | 3 |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | | | | | | | | | Canada | | Brazil | Brazil | 4 |
| | | | | | | A4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D3 | South Korea | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 15th place | 15th place | 15th place | A4 | Chinese Taipei | 2 (2) | | | | D3 | South Korea | 3 (7) | | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | | B4 | Malaysia (p) | 2 (3) | | | | C3 | Brazil (p) | 3 (8) | | | | |
| United States | United States | 2 | | | | B4 | | | Malaysia | 1 | | | South Africa | South Africa | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | | C3 | Brazil | 3 | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 3 |

### 9th place match
## Elimination round

| 5th place | 5th place | 5th place | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | A1 | Mexico | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | D2 | Ukraine | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | D2 | Ukraine | 1 | | | | A1 | Mexico | 1 | |
| | | | C2 | Italy | 2 | | | | B1 | Japan | 3 | |
| | | | | | | B1 | Japan | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C2 | Italy | 0 | | | | | |
| C2 | Italy | 5 | | | | | | | | | B1 | Japan | 1 |
| C1 | Russia | 2 | | | | | | | | | B1 | A2 | France | 0 |
| | | | | | | A2 | France (p) | 0 (5) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D1 | Argentina | 0 (3) | | | | | | |
| 7th place | 7th place | 7th place | D1 | Argentina | 0 | | | | A2 | France (p) | 0 (5) | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | C1 | Russia | 4 | | | | B2 | Uruguay | 0 (4) | | | |
| D2 | Ukraine | 2 | | | | B2 | | | Uruguay | 1 | | A1 | Mexico | 0 (5) |
| D1 | Argentina | 0 | | | | C1 | Russia | 0 | | | | B2 | Uruguay | 0 (3) |

### Gold medal match
## Final standings

| Place | Team | W–D–L |
| | Japan | 6–0–0 |
| | France | 1–4–1 |
| | Mexico | 3–2–1 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3–2–1 |
| 5 | Italy | 4–0–2 |
| 6 | Russia | 4–0–2 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 3–0–3 |
| 8 | Argentina | 2–1–3 |
| 9 | Brazil | 3–1–2 |
| 10 | Canada | 3–0–3 |
| 11 | South Korea | 3–2–1 |
| 12 | South Africa | 1–1–4 |
| 13 | Republic of Ireland | 3–1–2 |
| 14 | Malaysia | 0–1–5 |
| 15 | United States | 1–0–5 |
| 16 | Chinese Taipei | 0–1–5 |