# Football at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of football at the 2019 Summer Universiade was held in July in Naples, Italy.

## Teams

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

## Preliminary round

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

### 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 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Elimination round |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Elimination round |
| 3 | Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Classification round |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Elimination round |
| 2 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | Elimination round |
| 3 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Classification round |

### Group C

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

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Elimination round |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Elimination round |
| 3 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | Classification round |

## Classification round

| 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| A3 | Uruguay (p) | 3 (3) | | | |
| D3 | Argentina | 3 (2) | | | |
| D3 | Argentina | 3 (2) | A3 | Uruguay | 0 |
| | | | B3 | Mexico | 3 |
| B3 | Mexico (p) | 2 (3) | B3 | Mexico | 3 |
| C3 | South Africa | 2 (1) | 11th place match | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | | D3 | Argentina | 2 (1) |
| | | | C3 | South Africa (p) | 2 (2) |

### 9th place match
## Elimination round

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | A1 | Republic of Ireland | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | D2 | Russia | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | A1 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | | | | D2 | Russia | 1 | |
| | | | B2 | Ukraine | 2 | | | | C1 | Brazil | 2 | |
| | | | | | | C1 | Brazil | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B2 | Ukraine | 1 | | | | | |
| B2 | Ukraine | 1 (1) | | | | | | | | | C1 | Brazil | 1 |
| A2 | South Korea (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | C1 | D1 | Japan | 4 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Italy | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C2 | France | 0 | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | C2 | France | 2 | | | | B1 | Italy | 3 (4) | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A2 | South Korea | 3 | | | | D1 | Japan (p) | 3 (5) | | | |
| A1 | Republic of Ireland | 1 (3) | | | | D1 | | | Japan | 2 | | D2 | Russia | 2 (3) |
| C2 | France (p) | 1 (4) | | | | A2 | South Korea | 0 | | | | B1 | Italy (p) | 2 (4) |