Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The **2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament** was the under-23 football tournament. It was held during the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was held from 26 July to 11 August. All the national under-23 qualified football teams can compete. The defending champion was Argentina. The tournament was hosted in England (4 stadiums), Scotland (1 stadium) and Wales (1 stadium). 16 teams were qualified for the final group stage.

## Teams

|Means of qualification|Date of completion|Venue|Berths|Qualified|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Host nation||—|1||
|AFC Preliminary Competition|29 March 2012|Various (home and away)|3||
|CAF Preliminary Competition|10 December 2011||3||
|CONCACAF Preliminary Competition|2 April 2012||2||
|CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition|12 February 2011||2||
|OFC Preliminary Competition|25 March 2012||1||
|UEFA Preliminary Competition|25 June 2011||3||
|AFC–CAF play-off|23 April 2012|Great Britain|1||

## Venues

|London|rowspan=12 colspan=2||Manchester|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Wembley Stadium|Old Trafford|||
|Capacity: **90,000**|Capacity: **76,212**|||
|Millennium Stadium|St James' Park|||
|Capacity: **74,500**|Capacity: **52,387**|||
|Hampden Park|City of Coventry Stadium|||
|Capacity: **52,103**|Capacity: **32,500**|||

### Group A

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Great Britain|3|2|1|0|5|2|+3|**7**|||||||||
|align=left|Senegal|3|1|2|0|4|2|+2|**5**|||||||||
|align=left|Uruguay|3|1|0|2|2|4|-2|**3**|||||||||
|align=left|United Arab Emirates|3|0|1|2|3|6|-3|**1**|||||||||

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 July 2012|||||
|**United Arab Emirates  **|**1 – 2**|** Uruguay**|||
|**Great Britain **|**1 – 1**|** Senegal**|||
|29 July 2012|||||
|**Senegal **|**2 – 0**|** Uruguay**|||
|**Great Britain **|**3 – 1**|** United Arab Emirates**|||
|1 August 2012|||||
|**Senegal **|**1 – 1**|** United Arab Emirates**|||
|**Great Britain **|**1 – 0**|** Uruguay**|||

### Group B

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left||3|2|1|0|3|0|+3|**7**|||||||||
|align=left||3|1|2|0|2|1|+1|**5**|||||||||
|align=left||3|0|2|1|1|3|-2|**2**|||||||||
|align=left||3|0|1|2|2|4|-2|**1**|||||||||

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 July 2012|||||
|****|** 0–0 **|****|||
|****|** 1–1 **|****|||
|29 July 2012|||||
|****|** 2–0 **|****|||
|****|** 2–1 **|****|||
|1 August 2012|||||
|****|** 1–0 **|****|||
|****|** 0–0 **|****|||

### Group C

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Brazil|3|3|0|0|9|3|+6|**9**|||||||||
|align=left|Egypt|3|1|1|1|6|5|+1|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Belarus|3|1|0|2|3|6|-3|**3**|||||||||
|align=left|New Zealand|3|0|1|2|1|5|-4|**1**|||||||||

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 July 2012|||||
|**Belarus **|** 1–0 **|** New Zealand**|||
|**Brazil **|** 3–2 **|** Egypt**|||
|29 July 2012|||||
|**Brazil **|** 1–1 **|** Belarus**|||
|**Egypt**|** 3–1 **|** New Zealand**|||
|1 August 2012|||||
|**Brazil **|** 3–0 **|** New Zealand**|||
|**Egypt **|** 3–1 **|** Belarus**|||

### Group D

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Japan|3|2|1|0|2|0|+2|**7**|||||||||
|align=left|Honduras|3|1|2|0|3|2|+1|**5**|||||||||
|align=left|Morocco|3|0|2|1|2|3|-1|**2**|||||||||
|align=left|Spain|3|0|1|2|0|2|-2|**1**|||||||||

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 July 2012|||||
|**Spain **|** 0–1 **|** Japan**|||
|**Honduras **|** 2–2 **|** Morocco**|||
|29 July 2012|||||
|**Spain **|** 0–1 **|** Honduras**|||
|**Japan**|** 1–0 **|** Morocco**|||
|1 August 2012|||||
|**Japan **|** 0–0 **|** Honduras**|||
|**Spain **|** 0–0 **|** Morocco**|||

### Quarter-finals

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### Semi-finals

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### Gold medal match

|Team details|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|{| style="font-size:90%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|||||
|GK|**1**|Gabriel|||
|DF|**2**|Rafael|||
|DF|**3**|Thiago Silva|||
|DF|**15**|Alex Sandro|||
|DF|**6**|Marcelo|||
|MF|**4**|Juan Jesus|||
|MF|**8**|Rômulo|||
|MF|**5**|Sandro|||
|MF|**10**|Oscar|||
|FW|**11**|Neymar|||
|FW|**9**|Leandro Damião|||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**||||
|FW|**7**|Lucas Moura|||
|FW|**12**|Hulk|||
|FW|**17**|Alexandre Pato|||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||
|colspan=4|Mano Menezes|} {| style="font-size:90%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|||
|GK|**1**|José Corona|||
|DF|**3**|Carlos Salcido|||
|DF|**2**|Israel Jiménez|||
|DF|**4**|Hiram Mier|||
|DF|**13**|Diego Reyes|||
|MF|**5**|Dárvin Chávez|||
|MF|**11**|Javier Aquino|||
|MF|**6**|Héctor Herrera|||
|MF|**14**|Jorge Enríquez|||
|FW|**9**|Oribe Peralta|||
|FW|**8**|Marco Fabián|||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**||||
|DF|**15**|Néstor Vidrio|||
|DF|**16**|Miguel A. Ponce|||
|FW|**12**|Raúl Jiménez|||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||
|colspan=4|Luis Fernando Tena|}|||

## Related pages

- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: 2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
- **country**: Great Britain
- **dates**: 26 July – 11 August
- **num teams**: 16
- **confederations**: 6
- **venues**: 6
- **cities**: 6
- **count**: 1
- **matches**: 32
- **goals**: 76
- **attendance**: 1525134
- **top scorer**: Leandro Damião
(6 goals)
- **prevseason**: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2008
- **nextseason**: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2016