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   Total   16 

Venues

LondonManchesterWembley StadiumOld TraffordCapacity: 90,000Capacity: 76,212150px|Wembley 22 August 2007150px|20 August 2006CardiffNewcastleMillennium StadiumSt James' ParkCapacity: 74,500Capacity: 52,387150px|5 February 2009150px|21 August 2008GlasgowCoventryHampden ParkCity of Coventry StadiumCapacity: 52,103Capacity: 32,500150px|18 July 2004150px

Group Stage
Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Great Britain321052+37 Senegal312042+25 Uruguay310224-23 United Arab Emirates301236-31

26 July 2012United Arab Emirates  1 – 2 UruguayGreat Britain 1 – 1 Senegal29 July 2012Senegal 2 – 0 UruguayGreat Britain 3 – 1 United Arab Emirates1 August 2012Senegal 1 – 1 United Arab EmiratesGreat Britain 1 – 0 Uruguay

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321030+37312021+15302113-22301224-21

26 July 2012 0–0  1–1 29 July 2012 2–0  2–1 1 August 2012 1–0  0–0 

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Brazil330093+69 Egypt311165+14 Belarus310236-33 New Zealand301215-41

26 July 2012Belarus  1–0  New ZealandBrazil  3–2  Egypt29 July 2012Brazil  1–1  BelarusEgypt  3–1  New Zealand1 August 2012Brazil  3–0  New ZealandEgypt  3–1  Belarus

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Japan321020+27 Honduras312032+15 Morocco302123-12 Spain301202-21

26 July 2012Spain  0–1  JapanHonduras  2–2  Morocco29 July 2012Spain  0–1  HondurasJapan  1–0  Morocco1 August 2012Japan  0–0  HondurasSpain  0–0  Morocco

Knockout phase

 Quarter-finals 

 Semi-finals 

 Bronze medal match 

 Gold medal match 

Team details GK  1  Gabriel DF  2  Rafael   DF  3  Thiago Silva DF  15  Alex Sandro    DF  6  Marcelo MF  4  Juan Jesus MF  8  RômuloMF  5  Sandro   MF  10  Oscar FW  11  Neymar FW  9  Leandro Damião Substitutes:FW  7  Lucas Moura    FW  12  Hulk    FW  17  Alexandre Pato   Manager:  Mano Menezes 

 GK  1  José CoronaDF  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  Substitutes:DF 15  Néstor Vidrio    DF  16  Miguel A. Ponce   FW  12  Raúl Jiménez   Manager:  Luis Fernando Tena

Related pages
 Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

References

Category:Olympic football tournaments
Category:2012 in association football
Category:2012 Summer Olympics