Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics facts for kids
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | 4–20 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Germany |
| Third place |  Nigeria |
| Fourth place |  Honduras |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 104 (3.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,008,426 (31,513 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Serge Gnabry Nils Petersen(6 goals each) |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | 3–19 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Germany (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Sweden |
| Third place |  Canada |
| Fourth place | Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.54 per match) |
| Attendance | 635,885 (24,457 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Melanie Behringer (5 goals) |
The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil.
The tournament will feature both the men's and women's teams. The men's teams can only have players who were born on or after 1 January 1993, and the women's teams have no age limit.
The tournament will be played in six cities: Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus.
Contents
Qualified teams
Men
The top 4 teams in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualify, the winner of the 2015 Pacific Games qualifies, the top 2 teams in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualify, the top 3 teams from the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualify, the top 3 teams from the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualify and the winner of the 2016 CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off qualifies.
Women
The best two European teams from the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualify, the winner of the 2014 Copa América Femenina qualifies (which was Brazil but they already qualified for being hosts, so the runners-up qualified instead), the top 2 teams from the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualify, the winner of the 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualifies, the top 2 teams from the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualify, the top 2 teams from the 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualify and the winner of the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualifies.
Men's tournament
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Moves on to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Denmark |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Iraq |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  South Africa |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 |
| 4 August 2016 | ||
Iraq  |
0–0 |  Denmark |
| Brazil |
0–0 |  South Africa |
| 7 August 2016 | ||
| Denmark |
1–0 | South Africa |
| Brazil |
0–0 | Iraq |
| 10 August 2016 | ||
| Denmark |
0–4 | Brazil |
| South Africa |
1–1 | Iraq |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Moves on to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Colombia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Sweden |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 |
| 4 August 2016 | ||
| Sweden |
2–2 |  Colombia |
Nigeria  |
5–4 |  Japan |
| 7 August 2016 | ||
| Sweden |
0–1 | Nigeria |
| Japan |
2–2 | Colombia |
| 10 August 2016 | ||
| Japan |
1–0 | Sweden |
| Colombia |
2–0 | Nigeria |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Moves on to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Korea Republic |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Germany |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Mexico |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Fiji |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | –22 | 0 |
| 4 August 2016 | ||
Mexico  |
2–2 | Germany |
Fiji  |
0–8 | South Korea |
| 7 August 2016 | ||
| Fiji |
1–5 | Mexico |
| Germany |
3–3 | South Korea |
| 10 August 2016 | ||
| Germany |
10–0 | Fiji |
| South Korea |
1–0 | Mexico |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Moves on to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Portugal |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Honduras |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Argentina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Algeria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 1 |
| 4 August 2016 | ||
Honduras  |
3–2 |  Algeria |
Portugal  |
2–0 |  Argentina |
| 7 August 2016 | ||
| Honduras |
1–2 | Portugal |
| Argentina |
2–1 | Algeria |
| 10 August 2016 | ||
| Argentina |
1–1 | Honduras |
| Algeria |
1–1 | Portugal |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 August — São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Brazil |
2 | |||||||||
| 17 August — Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||
| Colombia |
0 | |||||||||
| Brazil |
6 | |||||||||
| 13 August — Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
| Honduras |
0 | |||||||||
| Korea Republic |
0 | |||||||||
| 20 August — Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||
| Honduras |
1 | |||||||||
| Brazil (p) |
1 (5) | |||||||||
| 13 August — Salvador | ||||||||||
| Germany |
1 (4) | |||||||||
| Nigeria |
2 | |||||||||
| 17 August — São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Denmark |
0 | |||||||||
| Nigeria |
0 | Third place | ||||||||
| 13 August — Brasília | ||||||||||
| Germany |
2 | |||||||||
| Portugal |
0 | Honduras |
2 | |||||||
| Germany |
4 | Nigeria |
3 | |||||||
| 20 August — Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
| 13 August 2016 |
Brazil |
v. | Colombia |
Arena Corinthians, São Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |
| 13 August 2016 |
Korea Republic |
v. | Honduras |
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |
| 13 August 2016 |
Nigeria |
v. | Denmark |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |
| 13 August 2016 |
Portugal |
v. | Germany |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |
Women's tournament
Group stage
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Moves on to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  China |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Sweden |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 4 | |
| 4 | South Africa |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | –3 | 1 |
| 3 August 2016 | ||
| Sweden |
1–0 | South Africa |
| Brazil |
3–0 |  China |
| 6 August 2016 | ||
| South Africa |
0–2 | China |
| Brazil |
5–1 | Sweden |
| 9 August 2016 | ||
| South Africa |
0–0 | Brazil |
| China |
0–0 | Sweden |
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Moves on to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Germany |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Zimbabwe |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | –12 | 0 |
| 3 August 2016 | ||
| Canada |
2–0 |  Australia |
Zimbabwe  |
1–6 | Germany |
| 6 August 2016 | ||
| Canada |
3–1 | Zimbabwe |
| Germany |
2–2 | Australia |
| 9 August 2016 | ||
| Germany |
1–2 | Canada |
| Australia |
6–1 | Zimbabwe |
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Moves on to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Colombia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 |
| 3 August 2016 | ||
United States  |
2–0 |  New Zealand |
France  |
4–0 | Colombia |
| 6 August 2016 | ||
| United States |
1–0 | France |
| Colombia |
0–1 | New Zealand |
| 9 August 2016 | ||
| Colombia |
2–2 | United States |
| New Zealand |
0–3 | France |
Best third-place teams
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Moves on to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Sweden |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 4 | |
| 3 | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 3 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 August — Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
| Brazil (p) |
0 (7) | |||||||||
| 16 August — Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||
| Australia |
0 (6) | |||||||||
| Brazil |
0 (3) | |||||||||
| 12 August — Brasília | ||||||||||
| Sweden (p) |
0 (4) | |||||||||
| United States |
1 (3) | |||||||||
| 19 August — Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||
| Sweden (p) |
1 (4) | |||||||||
| Sweden |
1 | |||||||||
| 12 August — São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Germany |
2 | |||||||||
| Canada |
1 | |||||||||
| 16 August — Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
| France |
0 | |||||||||
| Canada |
0 | Third place | ||||||||
| 12 August — Salvador | ||||||||||
| Germany |
2 | |||||||||
| China |
0 | Brazil |
1 | |||||||
| Germany |
1 | Canada |
2 | |||||||
| 19 August — São Paulo | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
| 12 August 2016 |
Brazil |
v. | Australia |
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |
| 12 August 2016 |
United States |
1–1(aet) | Sweden |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Morgan  77' |
Report | Blackstenius 61' |
||
| Penalties | ||||
Morgan  Horan  Lloyd Brian Press |
3–4 | Schelin Asllani Sembrant Seger Dahlkvist |
| 12 August 2016 |
Canada |
1–0 | France |
Arena Corinthians, São Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidt 56' |
Report |
| 12 August 2016 |
China |
0–1 | Germany |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Behringer 76' |
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Brazil |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nigeria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Statistics
Men top goalscorers
- 6 goals
- Serge Gnabry
- Nils Petersen
- 4 goals
- Neymar
- Maximilian Meyer
- Erick Gutiérrez
- Oghenekaro Etebo
- Umar Sadiq
- 3 goals
- Gabriel Jesus
- Luan
- Teo Gutiérrez
- Anthony Lozano
- Kwon Chang-hoon
- Ryu Seung-woo
- Suk Hyun-jun
- Gonçalo Paciência
- 2 goals
- Sofiane Bendebka
- Gabriel
- Dorlan Pabón
- Matthias Ginter
- Davie Selke
- Alberth Elis
- Marcelo Pereira
- Takuma Asano
- Son Heung-min
- Aminu Umar
- 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
- John Obi Mikel
- Tobias Figueiredo
- Pité
- Hwang Hee-chan
- Gift Motupa
- Astrit Ajdarević
- Mikael Ishak
- Own goals
- Hiroki Fujiharu (playing against Colombia)
Women top goalscorers
- 5 goals
- Melanie Behringer
- 3 goals
- Beatriz
- Janine Beckie
- Christine Sinclair
- Sara Däbritz
- 2 goals
- Michelle Heyman
- Cristiane
- Marta
- Melissa Tancredi
- Catalina Usme
- Louisa Cadamuro
- Eugenie Le Sommer
- Stina Blackstenius
- Carli Lloyd
- Alex Morgan
- 1 goal
- Lisa De Vanna
- Caitlin Foord
- Alanna Kennedy
- Samantha Kerr
- Clare Polkinghorne
- Kyah Simon
- Andressa Alves
- Mônica
- Deanne Rose
- Sophie Schmidt
- Gu Yasha
- Tan Ruyin
- Camille Abily
- Amel Majri
- Saskia Bartusiak
- Melanie Leupolz
- Dzsenifer Marozsán
- Alexandra Popp
- Amber Hearn
- Nilla Fischer
- Lotta Schelin
- Crystal Dunn
- Mallory Pugh
- Kudakwashe Basopo
- Mavis Chirandu
- Emmaculate Msipa
- 1 own goal
- Carolina Arias (playing against France)
- Linda Sembrant (playing against Germany)
- Eunice Chibanda (playing against Germany)
Tournament rankings
Men
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 | Germany |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 12 |
| 3 | Nigeria |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 |
| 4 | Honduras |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | –6 | 7 |
| Eliminated in Quarter-finals | |||||||||
| 5 | Korea Republic |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 |
| 6 | Portugal |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 7 |
| 7 | Colombia |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Denmark |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 4 |
| Eliminated in Group stage | |||||||||
| 9 | Mexico |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
| 10 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Argentina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 |
| 12 | Iraq |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | South Africa |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 |
| 14 | Algeria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 1 |
| 15 | Sweden |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 |
| 16 | Fiji |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | –22 | 0 |
Women
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 |
| 2 | Sweden |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 6 |
| 3 | Canada |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 |
| 4 | Brazil |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 |
| Eliminated in Quarter-finals | |||||||||
| 5 | United States |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 |
| 6 | France |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| 7 | Australia |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
| 8 | China |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 4 |
| Eliminated in Group stage | |||||||||
| 9 | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 3 |
| 10 | South Africa |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | –3 | 1 |
| 11 | Colombia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | –12 | 0 |
Images for kids
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2016 Summer Olympics livery near Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, venue for several men's and women's competitions.
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016 para niños
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