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Event details
Games 2024 Summer Olympics
Host country France
Dates 24 July – 10 August
Venues 7 (in 7 host cities)
Competitors 504 from 23 nations
Men's tournament
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
1 Gold  Spain
2 Silver  France
3 Bronze  Morocco
Women's tournament
Teams 12 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
1 Gold Flag of the United States.svg United States
2 Silver Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
3 Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Germany
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The football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 10 August 2024 in France. The draw took place in Paris on 20 March 2024.

In addition to the Olympic host city of Paris, matches were also played in Bordeaux, Décines-Charpieu (near Lyon), Marseille, Nantes, Nice and Saint-Étienne.

Two events took place: men's and women's tournaments. Associations affiliated with FIFA participated in qualifying tournaments to clinch their spots for the Olympics. Men's teams were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there were no age restrictions on women's teams.

Canada were the women's defending champions but lost in the quarter-finals. Brazil were the two-time men's defending champions but failed to qualify.

Competition schedule

The competition schedule was announced on 1 April 2022. The final match schedule was confirmed by FIFA on 28 July 2022.

GS Group stage QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Date
Event
 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
Men GS GS GS QF SF B F
Women GS GS GS QF SF B F

Venues

A total of seven venues are used, as confirmed on 17 December 2020.

Marseille Décines-Charpieu
(Lyon area)		 Paris
Stade de Marseille Stade de Lyon Parc des Princes
Capacity: 67,394 Capacity: 59,186 Capacity: 47,929
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Bordeaux
Stade de Bordeaux
Capacity: 42,115
Stade Matmut Atlantique 2023.jpg
Saint-Étienne Nice Nantes
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade de Nice Stade de la Beaujoire
Capacity: 41,965 Capacity: 36,178 Capacity: 35,322
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Qualification

The FIFA Council approved the distribution of spots at their meeting on 24 February 2022.

Qualification summary

Nation Men's Women's Athletes
 Argentina Yes 18
 Australia Yes 18
 Brazil Yes 18
 Canada Yes 18
 Colombia Yes 18
 Dominican Republic Yes 18
 Egypt Yes 18
 France Yes Yes 36
 Germany Yes 18
 Guinea Yes 18
 Iraq Yes 18
 Israel Yes 18
 Japan Yes Yes 36
 Mali Yes 18
 Morocco Yes 18
 New Zealand Yes Yes 36
 Nigeria Yes 18
 Paraguay Yes 18
 Spain Yes Yes 36
 Ukraine Yes 18
 United States Yes Yes 36
 Uzbekistan Yes 18
 Zambia Yes 18
Total: 23 NOCs 16/16 12/12 504/504

Men's qualification

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

In addition to host nation France, 15 men's national under-23 teams qualified from 6 separate continental confederations. Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Women's qualification

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

In addition to host nation France, 11 women's national teams qualified from 6 separate continental confederations. Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Spain 1 0 0 1
 United States 1 0 0 1
3  Brazil 0 1 0 1
 France* 0 1 0 1
5  Germany 0 0 1 1
 Morocco 0 0 1 1
Totals (6 NOCs) 2 2 2 6

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details		  Spain (ESP)
Álex Baena
Pablo Barrios
Adrián Bernabé
Sergio Camello
Pau Cubarsí
Eric García
Joan García
Sergio Gómez
Miguel Gutiérrez
Alejandro Iturbe
Diego López
Fermín López
Juan Miranda
Cristhian Mosquera
Samu Omorodion
Aimar Oroz
Jon Pacheco
Marc Pubill
Abel Ruiz
Juanlu Sánchez
Arnau Tenas
Beñat Turrientes		  France (FRA)
Maghnes Akliouche
Loïc Badé
Rayan Cherki
Joris Chotard
Andy Diouf
Désiré Doué
Arnaud Kalimuendo
Manu Koné
Alexandre Lacazette
Johann Lepenant
Bradley Locko
Castello Lukeba
Soungoutou Magassa
Jean-Philippe Mateta
Chrislain Matsima
Enzo Millot
Obed Nkambadio
Michael Olise
Guillaume Restes
Kiliann Sildillia
Adrien Truffert		  Morocco (MAR)
Ilias Akhomach
Eliesse Ben Seghir
Benjamin Bouchouari
Mehdi Boukamir
Oussama El Azzouzi
Bilal El Khannous
Zakaria El Ouahdi
Abde Ezzalzouli
Rachid Ghanimi
Achraf Hakimi
Yassine Kechta
Haytam Manaout
El Mehdi Maouhoub
Munir Mohamedi
Akram Nakach
Soufiane Rahimi
Amir Richardson
Adil Tahif
Oussama Targhalline
Women
details		  United States (USA)
Korbin Albert
Croix Bethune
Sam Coffey
Tierna Davidson
Crystal Dunn
Emily Fox
Naomi Girma
Lindsey Horan
Casey Krueger
Rose Lavelle
Casey Murphy
Alyssa Naeher
Jenna Nighswonger
Trinity Rodman
Emily Sams
Jaedyn Shaw
Sophia Smith
Emily Sonnett
Mallory Swanson
Lynn Williams		  Brazil (BRA)
Adriana
Ana Vitória
Antônia
Angelina
Duda Sampaio
Gabi Nunes
Gabi Portilho
Jheniffer
Kerolin
Lauren
Lorena
Luciana
Ludmila
Marta
Priscila
Rafaelle Souza
Tainá
Tamires
Tarciane
Thaís
Vitória Yaya
Yasmim		  Germany (GER)
Nicole Anyomi
Ann-Katrin Berger
Jule Brand
Klara Bühl
Sara Doorsoun
Vivien Endemann
Laura Freigang
Merle Frohms
Giulia Gwinn
Marina Hegering
Kathrin Hendrich
Sarai Linder
Sydney Lohmann
Janina Minge
Sjoeke Nüsken
Alexandra Popp
Felicitas Rauch
Lea Schüller
Bibiane Schulze
Elisa Senß

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
                    
 
 2 August – Bordeaux
 
 
  France 1
 
 5 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
  Argentina 0
 
  France (aet) 3
 
 2 August – Marseille
 
  Egypt 1
 
  Egypt (p) 1 (5)
 
 9 August – Paris
 
  Paraguay 1 (4)
 
  France 3
 
 2 August – Paris
 
  Spain (aet) 5
 
  Morocco 4
 
 5 August – Marseille
 
  United States 0
 
  Morocco 1
 
 2 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
  Spain 2 Bronze medal match
 
  Japan 0
 
 8 August – Nantes
 
  Spain 3
 
  Egypt 0
 
 
  Morocco 6
 

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
17:00
Canada  2–1 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
  • Lacasse Goal 45+4'
  • Viens Goal 79'
  • Barry Goal 13'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 2,674
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
21:00
France  3–2 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
  • Katoto Goal 6', 42'
  • Dali Goal 18'
  • Usme Goal 54' (pen.)
  • Paví Goal 64'
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 29,208
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
17:00
New Zealand  0–2 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
  • Restrepo Goal 27'
  • Santos Goal 72'
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 5,212
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
21:00
France  1–2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Katoto Goal 42'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 17,550
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
21:00
New Zealand  1–2 Flag of France.svg France
Taylor Goal 43' Katoto Goal 22', 49'
Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 21,946
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
21:00
Colombia  0–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Gilles Goal 61'
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 5,388
Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
19:00
Germany  3–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
  • Hegering Goal 24'
  • Schüller Goal 64'
  • Brand Goal 68'
Attendance: 9,731
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
21:00
United States  3–0 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 5,550
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
19:00
Australia  6–5 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
  • Kennedy Goal 7'
  • Raso Goal 35'
  • Musole Goal 58' (o.g.)
  • Catley Goal 65', 78' (pen.)
  • Heyman Goal 90'
  • B. Banda Goal 1', 33', 45+2'
  • Kundananji Goal 21', 56'
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 4,441
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
21:00
United States  4–1 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Gwinn Goal 22'
Attendance: 12,845
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)
19:00
Australia  1–2 Flag of the United States.svg United States
Kennedy Goal 90+2'
Attendance: 13,036
Referee: François Letexier (France)
19:00
Zambia  1–4 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
B. Banda Goal 49'
  • Schüller Goal 10', 61'
  • Bühl Goal 47'
  • Senß Goal 90+5'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
17:00
Spain  2–1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  • Fujino Goal 13'
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 10,377
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
19:00
Nigeria  0–1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Gabi Nunes Goal 37'
Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Attendance: 6,244
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
17:00
Brazil  1–2 Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Jheniffer Goal 56'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 40,918
Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)
19:00
Spain  1–0 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Putellas Goal 85'
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 11,079
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
17:00
Brazil  0–2 Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Attendance: 14,497
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
17:00
Japan  3–1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
  • Hamano Goal 22'
  • Tanaka Goal 32'
  • Kitagawa Goal 45+5'
 Echegini Goal 42'
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 6,480
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points in all group matches; 5) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
                    
 
 3 August – Nantes
 
 
 Flag of France.svg France 0
 
 6 August – Marseille
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 4
 
 3 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Spain (p) 2 (4)
 
 10 August – Paris
 
 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2 (2)
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 0
 
 3 August – Paris
 
 Flag of the United States.svg United States 1
 
 Flag of the United States.svg United States (aet) 1
 
 6 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0
 
 Flag of the United States.svg United States (aet) 1
 
 3 August – Marseille
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0 Bronze medal match
 
 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 0 (2)
 
 9 August – Décines-Charpieu
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany (p) 0 (4)
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0
 
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1
 

See also

  • Football at the 2023 African Games
  • Football at the 2023 Pan American Games
  • Football 5-a-side at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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