Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Qualifications

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1 United States
AFC Preliminary Competition3 South Korea (winner)
 Japan (runner-up)
 Saudi Arabia (third-place)
CAF Preliminary Competition3 Ghana
 Tunisia
 Nigeria
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition1 Mexico (winner)
1996 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament2 Brazil (winner)
 Argentina (runner-up)
OFC Preliminary Competition1 Australia
1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship5 Italy (winner)
 Spain (runner-up)
 France (third-place)
 Hungary (5th)
 Portugal (6th)
Total16
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