Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The association football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics were to be held from 22 July to 8 August 2020 in Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with the rescheduled 2021 dates have yet to be announced.[1]

Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates21 July 2021 - 7 August 2021
Teams16 (men) + 12 (women) (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 6 host cities)
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2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Squads
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In addition to the Olympic host city of Tokyo, matches will also be played in Kashima, Saitama, Sapporo, Sendai, and Yokohama.[2]

Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. There are no age restrictions on women's teams, while men's teams are restricted to under-24 players (born on or after 1 January 1997) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.[3] The men's tournament is typically restricted to under-23 players, though following the postponement of the Olympics by a year, FIFA decided to maintain the restriction of players born on or after 1 January 1997.[4] In June 2020, FIFA approved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system at the Olympics.[5]

Brazil are the men's defending champions. Germany are the women's defending champions, but failed to qualify after losing to Sweden in the quarterfinals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Competition schedule
Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
Date
Event
21 Wed22 Thu23 Fri24 Sat25 Sun26 Mon27 Tue28 Wed29 Thu30 Fri31 Sat1 Sun2 Mon3 Tue4 Wed5 Thu6 Fri7 Sat
MenGGG¼½BF
WomenGGG¼½BF

Venues

A total of seven venues will be used:[2]

Tokyo Chōfu Saitama Yokohama
National Stadium Tokyo Stadium Saitama Stadium Int. Stadium Yokohama
Capacity: 60,102
 Capacity: 48,000
 Capacity: 62,000
 Capacity: 70,000
Kashima
Ibaraki Kashima Stadium[6]
Capacity: 42,000
Rifu
Miyagi Stadium
Capacity: 48,000
Sapporo
Sapporo Dome
Capacity: 42,000

Qualification

The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 14 September 2017.[7]

Men's qualification
Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

In addition to host nation Japan, 15 men's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations.[7]

Means of qualification Ref. Dates1 Venue1 Berths Qualified
Host country [8] 7 September 2013 N/A 1  Japan
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship [9] 16–30 June 2019  Italy
 San Marino		 4  France
 Germany
 Romania
 Spain
2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament [10] 21 September – 5 October 2019  Fiji 1  New Zealand
2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations [11] 8–22 November 2019  Egypt 3  Egypt
 Ivory Coast
 South Africa
2020 AFC U-23 Championship [12] 8–26 January 2020  Thailand 3  Australia
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea
2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament [13] 18 January – 9 February 2020  Colombia 2  Argentina
 Brazil
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship [14] TBD[15]  Mexico 2 TBD
TBD
Total   16
  • ^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

Women's qualification
Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

In addition to the host nation Japan, 11 women's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations.[7]

For the first time, as per an agreement between the four British football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), Great Britain qualified for the Olympics through England's performance in the World Cup (a procedure already successfully employed by Team GB in field hockey and rugby sevens). Scotland also participated in the World Cup but, under the agreement whereby the highest ranked home nation is nominated to compete for the purposes of Olympic qualification, their performance was not taken into account.[16][17]

Means of qualification Ref. Dates2 Venue2 Berths Qualified
Host country 7 September 2013 N/A 1  Japan
2018 Copa América [18] 4–22 April 2018  Chile 1  Brazil
2018 OFC Nations Cup [19] 18 November – 1 December 2018  New Caledonia 1  New Zealand
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
(as UEFA qualifying)		 [20] 7 June – 7 July 2019  France 3  Great Britain
 Netherlands
 Sweden
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship [21] 28 January – 9 February 2020  United States 2  Canada
 United States
2020 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament [22] 5–10 March 2020 Various 1  Zambia
2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament [23] 6–11 March 2020 & 19–24 February 2021 Various 2  Australia
TBD
CAF–CONMEBOL play-off TBC Various 1 TBD
Total   12  
  • ^2 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

Men's competition
Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The competition consists of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage. The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts Japan are automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1, while the remaining teams are seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five Olympics (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), with bonus points awarded to confederation champions. No group can contain more than one team from each confederation.[24]

Women's competition
Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The competition consists of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage. The 12 teams will be drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts Japan are automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position E1, while the remaining teams are seeded into their respective pots based on their FIFA Women's World Rankings in March 2020. No group can contain more than one team from each confederation.[24][25]

See also

Note

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