XXIV Olympic Football Tournament (Rio de Janeiro 2016)

(From 4-08-2016 to 20-08-2016)

Olympic Poster
Olympic Mascot (Vinícius)

 

PARTICIPANTS (16)

· Host nation: Brazil.

· Top 4 teams in the 2015 European U-21 Championship (UEFA): Sweden, Portugal, Denmark, Germany.

· Winner of the Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 2015 (CONMEBOL): Argentina.

· 2 teams qualified after a North & Central American Pre-Olympic Tournament (CONCACAF): Mexico, Honduras.

· Winner of the CONMEBOL-CONCACAF Play-Off: Colombia.

· Top 3 teams in the 2015 African U-23 Cup of Nations (CAF): Algeria, Nigeria, South Africa.

· Top 3 teams in the 2016 Asian U-23 Championship (AFC): Japan, South Korea, Iraq.

· Winner of the 2015 Pacific Games (OFC): Fiji.

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The sixteen participating teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by general goal difference.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to a 1/4 Final knock-out round, played as an X-pairing. The winners of this round qualify for the semifinals.

· The two semifinal winners qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

 

 

GROUP STAGE

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (4-08-2016)

Competition Day 1 (4-08-2016)

Brasília

Iraq - Denmark

0-0

Manaus

Sweden - Colombia

2-2

Brasília

Brazil - South Africa

0-0

Manaus

Nigeria - Japan

5-4

Competition Day 2 (7-08-2016)

Competition Day 2 (7-08-2016)

Brasília

Denmark - South Africa

1-0

Manaus

Sweden - Nigeria

0-1

Brasília

Brazil - Iraq

0-0

Manaus

Japan - Colombia

2-2

Competition Day 3 (10-08-2016)

Competition Day 3 (10-08-2016)

Salvador

Denmark - Brazil

0-4

Salvador

Japan - Sweden

1-0

São Paulo

South Africa - Iraq

1-1

São Paulo

Colombia - Nigeria

2-0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Brazil

3

1

2

0

4

0

5

2. Denmark

3

1

1

1

1

4

4

3. Iraq

3

0

3

0

1

1

3

4. South Africa

3

0

2

1

1

2

2

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Nigeria

3

2

0

1

6

6

6

2. Colombia

3

1

2

0

6

4

5

3. Japan

3

1

1

1

7

7

4

4. Sweden

3

0

1

2

2

4

1

 

GROUP C

 

GROUP D

Competition Day 1 (4-08-2016)

Competition Day 1 (4-08-2016)

Salvador

Fiji - South Korea

0-8

Rio de Janeiro

Honduras - Algeria

3-2

Salvador

Mexico - Germany

2-2

Rio de Janeiro

Portugal - Argentina

2-0

Competition Day 2 (7-08-2016)

Competition Day 2 (7-08-2016)

Salvador

Fiji - Mexico

1-5

Rio de Janeiro

Honduras - Portugal

1-2

Salvador

Germany - South Korea

3-3

Rio de Janeiro

Argentina - Algeria

2-1

Competition Day 3 (10-08-2016)

Competition Day 3 (10-08-2016)

Belo Horizonte

Germany - Fiji

10-0

Brasília

Argentina - Honduras

1-1

Brasília

South Korea - Mexico

1-0

Belo Horizonte

Algeria - Portugal

1-1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. South Korea

3

2

1

0

12

3

7

2. Germany

3

1

2

0

15

5

5

3. Mexico

3

1

1

1

7

4

4

4. Fiji

3

0

0

3

1

23

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Portugal

3

2

1

0

5

2

7

2. Honduras

3

1

1

1

5

5

4

3. Argentina

3

1

1

1

3

4

4

4. Algeria

3

0

1

2

4

6

1

 

 

1/4 FINALS

(13-08-2016)

A1-B2 (1): Brazil - Colombia

2-0

São Paulo

B1-A2 (2): Nigeria - Denmark

2-0

Salvador

C1-D2 (3): South Korea - Honduras

0-1

Belo Horizonte

D1-C2 (4): Portugal - Germany

0-4

Brasília

 

 

1/2 FINALS

(17-08-2016)

1-3: Brazil - Honduras

6-0

Rio de Janeiro

2-4: Nigeria - Germany

0-2

São Paulo

 

 

PLACES 3 & 4

(20-08-2016)

Honduras - Nigeria

2-3

Belo Horizonte

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Maracanã (Rio de Janeiro)

DATE: 20-08-2016 (17:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 63.707

REFEREE: Alireza Faghani (IRN)

GOALS: 1-0 (Neymar 26’); 1-1 (Meyer 59’)

BOOKED: Zeca (30’), Gabriel (44’) / Selke (49’), Prömel (78’), S. Bender (81’), Süle (89’)

PK: 0-1 (Ginter); 1-1 (Renato Augusto) / 1-2 (Gnabry); 2-2 (Marquinhos) / 2-3 (Brandt); 3-3 (Rafinha) / 3-4 (Süle); 4-4 (Luan) / 4-4 (Petersen [saved]); 5-4 (Neymar)

Brasil
Brazil BRA - Germany GER
1-1 (1-0;1-1) (pk:5-4)
Deutschland

Brazil (coach: Rogério Micale)

Wéverton Pereira

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

José Carlos Cracco “Zeca”

Marcos Aoás “Marquinhos”

Rodrigo Caio Coquette

Douglas Santos

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Walace Souza

Renato Augusto

Neymar da Silva (c)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gabriel Jesus (Rafael Alcántara “Rafinha” 95’)

Gabriel Barbosa (Felipe Anderson Pereira 70’)

Luan Vieira

Germany (coach: Horst Hrubesch)

Timo Horn

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jeremy Toljan

Matthias Ginter

Niklas Süle

Lukas Klostermann

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Julian Brandt

Lars Bender (Grischa Prömel 67’)

Max Meyer (c)

Sven Bender

Serge Gnabry

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Davie Selke (Nils Petersen 76’)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Brazil BRA

2.

Germany GER

3.

Nigeria NIG

4.

Honduras HON

5.

South Korea SKR

6.

Portugal POR

7.

Colombia COL

8.

Denmark DEN

9.

Mexico MEX

10.

Japan JAP

11.

Argentina ARG

12.

Iraq IRQ

13.

South Africa SAF

14.

Algeria ALG

15.

Sweden SWE

16.

Fij FIJ

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

Emmanuel Daniel (NIG)

Jeremy Toljan (GER)

Marcos Aoás “Marquinhos” (BRA)

Matthias Ginter (GER)

Stanley Amuzie (NIG)

Kwon Chang-hoon (SKR)

Max Meyer (GER)

Serge Gnabry (GER)

Neymar da Silva (BRA)

Umar Sadiq (NIG)

Gabriel Jesus (BRA)

 

 

TOP SCORER: Serge Gnabry (GER) - 6 goals

 

BEST PLAYER: Neymar da Silva (BRA)

   

 

 

 

© www.linguasport.com
Website designed and maintained by Santiago Velasco