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The men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 22 July to 7 August 2021. Originally, it was to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2020, but the Summer Olympics were postponed to the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the official name of the games remains the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1]
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]
1924 Summer Olympics R32: 4 Uruguay: May 29, 1924 0–3 1924 Summer Olympics R16: 5 Poland: June 10, 1924 3–2 Friendly 6 Irish Free State: June 16, 1924 1–3 Friendly 7 Canada: June 27, 1925 0–1 Friendly 8 Canada: November 8, 1925 6–1 Friendly 9 Canada: November 6, 1926 6–2 Friendly 10 Argentina: May 29, 1928 2–11 1928 Summer ...
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. [1]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.
Association football [note 1] has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA World Cup tournament). Women's football was added to the official program at the Atlanta 1996 Games. [1] [2]
Previous men's Olympic appearances Canada: North America (automatic) 9th Runner-up (1984, 1996) 3 Mexico (hosts & title holders) North America (automatic) 12th Winner (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015) 11 United States: North America (automatic) 11th Winner (1988, 1992) 14 Costa Rica: Central America: 7th Winner (1980, 1984) 3 El Salvador
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The 2020 Summer Olympic football gold medal match was a football match to determine the gold medal winners of men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.The match was the 25th final of the men's football tournament at the Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions.