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On 24 February 2022, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The host nation France, earned automatic qualification to the tournament.. For the remaining 15 slots, the AFC and CAF each received 3 automatic slots with a 4th nation from each confederation being granted a spot against each other, UEFA received 3 slots, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL received 2 slots ...
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the competition also serves as the UEFA qualification tournament for the Summer Olympics.
Means of qualification Ref. Dates 1 Venue(s) 1 Berth(s) Qualified Host nation [2] — — 1 Japan: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship [3] 16–30 June 2019 Italy San Marino: 4 Spain Germany France Romania: 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament [4] 21 September – 5 October 2019 Fiji: 1 New Zealand: 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations [5]
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. [2]
All Olympic football tournaments from 1948 to 1980 were dominated by the Soviet Union and its satellites. [23] Between 1948 and 1980, 23 out of 28 Olympic medals were won by Eastern Europe, with only Sweden (gold in 1948 and bronze in 1952), Denmark (bronze in 1948 and silver in 1960), and Japan (bronze in 1968) breaking their dominance. [24]
League A of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League was used to determine the European nations for the Summer Olympics, with the top two eligible teams of the Finals (not including host France) qualifying for the Olympics. [7] This was a change in UEFA qualifying tournament from the previous Summer Olympics. [8]
The UEFA European Football Championship, [1] commonly known as the UEFA European Championship and informally as the Euros, is the primary soccer competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations , determining the continental champion of Europe.
(as UEFA qualifying) 7 June – 7 July 2019 France: 3 Netherlands Sweden Great Britain: 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 28 January – 9 February 2020 United States: 2 United States Canada: 2020 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 5–10 March 2020 Multiple: 1 Zambia: 2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament