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Sydney Olympic: 8 MF: Steve Corica 24 March 1973 (aged 23) Wolverhampton Wanderers: 9 FW: Mark Viduka 9 October 1975 (aged 20) Dinamo Zagreb: 10 FW: Aurelio Vidmar* 3 February 1967 (aged 29) Sion: 11 MF: Danny Tiatto 22 May 1973 (aged 23) Melbourne Knights: 12 FW: Joe Spiteri 6 May 1973 (aged 23)
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sanford Stadium on August 3, 1996.
Games: 1996 Summer Olympics: Host country: United States: Dates: July 20 – August 3, 1996: Venues: 5 (in 5 host cities) Competitors: 388 from 21 nations: Men's tournament; Teams: 16 (from 6 confederations)
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]
The women's football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta was held from 21 July to 1 August 1996. The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 16 players, including two goalkeepers. [1]
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The qualification system for the inaugural women's football tournament was based on the results of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Seven best teams and the host nation were qualified for the tournament. As the third-ranked United States team was already qualified as the host, its spot was passed down to the eighth-ranked team, Japan.
Nigeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The most surprising achievement was Nigeria's gold in football. The most surprising achievement was Nigeria's gold in football. The team overcame what are usually considered much stronger teams, such as Brazil and finally Argentina to earn the gold.