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The men's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's under-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the host nation, reached the final tournament.
International Olympic Committee. 2006 "Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2006; Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Men, FIFA.com
All Olympic football tournaments from 1948 to 1980 were dominated by the Soviet Union and its satellites. [21] 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. The ...
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The United States women's national soccer team will play for a gold medal for the first time since the 2012 London Games.. Sophia Smith scored the lone goal in the 95th minute of the Americans' 1 ...
The U.S. men's soccer team is Olympics-bound for the first time since 2008, with the roster of players representing the nation announced Monday morning, under a month before the Games in Paris begin.
The fourth semi-finalist was England; however, because England competes at the Olympic Games as part of Great Britain which does not compete in football, the next two highest ranked teams in the tournament, Italy and Portugal, contested a playoff for the final place, which was won by Italy.
Here's the full men's soccer bracket, plus how to watch the gold medal match. OLYMPIC MEN'S SOCCER: France, Spain to meet in Olympics men's soccer final after thrilling semifinal comebacks Paris ...