Olympic football tournament (men)

The Olympic football tournament for men's national teams is held since 1908, with only one exception in 1932.

Players must not be older than 23 years, but three athletes per squad are allowed to be older than 23.

Record champion is Hungary with three gold, one silver and one bronze medal by now. The country is followed by Great Britain (3x gold) and Russia (2x gold, 3x bronze).

[editar] Tournament 2008

In 2008, there are 16 teams starting in four groups at the men's Olympic football tournament.

• Group A: Ivory Coast, Argentina, Australia, Serbia
• Group B: The Netherlands, Nigeria, Japan, USA
• Group C: China, New Zealand, Brasil, Belgium
• Group D: South Korea, Cameroon, Honduras, Italy

[editar] Results

Group A

Date	Team I	Team II	Result
August 7, 2008	Australia	Serbia	1:1 (0:0)
August 7, 2008	Ivory Coast	Argentina	1:2 (0:1)
August 10, 2008	Argentina	Australia	1:0 (0:0)
August 10, 2008	Serbia	Ivory Coast	2:4 (1:2)
August 13, 2008	Ivory Coast	Australia	1:0 (0:0)
August 13, 2008	Argentina	Serbia	2:0 (1:0)

Group B

Date	Team I	Team II	Result
August 7, 2008	Japan	USA	0:1 (0:0)
August 7, 2008	The Netherlands	Nigeria	0:0
August 10, 2008	Nigeria	Japan	2:1 (0:0)
August 10, 2008	USA	The Netherlands	2:2 (0:1)
August 13, 2008	The Netherlands	Japan	1:0 (0:0)
August 13, 2008	Nigeria	USA	2:1 (1:0)

Group C

Result	Team I	Team II	Results
August 7, 2008	Brazil	Belgium	1:0 (0:0)
August 7, 2008	China	New Zealand	1:1 (0:0)
August 10, 2008	New Zealand	Brazil	0:5 (0:2)
August 10, 2008	Belgium	China	2:0 (1:0)
August 13, 2008	China	Brazil	0:3 (0:1)
August 13, 2008	New Zealand	Belgium	0:1 (0:1)

Group D

Date	Team I	Team II	Result
August 7, 2008	Honduras	Italy	0:3 (0:2)
August 7, 2008	South Korea	Cameroon	1:1 (0:0)
August 10, 2008	Cameroon	Honduras	1:0 (0:0)
August 10, 2008	South Korea	Italy	3:0 (2:0)
August 13, 2008	South Korea	Honduras	1:0 (1:0)
August 13, 2008	Cameroon	Italy	0:0

Quarterfinals

Date	Team I	Team II	Result
August 16, 2008	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	2:0 (1:0)
August 16, 2008	Italy	Belgium	2:3 (1:2)
August 16, 2008	Argentina	The Netherlands	2:1 aet (1:1, 1:1)
August 16, 2008	Brazil	Cameroon	2:0 aet (0:0)

Semifinals

Date	Team I	Team II	Result
August 19, 2008	Nigeria	Belgium	4:1 (1:0)
Date	Team I	Team II	Result
August 19, 2008	Argentina	Brazil	3:0 (0:0)

Bronze medal match

Date	Team I	Team II	Result
August 22, 2008	Belgium	Brazil	0:3 (0:2)

Gold medal match

Date	Team I	Team II	Result
August 23, 2008	Nigeria	Argentina	0:1 (0:0)

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