Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Football
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Football pictogram for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games2024 Summer Olympics
Host countryFrance
Dates24 July – 10 August
Venues7 (in 7 host cities)
Competitors504 from 23 nations
Men's tournament
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
1 Gold Spain
2 Silver France
3 Bronze Morocco
Women's tournament
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
1 Gold United States
2 Silver Brazil
3 Bronze Germany
Editions
2020
2028

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]

The games held separate tournaments for men and women Associations affiliated with FIFA participated in qualifying tournaments to clinch their spots for the Olympics. Men's teams were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there were no age restrictions on women's teams.[3]

Canada were the women's defending champions but lost in the quarter-finals. Brazil were the two-time men's defending champions but did not qualify.

  1. ^ "Paris 2024 draws produce blockbuster match-ups". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Football". Paris2024.org. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference distribution was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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