After being suspended for one year due to the pandemic outbreak, Olympics games are back and in this post, I am going to share with you some information about Men’s Olympic soccer tournament.
Why do we like this competition?
Most of the players who participate in this competition are under 23 years, this is the tournament to watch if you want to see who will become the future superstars, most of the superstars we like to watch played in this competition when they were young, Neymar, Leo Messi, Brazilian Ronaldo to name few of them.
Where men’s Olympic football tournament will be held?
The men’s Olympic football tournament will be played in Tokyo, Japan from 22 July to 7 August 2021 across six Japanese cities.
How many teams go to the Olympics for soccer?
16 teams from all the continents go to the Olympics for soccer, they will be divided into groups of 4 for the qualifying round.
What teams will be participating in the tournament?
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Egypt
- South Africa
Asia
- Australia
- Japan
- Korea Republic
- Saudi Arabia
Europe
- France
- Germany
- Romania
- Spain
North, Central America, and Caribean
- Honduras
- Mexico
Oceania
- New Zealand
South America
- Argentina
- Brazil
Men’s Olympic Football Tournament full draw
⚔️ The draw for the Men’s #OlympicFootball Tournament has thrown up some intriguing clashes!#Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/aWBvZJw3Zq
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) April 21, 2021
Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France.
Group B: New Zealand, Korea Republic, Honduras, Romania.
Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia.
Group D: Brazil, Germany, Côte d’Ivoire, Saudi Arabia.
Did US men’s soccer qualify for the 2020 Olympics?
The United States men’s national team failed to qualify for the Olympic tournament for the third straight Games after losing in the CONCACAF semifinals to Honduras.
When does the tournament begin?
The men’s Olympic soccer tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Games will take place from 22 July to 7 August 2021 across six Japanese cities.
Always among the most popular of the team competitions in the Summer Games, the men’s soccer tournament is made up of youth teams – with each participating country allowed to supplement their squad with three overage players.
That is all I have about the men’s Olympics soccer tournament 2020, what team do you think will win this tournament? let me know in the comment section below.
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