Olympic Football Tournament Rio 20163-20 August 2016

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Teams

ALGAlgeria ARGArgentina BRABrazil COLColombia DENDenmark FIJFiji GERGermany HONHonduras IRQIraq JPNJapan KORKorea Republic MEXMexico NGANigeria PORPortugal RSASouth Africa SWESweden

Host Country

Brazil
Brazil (BRA)
As hosts of the 2016 FIFA Olympic Football Tournament, Brazil have automatically qualified for the tournament.

The Road to Brazil

  • AfricaAfrica
  • AsiaAsia
  • EuropeEurope
  • North, Central America and CaribbeanNorth, Central America and Caribbean
  • OceaniaOceania
  • South AmericaSouth America

Nigeria and Algeria booked their tickets to Rio with semi-final victories at December's CAF U-23 Championship in Senegal. South Africa won the play-off for third place and final Olympic spot from Africa.

Japan ​and ​Korea Republic claimed Asia's first two tickets to Rio 2016 after reaching the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final with ​Iraq ​joining them in Brazil after beating Qatar in the third place play-off.
The UEFA European U-21 Championship, was held in Czech Republic between 17 and 30 June 2015. Sweden won the tournament, with Denmark, Germany and Portugal joining the victors in Rio.
Mexico won the the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, with defeated finalists Honduras joining them in Rio.

The OFC Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Qualifying competition was the Pacific Games, played from 4 to 17 July 2015 in Papua New Guinea, with champions Fiji booking their ticket to Rio.

The South American U-20 Championship was played in Uruguay in January/February 2015. The winner of this championship, Argentina, qualified for Rio 2016. Colombia also qualified after defeating USA in a two-legged play-off in March 2016.

Qualified teams

Qualified teams

Qualified teams

Qualified teams

Qualified teams

Qualified teams