Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament


The 1996 Men's Olympic Football Tournament, played as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics, was hosted in Birmingham, Alabama, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Florida, Miami, Florida and Athens, Georgia. From 1992 onwards, male competitors should be under 23 years old, with three over-23 players allowed per squad. The tournament featured 16 national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sanford Stadium on August 3, 1996.

Venues

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic men's football tournament:
Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1
AFC Preliminary Competition3

CAF Preliminary Competition3

CONCACAF Preliminary Competition1
1996 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament2
OFC Preliminary Competition1
1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship5



Total16

Match officials

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Group stage

Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

Final ranking

Goalscorers

With six goals, Hernán Crespo of Argentina and Bebeto of Brazil are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 90 goals were scored by 55 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.
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