Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
There will be 16 teams that qualify for men's football at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In addition to host nation Japan, 15 men's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations.
Table
- Dates and venues are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Qualified teams
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| 20th | 2017 | ||||
| 6 9 2018 | 14th | 2017 | |||
| 7 9 2018 | 9th | 2006 | |||
| 15th | 2017 | ||||
| 11th | 2017 | ||||
| 12th | 2017 | ||||
| 15.10.2018 | 3rd | 2004 | |||
| 8th | 2017 | ||||
| 3rd | 2007 | ||||
| 2nd | 1998 | ||||
| 7th | 2017 | Quarter-finals | |||
| 1st | — | Debut |
;Notes
2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Qualified teams
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| 3rd | ||
| 1st | ||
| 1st | ||
| 2nd | ||
| 2nd | ||
| 3rd | ||
| 3rd | ||
| 2nd |
2020 AFC U-23 Championship
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| 3rd | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 1st | |||
| 4th | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 4th | |||
| 4th | |||
| 4th | |||
| 4th | |||
| 4th | |||
| 4th | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 4th | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 4th | |||
| 4th |