Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
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Tournament details
Host country United Kingdom
Dates (2012-07-26) (2012-08-11)26 July – 11 August 2012
(16 days)
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 76 (2.38 per match)
Attendance 1,525,134 (47,660 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Leandro Damião
(6 goals)
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Football at the
2012 Summer Olympics

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Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

The men's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London and five other cities in Great Britain from 26 July to 11 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's U-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the hosts Great Britain, reached the final tournament. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 23. It was the first major FIFA-organised men's tournament to be held within the United Kingdom since the 1966 FIFA World Cup and was the first men's Olympic football tournament to feature a team representing Great Britain since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1]

The gold medal was won by Mexico who defeated Brazil 2–1 in the final.[2]

Qualifying

Each National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team in the football tournament.

Means of qualification Date of completion Venue1 Berths[3] Qualified
Host nation 2005 1  Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition 29 March 2012 Various (home and away) 3  South Korea
 Japan
 United Arab Emirates
2011 CAF U-23 Championship 10 December 2011  Morocco 3  Gabon
 Morocco
 Egypt
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 2 April 2012  United States[4] 2  Mexico
 Honduras
2011 South American Youth Championship 12 February 2011  Peru 2  Brazil
 Uruguay
OFC Preliminary Competition 25 March 2012  New Zealand 1  New Zealand
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 25 June 2011  Denmark 3  Spain
  Switzerland
 Belarus
AFC–CAF play-off 23 April 2012 United Kingdom Great Britain[5] 1  Senegal
Total 16
  • ^1 Locations are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

Squads

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For the men's tournament, each nation submitted a squad of 18 players, 15 of whom had to be born on or after 1 January 1989, and three of whom could be overage players. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) had to be included in the squad.

Match officials

On 19 April 2012, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[6]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Ben Williams (Australia) Matthew Cream (Australia)
Hakan Anaz (Australia)
CAF Bakary Gassama (Gambia) Jason Damoo (Seychelles)
Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)
Slim Jedidi (Tunisia) Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)
Sherif Hassan (Egypt)
CONCACAF Roberto García (Mexico) José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Alberto Morín (Mexico)
Mark Geiger (United States) Mark Hurd (United States)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
CONMEBOL Raúl Orosco (Bolivia) Efraín Castro (Bolivia)
Arol Valda (Bolivia)
Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)
Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
Juan Soto (Venezuela) Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
Carlos López (Venezuela)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
UEFA Felix Brych (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain) Stephen Child (Great Britain)
Simon Beck (Great Britain)
Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic)
Antonín Kordula (Czech Republic)
Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) Kim Haglund (Norway)
Frank Andas (Norway)
Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Gianluca Cariolato (Italy)

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012.[7] Great Britain, Mexico, Brazil and Spain were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively.[8] The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Preliminary round

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals (also see Tie breakers).

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group A

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Great Britain 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Senegal 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1

26 July 2012
17:00
v
United Arab Emirates  1–2  Uruguay
Matar Goal 23' Report Ramírez Goal 42'
Lodeiro Goal 56'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 51,745[10]
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

26 July 2012
20:00
v
Great Britain  1–1  Senegal
Bellamy Goal 20' Report Konaté Goal 82'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 72,176[11]
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

29 July 2012
17:00
v
Senegal  2–0  Uruguay
Konaté Goal 10'37' Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,093[12]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

29 July 2012
19:45
v
Great Britain  3–1  United Arab Emirates
Giggs Goal 16'
Sinclair Goal 73'
Sturridge Goal 76'
Report Eisa Goal 60'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 85,137[13]
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

1 August 2012
19:45
v
Senegal  1–1  United Arab Emirates
Konaté Goal 49' Report Matar Goal 21'

1 August 2012
19:45
v
Great Britain  1–0  Uruguay
Sturridge Goal 45+1' Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 70,438[15]
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Group B

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 South Korea 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Gabon 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
  Switzerland 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1

26 July 2012
14:30
v
Mexico  0–0  South Korea
Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 15,748[16]
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

26 July 2012
17:15
v
Gabon  1–1   Switzerland
Aubameyang Goal 45' Report Mehmedi Goal 5' (pen.)
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 15,748[17]
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

29 July 2012
14:30
v
Mexico  2–0  Gabon
Dos Santos Goal 63'90+2' (pen.) Report

29 July 2012
17:15
v
South Korea  2–1   Switzerland
Park Chu-young Goal 57'
Kim Bo-kyung Goal 64'
Report Emeghara Goal 60'

1 August 2012
17:00
v
Mexico  1–0   Switzerland
Peralta Goal 69' Report

1 August 2012
17:00
v
South Korea  0–0  Gabon
Report

Group C

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Match between Brazil and Belarus
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
 Egypt 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
 Belarus 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
 New Zealand 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1

26 July 2012
19:45
v
Belarus  1–0  New Zealand
Baha Goal 45+1' Report
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 14,457[22]
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

26 July 2012
19:45
v
Brazil  3–2  Egypt
Rafael Goal 16'
Damião Goal 26'
Neymar Goal 30'
Report Aboutrika Goal 52'
Salah Goal 76'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 26,812[23]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

29 July 2012
12:00
v
Egypt  1–1  New Zealand
Salah Goal 40' Report Wood Goal 17'

29 July 2012
15:00
v
Brazil  3–1  Belarus
Pato Goal 15'
Neymar Goal 65'
Oscar Goal 90+3'
Report Bressan Goal 8'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 66,212[25]
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

1 August 2012
14:30
v
Brazil  3–0  New Zealand
Danilo Goal 23'
Damião Goal 29'
Sandro Goal 52'
Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 25,201[26]
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

1 August 2012
14:30
v
Egypt  3–1  Belarus
Salah Goal 56'
Mohsen Goal 73'
Aboutrika Goal 79'
Report Varankow Goal 87'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 8,732[27]
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Group D

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Juan Mata taking a corner in the match between Spain and Japan
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
 Honduras 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Morocco 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Spain 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1

26 July 2012
12:00
v
Honduras  2–2  Morocco
Bengtson Goal 56'65' (pen.) Report Barrada Goal 39'
Labyad Goal 67'

26 July 2012
14:45
v
Spain  0–1  Japan
Report Ōtsu Goal 34'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 37,726[29]
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

29 July 2012
17:00
v
Japan  1–0  Morocco
Nagai Goal 84' Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 24,936[30]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

29 July 2012
19:45
v
Spain  0–1  Honduras
Report Bengtson Goal 7'
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 26,523[31]
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

1 August 2012
17:00
v
Japan  0–0  Honduras
Report
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Attendance: 25,862[32]
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

1 August 2012
17:00
v
Spain  0–0  Morocco
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 35,973[33]
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Knockout stage

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  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
                           
  A1   Great Britain 1 (4)  
B2   South Korea (p) 1 (5)  
  B2   South Korea 0  
  C1   Brazil 3  
C1   Brazil 3
  D2   Honduras 2  
    C1   Brazil 1
  B1   Mexico 2
  B1   Mexico (aet) 4  
A2   Senegal 2  
  B1   Mexico 3 Bronze medal match
  D1   Japan 1  
D1   Japan 3 B2   South Korea 2
  C2   Egypt 0   D1   Japan 0

Quarter-finals

4 August 2012
12:00
v
Japan  3–0  Egypt
Nagai Goal 14'
Yoshida Goal 78'
Ōtsu Goal 83'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 70,772[34]
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

4 August 2012
14:30
v
Mexico  4–2 (a.e.t.)  Senegal
Enríquez Goal 10'
Aquino Goal 62'
Dos Santos Goal 98'
Herrera Goal 109'
Report Konaté Goal 69'
Baldé Goal 76'

4 August 2012
17:00
v
Brazil  3–2  Honduras
Damião Goal 38'60'
Neymar Goal 50' (pen.)
Report Martínez Goal 12'
Espinoza Goal 48'
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 42,166[36]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Semi-finals

7 August 2012
17:00
v
Mexico  3–1  Japan
Fabián Goal 31'
Peralta Goal 65'
Cortés Goal 90+3'
Report Ōtsu Goal 12'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,372[38]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

7 August 2012
19:45
v
South Korea  0–3  Brazil
Report Rômulo Goal 38'
Damião Goal 57'64'

Bronze medal match

10 August 2012
19:45
v
South Korea  2–0  Japan
Park Chu-young Goal 38'
Koo Ja-cheol Goal 57'
Report

Gold medal match

11 August 2012
15:00
v
Brazil  1–2  Mexico
Hulk Goal 90+1' Report Peralta Goal 1'75'

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico (MEX) 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16
2  Brazil (BRA) 6 5 0 1 16 7 +9 15
3  South Korea (KOR) 6 2 3 1 5 5 0 9
4  Japan (JPN) 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10
5  Great Britain (GBR) 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
6  Senegal (SEN) 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
7 Honduras Honduras (HON) 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
8  Egypt (EGY) 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
9  Uruguay (URU) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
10  Belarus (BLR) 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
11  Morocco (MAR) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
12  Gabon (GAB) 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
13  Switzerland (SUI) 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
14  Spain (ESP) 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
15  United Arab Emirates (UAE) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
16  New Zealand (NZL) 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1

Statistics

Goalscorers

With six goals, Leandro Damião of Brazil is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 76 goals were scored by 49 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

Red cards

Controversies

Queues

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For the first matchday at St James' Park, there were long queues at the box office, leading to fans missing some of the game. A spokesman for Ticketmaster said: "We saw extremely high numbers of spectators arriving at St James' Park to purchase football tickets on the day of the event. While Ticketmaster is contracted to manage the box offices at Olympic venues, the staff numbers at those venues are determined by LOCOG. We will continue to work closely with LOCOG to ensure that the box office staff levels are sufficient to meet the demands for ticket sales and collection." LOCOG described the situation as "totally and completely 100% unacceptable", and after changes were made in the process, the issue was reportedly avoided for the second round of matches.[42][43]

During the matches held at the Wembley Stadium on 29 July, fans were subjected to long queues at the concession stands in the ground after Visa's card payment system crashed, leaving cash payment as the only alternative. The situation was compounded by the fact that, as Visa had been granted exclusive rights to the Olympics, other cards could not be accepted as payment, and the number of cash machines in the stadium had been reduced after 27 that worked on the LINK system had been removed to be replaced by eight that could only be used by Visa cards.[44]

There were several problems relating to transport for events held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. There was severe congestion at Cardiff Central railway station when Great Britain played South Korea;[45] and the bronze medal match also had rail disruption when a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks.[46][47][48]

Player sent home

Swiss footballer Michel Morganella was sent home by the Switzerland team following their 2–1 loss against South Korea after he sent a tweet that, according to the director of Swiss Olympic Committee Gian Gilli, "discriminated, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korean football team and people".[49]

Great Britain football teams

Following the criticism against Scottish female player Kim Little, for choosing not to sing the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" because of her national identity,[50] other Scottish and Welsh players, Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy and Ifeoma Dieke, also attracted comment in the media for remaining silent.[51] Giggs, the Great Britain men's captain, later said: "The problem is the British anthem is the same as the English anthem and if you're a Welshman or a Scotsman it's difficult."[52]

LOCOG also apologised after an error in the official match programme for the first game mistakenly described Welsh player Joe Allen as being English.[53]

Political statement made by Park Jong-Woo

After South Korea defeated Japan in the bronze medal match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 10 August, South Korean player Park Jong-Woo walked around the field holding a banner with a political message written in Korean, "독도는 우리 땅!" (dokdo neun uri ttang, lit.: "Dokdo is our territory").[54] This incident occurred on the same night after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had visited the islands which both South Korea and Japan claim as their territory.[55] The IOC and FIFA reviewed the evidence, since FIFA statutes prohibit political statements being made by athletes at Olympic events.[56] The IOC barred Park from the bronze medal ceremony and did not permit him to receive his medal.[57] In addition, it asked FIFA to discipline Park, and stated that it may decide on further sanctions at a later date.[58][59] IOC president Jacques Rogge told reporters: "We will take a possible decision of what will happen with the medal later."[60] FIFA failed to reach a conclusion on the case at a meeting at its Zürich headquarters held on 5 October, and the disciplinary committee discussed the case again on the following week,[61] then again failed to reach a verdict. After that, the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) announced that Park would receive his bronze medal. The case was heard again by the committee on 20 November,[62] and FIFA finally decided and announced on 3 December to suspend Park for two matches after he was considered to have breached the FIFA Disciplinary Code and the Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournaments. FIFA also imposed a warning on the Korea Football Association and reminded it of its obligation to properly instruct its players on all the pertinent rules and applicable regulations before the start of any competition, in order to avoid such incidents in the future. The Korea Football Association was warned that should incidents of such nature occur again in the future, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may impose harsher sanctions on the Korea Football Association.[63]

See also

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