Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
men's association football tournament during the 1996 Olympic Summer Games
1996 Football at the Summer Olympics was held in the United States from July 20 to August 3.
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | July 20 – August 3 |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 90 (2.81 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (6 goals each) |
Results change
Group stage change
Group A change
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
Group B change
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
Group C change
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
Group D change
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0 |
Knockout stage change
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Third place | ||||||||||