Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

2008 Football at the Summer Olympics was held in China from 7 to 23 August.

2008 Men's Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	7 – 23 August
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	75 (2.34 per match)
Attendance	1,404,254 (43,883 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Giuseppe Rossi (4 goals)

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Australia	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1
Serbia	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
China	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	1

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
South Korea	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4
Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
									Third place

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