Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United Kingdom |
| Dates | 25 July – 11 August |
| Teams | 16 (men) + 12 (women) (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Mexico (men) United States (women) |
| Runners-up |
 Brazil (men) Japan (women) |
| Third place |
 South Korea (men) Canada (women) |
| Fourth place |
Japan (men) France (women) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 58 |
| Goals scored | 146 (2.52 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,186,150 (37,692 per match) |
The association football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 11 August, and was the only sport to begin before the official opening day of the Olympic Games, two days before the opening ceremony. It was also the only sport to be held at multiple venues outside London (the host city of the Olympics), with Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Coventry and Cardiff all hosting matches. The finals were played at Wembley Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their senior women's and men's under-23 national teams to participate; men's teams were allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 23. Five-hundred and four football players competed for two sets of gold medals.
For these games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament and the women in a 12-team tournament. The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012.
There are six stadiums that hosted matches: The stadiums represent London itself and South East England, the English Midlands, North West England and North East England in England, as well as Scotland and Wales.
NOTE: Ricoh Arena was known as the City of Coventry Stadium due to the no-commercialization policy.
A men's football team representing Great Britain competed in the Olympics until 1972, albeit failing to qualify for the main tournament after 1960. Great Britain did not enter a football team in the Olympics for the rest of the 1970s, plus the entire 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
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