Football at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Singapore |
| Dates |
13 August – 25 August 2010 (12 days) |
| Teams | 6 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Bolivia (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Haiti
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| Third place |
 Singapore
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| Fourth place |
 Montenegro
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 44 (4 per match) |
| Attendance | 37,084 (3,371 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Rodrigo Mejido (6 goals) |
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Football at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 
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| boys | girls |
Football at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics took place at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore.
Zimbabwe represented Africa at the tournament. The U-15 team is made up of players from various schools in the country's ten provinces, with the squad spending six months training together in the build-up to the Singapore 2010. During the process they played five tune-up games against local youth sides, racking up 39 goals in the process at an average of nearly eight goals per game. The team went through five week-long camps over a three-month period, also playing friendlies against local club sides and school teams before arriving in Singapore. Their two most recent results were a 5-0 win over local club Dynamos FC and a 3-1 victory over Gunnas FC.
Singapore represented Asia at the tournament. As hosts, they had qualified automatically for the tournament. Guiding the Young Lions is Kadir Yahaya, a former Singapore international who took over in February. Under the 44-year-old, the youth side have spent several months in the build-up to the tournament in training camps at home and abroad, making them one of the competition’s best-prepared teams. A short trip to Melbourne in March was followed by another two-week camp in May in England, during which Yahaya’s outfits won two of their five games against some local age-group teams, with the highlight a 3-2 victory over a Tottenham Hotspur academy team.
Montenegro represented Europe at the tournament. UEFA decided that the four lowest-ranked associations at junior level would fight out for a place at the Youth Olympics. Montenegro overwhelmed San Marino 4-0 to book a meeting with Albania for the right to represent Europe in Singapore. At this match, the Montenegrin goalkeeper extinguished an attack by handling the ball outside his penalty area. He was consequently sent off. Albania had the majority of the possession, but Montenegro eked out a 2-1 victory.
Haiti represented North and Central America at the tournament. The nation’s Football Association was only informed of its inclusion in the global competition in June following the withdrawal of Cuba. As a result, Haiti’s preparations were likely less complete than some of their fellow participants.
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