Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United Kingdom |
| Dates |
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)
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| Runners-up |
 Brazil
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| Third place |
 South Korea
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| Fourth place |
 Japan
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 76 (2.38 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,525,134 (47,660 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Leandro Damião (6 goals) |
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.
The gold medal was won by Mexico who defeated Brazil 2–1 in the final.
Each National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team in the football tournament.
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.
On 19 April 2012, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.
The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012. Great Britain, Mexico, Brazil and Spain were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart.
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals (also see Tie breakers).
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
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