Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Brazil
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| Dates | 4–20 August 2016 |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
Brazil (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Germany
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| Third place |
 Nigeria
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| Fourth place |
 Honduras
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 104 (3.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,008,426 (31,513 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Serge Gnabry Nils Petersen (6 goals each) |
The men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 4 to 20 August 2016. It was the 26th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium. Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.
In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.
Brazil captured their first gold medal after defeating Germany on penalties. Nigeria won the bronze medal by beating Honduras 3–2.
The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.
In addition to host nation Brazil, 15 men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.
On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.
The tournament was held in seven venues across six cities:
The men's tournament was an under-23 international tournament (born on or after 1 January 1993), with a maximum of three overage players allowed. Each team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. Each team might also have a list of four alternate players, who might replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.
The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. The 16 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the five previous Olympics (with more recent tournaments weighted higher), plus bonus points awarded to the six confederation qualifying champions (Japan, Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Fiji, Sweden). The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position A1. No groups can contain more than one team from the same confederation.
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