Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the men's Olympic football tournament. In addition to host nation Japan, 15 men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations.[1]

Table

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Means of qualification Ref. Dates1 Venue(s)1 Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation [2] 1   Japan
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship [3] 16–30 June 2019   Italy
  San Marino
4   Spain
  Germany
  France
  Romania
2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament [4] 21 September – 5 October 2019   Fiji 1   New Zealand
2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations [5] 8–22 November 2019   Egypt 3   Egypt
  Ivory Coast
  South Africa
2020 AFC U-23 Championship [6] 8–26 January 2020   Thailand 3   South Korea
  Saudi Arabia
  Australia
2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament [7] 18 January – 9 February 2020   Colombia 2   Argentina
  Brazil
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship [8] 18–30 March 2021   Mexico 2   Mexico
  Honduras
Total   16
  • ^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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Qualified teams

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Team Method of qualification Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
  Italy Hosts 9 December 2016 20th 2017 (semi-finals) Champions (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004)
  Spain Group 2 winners 6 September 2018 14th 2017 (runners-up) Champions (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013)
  France Group 9 winners 7 September 2018 9th 2006 (semi-finals) Champions (1988)
  England[GBR] Group 4 winners 11 October 2018 15th 2017 (semi-finals) Champions (1982, 1984)
  Serbia Group 7 winners 12 October 2018 11th[SRB] 2017 (group stage) Champions (1978) (as Yugoslavia)[SRB]
  Germany Group 5 winners 12 October 2018 12th 2017 (champions) Champions (2009, 2017)
  Croatia Group 1 winners 15 October 2018 3rd 2004 (group stage) Group stage (2000, 2004)
  Denmark Group 3 winners 16 October 2018 8th 2017 (group stage) Semi-finals (1992, 2015)
  Belgium Group 6 winners 16 October 2018 3rd 2007 (semi-finals) Semi-finals (2007)
  Romania Group 8 winners 16 October 2018 2nd 1998 (quarter-finals) Quarter-finals (1998)
  Poland Play-off winners 20 November 2018 7th 2017 (group stage) Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994)
  Austria Play-off winners 20 November 2018 1st Debut
Notes
  1. ^
    The constituent countries of the UK are represented individually at FIFA (and, thus, UEFA) tournaments, but together at the Olympics. While in the women's competition, the football associations of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland allowed their players to compete as Great Britain in the Olympics, they did not in the men's, with the concern that it would threaten their independence in other competitions. While England's position would qualify a Great Britain team, the football associations refused to be represented. Great Britain did not send either a women's or men's football team to the 2016 Olympics, due to the same issue, though contested the event with both teams at home in 2012.[9]
  2. ^ a b
    Appearances include 4 as Yugoslavia and 2 as Serbia and Montenegro. Their previous best performance as Serbia was runners-up (2007).

2019 OFC Men's Olympic qualifying tournament

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2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

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Qualified teams

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Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Egypt (hosts) 3rd Third place (2011)
  Cameroon 1st Debut
  Ghana 1st Debut
  Ivory Coast 2nd Group stage (2011)
  Mali 2nd Group stage (2015)
  Nigeria 3rd Champions (2015)
  South Africa 3rd Third place (2015)
  Zambia 2nd Group stage (2015)

2020 AFC U-23 Championship

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Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
  Thailand Hosts 3rd Group stage (2016, 2018)
  Qatar Group A winners 3rd Third place (2018)
  Bahrain Group B winners 1st Debut
  Iraq Group C winners 4th Champions (2013)
  United Arab Emirates Group D winners 3rd Quarter-finals (2013, 2016)
  Jordan Group E winners 4th Third place (2013)
  Uzbekistan Group F winners 4th Champions (2018)
  North Korea Group G winners 4th Quarter-finals (2016)
  South Korea Group H winners 4th Runners-up (2016)
  Japan Group I winners 4th Champions (2016)
  China Group J winners 4th Group stage (2013, 2016, 2018)
  Vietnam Group K winners 3rd Runners-up (2018)
  Australia Group H runners-up[note 1] 4th Quarter-finals (2013)
  Iran Group C runners-up[note 1] 3rd Quarter-finals (2016)
  Syria Group E runners-up[note 1] 4th Quarter-finals (2013)
  Saudi Arabia Group D runners-up[note 1] 4th Runners-up (2013)

Notes:

  1. ^ a b c d The four best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

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2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

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Qualified teams

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Team Qualification zone Appearance Previous best performance Previous men's Olympic appearances
  Canada North America (automatic) 9th Runner-up (1984, 1996) 3
  Mexico (hosts & title holders) North America (automatic) 12th Winner (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015) 11
  United States North America (automatic) 11th Winner (1988, 1992) 14
  Costa Rica Central America 7th Winner (1980, 1984) 3
  El Salvador Central America 12th Third Place (2012) 1
  Honduras Central America 10th Winner (2000, 2008) 4
  Dominican Republic Caribbean 1st Debutant 0
  Haiti Caribbean 3rd Group stage (2008, 2015) 0

References

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  1. ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
  2. ^ FIFA.com. "Olympic Football Tournaments 2020 - Men - News - The road to Tokyo". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  3. ^ "Under-21 EURO 2019: all you need to know". uefa.com. 16 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Olympic Qualifier Draw complete". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "CAF confirms 2019 Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt will be played in November". Ghana Soccernet. 29 September 2018.
  6. ^ "FA Thailand proposed as 2020 AFC U-23 Championship host". AFC. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020". conmebol.com. 14 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Concacaf confirms Guadalajara to host Men's Olympic Qualifiers in March 2021". CONCACAF. 14 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Why there is a Team GB women's football team at Tokyo 2020 but not a men's one". iNews. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-07-22.