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Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Fixtures, venues, Team GB schedule and kick-off times for men's and women's tournament

Brazil clinched the gold medal in the men's event at Rio 2016 while Team GB will be going for gold in the women's event but defending champions Germany failed to qualify for the tournament

Richarlison celebrates after his opening goal for Brazil in their match against Germany at the Tokyo Olympics
Image: Richarlison celebrates after his opening goal for Brazil in their match against Germany at the Tokyo Olympics

Dates, kick-off times and host cities - here's the full schedule for the men's and women's football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Men's tournament

Neymar won't be part of Brazilian football team at the Games
Image: Neymar won't be part of Brazilian football team at the Games

The Men's Olympic football tournament at Tokyo 2020 began on July 22 and runs until August 7.

Along with hosts Japan, 15 other national teams from six different continental confederations qualified for the 27th edition of the men's tournament at the Summer Games.

The 16 nations were separated into four groups of four, including top seeds that comprised hosts Japan, South Korea, Argentina and Brazil. The top two from each group advanced to the knockout stages.

Who is eligible to play?

According to the Olympics rules, the men’s football competition is restricted to under-23 players with the exception of three over-age players in every squad. Those born on or after January 1, 1997 have been rostered in the respective teams for the Tokyo Olympics.

The venues

The International Stadium in Yokohama will host the finals
Image: The International Stadium in Yokohama will host the finals

The tournament is being held in six venues across six cities with the final taking place at the International Stadium Yokohama:

  • Kashima Stadium, Kashima
  • Miyagi Stadium, Rifu
  • Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
  • Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
  • Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
  • International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Knock-out stage - The route to gold

Germany won the silver medal at Rio 2016
Image: Germany won the silver medal at Rio 2016

Quarter-finals

Saturday July 31

Quarter-final 1: Spain 5-2 Ivory Coast (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

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Quarter-final 2: Japan 0-0 New Zealand (Japan win 4-2 on penalties) (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Quarter-final 3: Brazil 1-0 Egypt (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Quarter-final 4: South Korea 3-6 Mexico (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Semi-finals

Tuesday August 3

Semi-final 1: Brazil 0-0 Mexico (Brazil win 4-1 on penalties) (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Semi-final 2: Japan 0-1 Spain (AET) (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Bronze medal match

Friday August 6

Japan 3-1 Mexico (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Gold medal match

Saturday August 7

Spain 1-2 Brazil - (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Group stage - all the results

Thursday July 22

Group A: Mexico 4-1 France (Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo)

Group A: Japan 1-0 South Africa (Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo)

Group B: New Zealand 1-0 South Korea (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Group B: Honduras 0-1 Romania (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Group C: Egypt 0-0 Spain (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group C: Argentina 0-2 Australia (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group D: Ivory Coast 2-1 Saudi Arabia - (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Group D: Brazil 4-2 Germany - (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Sunday July 25

Group A: France 4-3 South Africa (Saitama Stadium, Saitama)

Group A: Japan 2-1 Mexico - (Saitama Stadium, Saitama)

Group B: New Zealand 2-3 Honduras (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Group B: Romania 0-4 South Korea - (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Group C: Egypt 0-1 Argentina (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group C: Australia 0-1 Spain (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group D: Brazil 0-0 Ivory Coast - (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Group D: Saudi Arabia 2-3 Germany - (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Wednesday July 28

Group A: France 0-4 Japan - (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Group A: South Africa 0-3 Mexico - (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group B: Romania 0-0 New Zealand - (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group B: South Korea 6-0 Honduras - (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Group C: Australia 0-2 Egypt - (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Group C: Spain 1-1 Argentina - (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Group D: Saudi Arabia 1-3 Brazil - (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Group D: Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast - (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Women's tournament

Germany failed to qualify for the women's tournament
Image: Germany failed to qualify for the women's tournament

The Women's Olympic football tournament at Tokyo 2020 began on July 21 and runs until August 6. Unlike the men's competition, there are no player age restrictions for teams participating.

Defending champions Germany failed to qualify after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The Netherlands, Sweden, USA and England (represented as Team GB at the Games) booked their place by reaching the semi-finals.

The competing countries were divided into three groups of four teams, denoted as Groups E, F and G to avoid confusion with the groups of the men's tournament.

Hosts Japan were automatically seeded into Pot One, with the remaining teams seeded into their respective pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings. No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

The venues

The National Stadium in Tokyo will host the women's final
Image: The National Stadium in Tokyo will host the women's final

The tournament will be held across the same six venues used for the men's tournament with the final taking place at the National Stadium in Tokyo:

  • Kashima Stadium, Kashima
  • Miyagi Stadium, Rifu
  • Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
  • Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
  • National Stadium, Tokyo
  • Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
  • International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Knock-out stage - The route to gold

Great Britain's medal hopes were crushed by Australia
Image: Great Britain's medal hopes were crushed by Australia

Quarter-finals

Friday July 30

Quarter-final 1: Canada 0-0 Brazil (Canada win 4-3 on penalties) (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Quarter-final 2: Great Britain 3-4 Australia (AET) (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Quarter-final 3: Sweden 3-1 Japan (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Quarter-final 4: Netherlands 2-2 USA (USA win 4-2 on penalties) (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Semi-finals

Monday August 2

Semi-final 1: USA 0-1 Canada (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Semi-final 2: Australia 0-1 Sweden (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Bronze medal match

Thursday August 5

Australia 3-4 USA (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Gold medal match

Friday August 6

Sweden 1-1 Canada (Canada win 3-2 on penalties) (National Stadium, Tokyo)

Group stage - all the results

AP - Hege Riise
Image: England Women interim coach Hege Riise will be in charge for Team GB in Japan

Wednesday July 21

Group E: Great Britain 2-0 Chile (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group E: Japan 1-1 Canada (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group F: China 0-5 Brazil (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Group F: Zambia 3-10 Netherlands (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Group G: Sweden 3-0 USA (Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo)

Group G: Australia 2-1 New Zealand - (Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo)

Saturday July 24

Group E: Chile 1-2 Canada (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group E: Japan 0-1 Great Britain (Sapporo Dome, Sapporo)

Group F: China 4-4 Zambia (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Group F: Netherlands 3-3 Brazil (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Group G: Sweden 4-2 Australia (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Group G: New Zealand 1-6 USA (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Tuesday July 27

Group E: Chile 0-1 Japan (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Group E: Canada 1-1 Great Britain (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

Group F: Netherlands 8-2 China (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)

Group F: Brazil 1-0 Zambia (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)

Group G: New Zealand 0-2 Sweden (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)

Group G: USA 0-0 Australia (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)

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