Men's Football Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[Laraja 1,494]

The official draw for this competition took place on January, 9th.

 

 

Group A

 

 

Group B

 

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Australia Qualified !

[George_D 1,205]

Argentina ??! I hope also brazil ?? will qualify

[hckošice 14,829]

Updated as of February 9th, 2020

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The tournament could possible be cancelled, according to this article (in Spanish)

 

CONCACAF, Mexico's football federation and the local government are still monitoring the situation.

[Quaker2001 251]

Olympic men's football age limit raised to 24 after Tokyo Games postponement

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 hour ago, Quaker2001 said:

Olympic men's football age limit raised to 24 after Tokyo Games postponement

 

That seems a little unnecessary. I thought there was not specifically a maximum age, but a 'minimum day of birth'. Meaning that people eligible this year would be eligible even if they postponed it to 2022.

[JoshMartini007 2,537]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

 

That seems a little unnecessary. I thought there was not specifically a maximum age, but a 'minimum day of birth'. Meaning that people eligible this year would be eligible even if they postponed it to 2022.

 

I think it was more to clarify that people born in 1997 would still be eligible to compete.

[Quaker2001 251]

3 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

I think it was more to clarify that people born in 1997 would still be eligible to compete.

 

This.  Too many nations have already qualified, so probably not fair to them if some of those players would no longer be eligible because of the postponement.

[heywoodu 15,141]

10 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

I think it was more to clarify that people born in 1997 would still be eligible to compete.

 

Yes, that's what I meant. That was already clear for people reading the rules I believe (since "You have to be born after *insertdate*" is clear enough), but it is indeed better to make it clear for the general public as well.

Edited April 5, 2020 by heywoodu