Football at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

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Football at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

 

 

 

Competition Details
City	Rio de Janeiro
Dates	August 3rd - August 20th, 2016
Venue	Amazônia Arena (Manaus) Corinthians Arena (São Paulo) Fonte Nova Arena (Salvador) Mané Garrincha Stadium (Brasília) Maracanã Mineirão Stadium (Belo Horizonte) Olympic Stadium
Website	Official Website

 

 

Men's Tournament		Women's Tournament
Group A	Group B	Group E	Group F
Brazil	Colombia	Brazil	Australia
Denmark	Japan	China	Canada
Iraq	Nigeria	South Africa	Germany
South Africa	Sweden	Sweden	Zimbabwe
Group C	Group D	Group G	-
Fiji	Algeria	Colombia	-
Germany	Argentina	France	-
Mexico	Honduras	New Zealand	-
South Korea	Portugal	United States	-

 

 

Official Schedule
Day -2	Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016	Day -2
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	Sweden vs South Africa	Women's Preliminary Round, Group E
15:00 - 17:00	Canada vs Australia	Women's Preliminary Round, Group F
16:00 - 18:00	Brazil vs China	Women's Preliminary Round, Group E
18:00 - 20:00	Zimbabwe vs Germany	Women's Preliminary Round, Group F
19:00 - 21:00	United States vs New Zealand	Women's Preliminary Round, Group G
22:00 - 00:00	France vs Colombia	Women's Preliminary Round, Group G
Day -1	Thursday, August 4th, 2016	Day -1
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	Iraq vs Denmark	Men's Preliminary Round, Group A
15:00 - 17:00	Honduras vs Algeria	Men's Preliminary Round, Group D
16:00 - 18:00	Brazil vs South Africa	Men's Preliminary Round, Group A
17:00 - 19:00	Mexico vs Germany	Men's Preliminary Round, Group C
18:00 - 20:00	Portugal vs Argentina	Men's Preliminary Round, Group D
19:00 - 21:00	Sweden vs Colombia	Men's Preliminary Round, Group B
20:00 - 22:00	Fiji vs South Korea	Men's Preliminary Round, Group C
22:00 - 00:00	Nigeria vs Japan	Men's Preliminary Round, Group B
Day 1	Saturday, August 6th, 2016	Day 1
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
15:00 - 17:00	Canada vs Zimbabwe	Women's Preliminary Round, Group F
17:00 - 19:00	United States vs France	Women's Preliminary Round, Group G
18:00 - 20:00	Germany vs Australia	Women's Preliminary Round, Group F
19:00 - 21:00	South Africa vs China	Women's Preliminary Round, Group E
20:00 - 22:00	Colombia vs New Zealand	Women's Preliminary Round, Group G
22:00 - 00:00	Brazil vs Sweden	Women's Preliminary Round, Group E
Day 2	Sunday, August 7th, 2016	Day 2
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	Fiji vs Mexico	Men's Preliminary Round, Group C
15:00 - 17:00	Honduras vs Portugal	Men's Preliminary Round, Group D
16:00 - 18:00	Germany vs South Korea	Men's Preliminary Round, Group C
18:00 - 20:00	Argentina vs Algeria	Men's Preliminary Round, Group D
19:00 - 21:00	Denmark vs South Africa	Men's Preliminary Round, Group A
19:00 - 21:00	Sweden vs Nigeria	Men's Preliminary Round, Group B
22:00 - 00:00	Brazil vs Iraq	Men's Preliminary Round, Group A
22:00 - 00:00	Japan vs Colombia	Men's Preliminary Round, Group B
Day 4	Tuesday, August 9th, 2016	Day 4
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
16:00 - 18:00	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Women's Preliminary Round, Group F
16:00 - 18:00	Germany vs Canada	Women's Preliminary Round, Group F
18:00 - 20:00	Colombia vs United States	Women's Preliminary Round, Group G
19:00 - 21:00	New Zealand vs France	Women's Preliminary Round, Group G
21:00 - 23:00	South Africa vs Brazil	Women's Preliminary Round, Group E
22:00 - 00:00	China vs Sweden	Women's Preliminary Round, Group E
Day 5	Wednesday, August 10th, 2016	Day 5
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	Argentina vs Honduras	Men's Preliminary Round, Group D
13:00 - 15:00	Algeria vs Portugal	Men's Preliminary Round, Group D
16:00 - 18:00	Germany vs Fiji	Men's Preliminary Round, Group C
16:00 - 18:00	South Korea vs Mexico	Men's Preliminary Round, Group C
19:00 - 21:00	Japan vs Sweden	Men's Preliminary Round, Group B
19:00 - 21:00	Colombia vs Nigeria	Men's Preliminary Round, Group B
22:00 - 00:00	Denmark vs Brazil	Men's Preliminary Round, Group A
22:00 - 00:00	South Africa vs Iraq	Men's Preliminary Round, Group A
Day 7	Friday, August 12th, 2016	Day 7
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	TBD vs TBD	Women's Quarterfinal 1
16:00 - 18:00	TBD vs TBD	Women's Quarterfinal 2
19:00 - 21:00	TBD vs TBD	Women's Quarterfinal 3
22:00 - 00:00	TBD vs TBD	Women's Quarterfinal 4
Day 8	Saturday, August 13th, 2016	Day 8
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	TBD vs TBD	Men's Quarterfinal 1
16:00 - 18:00	TBD vs TBD	Men's Quarterfinal 2
19:00 - 21:00	TBD vs TBD	Men's Quarterfinal 3
22:00 - 00:00	TBD vs TBD	Men's Quarterfinal 4
Day 11	Tuesday, August 16th, 2016	Day 11
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	TBD vs TBD	Women's Semifinal 1
16:00 - 18:00	TBD vs TBD	Women's Semifinal 2
Day 12	Wednesday, August 17th, 2016	Day 12
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	TBD vs TBD	Men's Semifinal 1
16:00 - 18:00	TBD vs TBD	Men's Semifinal 2
Day 14	Friday, August 19th, 2016	Day 14
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	TBD vs TBD	Women's Bronze Medal Match
17:30 - 19:30	TBD vs TBD	Women's Gold Medal Match
Day 15	Saturday, August 20th, 2016	Day 15
Time (GMT -3)	Event	Stage
13:00 - 15:00	TBD vs TBD	Men's Bronze Medal Match
17:30 - 19:30	TBD vs TBD	Men's Gold Medal Match

 

[LDOG 2,418]

Brazil Men's Team

 

Goalkeepers: Uilson (Atlético Mineiro/BRA), Fernando Prass* (Palmeiras/BRA)

 

Defenders: Rodrigo Caio (Sao Paulo/BRA), Luan (Vasco da Gama/BRA), Marquinhos (PSG/FRA), Douglas Santos (Atlético Mineiro/BRA), William (Internacional/BRA), Zeca (Santos/BRA)

 

Midfielders: Rafinha (Barcelona/ESP), Rodrigo Dourado (Internacional/BRA), Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Thiago Maia (Santos/BRA), Felipe Anderson (Lazio/ITA)

 

Forwards: Neymar* (Barcelona/ESP), Douglas Costa* (Bayern Múnich/GER), Gabriel Jesús (Palmeiras/BRA), Gabriel (Santos/BRA), Luan (Gremio/BRA)

 

*Overage players

[heywoodu 15,172]

1 hour ago, LDOG said:

Brazil Men's Team

 

Goalkeepers: Uilson (Atlético Mineiro/BRA), Fernando Prass* (Palmeiras/BRA)

 

Defenders: Rodrigo Caio (Sao Paulo/BRA), Luan (Vasco da Gama/BRA), Marquinhos (PSG/FRA), Douglas Santos (Atlético Mineiro/BRA), William (Internacional/BRA), Zeca (Santos/BRA)

 

Midfielders: Rafinha (Barcelona/ESP), Rodrigo Dourado (Internacional/BRA), Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Thiago Maia (Santos/BRA), Felipe Anderson (Lazio/ITA)

 

Forwards: Neymar* (Barcelona/ESP), Douglas Costa* (Bayern Múnich/GER), Gabriel Jesús (Palmeiras/BRA), Gabriel (Santos/BRA), Luan (Gremio/BRA)

 

*Overage players

"Hello gold medal", as I read someone saying on a Dutch forum after posting the Brazilian selection  

[LDOG 2,418]

Yes, I think this is too much for the other teams.

 

For example, Argentina coach is having big problems to assemble the team since european clubs are denying release of some of the best U23 players. I think the european teams will have similar problems.

[bestmen 2,823]

Germany is waiting them in semi

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 1 Stunde schrieb LDOG:

Brazil Men's Team

 

Goalkeepers: Uilson (Atlético Mineiro/BRA), Fernando Prass* (Palmeiras/BRA)

 

Defenders: Rodrigo Caio (Sao Paulo/BRA), Luan (Vasco da Gama/BRA), Marquinhos (PSG/FRA), Douglas Santos (Atlético Mineiro/BRA), William (Internacional/BRA), Zeca (Santos/BRA)

 

Midfielders: Rafinha (Barcelona/ESP), Rodrigo Dourado (Internacional/BRA), Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Thiago Maia (Santos/BRA), Felipe Anderson (Lazio/ITA)

 

Forwards: Neymar* (Barcelona/ESP), Douglas Costa* (Bayern Múnich/GER), Gabriel Jesús (Palmeiras/BRA), Gabriel (Santos/BRA), Luan (Gremio/BRA)

 

*Overage players

Really? Except for Marquinhos, Neymar, Douglas Costa and maybe Gabriel Jesus this team is pretty average. Fred, Anderson and Rafinha are also decent players, but nothing really special. Their defenders/midfielders/goalkeepers are pretty underwhelming in my opinion. I think Neymar will have to win the gold medal on his own. Costa was really bad for Bayern in the last couple of months and Jesus didnt show anything at top level so far. I think this team is clearly worse than the one they had in 2012. Portugal/Germany/Argentina could have a much better team on paper, but they probably wont compete with their best team. Lets wait for the other teams first before we hand the gold to Brazil. Germany will miss Sane, Kimmich, Weigl, Tah, Rüdiger and we probably wont nominate players like Gündogan or Reus, so we probably wont fight for the gold, but Argentina and Portugal could send really great teams to Rio.

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 4 Minuten schrieb bestmen:

Germany is waiting them in semi

We first have to make it out of the group, which will be difficult enough. South Korea and Mexico both could very well beat us. I think with our best possible team we wouldve been the favorite for gold, but without players like Sane, Kimmich, Weigl, Rüdiger or Tah i dont see any chance that we will play for gold.

[LDOG 2,418]

hace 3 minutos, OlympicsFan said:

Really? Except for Marquinhos, Neymar, Douglas Costa and maybe Gabriel Jesus this team is pretty average. Fred, Anderson and Rafinha are also decent players, but nothing really special. Their defenders/midfielders/goalkeepers are pretty underwhelming in my opinion. I think Neymar will have to win the gold medal on his own. Costa was really bad for Bayern in the last couple of months and Jesus didnt show anything at top level so far. I think this team is clearly worse than the one they had in 2012. Portugal/Germany/Argentina could have a much better team on paper, but they probably wont compete with their best team. Lets wait for the other teams first before we hand the gold to Brazil. Germany will miss Sane, Kimmich, Weigl, Tah, Rüdiger and we probably wont nominate players like Gündogan or Reus, so we probably wont fight for the gold, but Argentina and Portugal could send really great teams to Rio.

 

Two things:

-I think you're understimating brazilian league players. Believe me, I watched most of them in Libertadores and other competitions and this is a really good selection.

-We have already been denied half of our theoric starting XI and I think I read Porto/Benfica will deny many players too so I think Portugal won't be able to select the best either.

[OlympicsFan 858]

We will see. I think that brazilian clubs wouldnt stand a chance against top european clubs and tactically the brazilian league is much worse than the top european leagues, all half decent brazilian players are transferred to european clubs at a young age. Neymar is their only world class player and we will see if he is able to stand the pressure this time. Germany doesnt really seem to care about this competition, so i would like to see Portugal (if Renato Sanches will be nominated) or Brazil (they deserve it after the nightmare they had in 2014 and because they are the hosts) to take away the gold medal.

[LDOG 2,418]

President of the argentine NOC: "there is a 50% chance we will have to withdraw from the olympic football tournament due to lack of players"

 

 

Also Martino may present his resignation due to this situation. Even the argentine clubs are denying players to the NT!