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The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil. [1]In addition to the Olympic host city of Rio de Janeiro, matches were played in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus.
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 Maracanã Stadium. [2]
If you don’t pay for TV, you still have a couple of options for catching the Summer Games for free this year.
The following is the Germany final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [23] Leon Goretzka, the team captain, was injured in the first match of the tournament, [24] though no alternate was initially used. [25] However, he was later replaced by goalkeeper Eric Oelschlägel for only the gold medal match. [26] [27]
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Neymar then converted Brazil's fifth penalty to seal Olympic gold for Brazil in football for the first time. Brazil's victory also meant that the team had won every major global tournament at least once (World Cup, Confederations Cup and Olympics) and was also the first host nation victory in an Olympic tournament since Spain won the Barcelona ...
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), [C] officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.
Here's the full men's soccer bracket, plus how to watch the gold medal match. OLYMPIC MEN'S SOCCER: France, Spain to meet in Olympics men's soccer final after thrilling semifinal comebacks Paris ...