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1996 Men's Olympic Football Tournament; Tournament details; Host country: United States: Dates: July 20 – August 3: Teams: 16 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities) Final positions; Champions Nigeria (1st title) Runners-up Argentina: Third place Brazil: Fourth place Portugal: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 32: Goals ...
The 1996 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and finished on August 3. The women's competition was contested for the first time in Olympic history at these Games.
The opening ceremony featured Céline Dion singing "The Power of the Dream", the theme song of the 1996 Olympics. The closing ceremony featured Gloria Estefan singing "Reach", the official theme song of the 1996 Olympics. The mascot for the Olympiad was an abstract, animated character named Izzy. In contrast to the standing tradition of mascots ...
Twenty-five years later, it’s clear Nigeria's 1996 Olympic soccer team had an impact that stretched far beyond the nation’s borders
The 1996 Summer Olympics—based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States—marked the first time that women participated in the Olympic association football tournament. [1] [2] The tournament featured eight women's national teams from four continental confederations.
April 28, 1996 8–2 Friendly 135 Canada: May 12, 1996 6–0 USA Cup 136 Japan: May 16, 1996 4–0 USA Cup 137 China: May 18, 1996 1–0 USA Cup 138 Australia: July 4, 1996 2–1 Friendly 139 Australia: July 6, 1996 2–1 Friendly 140 Denmark: July 21, 1996 3–0 Olympics: 141 Sweden: July 23, 1996 2–1 Olympics: 142 China: July 25, 1996 0–0
Uruguay, who won the two tournaments prior to the World Cup's creation, only qualified again in 2012, after an 84-year absence. [36] Argentina won silver twice (1928 and 1996) before the 2004 tournament, but its appearance in Athens 2004, in which it won the first gold medal, was only their seventh overall.
A total of twenty-nine sports venues were used for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Several sports venues for the 1996 Olympics were built before the 1960s as college venues. The first professional teams in Atlanta came in 1966, when Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves moved from Milwaukee and the NFL added the Atlanta Falcons as an expansion team.