OLYMPIC GAMES - BRAZIL AND USA FAVORITES
OLYMPICS SCHEDULE
The Olympic Games 2020 football tournaments will feature both men's and women's international teams and will take place between 21st July to 7th August 2021 across five venues in Kashima, Saitama, Sapporo, Sendai and Yokohama.
Typically, the Olympic football event is only for players that are born either on or after 1st January 1997, with the use of VAR being used for the first time at the games.
Brazil (picture up) will be defending their crown in the men's competition, while Germany (picture down) will be unable to keep hold of their gold medals after losing to Sweden during the quarter-finals of the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, meaning that they failed to qualify for the Tokyo tournament.
Groups
Men's
Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
Group B: New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania
Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
Group D: Brazil, Germany, Côte d'Ivoire, Saudi Arabia
Women's
Group E: Canada, Chile, Great Britain, Japan
Group F: Brazil, China, Netherlands, Zambia
Group G: Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, USA
Wednesday 21st July 2021
Women's
Great Britain vs Chile (7:30 am)
China vs Brazil (8 am)
Sweden vs USA (8:30 am)
Japan vs Canada (10:30 am)
Zambia vs Netherlands (11 am)
Australia vs New Zealand (11:30 am)
Thursday 22nd July 2021
Men's
Egypt vs Spain (7:30 am)
Mexico vs France (8 am)
New Zealand vs South Korea (8 am)
Côte d'Ivoire vs Saudi Arabia (8:30 am)
Argentina vs Australia (10:30 am)
Honduras vs Romania (11 am)
Japan vs South Africa (11 am)
Brazil vs Germany (11:30 am)
Saturday 24th July 2021
Women's
Chile vs Canada (7:30 am)
China vs Zambia (8 am)
Sweden vs Australia (8:30 am)
Japan vs Great Britain (10:30 am)
Netherlands vs Brazil (11 am)
New Zealand vs USA (11:30 am)
USA - Winner 2012 - Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe are always here !
Sunday 25th July 2021
Men's
Egypt vs Argentina (7:30 am)
France vs South Africa (8 am)
New Zealand vs Honduras (8 am)
Brazil vs Côte d'Ivoire (8:30 am)
Australia vs Spain (10:30 am)
Romania vs South Korea (11 am)
Japan vs Mexico (11 am)
Saudi Arabia vs Germany (11:30 am)
Tuesday 27th July 2021
Women's
USA vs Australia (8 am)
New Zealand vs Sweden (8 am)
Canada vs Great Britain (11 am)
Chile vs Japan (11 am)
Netherlands vs China (11:30 am)
Brazil vs Zambia (11:30 am)
Wednesday 28th July 2021
Men's
Saudi Arabia vs Brazil (8 am)
Germany vs Côte d'Ivoire (8 am)
Romania vs New Zealand (8:30 am)
South Korea vs Honduras (8:30 am)
Spain vs Argentina (11 am)
Australia vs Egypt (11 am)
France vs Japan (11:30 am)
South Africa vs Mexico (11:30 am)
MEN’S TOURNAMENT
Quarter-finals
Saturday July 31
Quarter-final 1: Winner of Group C vs Runner-up of Group D - Kick-off 5pm (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)
Quarter-final 2: Winner of Group A vs Runner-up of Group B - Kick-off 6pm (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)
Quarter-final 3: Winner Group D vs Runner-up of Group C - Kick-off 7pm (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)
Quarter-final 4: Winner of Group B vs Runner of Group A - Kick-off 8pm (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)
Semi-finals
Tuesday August 3
Semi-final 1: Winner of Quarter-final 3 vs Winner of Quarter-final 4 - Kick-off 5pm (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)
Semi-final 2: Winner of Quarter-final 2 vs Winner of Quarter-final 1 - Kick-off 8pm (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)
Bronze medal match
Friday August 6
Loser of semi-final 2 vs Loser of semi-final 1 - Kick-off 8pm (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)
Gold medal match
Saturday August 7
Winner of semi-final 2 vs Winner of semi-final 1 - Kick-off 8.30pm (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)
Women's tournament
Quarter-finals
Friday July 30
Quarter-final 1: Runner-up of Group E vs Runner-up of Group F - Kick-off 5pm (Miyagi Stadium, Rifu)
Quarter-final 2: Winner of Group E vs 3rd in Group F/G - Kick-off 6pm (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)
Quarter-final 3: Winner of Group G vs 3rd Group E/F - Kick-off 7pm (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)
Quarter-final 4: Winner of Group F vs Runner-up of Group G - Kick-off 8pm (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)
Semi-finals
Monday August 2
Semi-final 1: Winner of Quarter-final 4 vs Winner of Quarter-final 1 - Kick-off 5pm (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)
Semi-final 2: Winner of Quarter-final 2 vs Winner of Quarter-final 3 - Kick-off 8pm (International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama)
Bronze medal match
Thursday August 5
Loser of Semi-final 2 vs Loser of Semi-final 1 - Kick-off 5pm (Kashima Stadium, Kashima)
Gold medal match
Friday August 6
Winner of Semi-final 2 vs Winner of Semi-final 1 - Kick-off 11am (National Stadium, Tokyo)