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 Football pictogram for the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| Games | 2016 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host country | Brazil | ||||||||
| Dates | 3–20 August 2016 | ||||||||
| Venues | 7 (in 6 host cities) | ||||||||
| Competitors | 473 from 23 nations | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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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. All six cities hosted matches during the 2014 World Cup, with the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro the only Olympic venue not to have been a World Cup venue.[2][3]
Associations affiliated with FIFA might send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there were no age restrictions on women's teams.[4] The Games made use of about 400 footballs.[5]
- ^ "Circular no. 1383 – Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men's and Women's Tournaments" (PDF). FIFA.com. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2015.
- ^ "8,400 shuttlecocks, 250 golf carts, 54 boats... the mind-blowing numbers behind the Rio 2016 Games". Archived from the original on 7 July 2016.