Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Football
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Football; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
	Football pictogram for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games	2012 Summer Olympics
Host country	United Kingdom
Dates	25 July – 11 August 2012
Venues	6 (in 6 host cities)
Competitors	467 from 24 nations
Men's tournament
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
Gold	Mexico
Silver	Brazil
Bronze	South Korea
Women's tournament
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
Gold	United States
Silver	Japan
Bronze	Canada
Editions
	← 2008 2016 →

The association football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 11 August, and was the only sport to begin before the official opening day of the Olympic Games, two days before the opening ceremony. It was also the only sport to be held at multiple venues outside London (the host city of the Olympics), with Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Coventry and Cardiff all hosting matches. The finals were played at Wembley Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their senior women's and men's under-23 national teams to participate; men's teams were allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 23. Five hundred and four football players competed for two sets of gold medals.^[1]

For these games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament and the women in a 12-team tournament. The draw for the tournament took place on 24 April 2012.^[2]

^ "Olympic sports: Football". London2012.com. London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
^ "GB Olympic football teams to play in Manchester, London and Cardiff". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 November 2011.

[Official_site-1] "Olympic sports: Football". London2012.com. London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

[GB_venues-2] "GB Olympic football teams to play in Manchester, London and Cardiff". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 November 2011.

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