Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Knockout stage
The knockout stage of the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played from 13 to 20 August 2016. The top two teams from each group in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.[1]
All times are local, BRT (UTC−3).[2]
Qualified teams[edit]
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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| A |  Brazil
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 Denmark
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| B |  Nigeria
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 Colombia
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| C |  South Korea
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 Germany
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| D |  Portugal
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 Honduras
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Bracket[edit]
In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[1]
On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 13 August – São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 August – Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||
| Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
| 13 August – Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
| Honduras | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 August – Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||
| Honduras | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 13 August – Salvador | ||||||||||
| Germany | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 August – São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 0 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 August – Brasília | ||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 August – Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| Honduras | 2 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals[edit]
Portugal vs Germany[edit]
| Portugal | 0–4 | Germany |
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          Portugal[4]
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   Germany[4]
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Nigeria vs Denmark[edit]
    Nigeria[5]
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    Denmark[5]
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South Korea vs Honduras[edit]
     South Korea[6]
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   Honduras[6]
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Brazil vs Colombia[edit]
     Brazil[7]
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    Colombia[7]
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Semi-finals[edit]
Brazil vs Honduras[edit]
| Brazil | 6–0 | Honduras |
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  Brazil[8]
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   Honduras[8]
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Nigeria vs Germany[edit]
   Nigeria[9]
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    Germany[9]
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Bronze medal match[edit]
Honduras[10]
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Nigeria[10]
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Gold medal match[edit]
The final pitted host Brazil against defending world champions Germany, with both teams seeking their first Olympic title despite having won a combined nine World Cups. Both opposing coaches — Rogerio Micale for Brazil and Horst Hrubesch for Germany — downplayed the fact that the gold medal match was a rematch of the 2014 World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte, known in Brazil as the Mineirazo after Germany had won 7–1.[11]
Brazil took the lead through a first-half free kick from Neymar, the senior team captain and one of the Brazilian players who had lost the gold medal match in the London 2012 Olympic tournament against Mexico at Wembley. Opposing German captain Max Meyer then equalised in the second half for Germany with a half-volley off a cross. Neither team was able to score again after 120 minutes, meaning the final went to penalties for the first time since 2000 when Cameroon had beaten Spain in a shootout in Sydney. Both teams scored on their first four penalties, with the breakthrough coming when Weverton saved the German fifth penalty from substitute Nils Petersen.[12] 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 1992 tournament.[13]
| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Germany |
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| 5–4 | ||
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 Germany
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2015.
- ^ "Match Schedule Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2016.
- ^ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". FIFA. 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: POR vs GER" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: NGA vs DEN" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: KOR vs HON" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: BRA vs COL" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: BRA vs HON" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: NGA vs GER" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: HON vs NGA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Brazil's footballers exorcise demons to lift nation by Alistair Magowan BBC Sport
- ^ "Neymar the shootout hero blasts Brazil to Olympic football gold against Germany". Guardian. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Brazil beat Germany on penalties to win men's football gold". BBC Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Match Report: BRA vs GER" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
External links[edit]
- Football – Men, Rio2016.com
- Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com