Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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The 1996 Men's Olympic Football Tournament, played as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics, was hosted in Birmingham, Alabama, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Florida, Miami, Florida and Athens, Georgia.[1][2][3][4] From 1992 onwards, male competitors should be under 23 years old and starting from this tournament, a maximum of three over-23 players are allowed per squad. The tournament featured 16 national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sanford Stadium on August 3, 1996.[5]
The draw for the tournament took place on 5 May 1996. United States, Spain, Ghana and Brazil were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams, excluding Europe, were drawn from four pots away from teams from the same region.
Pot 1: Host, Top-Seeded teams from Africa, Europe and South America
Pot 2: Asia, Non-top seeded team from South America
Pot 3: Non-top seeded teams from Europe
Pot 4: Non-top seeded teams from Africa and North America, Inter-continental playoff winner
With six goals, Hernán Crespo of Argentina and Bebeto of Brazil are the top scorers of the tournament. In total, 90 goals were scored by 55 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.
Hernán Crespo (left) and Bebeto, top scorers with 6 goals each
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The 1996 Men s Olympic Football Tournament played as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics was hosted in Birmingham Alabama Washington D C Orlando Florida Miami Florida and Athens Georgia 1 2 3 4 From 1992 onwards male competitors should be under 23 years old and starting from this tournament a maximum of three over 23 players are allowed per squad The tournament featured 16 national teams from the six continental confederations The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round robin tournament At the end of the group stage the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage beginning with the quarter finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sanford Stadium on August 3 1996 5 1996 Men s Olympic Football TournamentTournament detailsHost countryUnited StatesDatesJuly 20 August 3Teams16 from 6 confederations Venue s 5 in 5 host cities Final positionsChampions Nigeria 1st title Runners up ArgentinaThird place BrazilFourth place PortugalTournament statisticsMatches played32Goals scored90 2 81 per match Top scorer s Bebeto Hernan Crespo 6 goals each 19922000 Contents 1 Competition schedule 2 Venues 3 Qualification 4 Match officials 5 Seeding 6 Squads 7 Group stage 7 1 Group A 7 2 Group B 7 3 Group C 7 4 Group D 8 Knockout stage 8 1 Quarter finals 8 2 Semi finals 8 3 Bronze medal match 8 4 Gold medal match 9 Final ranking 10 Goalscorers 11 References 12 External linksCompetition schedule editThe match schedule of the tournament 6 Legend G Group stage Quarterfinals Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match20 Sat 21 Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Lun 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 SatG G G G G G B FVenues editOrlando Birmingham MiamiCitrus Bowl Legion Field Orange BowlCapacity 65 000 Capacity 81 700 Capacity 74 476 nbsp nbsp nbsp Athens Washington D C Sanford Stadium Robert F Kennedy StadiumCapacity 86 100 Capacity 56 500 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Citrus Bowl nbsp Legion Field nbsp Orange Bowl nbsp Robert F Kennedy Stadium nbsp Sanford StadiumQualification editThe following 16 teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic men s football tournament Means of qualification Berths QualifiedHost nation 1 nbsp United States1996 CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 1 nbsp Mexico winner 1996 AFC Preliminary Competition 3 nbsp South Korea winner nbsp Japan runner up nbsp Saudi Arabia third place 1996 CAF Preliminary Competition 3 nbsp Ghana nbsp Tunisia nbsp Nigeria1996 CONMEBOL Pre Olympic Tournament 2 nbsp Brazil winner nbsp Argentina runner up CONCACAF OFC play off 1 nbsp Australia1996 UEFA European Under 21 Championship 5 nbsp Italy winner nbsp Spain runner up nbsp France third place nbsp Hungary 5th nbsp Portugal 6th Total 16Match officials editReferees Confederation RefereeMale officialsAFC Omer Al Mehannah Saudi Arabia Pirom Un prasert Thailand CAF Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt Lucien Bouchardeau Niger CONCACAF Benito Archundia Mexico Esfandiar Baharmast United States CONMEBOL Antonio Pereira Brazil Roberto Ruscio Argentina OFC Eddie Lennie Australia UEFA Pierluigi Collina Italy Hugh Dallas Scotland Jose Maria Garcia Aranda Spain Fourth officials Confederation RefereeFemale officialsUEFA Ingrid Jonsson Sweden Assistant referees Confederation Assistant refereeMale officialsAFC Jeon Young hyun South Korea Mohamed Al Musawi Oman CAF Dramane Dante Mali Amir Osman Mohamed Hamid Sudan CONCACAF Peter Kelly Trinidad and Tobago Luis Fernando Torres Zuniga Costa Rica CONMEBOL Jorge Luis Arango Colombia Carlos Velazquez Uruguay OFC Lencie Fred Vanuatu UEFA Yuri Dupanov Belarus Heiner Neuenstein Germany Akif Ugurdur Turkey Female officialsCONCACAF Maria del Socorro Rodriguez Mexico UEFA Gitte Holm Denmark Nelly Viennot France Seeding editThe draw for the tournament took place on 5 May 1996 United States Spain Ghana and Brazil were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A D respectively The remaining teams excluding Europe were drawn from four pots away from teams from the same region Pot 1 Host Top Seeded teams from Africa Europe and South America Pot 2 Asia Non top seeded team from South America Pot 3 Non top seeded teams from Europe Pot 4 Non top seeded teams from Africa and North America Inter continental playoff winner nbsp United States assigned to A1 nbsp Spain assigned to B1 nbsp Ghana assigned to C1 nbsp Brazil assigned to D1 nbsp Argentina nbsp Japan nbsp South Korea nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp France nbsp Hungary nbsp Italy nbsp Portugal nbsp Nigeria nbsp Tunisia nbsp Mexico1 nbsp Australia21 1996 CONCACAF Pre Olympic Tournament Champions team not determined at time of draw 2 CONCACAF OFC play off winner team not determined at time of draw Squads editMain article Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men s team squadsGroup stage editGroup A edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Argentina 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 5 nbsp Portugal 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 5 nbsp United States 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 nbsp Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1Source FIFA July 20 199615 00Portugal nbsp 2 0 nbsp TunisiaMartins nbsp 13 68 ReportRobert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington D C Attendance 34 796Referee Pereira BRA July 20 199619 30United States nbsp 1 3 nbsp ArgentinaReyna nbsp 1 Report G Lopez nbsp 26 Crespo nbsp 55 Simeone nbsp 90 Legion Field BirminghamAttendance 83 183Referee Bouchardeau NIG July 22 199619 30Argentina nbsp 1 1 nbsp PortugalOrtega nbsp 45 Report Nuno Gomes nbsp 70 Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington D C Attendance 25 811Referee Al Mehannah KSA July 22 199619 30United States nbsp 2 0 nbsp TunisiaKirovski nbsp 38 Maisonneuve nbsp 90 ReportLegion Field BirminghamAttendance 45 687Referee Dallas GBR July 24 199619 30Argentina nbsp 1 1 nbsp TunisiaOrtega nbsp 5 Report Mkacher nbsp 74 Legion Field BirminghamAttendance 16 826Referee Un Prasert THA July 24 199619 30United States nbsp 1 1 nbsp PortugalMaisonneuve nbsp 75 Report Paulo Alves nbsp 33 Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington D C Attendance 58 012Referee Lennie AUS Group B edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp France 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7 nbsp Spain 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 7 nbsp Australia 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 3 nbsp Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0Source FIFA July 20 199618 30Spain nbsp 1 0 nbsp Saudi Arabiaoscar nbsp 80 ReportCitrus Bowl OrlandoAttendance 28 774Referee Collina ITA July 20 199618 30France nbsp 2 0 nbsp AustraliaPires nbsp 11 Maurice nbsp 74 ReportOrange Bowl MiamiAttendance 14 322Referee Ruscio ARG July 22 199619 00France nbsp 1 1 nbsp SpainLegwinski nbsp 38 Report oscar nbsp 85 Citrus Bowl OrlandoAttendance 16 773Referee Un Prasert THA July 22 199619 00Australia nbsp 2 1 nbsp Saudi ArabiaTsekenis nbsp 11 Viduka nbsp 63 Report Al Khilaiwi nbsp 37 Orange Bowl MiamiAttendance 5 997Referee Baharmast USA July 24 199619 00Spain nbsp 3 2 nbsp AustraliaRaul nbsp 40 90 Santi nbsp 86 Report Vidmar nbsp 3 12 Citrus Bowl OrlandoAttendance 12 050Referee Dallas GBR July 24 199619 00France nbsp 2 1 nbsp Saudi ArabiaMaurice nbsp 20 pen Sibierski nbsp 49 Report Anwar nbsp 26 Orange Bowl MiamiAttendance 4 615Referee Archundia MEX Group C edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Mexico 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 5 nbsp Ghana 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 nbsp South Korea 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 nbsp Italy 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 3Source FIFA July 21 199612 00South Korea nbsp 1 0 nbsp GhanaYoon Jong hwan nbsp 41 pen ReportRobert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington D C Attendance 45 946Referee Lennie AUS July 21 199617 00Mexico nbsp 1 0 nbsp ItalyPalencia nbsp 83 ReportLegion Field BirminghamAttendance 44 211Referee Dallas GBR July 23 199620 00Mexico nbsp 0 0 nbsp South KoreaReportLegion Field BirminghamAttendance 26 111Referee Bouchardeau NIG July 23 199621 00Ghana nbsp 3 2 nbsp ItalySaba nbsp 15 74 Ahinful nbsp 63 pen Report Branca nbsp 8 44 pen Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington D C Attendance 27 849Referee Garcia Aranda ESP July 25 199621 00Mexico nbsp 1 1 nbsp GhanaAbundis nbsp 65 Report Ebenzer nbsp 44 Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington D C Attendance 30 237Referee Pereira BRA July 25 199621 00Italy nbsp 2 1 nbsp South KoreaBranca nbsp 24 82 Report Lee Ki hyung nbsp 62 Legion Field BirminghamAttendance 28 319Referee Ruscio ARG Group D edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Brazil 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 6 nbsp Nigeria 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 6 nbsp Japan 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 nbsp Hungary 3 0 0 3 3 7 4 0Source FIFA July 21 199618 30Japan nbsp 1 0 nbsp BrazilIto nbsp 72 ReportOrange Bowl MiamiAttendance 46 713Referee Archundia MEX July 21 199618 30Nigeria nbsp 1 0 nbsp HungaryKanu nbsp 77 ReportCitrus Bowl OrlandoAttendance 25 303Referee Un Prasert THA July 23 199620 30Brazil nbsp 3 1 nbsp HungaryRonaldo nbsp 35 Juninho nbsp 61 Bebeto nbsp 84 Report Madar nbsp 58 Orange Bowl MiamiAttendance 34 871Referee Al Ghandour EGY July 23 199620 30Nigeria nbsp 2 0 nbsp JapanAkiba nbsp 83 o g Okocha nbsp 90 pen ReportCitrus Bowl OrlandoAttendance 22 734Referee Collina ITA July 25 199621 00Brazil nbsp 1 0 nbsp NigeriaRonaldo nbsp 30 ReportOrange Bowl MiamiAttendance 55 650Referee Baharmast USA July 25 199621 00Japan nbsp 3 2 nbsp HungaryMaezono nbsp 39 pen 90 1 Uemura nbsp 90 Report Sandor nbsp 2 Madar nbsp 48 Citrus Bowl OrlandoAttendance 20 834Referee Bouchardeau NIG Knockout stage edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsGold medal match July 27 Miami nbsp Portugal asdet 2 July 30 Athens nbsp France1 nbsp Portugal0 July 27 Birmingham nbsp Argentina2 nbsp Argentina4 August 3 Athens nbsp Spain0 nbsp Argentina2 July 28 Birmingham nbsp Nigeria3 nbsp Mexico0 July 31 Athens nbsp Nigeria2 nbsp Nigeria asdet 4 July 28 Miami nbsp Brazil3Bronze medal match nbsp Brazil4 August 2 Athens nbsp Ghana2 nbsp Portugal0 nbsp Brazil5 Quarter finals edit July 27 199618 00Portugal nbsp 2 1 asdet nbsp FranceCapucho nbsp 7 Calado nbsp 105 pen Report Maurice nbsp 49 pen Orange Bowl MiamiAttendance 22 339Referee Collina ITA July 27 199619 30Argentina nbsp 4 0 nbsp SpainCrespo nbsp 47 88 pen Aranzabal nbsp 52 o g C Lopez nbsp 66 ReportLegion Field BirminghamAttendance 43 507Referee Al Ghandour EGY July 28 199616 00Mexico nbsp 0 2 nbsp NigeriaReport Okocha nbsp 20 C Babayaro nbsp 84 Legion Field BirminghamAttendance 44 788Referee Al Mehannah KSA July 28 199618 00Brazil nbsp 4 2 nbsp GhanaDodoo nbsp 18 o g Ronaldo nbsp 56 62 Bebeto nbsp 72 Report Akonnor nbsp 23 Aboagye nbsp 53 Orange Bowl MiamiAttendance 45 257Referee Un Prasert THA Semi finals edit July 30 199618 00Portugal nbsp 0 2 nbsp ArgentinaReport Crespo nbsp 55 61 Sanford Stadium AthensAttendance 78 212Referee Baharmast USA July 31 199618 00Nigeria nbsp 4 3 asdet nbsp BrazilRoberto Carlos nbsp 20 o g Ikpeba nbsp 78 Kanu nbsp 90 nbsp 94 Report Flavio nbsp 1 38 Bebeto nbsp 28 Sanford Stadium AthensAttendance 78 587Referee Garcia Aranda ESP Bronze medal match edit August 2 199618 00Brazil nbsp 5 0 nbsp PortugalRonaldo nbsp 5 Flavio nbsp 11 Bebeto nbsp 47 54 75 ReportSanford Stadium AthensAttendance 68 173Referee Al Ghandour EGY Gold medal match edit 1996 Summer Olympics Football FinalAugust 3 199615 45Nigeria nbsp 3 2 nbsp ArgentinaBabayaro nbsp 28 Amokachi nbsp 74 Amunike nbsp 90 Report C Lopez nbsp 3 Crespo nbsp 50 pen Sanford Stadium AthensAttendance 86 117Referee Collina ITA Team details nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Nigeria nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Argentina GK 18 Dosu Joseph nbsp 90 RB 17 Mobi Oparaku nbsp 61 CB 5 Uche OkechukwuCB 3 Taribo WestLB 2 Celestine BabayaroRM 7 Tijani BabangidaCM 15 Sunday Oliseh nbsp 22 CM 10 Jay Jay Okocha nbsp 59 LM 11 Victor Ikpeba nbsp 74 CF 4 Nwankwo KanuCF 14 Daniel AmokachiSubstitutes MF 13 Garba Lawal nbsp 59 MF 8 Wilson Oruma nbsp 70 nbsp 61 MF 6 Emmanuel Amunike nbsp 74 Manager nbsp Jo Bonfrere GK 12 Pablo CavalleroRB 4 Javier ZanettiCB 6 Roberto Sensini nbsp 12 CB 2 Roberto AyalaLB 3 Jose ChamotRM 15 Christian BassedasCM 5 Matias AlmeydaCM 10 Ariel OrtegaLM 11 Hugo Morales nbsp 58 CF 7 Claudio LopezCF 9 Hernan CrespoSubstitutes MF 8 Diego Simeone nbsp 58 Manager Daniel PassarellaFinal ranking editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts1 nbsp Nigeria NGR 6 5 0 1 12 6 6 152 nbsp Argentina ARG 6 3 2 1 13 6 7 113 nbsp Brazil BRA 6 4 0 2 16 8 8 124 nbsp Portugal POR 6 2 2 2 6 10 4 85 nbsp France FRA 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 76 nbsp Spain ESP 4 2 1 1 5 7 2 77 nbsp Mexico MEX 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 58 nbsp Ghana GHA 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 49 nbsp Japan JPN 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 610 nbsp United States USA 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 411 nbsp South Korea KOR 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 412 nbsp Italy ITA 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 313 nbsp Australia AUS 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 314 nbsp Tunisia TUN 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 115 nbsp Saudi Arabia KSA 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 016 nbsp Hungary HUN 3 0 0 3 3 7 4 0Source FIFAGoalscorers editWith six goals Hernan Crespo of Argentina and Bebeto of Brazil are the top scorers of the tournament In total 90 goals were scored by 55 different players with four of them credited as own goals nbsp nbsp Hernan Crespo left and Bebeto top scorers with 6 goals each 6 goals nbsp Hernan Crespo nbsp Bebeto5 goals nbsp Ronaldo4 goals nbsp Marco Branca3 goals nbsp Flavio Conceicao nbsp Florian Maurice nbsp Nwankwo Kanu2 goals nbsp Ariel Ortega nbsp Claudio Lopez nbsp Aurelio Vidmar nbsp Christian Saba nbsp Csaba Madar nbsp Masakiyo Maezono nbsp Celestine Babayaro nbsp Jay Jay Okocha nbsp Afonso Martins nbsp oscar Garcia Junyent nbsp Raul Gonzalez nbsp Brian Maisonneuve 1 goal nbsp Diego Simeone nbsp Gustavo Adrian Lopez nbsp Mark Viduka nbsp Peter Tsekenis nbsp Juninho Paulista nbsp Antoine Sibierski nbsp Robert Pires nbsp Sylvain Legwinski nbsp Augustine Ahinful nbsp Charles Akonnor nbsp Ebenezer Hagan nbsp Felix Aboagye nbsp Tamas Sandor nbsp Kenichi Uemura nbsp Teruyoshi Ito nbsp Francisco Palencia nbsp Jose Manuel Abundis nbsp Daniel Amokachi nbsp Emmanuel Amunike nbsp Victor Ikpeba nbsp Nuno Capucho nbsp Nuno Gomes nbsp Jose Calado nbsp Paulo Alves nbsp Fuad Anwar Amin nbsp Mohammed Al Khilaiwi nbsp Lee Ki hyung nbsp Yoon Jong hwan nbsp Santi nbsp Mohamed Mkacher nbsp Claudio Reyna nbsp Jovan Kirovski Own goals nbsp Roberto Carlos playing against Nigeria nbsp Afo Dodoo playing against Brazil nbsp Tadahiro Akiba playing against Nigeria nbsp Agustin Aranzabal playing against Argentina References edit The inside story of Nigeria s Atlanta 96 gold medal SuperSport Football SuperSport July 25 2012 Retrieved December 7 2013 Penner Mike August 1 1996 Defense Rests for a Stunned Brazil Los Angeles Times Articles latimes com Retrieved December 7 2013 Penner Mike August 4 1996 Nigeria s Eagles Catch Argentina in Its Own Trap Los Angeles Times Articles latimes com Retrieved December 7 2013 Soccer Results Men s Competition Notebook Usatoday30 usatoday com Retrieved December 7 2013 Football at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games Sports Reference Archived from the original on April 17 2020 Retrieved November 3 2018 Soccer Results Men s Competition Notebook Usatoday30 usatoday com Retrieved December 7 2013 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men s tournament Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 Men FIFA com RSSSF Summary FIFA Technical 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