1984 Olympic Football Tournament | Games of the XXIII Olympiad - Los Angeles 1984 | | Tournament details | | Host country |  USA | | Dates | July 29 – August 11 | | Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | | Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) | | Final positions | | Champions |  France (1st title) | | Runner-up |  Brazil | | Third place |  Yugoslavia | | Fourth place |  Italy | | Tournament statistics | | Matches played | 32 | | Goals scored | 84 (2.63 per match) | | Attendance | 1,425,181 (44,537 per match) | | Top scorer(s) | Daniel Xuereb
Borislav Cvetković
Stjepan Deverić (5 goals) | The football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. It featured only a men's tournament, as women's football had yet to become an Olympic event. It was the first Olympic football competition in which professionals were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from Eastern Europe whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the primacy of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age. The football tournament was held in four venues: [edit] Qualification Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three Warsaw Pact countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows:
[edit] Men's Competition [edit] Medalists [edit] Match Officials - Africa
- Asia
- North and Central America
| - South America
- Europe
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[edit] Squads
[edit] Tournament details [edit] Group Stages [edit] Group A
[edit] Group B
[edit] Group C
[edit] Group D
[edit] Knockout stages
[edit] Quarter-finals
[edit] Semi-finals
[edit] Bronze medal match
[edit] Gold medal match
| 1984 Olympic Champions | 
France
First title | [edit] Topscorers - 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
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