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Final results for the association football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia.

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[edit] Soccer medal winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's football	Nigeria	Argentina	Brazil
Women's football	USA	China	Norway

[edit] Men's competition

[edit] Qualification

The following sixteen teams qualified for the 1996 Olympics football tournament:

Africa (CAF)
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Tunisia

Asia (AFC)

Europe (UEFA)
- France
- Hungary
- Italy
- Portugal
- Spain

North and Central America (CONCACAF)
- Mexico

South America (CONMEBOL)
- Argentina
- Brazil

Oceania (OFC)
- Australia

Hosting nation
- United States

[edit] Match officials

Africa

Asia

North and Central America

South America

Europe

Oceania

Edward Lennie

[edit] Squads

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads

[edit] Medal winners

Gold Medal –

Nigeria

Daniel Amokachi
Emmanuel Amunike
Tijani Babangida
Celestine Babayaro
Emmanuel Babayaro
Teslim Fatusi
Victor Ikpeba
Dosu Joseph
Nwankwo Kanu
Garba Lawal
Abiodun Obafemi
Kingsley Obiekwu
Uche Okechukwu
Jay-Jay Okocha
Sunday Oliseh
Mobi Oparaku
Wilson Oruma
Taribo West
Coach: Jo Bonfrere

Silver Medal –

Argentina

Matías Almeyda
Roberto Ayala
Christian Bassedas
Carlos Bossio
Pablo Cavallero
José Chamot
Hernán Crespo
Marcelo Delgado
Marcelo Gallardo
Claudio López
Gustavo López
Hugo Morales
Ariel Ortega
Pablo Paz
Héctor Pineda
Roberto Sensini
Diego Simeone
Javier Zanetti
Coach: Daniel Passarella

Bronze Medal –

Brazil

Dida
Zé María
Aldair
Ronaldo
Flávio Conceição
Roberto Carlos
Bebeto
Amaral
Juninho
Rivaldo
Sávio
Danrlei
Narciso
André Luiz
Zé Elias
Marcelinho Paulista
Luizão
Ronaldo Guiaro
Coach: Mario Zagallo

[edit] Tournament details

[edit] First round

[edit] Group A

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	3	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	4	2	5
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	1

July 20, 1996 15:00	Portugal	2–0	Tunisia	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 34.796 Referee: Pereira (BRA)
	Martins 13', 68'	Report

July 20, 1996 19.30	United States	1–3	Argentina	Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 83.183 Referee: Bouchardeau (NIG)
	Reyna 1'	Report	G. López 26' Crespo 55' Simeone 90'

July 22, 1996 19:30	Argentina	1–1	Portugal	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 25.811 Referee: Al Mehannah (KSA)
	Ortega 45'	Report	Nuno Gomes 70'

July 22, 1996 19:30	United States	2–0	Tunisia	Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 45.687 Referee: Dallas (SCO)
	Kirovski 38' Maisonneuve 90'	Report

July 24, 1996 19.30	Argentina	1–1	Tunisia	Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 16.826 Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)
	Ortega 5'	Report	M'Kacher 74'

July 24, 1996 19:30	United States	1–1	Portugal	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 58.012 Referee: Lennie (AUS)
	Maisonneuve 75'	Report	Paulo Alves 33'

[edit] Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	5	2	7
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	3	7
Australia	3	1	0	2	4	6	3
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	2	5	0

July 20, 1996 18:30	Spain	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 28.774 Referee: Collina (ITA)
	Óscar 80'	Report

July 20, 1996 18:30	France	2–0	Australia	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 14.322 Referee: Ruscio (ARG)
	Pirès 11' Maurice 74'	Report

July 22, 1996 19:00	France	1–1	Spain	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 16.773 Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)
	Legwinski 38'	Report	Óscar 80'

July 22, 1996 19:00	Australia	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 5.997 Referee: Baharmast (USA)
	Tsekenis 11' Viduka 63'	Report	Al-Khilaiwi 37'

July 24, 1996 19:00	Spain	3–2	Australia	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 12.050 Referee: Dallas (SCO)
	Raúl 40', 90' Santi 86'	Report	Vidmar 3', 12'

July 24, 1996 19:00	France	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 4.615 Referee: Archundia (MEX)
	Maurice 20' (pen.) Sibierski 49'	Report	Amin 26'

[edit] Group C

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Mexico	3	1	2	0	2	1	5
Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	4	5	3

July 21, 1996 12.00	Korea Republic	1–0	Ghana	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 45.946 Referee: Lennie (AUS)
	Yoon Jung-Hwan 41' (pen.)	Report

July 21, 1996 17.00	Mexico	1–0	Italy	Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 44.211 Referee: Dallas (SCO)
	Palencia 83'	Report

July 23, 1996 20.00	Mexico	0–0	Korea Republic	Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 26.111 Referee: Bouchardeau (NIG)
		Report

July 23, 1996 21.00	Ghana	3–2	Italy	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 27.849 Referee: Garcia Aranda (ESP)
	Sabah 15', 74' Ahinful 63' (pen.)	Report	Branca 8', 44' (pen.)

July 25, 1996 21.00	Mexico	1–1	Ghana	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 30.237 Referee: Pereira (BRA)
	Abundis 65'	Report	Ebenzer 44'

July 25, 1996 21.00	Italy	2–1	Korea Republic	Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 28.319 Referee: Ruscio (ARG)
	Branca 24', 82'	Report	Lee Ki-Hyung 62'

[edit] Group D

	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	4	2	6
Nigeria	3	2	1	3	1	6
Japan	3	2	1	4	4	6
Hungary	3	0	3	3	7	0

July 21, 1996 18:30	Japan	1–0	Brazil	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 46.713 Referee: Archundia (MEX)
	Ito 72'	Report

July 21, 1996 18:30	Nigeria	1–0	Hungary	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 25.303 Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)
	Kanu 44'	Report

July 23, 1996 20:30	Brazil	3–1	Hungary	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 34.871 Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)
	Ronaldo 35' Juninho 61' Bebeto 84'	Report	Madar 58'

July 23, 1996 20:30	Nigeria	2–0	Japan	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 22.734 Referee: Collina (ITA)
	Babangida 82' Okocha 90' (pen.)	Report

July 25, 1996 21:00	Brazil	1–0	Nigeria	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 55.650 Referee: Baharmast (USA)
	Ronaldo 30'	Report

July 23, 1996 21:00	Japan	3–2	Hungary	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 20.834 Referee: Bouchardeau (NIG)
	Maezono 39' (pen.), 91' Uemura 90'	Report	Sandor 2'' Madar 48''

[edit] Knockout stage

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

July 27 - Miami

Portugal (AET)

2

July 30 - Athens, Georgia

France

1

Portugal

0

July 27 - Birmingham

Argentina

2

Argentina

4

August 3 - Athens

Spain

0

Nigeria

3

July 28 - Birmingham

Argentina

2

Mexico

0

July 31 - Athens, Georgia

Nigeria

2

Nigeria (AET)

4

Third place

July 28 - Miami

Brazil

3

Brazil

4

Brazil

5

Ghana

2

Portugal

0

August 2 - Athens

[edit] Quarter-finals

July 27, 1996 18:00	Portugal	2–1 (AET)	France	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 22.339 Referee: Collina (ITA)
	Capucho 7' Calado 105' (pen.)	Report	Maurice 49'

July 27, 1996 19:30	Argentina	4–0	Spain	Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 43.507 Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)
	Crespo 47', 88' Aranzábal 52' (o.g.) C. López 66'	Report

July 28, 1996 16:00	Mexico	0–2	Nigeria	Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 44.788 Referee: Al Mehannah (KSA)
		Report	Okocha 20' C. Babayaro 84'

July 28, 1996 18:00	Brazil	4–2	Ghana	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 45.257 Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)
	Duodu 18' (o.g.) Ronaldo 56', 62' Bebeto 72''	Report	Akonnor 23' Aboagye 53'

[edit] Semi-finals

July 30, 1996 18:00	Portugal	0–2	Argentina	Sanford Stadium, Athens Attendance: 78.212 Referee: Baharmast (USA)
		Report	Crespo 55', 61'

July 31, 1996 18:00	Nigeria	4–3 (AET)	Brazil	Sanford Stadium, Athens Attendance: 78.587 Referee: Garcia Aranda (ESP)
	Roberto Carlos 20' (o.g.) Ikpeba 78' Kanu 90', 94'	Report	Flavio Conceição 1', 38' Bebeto 28'

[edit] Bronze Medal game

August 2, 1996 18:00	Brazil	5–0	Portugal	Sanford Stadium, Athens Attendance: 68.173 Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)
	Ronaldo 4' Flavio Conceição 10' Bebeto 46', 53', 74'	Report

[edit] Gold Medal game

August 3, 1996 15:45	Nigeria	3–2	Argentina	Sanford Stadium, Athens Attendance: 86.117 Referee: Collina (ITA)
	Babayaro 28' Amokachi 74' Amuneke 90'	Report	C. López 3' Crespo 50' (pen.)

[edit] Women's competition

[edit] Qualification

The following eight teams qualified for the 1996 Olympics football tournament:

Asia (AFC)
- China PR
- Japan

South America (CONMEBOL)
- Brazil

Europe (UEFA)
- Denmark
- Germany
- Norway
- Sweden

Hosting nation
- United States

[edit] Match officials

North and Central America

Sonia Denoncourt

South America

Claudia Vasconcelos

Europe

[edit] Squads

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's team squads

[edit] Medal winners

[edit] Results

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament matches

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] Group E

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	China (CHN)	3	2	1	0	7	1	7	X	0:0	2:0	5:1
2.	United States (USA)	3	2	1	0	5	1	7	0:0	X	2:1	3:0
3.	Sweden (SWE)	3	1	0	2	4	5	3	0:2	1:2	X	3:1
4.	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	0	3	2	11	0	1:5	0:3	1:3	X

[edit] Group F

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Norway (NOR)	3	2	1	0	9	4	7	X	2:2	3:2	4:0
2.	Brazil (BRA)	3	1	2	0	5	3	5	2:2	X	1:1	2:0
3.	Germany (GER)	3	1	1	1	6	6	4	2:3	1:1	X	3:2
4.	Japan (JPN)	3	0	0	3	2	9	0	0:4	0:2	2:3	X

[edit] Knockout stages

Semifinals			Final

July 28 - Athens, Georgia
China PR	3
Brazil	2

			August 1 - Athens
			China PR	1
			United States	2


			Third place
July 28 - Athens, Georgia		August 1 - Athens
Norway	1	Brazil	0
United States (AET)	2		Norway	2

[edit] FIFA Fair play award

Women's tournament

United States

Men's tournament

Argentina

[edit] Top scoring teams

Men's tournament

Brazil 16 goals
Argentina 13 goals
Nigeria 11 goals
France 7 goals

Women's tournament

Norway 12 goals
China PR 11 goals
United States 9 goals
Brazil 7 goals

[edit] Top qualifiers

Men's tournament

France - Spain 7 points
Brazil - Nigeria 6 points

Women's tournament

China PR - Norway - United States each 7 points
Brazil 5 points

[edit] Top scorers

Men's tournament

Six goals

Five goals

Ronaldo

Four goals

Marco Branca

Three goals

Women's tournament

Four goals

Three goals

[edit] References

Contents

[edit] Soccer medal winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

[edit] Men's competition

[edit] Qualification

[edit] Match officials

[edit] Squads

[edit] Medal winners

[edit] Tournament details

[edit] First round

[edit] Group A

[edit] Group B

[edit] Group C

[edit] Group D

[edit] Knockout stage

[edit] Quarter-finals

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] Bronze Medal game

[edit] Gold Medal game

[edit] Women's competition

[edit] Qualification

[edit] Match officials

[edit] Squads

[edit] Medal winners

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] Group E

[edit] Group F

[edit] Knockout stages

[edit] FIFA Fair play award

[edit] Top scoring teams

[edit] Top qualifiers

[edit] Top scorers

[edit] References