Games of the XXXI. Olympiad

Football Qualifying Tournament

(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016)


overview file


The 12 participants to consist of:

EUROPE

The top-3 European teams at the 2015 World Cup
qualify.

Germany and France qualified as the top-2 European teams; England was ineligible.
Sweden, Norway, Netherlands and Switzerland, who reached the second round, played
a Play-off tournament

UEFA Olympic Qualifying Tournament
 
All matches played in Netherlands.
 
02 Mar 2016 Norway 	      0–1 Sweden
             [Dahlkvist 3]
02 Mar 2016 Switzerland       3–4 Netherlands
             [Humm 4, Kiwic 74, Bachmann 83; Melis 29pen, Miedema 56, 
              Van den Berg 61, Van de Sanden 63]
05 Mar 2016 Norway            4–1 Netherlands
             [Haavi 30, Mjelde 61, Ad. Hegerberg 82, 90+1; Melis 67]
05 Mar 2016 Sweden            1–0 Switzerland
             [Seger 44]	
09 Mar 2016 Switzerland       2–1 Norway
             [Mauron 32, Kiwic 90+3; C. Hansen 10]
09 Mar 2016 Netherlands       1–1 Sweden
             [Miedema 5; Schough 45]
 
1.SWEDEN                3  2 1 0  3- 1   7
2.Netherlands           3  1 1 1  6- 8   4	
3.Switzerland           3  1 0 2  5- 6   3
4.Norway                3  1 0 2  5- 4   3

Sweden qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games

SOUTH AMERICA

South American Championship 2014

Qualified for the Olympics: Colombia (as runners-up behind Brazil)

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Preliminary Competition

Caribbean Zone
 
First Round

Group 1 (in Porto Rico) 
21 Aug 2015 Haiti            14-0 Aruba
21 Aug 2015 Puerto Rico      12–0 Grenada
23 Aug 2015 Haiti            13–0 Grenada
23 Aug 2015 Puerto Rico       9–0 Aruba
25 Aug 2015 Grenada           2–0 Aruba
25 Aug 2015 Puerto Rico       3–2 Haiti
 
1.Puerto Rico           3  3 0 0 24- 2   9  Qualified	
2.Haiti                 3  2 0 1 29- 3   6	
3.Grenada               3  1 0 2  2-25   3
4.Aruba                 3  0 0 3  0-25   0
 
Group 2 (in Trinidad and Tobago)
13 Nov 2015 Trinidad & Tobago 6–0 Saint Lucia
15 Nov 2015 Saint Lucia       1–8 Trinidad and Tobago
 
1.Trinidad and Tobago   2  2 0 0 14- 1   6  Qualified
2.Saint Lucia           2  0 0 2  1-14	 0
  Antigua and Barbuba withdrew
  Cayman Islands withdrew
 
Group 3 (in Dominican Republic)
21 Aug 2015 Dominican Rep.   11–0 Dominica
23 Aug 2015 Dominican Rep.    0–6 Jamaica
25 Aug 2015 Jamaica          13–0 Dominica
 
1.Jamaica               2  2 0 0 19- 0   6  Qualified
2.Dominican Republic    2  1 0 1 11- 6   3	
3.Dominica              2  0 0 2  0-24   0
  Surinam withdrew
 
Group 4 (in Dominican Republic)
21 Aug 2015 St. Kitts & Nevis 0–8 Guyana
23 Aug 2015 Guyana            1–1 Cuba
25 Aug 2015 St. Kitts & Nevis 0–6 Cuba
 
1.Guyana                2  1 1 0  9- 1   4  Qualified
2.Cuba                  2  1 1 0  7- 1   4	
3.Saint Kitts & Nevis   2  0 0 2  0-14   0
 
Final Round (in Trinidad & Tobago)
 
Semifinals
18 Nov 2015 Puerto Rico       1–0 Guyana             [aet]
18 Nov 2015 Trinidad & Tobago 2–1 Jamaica            [aet]
 
Third Place Match
20 Nov 2015 Guyana            2–1 Jamaica
 
Final
20 Nov 2015 Puerto Rico       0–1 Trinidad & Tobago
 
Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico and Guyana qualified for Final Tournament
 
Central American Zone

Final Round (in Nicaragua)
 
30 Sep 2015 Guatemala         1–2 Costa Rica
30 Sep 2015 Nicaragua         0–1 El Salvador
02 Oct 2015 Costa Rica        3–0 El Salvador
02 Oct 2015 Nicaragua         1–2 Guatemala
04 Oct 2015 El Salvador       0–2 Guatemala
04 Oct 2015 Nicaragua         0–5 Costa Rica
 
1.Costa Rica            3  3 0 0 10- 1   9  Qualified
2.Guatemala             3  2 0 1  5- 3   6  Qualified
3.El Salvador           3  1 0 2  1- 5   3	
4.Nicaragua             3  0 0 3  1- 8   0
  Honduras withdrew
 
Costa Rica and Guatemala qualified for Final Tournament
 
 
Final Tournament (in United States)
 
United States, Canada and Mexico: automatic qualification for the Final Tournament 
 
Group A
10 Feb 2016 Puerto Rico       0–6 Mexico
10 Feb 2016 United States     5–0 Costa Rica
13 Feb 2016 Costa Rica        9–0 Puerto Rico
13 Feb 2016 Mexico            0–1 United States
15 Feb 2016 Mexico            1–2 Costa Rica
15 Feb 2016 United States    10–0 Puerto Rico
 
1.United States         3  3 0 0 16- 0   9  Qualified
2.Costa Rica            3  2 0 1 11- 6   6  Qualified
3.Mexico                3  1 0 2  7- 3   3
4.Puerto Rico           3  0 0 3  0-25   0
 
Group B
11 Feb 2016 Guatemala         1–2 Trinidad & Tobago
11 Feb 2016 Canada            5–0 Guyana
14 Feb 2016 Guyana            2–1 Guatemala
14 Feb 2016 Trinidad & Tobago 0–6 Canada
16 Feb 2016 Trinidad & Tobago 5–1 Guyana
16 Feb 2016 Canada           10–0 Guatemala
 
1.Canada                3  3 0 0 21- 0   9  Qualified
2.Trinidad & Tobago     3  2 0 1  7- 8	 6  Qualified
3.Guyana                3  1 0 2  3-11   3
4.Guatemala             3  0 0 3  2-14   0
 
Semifinals
19 Feb 2016 Canada            3–1 Costa Rica
19 Feb 2016 United States     5–0 Trinidad and Tobago
 
Final
21 Feb 2016 Canada            0–2 United States
 
United States and Canada qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games

AFRICA

First Round
Guinea-Bissau                 n/p   Liberia           [Liberia progressed]
Gabon                         n/p   Libya             [Gabon progressed]

Second Round
Liberia                       n/p   Cameroon          [Cameroon progressed]
Egypt 	                    1–1 0-3 Ghana
Ivory Coast                   n/p   Tunisia	      [Ivory Coast progressed]
Zambia                      2–1 0-1 Zimbabwe
Gabon                       2–3 0-5 South Africa
Botswana                    2–1 0-1 Kenya
Nigeria                       n/p   Mali              [Nigeria progressed]
Congo                       0–3	0-4 Equatorial Guinea
 
Third Round
Cameroon                    1–1 2-2 Ghana
Ivory Coast                   n/p   Zimbabwe          [Zimbabwe progressed]
South Africa                2–0 1-0 Kenya
Nigeria                     1-1 1-2 Equatorial Guinea [aet]
 
Fourth Round
Cameroon                    2-1 0-1 Zimbabwe
South Africa                0-0 1-0 Equatorial Guinea
 
South Africa and Zimbabwe qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games


ASIA

First Round

Group A (in Myanmar)
11 Mar 2015 Myanmar          16-0 Sri Lanka
13 Mar 2015 India             4–0 Sri Lanka
15 Mar 2015 Myanmar           7–0 India

1.Myanmar               2  2 0 0 23- 0   6  Qualified
2.India                 2  1 0 1  4- 7   3	
3.Sri Lanka             2  0 0 2  0-20   0
  Bahrain withdrew

Group B (in Jordan)
11 Mar 2015 Uzbekistan        6–0 Palestine
11 Mar 2015 Jordan            1–0 Hong Kong
13 Mar 2015 Hong Kong         0–1 Uzbekistan
13 Mar 2015 Palestine         0–6 Jordan
15 Mar 2015 Hong Kong         2–2 Palestine
15 Mar 2015 Uzbekistan        0–2 Jordan

1.Jordan                3  3 0 0  9- 0   9  Qualified
2.Uzbekistan            3  2 0 1  7- 2   6 
3.Hong Kong             3  0 1 2  2- 4   1
4.Palestine             3  0 1 2  2-14   1

Group C (in Taiwan)
20 Mar 2015 Laos              0–4 Chinese Taipei
22 Mar 2015 Iran              5–1 Laos
24 Mar 2015 Chinese Taipei    1–0 Iran
 
1.Chinese Taipei        2  2 0 0  5- 0   6  Qualified
2.Iran                  2  1 0 1  5- 2   3 
3.Laos                  2  0 0 2  1- 9   0
 
Second Round (in Myanmar)
 
14 Sep 2015 Chinese Taipei    1–0 Vietnam
14 Sep 2015 Jordan            0–2 Myanmar
16 Sep 2015 Jordan            0–3 Chinese Taipei
16 Sep 2015 Myanmar           1–2 Thailand
18 Sep 2015 Thailand          1–0 Jordan
18 Sep 2015 Vietnam           4–2 Myanmar
20 Sep 2015 Vietnam           2–1 Jordan
20 Sep 2015 Chinese Taipei    0–0 Thailand
22 Sep 2015 Thailand          0–2 Vietnam
22 Sep 2015 Myanmar           3–1 Chinese Taipei 

1.Vietnam               4  3 0 1  8- 4   9  Qualified
2.Chinese Taipei        4  2 1 1  5- 3   7
3.Thailand              4  2 1 1  3- 3   7
4.Myanmar               4  2 0 2  8- 7   6
5.Jordan                4  0 0 4  1- 8   0
 
Final Round (in Japan)
 
Australia, China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea: 
automatic qualification for the Final Tournament  
 
29 Feb 2016 China             2–0 Vietnam
29 Feb 2016 North Korea       1–1 South Korea
29 Feb 2016 Australia         3–1 Japan
02 Mar 2016 Australia         9–0 Vietnam
02 Mar 2016 North Korea       1–1 China
02 Mar 2016 Japan             1–1 South Korea
04 Mar 2016 Vietnam           0–1 North Korea
04 Mar 2016 South Korea       0–2 Australia
04 Mar 2016 Japan             1–2 China
07 Mar 2016 China             1–0 South Korea
07 Mar 2016 North Korea       1–2 Australia
07 Mar 2016 Vietnam           1–6 Japan
09 Mar 2016 South Korea       4–0 Vietnam
09 Mar 2016 Australia         1–1 China
09 Mar 2016 Japan             1–0 North Korea
 
1.Australia             5  4 1 0 17- 3  13
2.China                 5  3 2 0  7- 3  11
3.Japan                 5  2 1 2 10- 7   7 
4.South Korea           5  1 2 2  6- 5   5
5.North Korea           5  1 2 2  4- 5   5
6.Vietnam               5  0 0 5  1-22   0
 
Australia and China qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games

OCEANIA

First Stage

Pacific Games 2015 (Papua New Guinea)

Qualified for Second Stage: Papua New Guinea

Second Stage

23 Jan 2016 Papua New Guinea  1–7 New Zealand
26 Jan 2016 New Zealand       n/p Papua New Guinea

New Zealand qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games


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