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Football At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's Qualification
A total of 16 teams compete in the men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In addition to the host nation France, 15 men's national under-23 teams qualified from the tournaments of the six continental confederations. Table On 24 February 2022, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The host nation France, earned automatic qualification to the tournament. For the remaining 15 slots, the AFC and CAF each received 3 automatic slots with a 4th nation from each confederation being granted a spot against each other, UEFA received 3 slots, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL received 2 slots, and the OFC received 1 slot. ;Notes 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The semi-final winners qualified. Knockout stage 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The top three eligible teams (not including England and Olympic hosts France) qualified. England would have qualified as winners of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. However, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 24 July to 9 August 2024. It was the 28th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France. Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed. Brazil were the two-time defending champions, having won in 2016 and 2020, but did not qualify for this tournament. Spain won their second gold medal and first since 1992, defeating hosts France 5–3 after extra time in the final, held at Parc des Princes in Paris. Schedule The schedule was as follows. Qualification In addition to host nation France, fifteen men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament (, ) was the 14th edition of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the South American region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in Venezuela from 20 January to 11 February 2024. The top two teams qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France as the CONMEBOL representatives. Teams All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. Squads Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 23 and a minimum of 19 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 45 and 48). Venues On 11 July 2022, CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez announced that Venezuela would host the next CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Football Federation
The French Football Federation ( FFF and 3F; or Triple F; , ) is the governing body of football in France. It was formed in 1919 and is based in the capital, Paris. The FFF is a founding member of FIFA and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in France, both professional and amateur. The French Football Federation is a founding member of UEFA and joined FIFA in 1907 after replacing the USFSA, who were founding members. History Background Before the FFF was established, football, rugby union and others sports in France were regulated by the (USFSA). Founded in November 1890, the USFSA was initially headquartered in Paris but its membership soon expanded to include sports clubs from throughout France.''The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC- Athens to Beijing, 1894–2008'': David Miller (2008) In 1894, the USFSA also organised the first recognised French football championship. The first competition featured just four Paris teams an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Letexier
François Letexier (born 23 April 1989) is a French football referee who officiates in the Ligue 1. He has been a FIFA referee since 2017 and is ranked as a UEFA elite category referee. Refereeing career In 2016, Letexier began officiating in the Ligue 1. His first match as referee was on 23 January 2016 between Montpellier and Caen. In 2017, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first senior international match on 23 March 2018 between Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In April 2019, he officiated 2019 UEFA Youth League final between Porto and Chelsea. On 20 May 2021, he refereed 2021 Coupe de France final between Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain. On 26 May 2021, as VAR, he officiated the 2021 UEFA Europa League final between Villarreal and Manchester United. He refereed three matches of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (including the quarter-final between Portugal and Italy). On 20 August 2022, Letexier refereed the Ligue 2 match between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INF Clairefontaine
The INF Clairefontaine (), known as INF or simply Clairefontaine, is the national football centre that specialises in training French football players. The INF Clairefontaine is a section of the CNF Clairefontaine. The academy is one of sixteen ''élite'' academies located in and around France that are supervised by the French Football Federation (FFF). Only the best players from the Île-de-France ''région'' train at the Clairefontaine academy. The twelve other academies are situated in Castelmaurou, Châteauroux, Liévin, Dijon, Marseille, Ploufragan, Vichy and Reims, Réunion, Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, Guadeloupe and Talence. Clairefontaine opened in 1988 and is named after Fernand Sastre, the president of the FFF from 1972–1984. The academy is located 50 km southwest of Paris at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines and is one of the best known football academies in the world. It has a high reputation of producing some of the most gifted French and non-French players in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilaix Moriba
Moriba Kourouma Kourouma (born 19 January 2003), known as Ilaix Moriba (), is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Celta and the Guinea national team. Early life Moriba was born in Conakry, Guinea, to a Guinean mother and a Liberian Krahn father. He holds both Spanish and Guinean citizenship. Club career Barcelona Moriba arrived at Barcelona from Espanyol in 2010. As a youth player he was considered one of the best young players in the world, and he has very often played in categories of players far older than him. Moriba really stood out at age 15 when he scored a hat-trick against the Real Madrid U19. The most remarkable feat was his last goal, where he scored from the middle of the pitch at the start of the second half. In January 2019, as his youth contract was about to expire, clubs such as Manchester City tried to sign him. The following season he became a regular for Barça B. He scored his first goal on 8 March 2020, the wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football At The 1956 Summer Olympics
The association football tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was won by the Soviet Union. Defending champions Hungary were forced to withdraw due to the Soviet invasion of their country. This was the first Olympic football tournament where all the medalists were communist countries, with Yugoslavia and Bulgaria took silver and bronze respectively. Background Following five withdrawals, the tournament featured three Eastern Bloc teams and four from Asia. The other sides included in the draw were the United States, the United Team of Germany (which was ''de facto'' West Germany), Great Britain and the hosts Australia, competing in their first Olympic football tournament. The tendency of Eastern bloc countries to provide state-funding for their athletes put Western amateurs at a significant disadvantage. As a result, all Olympic football tournaments 1952 onwards were dominated by the Soviet Union and its satellites. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia National Under-23 Football Team
The Indonesia national under-23 football team (Indonesia: Tim Nasional Sepak Bola Indonesia U-23) is considered to be the feeder team for the Indonesia national football team, represents Indonesia at football in the Olympic Games, Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments including the AFC U-23 Asian Cup. It is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). This team was founded when the Olympic football was changed to an under-23 competition, and is also managed as under-22 team while it doesn't play in major competitions. Kit The kits used usually follow the senior team's kits. However, they sometimes used kits with different manufacturers. In 2006 Asian Games, they used Puma kits. For the 2018 Asian Games, 2021 Southeast Asian Games, 2022 Asian Games, and 2023 Southeast Asian Games, they will use Li-Ning kits after the Indonesian Olympic Committee reached full sponsorship agreement with the apparel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinea National Under-23 Football Team
Guinea national under-23 and Olympic football team, represents Guinea in association football at an under-23 age level and is controlled by Guinean Football Federation, the governing body for football in Guinea. Recent results and fixtures 2024 Coaching staff ''As of 1 April 2024'' Players Current squad The following players were called up for the 2024 Olympic Games The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P .... ''Caps and goals as of 9 May 2024 after the match against .'' * Overage player. Recent call ups ;Notes *INJ = Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. *PRE = Preliminary squad. *WD = Player withdrew from the squad for non-injury related reasons. Overage players in the Olympic Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, wherein participants are eliminated after a certain number of wins or losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ('ribbon'). Over time, the term became idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is frequently called a ''double round-robin''. The term is rarely used when all participants play one another more than twice, and is never used when one participant plays others an unequal number of times, as is the case in almost all of the major North American professional sports leagues. In the United Kingdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France National Under-21 Football Team
The France national under-21 football team (), known in France as ''Les Espoirs'' (, ''The Hopes''), is the national under-21 Association football, football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, under-21 football teams in Europe were formed. The team is exclusively for football players that are age 21 or under at the start of the two-year campaign of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, meaning a player can represent the national team until the age of 23. France has won the Under-21 Championship once, in 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 1988. Notable players on the team that went on to play for the senior national team include Laurent Blanc, Eric Cantona, Franck Sauzée, and Jocelyn Angloma, among others. Blanc was named the tournament's Golden Player. The team's best finish since was in 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
