| | Event type

Football, Men

Date	7 – 23 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing / Qinghuangdao Shi Ao Ti Zhongxin Tiyuchang, Qinhuangdao / Shanghai Tiyuchang, Shanghai / Shenyang Aolinpike Tiyu Zhongxin Tiyuchang, Shenyang / Tianjin Aolinpike Zhongxin Tiyuchang, Tianjin / Gongren Tiyuchang, Beijing
Participants	274 from 16 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

As in previous Olympics the men’s competition was organized for “U23” players, footballers at most 23 years old, but three older players were allowed on each team. Prior to the Olympics, major discussion ensued when several European clubs would not release their players to compete in the Olympics. After a short summer holiday because of the European Championships, several teams had to compete in the preliminary rounds of the Champions League or UEFA Cup, and required their players to be present. The clubs argued the Olympic tournament was not on the official international calendar, and thus they were not required to release their players, as is common for international tournaments. The International Football Federation (FIFA) meanwhile announced that the tournament had been “informally” on the calendar for years, and clubs would have to oblige. Eventually, the case was taken to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which decided in favour of the clubs. Eventually, most players did play in Beijing, although a few were forced to fly back to Europe before completion of the competition.

Two of the affected footballers were the star players of the South American favourites, Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Ronaldinho (Brazil). Both played for Spanish side FC Barcelona, which wanted the players to withdraw. However, Messi was eventually allowed to compete, while Ronaldinho completed a transfer to Italy just before the Olympics. Ronaldinho’s Brazil was looking to finally win the Olympic gold medal that had eluded Brazil for decades, while Argentina was defending its 2004 title, and had won the 2005 and 2007 editions of the U20 World Cup. Other contenders were assumed to be the African sides of Cameroon (the 2000 Champions), Nigeria (gold in 1996) and Italy and the Netherlands from Europe.

Brazil and Argentina were the only teams to qualify for the quarter-finals undefeated. Both needed extra time to win their matches against Cameroon and the Netherlands, respectively, before clashing in the semi-finals. The match was highly anticipated, but turned out to be a fairly one-sided affair, with Argentina beating their neighbours 3-0. Two goals were scored by Sergio Agüero, with his father-in-law (former star player Maradona) watching from the stands. In the other semi-final, Nigeria had little trouble with Belgium, the tournament’s biggest surprise.

In the final, a replay of the 1996 Olympic final in Atlanta, Nigeria and Argentina were evenly matched in the first 45 minutes. In the 58th minute, a quick break from Argentina resulted in the match’s only goal, as Ángel di Maria chipped the ball over the goalkeeper. Nigeria pressed hard in the final half hour, but were unable to pull of the same stunt as in 1996. Argentina thus became the first repeat winners of the Olympic title in 40 years, after Hungary won the title in 1964 and 1968.

Pos	Team	NOC	Goals	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalty Kicks	Shots	Shots on Goal	Corner Kicks	Free Kicks	Offsides	Fouls Committed
1	Argentina	ARG	11	13	0	–	75	51	22	10	18	79	Gold
	Lautaro Acosta		1	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	1
	Sergio Agüero		2	1	0	–	14	8	–	–	–	4
	Éver Banega		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	Diego Buonanotte		1	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	0
	Ángel Di María		2	2	0	–	13	11	–	–	–	2
	Federico Fazio		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Fernando Gago		0	0	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	9
	Ezequiel Garay		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	6
	Ezequiel Lavezzi		2	1	0	–	8	5	–	–	–	5
	Javier Mascherano		0	0	0	–	5	3	–	–	–	13
	Lionel Messi		2	1	0	–	14	10	–	–	–	7
	Fabián Monzón		0	1	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	3
	Nicolás Pareja		0	3	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	7
	Juan Riquelme		1	2	0	–	4	2	–	–	–	3
	Sergio Romero		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	José Sosa		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	4
	Óscar Ustari		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Pablo Zabaleta		0	1	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	10
	Nicolás Navarro DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Sergio Batista
2	Nigeria	NGR	10	14	0	–	114	64	29	9	7	89	Silver
	Olubayo Adefemi		1	2	0	–	5	3	–	–	–	8
	Dele Adeleye		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
	Femi Ajilore		0	2	0	–	9	6	–	–	–	8
	Efe Ambrose		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Victor Anichebe		1	0	0	–	8	3	–	–	–	4
	Onyekachi Apam		0	4	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	9
	Emmanuel Ekpo		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	5
	Promise Isaac		1	0	0	–	6	5	–	–	–	6
	Monday James		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	3
	Sani Kaita		0	0	0	–	6	2	–	–	–	8
	Victor Obinna		3	1	0	–	21	12	–	–	–	7
	Peter Odemwingie		1	0	0	–	18	8	–	–	–	8
	Chinedu Ogbuke		2	1	0	–	13	11	–	–	–	5
	Chibuzor Okonkwo		1	2	0	–	13	6	–	–	–	7
	Solomon Okoronkwo		0	0	0	–	10	4	–	–	–	8
	Ambruse Vanzekin		0	2	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Ikechukwu Ezenwa DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Oladapo Olufemi DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Samson Siasia
3	Brazil	BRA	14	18	2	–	74	44	21	13	21	107	Bronze
	Alex Silva		0	1	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	9
	Alexandre Pato		1	0	0	–	7	4	–	–	–	5
	Anderson		1	2	0	–	13	8	–	–	–	11
	Breno		0	2	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	6
	Diego		2	1	0	–	8	4	–	–	–	10
	Hernanes		1	2	0	–	6	4	–	–	–	6
	Ilsinho		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Jô		2	1	0	–	6	3	–	–	–	3
	Lucas Leiva		0	1	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	21
	Marcelo		1	2	0	–	5	3	–	–	–	5
	Rafael Sóbis		2	0	0	–	8	4	–	–	–	4
	Rafinha		0	2	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	3
	Ramires		0	1	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	4
	Renan		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Ronaldinho Gaúcho		2	1	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	10
	Thiago Neves		2	0	1	–	9	7	–	–	–	6
	Thiago Silva		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	3
	Diego Alves DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Dunga
4	Belgium	BEL	7	14	3	–	89	51	40	4	8	108
	Logan Bailly		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Laurent Ciman		1	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	0
	Tom De Mul		0	0	0	–	13	7	–	–	–	13
	Sepp De Roover		0	0	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	4
	Stijn De Smet		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
	Moussa Dembélé		3	1	0	–	11	10	–	–	–	18
	Marouane Fellaini		0	2	1	–	1	0	–	–	–	4
	Faris Haroun		1	1	0	–	11	4	–	–	–	9
	Vincent Kompany		0	2	1	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Yves Makabu-Makalambay		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Maarten Martens		0	0	0	–	6	4	–	–	–	5
	Kevin Mirallas		2	1	0	–	21	9	–	–	–	11
	Landry Mulemo		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	0
	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Sébastien Pocognoli		0	1	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	3
	Jeroen Simaeys		0	2	0	–	4	2	–	–	–	8
	Anthony Vanden Borre		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	4
	Thomas Vermaelen		0	1	1	–	3	2	–	–	–	7
	Jan Vertonghen		0	2	0	–	8	4	–	–	–	19
	Yves De Winter DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Jean-François De Sart
5	Italy	ITA	8	7	1	–	40	18	16	6	11	50
	Ignazio Abate		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Robert Acquafresca		1	0	0	–	9	1	–	–	–	5
	Salvatore Bocchetti		0	1	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	5
	Antonio Candreva		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Luca Cigarini		0	1	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	3
	Andrea Coda		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	Andrea Consigli		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Domenico Criscito		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Paolo De Ceglie		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Lorenzo De Silvestri		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Daniele Dessena		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	Sebastian Giovinco		1	0	0	–	6	3	–	–	–	4
	Claudio Marchisio		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Riccardo Montolivo		1	1	0	–	5	3	–	–	–	4
	Marco Motta		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Antonio Nocerino		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	7
	Tommaso Rocchi		1	0	0	–	3	3	–	–	–	3
	Giuseppe Rossi		4	1	0	–	10	5	–	–	–	4
	Emiliano Viviano		0	0	1	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Andrea Russotto DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Pierluigi Casiraghi
6	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	6	5	0	–	58	38	23	7	13	54
	Vincent Angban		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Brou Angoua		0	1	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	4
	Mamadou Bagayoko		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	5
	Souleymane Bamba		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	Sekou Cissé		2	0	0	–	6	3	–	–	–	8
	Kafoumba Coulibaly		0	0	0	–	4	2	–	–	–	8
	Ousman Diarrassouba		0	1	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	6
	Franck Dja Djedje		0	0	0	–	6	4	–	–	–	6
	Gervais Kouassi		1	0	0	–	10	8	–	–	–	4
	Abraham Guie-Gneki		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	0
	Salomon Kalou		2	1	0	–	13	8	–	–	–	2
	Hervé Kambou		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Emmanuel Koné		0	1	0	–	8	7	–	–	–	4
	Anthony Moura-Komenan		0	0	0	–	4	4	–	–	–	0
	Antoine N'Gossan		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Serges Wawa		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	Christian Okoua DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Mekeme Ladji Tamla DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Gérard Gili
7	Netherlands	NED	4	7	1	–	34	18	20	10	9	77
	Ryan Babel		1	0	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	6
	Otman Bakkal		1	0	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	6
	Roy Beerens		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Jonathan de Guzmán		0	1	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	12
	Royston Drenthe		0	0	0	–	5	2	–	–	–	4
	Urby Emanuelson		0	0	0	–	4	0	–	–	–	3
	Kew Jaliens		0	2	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	5
	Calvin Jong-a-Pin		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	6
	Hedwiges Maduro		0	0	0	–	5	2	–	–	–	6
	Roy Makaay		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	0
	Dirk Marcellis		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	Erik Pieters		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Gerald Sibon		2	1	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	4
	Evander Sno		0	1	1	–	3	1	–	–	–	4
	Kenneth Vermeer		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Gianni Zuiverloon		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	11
	Kees Luijckx DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Piet Velthuizen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Foppe de Haan
8	Cameroon	CMR	2	11	3	–	44	23	12	7	10	74
	Albert Baning		0	2	2	–	3	0	–	–	–	7
	Gustave Bebbe		0	0	0	–	6	3	–	–	–	7
	Paul Bebey		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Christian Bekamenga		0	1	0	–	11	5	–	–	–	3
	André Bikey		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	3
	Aurélien Chedjou		0	0	0	–	5	5	–	–	–	3
	Alexis Enam		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	Antonio Ghomsi		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	7
	Georges Mandjeck		1	0	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	0
	Stéphane Mbia		1	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	5
	Marc Mboua		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Serge N'Gal		0	1	0	–	7	4	–	–	–	10
	Nicolas N'Koulou		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Alain Ollé		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	8
	Alex Song		0	1	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	7
	Franck Songo'o		0	1	0	–	3	0	–	–	–	4
	Amour Tignyemb		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Guy Bondoa DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Joslain Mayebi DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Martin N'dtoungou
9	United States	USA	4	8	1	–	27	16	6	1	4	34
	Freddy Adu		0	2	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	5
	Jozy Altidore		1	0	0	–	3	3	–	–	–	4
	Michael Bradley		0	2	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	2
	Charlie Davies		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	0
	Mo Edu		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Benny Feilhaber		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Brad Guzan		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Stuart Holden		1	1	0	–	4	2	–	–	–	4
	Sacha Kljestan		2	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	6
	Brian McBride		0	0	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	2
	Dax McCarty		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Michael Orozco Fiscal		0	0	1	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	Michael Parkhurst		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Robbie Rogers		0	0	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	4
	Danny Szetela		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Marvell Wynne		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	Patrick Ianni DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Chris Seitz DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Piotr Nowak
10	Republic of Korea	KOR	2	6	0	–	30	19	14	12	11	45
	Baek Ji-Hun		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	Jo Yeong-Cheol		0	0	0	–	5	3	–	–	–	0
	Jeong Seong-Ryong		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Gang Min-Su		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	3
	Gi Seong-Yong		0	2	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	5
	Kim Geun-Hwan		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	0
	Kim Jin-Gyu		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	5
	Kim Jeong-U		0	2	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	6
	Kim Dong-Jin		1	0	0	–	3	3	–	–	–	4
	Kim Seung-Yong		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Lee Cheong-Yong		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	Lee Geun-Ho		0	0	0	–	7	4	–	–	–	4
	Oh Jang-Eun		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Park Ju-Yeong		1	0	0	–	6	5	–	–	–	0
	Sin Yeong-Rok		0	0	0	–	3	1	–	–	–	4
	Sin Gwang-Hun		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	4
	Kim Chang-Su DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Song Yu-Geol DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Park Seong-Hwa
11	Australia	AUS	1	5	0	–	26	20	6	3	7	35
	Mark Bridge		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	0
	David Carney		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	3
	Billy Celeski		0	0	0	–	5	5	–	–	–	2
	Adam Federici		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Neil Kilkenny		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Trent McClenahan		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Mark Milligan		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	5
	Stuart Musialik		0	1	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	Jade North		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Nikita Rukavytsya		0	0	0	–	6	5	–	–	–	2
	Kristian Sarkies		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	1
	Matt Simon		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	0
	Matt Spiranovic		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	6
	Archie Thompson		0	0	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	1
	Nikolai Topor-Stanley		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	6
	James Troisi		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Ruben Zadkovich		1	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	3
	Adrian Leijer DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Tando Velaphi DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Graham Arnold
12	Serbia	SRB	3	7	2	–	38	24	28	9	2	41
	Ljubomir Fejsa		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	6
	Nikola Gulan		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Marko Jovanović		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Gojko Kačar		0	0	0	–	4	4	–	–	–	5
	Aleksandar Kolarov		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	3
	Miljan Mrdaković		1	0	0	–	7	3	–	–	–	0
	Slobodan Rajković		1	0	1	–	3	1	–	–	–	1
	Đorđe Rakić		1	0	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	3
	Milan Smiljanić		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	3
	Vladimir Stojković		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Dušan Tadić		0	0	0	–	4	2	–	–	–	0
	Nenad Tomović		0	1	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	4
	Zoran Tošić		0	2	0	–	11	9	–	–	–	5
	Duško Tošić		0	2	1	–	0	0	–	–	–	5
	Aleksandar Živković		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Andrija Kaluđerović DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Predrag Pavlović DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Saša Stamenković DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Miroslav Ðukić
13	People's Republic of China	CHN	1	7	2	–	31	23	22	5	2	34
	Chen Tao		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	1
	Cui Peng		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	2
	Dong Fangzhuo		1	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	0
	Feng Xiaoting		0	2	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Gao Lin		0	0	0	–	3	1	–	–	–	2
	Han Peng		0	1	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	3
	Hao Junmin		0	0	0	–	4	4	–	–	–	0
	Jiang Ning		0	0	0	–	5	4	–	–	–	3
	Li Weifeng		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	3
	Liu Zhenli		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Qiu Shengjiong		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Shen Longyuan		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Tan Wangsong		0	0	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	0
	Wan Houliang		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	Yuan Wenwei		0	2	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	4
	Zhao Xuri		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	3
	Zheng Zhi		0	0	1	–	2	2	–	–	–	2
	Zhou Haibin		0	1	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	6
	Zhu Ting		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
Coach	Ratomir Dujković
14	New Zealand	NZL	1	8	2	–	14	10	12	3	3	45
	Michael Boxall		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	Jeremy Brockie		1	2	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	2
	Greg Draper		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	1
	Daniel Ellensohn		0	0	1	–	0	0	–	–	–	7
	Simon Elliott		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	3
	Craig Henderson		0	1	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	6
	Ian Hogg		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Sam Jenkins		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	3
	Chris Killen		0	1	0	–	5	5	–	–	–	6
	Sam Messam		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Ryan Nelsen		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Steven Old		0	2	1	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Cole Peverley		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	5
	Aaron Scott		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Jacob Spoonley		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Cole Tinkler		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Shaun Van Rooyen		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Liam Little DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Stu Jacobs
15	Japan	JPN	1	5	0	–	37	18	16	2	9	55
	Takuya Honda		0	2	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	6
	Keisuke Honda		0	1	0	–	5	4	–	–	–	6
	Hajime Hosogai		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	5
	Shinji Kagawa		0	0	0	–	4	2	–	–	–	2
	Yohei Kajiyama		0	0	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	3
	Tadanari Ri		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	0
	Hiroki Mizumoto		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	3
	Takayuki Morimoto		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	3
	Masato Morishige		0	0	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	10
	Yuto Nagatomo		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
	Shusaku Nishikawa		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Shinji Okazaki		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	6
	Hiroyuki Taniguchi		0	0	0	–	7	3	–	–	–	5
	Yohei Toyoda		1	1	0	–	8	3	–	–	–	1
	Atsuto Uchida		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	Michihiro Yasuda		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Maya Yoshida		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	Kaito Yamamoto DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Yasuharu Sorimachi
16	Honduras	HON	0	7	0	–	34	12	8	7	5	36
	David Álvarez		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	0
	Quiarol Arzú		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	6
	Jefferson Bernárdez		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	Samuel Caballero		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	0
	Jorge Claros		0	1	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	Obed Enamorado		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	José Güity		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	Kevin Hernández		0	2	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Luis López		0	0	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	3
	Emil Martínez		0	1	0	–	6	3	–	–	–	4
	David Molina		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Óscar Morales		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	Erick Norales		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	1
	Ramón Núñez		0	0	0	–	10	5	–	–	–	2
	Rigoberto Padilla		0	0	0	–	5	1	–	–	–	4
	Carlos Pavón		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	Luis Rodas		0	0	0	–	3	1	–	–	–	2
	Marvin Sánchez		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	Hendry Thomas		0	2	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	3
	Edder Delgado DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Gilberto Yearwood

Preliminary Round

Date	7 – 13 August 2008

Group A

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Argentina	ARG	3	0	0	9	5-1	Q
2	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	2	0	1	6	6-4	Q
3	Australia	AUS	0	1	2	1	1-3
4	Serbia	SRB	0	1	2	1	3-7

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 17:00	Australia	AUS	1 – 1	Serbia	SRB
Match #2	07 Aug 19:45	Argentina	ARG	2 – 1	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV
Match #3	10 Aug 17:00	Argentina	ARG	1 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #4	10 Aug 19:45	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	4 – 2	Serbia	SRB
Match #5	13 Aug 19:45	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	1 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #6	13 Aug 19:45	Argentina	ARG	2 – 0	Serbia 1	SRB

Group B

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Nigeria	NGR	2	1	0	7	4-2	Q
2	Netherlands	NED	1	2	0	5	3-2	Q
3	United States	USA	1	1	1	4	4-4
4	Japan	JPN	0	0	3	0	1-4

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 17:00	United States	USA	1 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #2	07 Aug 19:45	Netherlands	NED	0 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #3	10 Aug 17:00	Nigeria	NGR	2 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #4	10 Aug 19:45	Netherlands	NED	2 – 2	United States	USA
Match #5	13 Aug 17:00	Netherlands	NED	1 – 0	Japan 2	JPN
Match #6	13 Aug 17:00	Nigeria 3	NGR	2 – 1	United States	USA

Group C

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Brazil	BRA	3	0	0	9	9-0	Q
2	Belgium	BEL	2	0	1	6	3-1	Q
3	People's Republic of China	CHN	0	1	2	1	1-6
4	New Zealand	NZL	0	1	2	1	1-7

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 17:00	Brazil	BRA	1 – 0	Belgium 4	BEL
Match #2	07 Aug 19:45	People's Republic of China	CHN	1 – 1	New Zealand	NZL
Match #3	10 Aug 17:00	Brazil	BRA	5 – 0	New Zealand	NZL
Match #4	10 Aug 19:45	Belgium	BEL	2 – 0	People's Republic of China 5	CHN
Match #5	13 Aug 19:45	Brazil	BRA	3 – 0	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #6	13 Aug 19:45	Belgium	BEL	1 – 0	New Zealand	NZL

Group D

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	2	1	0	7	6-0	Q
2	Cameroon	CMR	1	2	0	5	2-1	Q
3	Republic of Korea	KOR	1	1	1	4	2-4
4	Honduras	HON	0	0	3	0	0-5

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 17:00	Italy	ITA	3 – 0	Honduras	HON
Match #2	07 Aug 19:45	Cameroon	CMR	1 – 1	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #3	10 Aug 17:00	Cameroon	CMR	1 – 0	Honduras	HON
Match #4	10 Aug 19:45	Italy	ITA	3 – 0	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #5	13 Aug 17:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	1 – 0	Honduras	HON
Match #6	13 Aug 17:00	Cameroon	CMR	0 – 0	Italy	ITA

Quarter-Finals

Date	16 August 2008
Format	Winners of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug 18:00	Brazil	BRA	2 – 0	Cameroon	CMR	AET
Match #2	16 Aug 18:00	Belgium	BEL	3 – 2	Italy 6	ITA
Match #3	16 Aug 21:00	Argentina	ARG	2 – 1	Netherlands	NED	AET
Match #4	16 Aug 21:00	Nigeria	NGR	2 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV

Semi-Finals

Date	19 August 2008
Format	Winners of each match advanced to final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug 18:00	Nigeria	NGR	4 – 1	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	19 Aug 21:00	Argentina	ARG	3 – 0	Brazil 7	BRA

Final Round

Date	22 – 23 August 2008
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	23 Aug 12:00	Argentina	ARG	1 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match 3/4	22 Aug 19:00	Brazil	BRA	3 – 0	Belgium	BEL