Group D of the men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 22 to 28 July 2021 in Rifu's Miyagi Stadium, Saitama's Saitama Stadium and Yokohama's International Stadium Yokohama.[1] The group consisted of defending gold medalists Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia.[2] The top two teams, Brazil and Ivory Coast, advanced to the knockout stage.[3]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | ||||
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D1 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament runners-up | 9 February 2020 | data-sort-value="14" | 14th | data-sort-value="1" | Gold medalists (2016) | ||||
D2 | style=white-space:nowrap | 2 | 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship runners-up | 30 June 2019 | data-sort-value="10" | 10th | data-sort-value="2" | Silver medalists (2016) | ||||
D3 | style=white-space:nowrap | 3 | 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations runners-up | 22 November 2019 | data-sort-value="2" | 2nd | data-sort-value="6" | Sixth place (2008) | ||||
D4 | style=white-space:nowrap | 4 | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship runners-up | 30 June 2019 | data-sort-value="3" | 3rd | data-sort-value="15" | 15th place (1996) |
In the quarter-finals,
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Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[3]
Only one of the above deductions is applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | ||||||||||
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2 | 1 | 4 | –7 | |||||||||||
1 | 1 | 3 | –8 | |||||||||||
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –11 | ||||||||||
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | –12 |