Group A of the men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 22 to 28 July 2021 in Chōfu's Tokyo Stadium, Saitama's Saitama Stadium, Sapporo's Sapporo Dome and Yokohama's International Stadium Yokohama.[1] The group consisted of France, host nation Japan, Mexico and South Africa.[2] The top two teams, Japan and Mexico, 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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A1 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | Hosts | 7 September 2013 | data-sort-value="11" | 11th | data-sort-value="3" | Bronze medalists (1968) | ||||
A2 | style=white-space:nowrap | 3 | 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations third place | 22 November 2019 | data-sort-value="3" | 3rd | data-sort-value="11" | 11th place (2000) | ||||
A3 | style=white-space:nowrap | 2 | 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship champions | 30 March 2021 | data-sort-value="12" | 12th | data-sort-value="1" | Gold medalists (2012) | ||||
A4 | style=white-space:nowrap | 4 | 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship semi-finalists | 27 June 2019 | data-sort-value="13" | 13th | data-sort-value="1" | Gold medalists (1984) |
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 | 2 | 2 | –6 | |||||||||||
2 | 2 | 1 | –8 | |||||||||||
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | –10 | ||||||||||
1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | –12 |