Group C 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 Sapporo's Sapporo Dome.[1] The group consisted of Argentina, Australia, Egypt and Spain.[2] The top two teams, Spain and Egypt, 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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C1 | style=white-space:nowrap | 3 | 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations champions | 22 November 2019 | data-sort-value="12" | 12th | data-sort-value="4" | Fourth place (1928, 1964) | ||||
C2 | style=white-space:nowrap | 2 | 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship champions | 30 June 2019 | data-sort-value="11" | 11th | data-sort-value="1" | Gold medalists (1992) | ||||
C3 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament champions | 9 February 2020 | data-sort-value="9" | 9th | data-sort-value="1" | Gold medalists (2004, 2008) | ||||
C4 | style=white-space:nowrap | 4 | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship third place | 25 January 2020 | data-sort-value="8" | 8th | data-sort-value="4" | Fourth place (1992) |
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 | –3 | ||||||||||||
4 | 2 | –6 | ||||||||||||
7 | 4 | 1 | –12 | |||||||||||
3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | –16 |