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.
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.[1]
| Means of qualification | Date(s) | Venue(s) | Berth(s) | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | ||||
| 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | 18 June – 3 July 2022 |  Honduras | 2 | ||
| 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 21 June – 8 July 2023 |  Georgia Romania | 3 | ||
| 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations | 24 June – 8 July 2023 |  Morocco | 3 | ||
| 2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 27 August – 9 September 2023 |  New Zealand | 1 | ||
| 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 20 January – 11 February 2024 | 2 | |||
| 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | 15 April – 3 May 2024 |  Qatar | 3 | ||
| AFC–CAF play-off | 9 May 2024 |  France | 1 | ||
| Total | 16 | ||||
See main article: 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
The semi-final winners qualified.[2]
See main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The top three eligible teams (not including England and Olympic hosts France) qualified.[3]
England would have qualified as winners of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. However, an English team cannot participate in Olympic qualification for Great Britain due to there being no agreements between the associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.[4]
See main article: 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage. The winners of the semi-finals and the third-place match qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] The loser of the third-place match advanced to the AFC–CAF play-off match.
See main article: 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
New Zealand qualified after defeating Fiji in the final.[6]
See main article: 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Teams were drawn into two groups of five teams each and played a single round-robin stage. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to a final single round-robin stage, with the top two teams qualifying for the Olympics.[7] All ten nations entered the competition.[8]
See main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.
Fifteen teams joined hosts Qatar to play in four groups of single-leg league format matches. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the winners of the semi-final matches and the third-place match qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The loser of the third-place match advanced to the AFC–CAF play-off match.
This section shows the match contested between the 4th-placed teams of the qualification tournaments of Asia and Africa, as both confederations have three and one-half spots at the 2024 Olympic Football Tournament in Paris. The play-off was the 4th-placed team from Africa, Guinea, versus the 4th-placed team from Asia, Indonesia.
Guinea advanced to group A of the Olympic men's football tournament.