Group B of the men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was played from 24 to 30 July 2024.[1] [2] The group consisted of Argentina, Iraq, Morocco and Ukraine.[3] The top two teams, Morocco and Argentina, advanced to the knockout stage.[4]
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | |||
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| B1 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament top two | 11 February 2024 | data-sort-value="10" | 10th | data-sort-value="1" | Gold medalists (2004, 2008) | |||
| B2 | style=white-space:nowrap | 2 | 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations top three | 4 July 2023 | data-sort-value="8" | 8th | data-sort-value="8" | Eighth place (1972) | |||
| B3 | style=white-space:nowrap | 3 | 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup top three | 2 May 2024 | data-sort-value="6" | 6th | data-sort-value="4" | Fourth place (2004) | |||
| B4 | style=white-space:nowrap | 4 | 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship top three | 2 July 2023 | data-sort-value="1" | 1st | Debut |
In the quarter-finals:
The match had 15 minutes of stoppage time added on. As the game entered the 16th minute of stoppage time, Morocco was leading 2–1 when Argentina took a shot at goal from the edge of the box. This shot was pushed back into the area by Morocco's goalkeeper, leading to another two Argentina attempts hitting the crossbar and falling back into the area in succession, before Cristian Medina was able to head the rebounding ball into the goal and equalise for Argentina.[5] [6] Moroccan fans, feeling that time had elapsed and the game should have ended before Argentina scored, immediately began rioting in the stadium. Spectators stormed the pitch and set off pyrotechnic explosions, leading to the game being suspended amid safety concerns for the players. After the stadium was emptied,[7] the match was resumed behind closed doors in order to play the final three minutes.[8] The match resumed at 19:02, with Argentina's goal disallowed following a VAR review.[9]
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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:
Only one of the above deductions could be applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | ||||||||||
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| 2 | 2 | –4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | –6 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | –8 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | –14 |