Football : Summer Olympics Beijing 2008

Football (soccer) at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from August 6 to August 24. Associations affiliated with FIFA are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams are allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23. For these games, the men will compete in a 16-team tournament, and the women will compete in a 12-team tournament. Football preliminaries actually commence two days before the official opening of the games (August 8), and last right through to closing day. Group winners and runner-ups advanced to quarter final round.

Venues

Aside from the host city Beijing, football matches are scheduled to take place in four other cities:

Beijing: Beijing National Stadium
Beijing: Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Beijing: Workers' Stadium
Qinghuangdao: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Shanghai: Shanghai Stadium
Shenyang: Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Tianjin: Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium

Drawing Olimpiade 2008

Men's

Group A : Pantai Gading, Argentina, Australia, Serbia.

Group B : Belanda, Nigeria, Jepang, AS.

Group C : Cina, Brasil, Selandia Baru, Belgia.

Group D : Korsel, Kamerun, Honduras, Italia.

Women's:

Group E : Cina, Swedia, Argentina, dan Kanada.

Group F : Grup F: Korut, Nigeria, Jerman, Brasil

Group G : Norwegia, AS, Jepang, Selandia Baru.