Beijing Olympics Soccer

The mens game will see 16 teams competing for the gold medal. Four groups of 4 teams will play a round robin with the top 2 teams advancing to quarterfianls. The women's competition will only have 12 teams competing initially in 3 groups of 4 teams.

Group A
Cote D'Ivoire (A1)
Argentina (A2)
Australia (A3)
Serbia (A4)

Group B
Netherlands (B1)
Nigeria (B2)
Japan (B3)
USA (B4)

Group C
China (C1)
New Zealand (C2)
Brazil (C3)
Belgium (C4)

Group D
Republic of Korea (D1)
Cameroon (D2)
Honduras (D3)
Italy (D4)

W D L Pts Team
3 0 0 9 Argentina
2 0 1 6 Côte d'Ivoire
0 1 2 1 Australia
0 1 2 1 Serbia

2008-08-07
17:00 Australia 1 - 1 Serbia @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
19:45 Côte d'Ivoire 1 - 2 Argentina @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

2008-08-10
17:00 Argentina 1 - 0 Australia @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
19:45 Serbia 2 - 4 Côte d'Ivoire @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

2008-08-13
19:45 Côte d'Ivoire 1 - 0 Australia @ Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
19:45 Argentina 2 - 0 Serbia @ Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

W D L Pts Team
2 1 0 7 Nigeria
1 2 0 5 Netherlands
1 1 1 4 USA
0 0 3 0 Japan

2008-08-07
17:00 Japan 0 - 1 USA @ Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
19:45 Netherlands 0 - 0 Nigeria @ Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin

2008-08-10
17:00 Nigeria 2 - 1 Japan @ Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
19:45 USA 2 - 2 Netherlands @ Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin

2008-08-13
17:00 Netherlands 1 - 0 Japan @ Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
17:00 Nigeria 2 - 1 USA @ Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

W D L Pts Team
3 0 0 9 Brazil
2 0 1 6 Belgium
0 1 2 1 China PR
0 1 2 1 New Zealand

2008-08-07
17:00 Brazil 1 - 0 Belgium @ Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
19:45 China PR 1 - 1 New Zealand @ Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

2008-08-10
17:00 New Zealand 0 - 5 Brazil @ Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
19:45 Belgium 2 - 0 China PR @ Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

2008-08-13
19:45 China PR 0 - 3 Brazil @ Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
19:45 New Zealand 0 - 1 Belgium @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

W D L Pts Team
2 1 0 7 Italy
1 2 0 5 Cameroon
1 1 1 4 Korea Republic
0 0 3 0 Honduras

2008-08-07
17:00 Honduras 0 - 3 Italy @ Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
19:45 Korea Republic 1 - 1 Cameroon @ Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao

2008-08-10
17:00 Cameroon 1 - 0 Honduras @ Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
19:45 Italy 3 - 0 Korea Republic @ Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao

2008-08-13
17:00 Korea Republic 1 - 0 Honduras @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
17:00 Cameroon 0 - 0 Italy @ Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin

Quarter Finals
2008-08-16
18:00 Brazil 2 - 0 Cameroon @ Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
18:00 Italy 2 - 3 Belgium @ Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing
21:00 Argentina 2 - 1 Netherlands @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
21:00 Nigeria 2 - 0 Côte d'Ivoire @ Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Semi Finals
2008-08-19
18:00 Nigeria 4 - 1 Belgium @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
21:00 Argentina 3 - 0 Brazil @ Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Bronze Medal
2008-08-22
19:00 Brazil 3 - 0 @ Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Gold Medal
2008-08-23
12:00 Argentina 1 - 0 Nigeria @ National Stadium, Beijing

The mens soccer has been an Olympic event since the 1900 games. Hungary and Great Britan have won gold three times each. The Soviet Union and Uruguay have each taken home gold once.

The following countries have captured gold once in their history: Yugoslavia , Argentina, Poland, Spain, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, and Nigeria.

Denmark, Brazil, United States, Bulgaria, Austria, Paraguay, Switzerland, Netherlands, Chile, Ghana, Japan, Norway, and West Germany have all won medals but not gotten the gold.