IF Euro 2020 wasn’t exciting enough, there’s plenty more football at the Tokyo Olympics.
But Team GB are out of the women’s competition after losing their quarter-final with Australia.
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What are the Olympic football groups?
The men’s competition consists of sixteen teams split up four by four per group and the women’s competition will consist of 12 teams split up in three groups.
Men’s groups
- Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
- Group B: New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania
- Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
- Group D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia
Women’s groups
- Group E: Japan, Great Britain, Chile, Canada
- Group F: Brazil, Netherlands, China, Zambia
- Group G: USA, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand
The GB Women’s team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of England’s performance at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, when they finished fourth in France.
Defending champions Germany will not field a women’s side at the Olympics after they lost their World Cup quarter-final to Sweden.
And unlike the men’s event – which is an under-23 tournament – the Olympics is one of women’s football’s biggest events, with no age restrictions.
Olympic football fixtures in full
Games in the same group are being played two at a time in various stadia, so second kick-off times are approximate.
Wednesday July 21 – Women
- E: Great Britain 2-0 Chile
- E: Japan 1-1 Canada
- F: China 0-5 Brazil
- F: Zambia 3-10 Netherlands
- G: Sweden 3-0 USA
- G: Australia 2-1 New Zealand
Thursday July 22 – Men
- C: Egypt 0-0 Spain
- C: Argentina 0-2 Australia
- A: Mexico 4-1 France
- A: Japan 1-0 South Africa
- B: New Zealand 1-0 South Korea
- B: Honduras 0-1 Romania
- D: Ivory Coast 2-1 Saudi Arabia
- D: Brazil 4-2 Germany
Saturday July 24 – Women
- E: Chile 1-2 Canada
- E: Japan 0-1 Great Britain
- F: China 4-4 Zambia
- F: Netherlands 3-3 Brazil
- G: Sweden 4-2 Australia
- G: New Zealand 1-6 USA
Sunday July 25 – Men
- C: Egypt 0-1 Argentina
- C: Australia 0-1 Spain
- B: New Zealand 2-3 Honduras
- B: Romania 0-4 South Korea
- A: France 4-3 South Africa
- A: Japan 2-1 Mexico
- D: Brazil 0-0 Ivory Coast
- D: Saudi Arabia 2-3 Germany
Tuesday July 27 – Women
- G: New Zealand 0-2 Sweden
- G: USA 0-0 Australia
- E: Chile 0-1 Japan
- E: Canada 1-1 Great Britain
- F: Brazil 1-0 Zambia
- F: Netherlands 8-2 China
Wednesday July 28 – Men
- D: Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
- D: Saudi Arabia 1-3 Brazil
- C: Australia 0-2 Egypt
- C: Spain 1-1 Argentina
- B: Romania 0-0 New Zealand
- B: South Korea 6-0 Honduras
- A: South Africa 0-3 Mexico
- A: France 0-4 Japan
Friday July 30 – Women’s quarter-finals
- Canada 0-0 (4-3p) Brazil
- Great Britain 3-4 (AET) Australia
- Sweden 3-1 Japan
- Netherlands 2-2 (2-4p) United States – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)
Saturday July 31 – Men’s quarter-finals
- Spain 5-2 (AET) Ivory Coast
- Japan 0-0 (4-2p) New Zealand
- Brazil 1-0 Egypt
- South Korea 3-6 Mexico
Monday August 2 – Women’s semi-finals
- United States vs Canada – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
- Australia vs Sweden – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)
Tuesday August 3 – Men’s semi-finals
- Mexico vs Brazil
- Japan vs Spain
Thursday August 5 – Women
- Women’s bronze medal match – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
Friday August 6 – Women and Men
- Women’s gold medal final – 3am UK (11am Japan)
- Men’s bronze medal match – 12 Noon UK (8pm Japan)
Saturday August 7 – Men
- Men’s gold medal final – 12.30pm UK (8.30pm Japan)
