Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B

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]

Teams

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Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Olympic
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
B1   Argentina 1 CONMEBOL 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament top two 11 February 2024 10th 2020 Gold medalists (2004, 2008)
B2   Morocco 2 CAF 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations top three 4 July 2023 8th 2012 Eighth place (1972)
B3   Iraq[a] 3 AFC 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup top three 2 May 2024 6th 2016 Fourth place (2004)
B4   Ukraine 4 UEFA 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship top three 2 July 2023 1st Debut
  1. ^ The qualifiers from AFC were not known at the time of the draw.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[a] Advance to knockout stage
2   Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[a]
3   Ukraine 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4   Iraq 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Argentina 1–2 Morocco.

In the quarter-finals:

  • The winners of Group B, Morocco, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, the United States.
  • The runners-up of Group B, Argentina, advanced to play the winners of Group A, France.

Matches

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Argentina vs Morocco

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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]

Argentina  1–2  Morocco
  • Simeone   68'
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Argentina[11]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morocco[11]
GK 1 Gerónimo Rulli
RB 4 Joaquín García   84'
CB 2 Marco Di Cesare   90+9'
CB 16 Nicolás Otamendi (c)
LB 3 Julio Soler   69'
RM 10 Thiago Almada
CM 14 Santiago Hezze   69'
CM 8 Cristian Medina
LM 7 Kevin Zenón   54'
CF 18 Lucas Beltrán   69'
CF 9 Julián Álvarez
Substitutes:
GK 12 Leandro Brey
DF 6 Bruno Amione   69'
DF 13 Gonzalo Luján
MF 5 Ezequiel Fernández   88'   69'
MF 11 Claudio Echeverri   84'
FW 15 Luciano Gondou   69'
FW 17 Giuliano Simeone   54'
Manager:
Javier Mascherano
GK 1 Munir Mohamedi   89'
RB 2 Achraf Hakimi (c)
CB 4 Mehdi Boukamir
CB 14 Oussama Targhalline   87'
LB 11 Zakaria El Ouahdi   61'
CM 18 Amir Richardson
CM 17 Oussama El Azzouzi   80'
RW 10 Ilias Akhomach   39'   59'
AM 8 Bilal El Khannous   45+3'   90+2'
LW 7 Eliesse Ben Seghir   80'
CF 9 Soufiane Rahimi   70'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Rachid Ghanimi
DF 3 Akram Nakach   80'
DF 5 Adil Tahif
MF 6 Benjamin Bouchouari   90+2'
MF 13 Yassine Kechta   80'
FW 15 El Mehdi Maouhoub
FW 16 Abde Ezzalzouli   59'
Manager:
Tarik Sektioui

Assistant referees:
Mahbod Beigi (Sweden)
Andreas Söderkvist (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Frida Klarlund (Denmark)
Video assistant referee:
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Iraq vs Ukraine

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Iraq  2–1  Ukraine
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Attendance: 10,637[12]
Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iraq[13]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ukraine[13]
GK 1 Hussein Hassan   90+13'
RB 17 Mustafa Saadoon
CB 6 Zaid Tahseen
CB 20 Hussein Amer   52'
CB 5 Ahmed Maknzi
LB 3 Hussein Ali   58'
RM 11 Muntadher Mohammed   58'
CM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh
CM 10 Youssef Amyn   79'
LM 14 Karrar Mohammed
CF 18 Aymen Hussein (c)   90+12'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Kumel Al-Rekabe
DF 2 Josef Al-Imam   90+12'
DF 13 Karrar Saad   79'
MF 7 Ali Jasim   58'
MF 15 Nihad Mohammed   58'
MF 16 Muntadher Abdul-Amir
FW 9 Hussein Abdullah
Manager:
Radhi Shenaishil
GK 12 Kiril Fesyun
RB 2 Illya Krupskyi
CB 4 Maksym Talovyerov   56'   73'
CB 16 Arseniy Batahov
LB 3 Oleksandr Martynyuk
RM 5 Valentyn Rubchynskyi
CM 10 Maksym Braharu   56'   73'
CM 18 Dmytro Kryskiv   26'   79'
CM 8 Mykola Mykhaylenko   73'
LM 11 Maksym Khlan
CF 14 Danylo Sikan (c)   80'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Heorhiy Yermakov
DF 6 Oleksiy Sych   73'
DF 13 Volodymyr Salyuk   73'
MF 7 Oleh Ocheretko   79'
MF 15 Vladyslav Veleten
MF 17 Oleh Fedor   73'
FW 9 Ihor Krasnopir   80'
Manager:
Ruslan Rotan

Assistant referees:
Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
Liban Abdoulrazack Ahmed (Djibouti)
Fourth official:
Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Video assistant referee:
Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

Argentina vs Iraq

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Argentina  3–1  Iraq
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Argentina[15]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iraq[15]
GK 1 Gerónimo Rulli
RB 4 Joaquín García   50'   60'
CB 2 Marco Di Cesare
CB 16 Nicolás Otamendi (c)
LB 3 Julio Soler   60'
RM 10 Thiago Almada   86'
CM 5 Ezequiel Fernández
CM 14 Santiago Hezze   60'
LM 8 Cristian Medina
CF 18 Lucas Beltrán   45+2'
CF 9 Julián Álvarez
Substitutes:
GK 12 Leandro Brey
DF 6 Bruno Amione   86'
DF 13 Gonzalo Luján   60'
MF 7 Kevin Zenón   60'
MF 11 Claudio Echeverri
FW 15 Luciano Gondou   90'   60'
FW 17 Giuliano Simeone   45+2'
Manager:
Javier Mascherano
GK 1 Hussein Hassan
RB 17 Mustafa Saadoon   60'
CB 20 Hussein Amer
CB 6 Zaid Tahseen   46'
LB 5 Ahmed Maknzi
CM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh   76'
CM 14 Karrar Mohammed   87'
RW 15 Nihad Mohammed   52'   60'
AM 7 Ali Jasim   87'
LW 10 Youssef Amyn
CF 18 Aymen Hussein (c)
Substitutes:
GK 12 Kumel Al-Rekabe
DF 2 Josef Al-Imam
DF 3 Hussein Ali   60'
DF 13 Karrar Saad   87'
MF 11 Muntadher Mohammed   60'
MF 16 Muntadher Abdul-Amir   76'
FW 9 Hussein Abdullah   87'
Manager:
Radhi Shenaishil

Assistant referees:
Jan Erik Engan (Norway)
Isaak Bashevkin (Norway)
Fourth official:
Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Video assistant referee:
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

Ukraine vs Morocco

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Ukraine  2–1  Morocco
Report Rahimi   64' (pen.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ukraine[17]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morocco[17]
GK 12 Kiril Fesyun
RB 2 Illya Krupskyi   79'
CB 13 Volodymyr Salyuk   63'
CB 16 Arseniy Batahov
LB 3 Oleksandr Martynyuk   74'
RM 11 Maksym Khlan   52'
CM 5 Valentyn Rubchynskyi   72'
CM 18 Dmytro Kryskiv   65'
CM 8 Mykola Mykhaylenko   78'
LM 10 Maksym Braharu   65'
CF 14 Danylo Sikan (c)   34'   65'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Heorhiy Yermakov
DF 4 Maksym Talovyerov   65'
DF 6 Oleksiy Sych   90'   74'
MF 7 Oleh Ocheretko   65'
MF 15 Vladyslav Veleten
MF 17 Oleh Fedor   78'
FW 9 Ihor Krasnopir   65'
Manager:
Ruslan Rotan
GK 1 Munir Mohamedi
RB 2 Achraf Hakimi (c)   71'
CB 17 Oussama El Azzouzi   87'
CB 4 Mehdi Boukamir   74'
LB 11 Zakaria El Ouahdi
DM 14 Oussama Targhalline
CM 18 Amir Richardson   37'
CM 8 Bilal El Khannous
RF 16 Abde Ezzalzouli
CF 9 Soufiane Rahimi   87'
LF 7 Eliesse Ben Seghir   87'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Rachid Ghanimi
DF 3 Akram Nakach   87'
DF 5 Adil Tahif
MF 6 Benjamin Bouchouari
MF 13 Yassine Kechta   74'
FW 10 Ilias Akhomach   87'
FW 15 El Mehdi Maouhoub   87'
Manager:
Tarik Sektioui

Assistant referees:
Walter López (Honduras)
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Frida Klarlund (Denmark)
Video assistant referee:
Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Jérôme Brisard (France)

Ukraine vs Argentina

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Ukraine  0–2  Argentina
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Attendance: 10,017[18]
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ukraine[19]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Argentina[19]
GK 12 Kiril Fesyun
RB 2 Illya Krupskyi
CB 4 Maksym Talovyerov
CB 16 Arseniy Batahov
LB 3 Oleksandr Martynyuk   68'
DM 5 Valentyn Rubchynskyi   53'
CM 18 Dmytro Kryskiv
CM 8 Mykola Mykhaylenko   59'
RF 11 Maksym Khlan   78'
CF 14 Danylo Sikan (c)   59'
LF 10 Maksym Braharu   59'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Heorhiy Yermakov
DF 6 Oleksiy Sych   68'
MF 7 Oleh Ocheretko   59'
MF 15 Vladyslav Veleten   82'   78'
MF 17 Oleh Fedor   59'
FW 9 Ihor Krasnopir   59'
Manager:
Ruslan Rotan
GK 1 Gerónimo Rulli
RB 13 Gonzalo Luján
CB 2 Marco Di Cesare
CB 16 Nicolás Otamendi (c)
LB 3 Julio Soler   67'
RM 17 Giuliano Simeone
CM 5 Ezequiel Fernández   68'
CM 8 Cristian Medina
LM 10 Thiago Almada   81'
CF 15 Luciano Gondou   59'
CF 9 Julián Álvarez   81'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Leandro Brey
DF 4 Joaquín García
DF 6 Bruno Amione   67'
MF 7 Kevin Zenón   68'
MF 11 Claudio Echeverri   81'
MF 14 Santiago Hezze   59'
FW 18 Lucas Beltrán   81'
Manager:
Javier Mascherano

Assistant referees:
Jerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola)
Stephen Yiembe (Kenya)
Fourth official:
Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Video assistant referee:
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)

Morocco vs Iraq

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Morocco  3–0  Iraq
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Attendance: 19,300[20]
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morocco[21]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iraq[21]
GK 1 Munir Mohamedi
RB 2 Achraf Hakimi (c)
CB 17 Oussama El Azzouzi   85'
CB 4 Mehdi Boukamir
LB 11 Zakaria El Ouahdi
CM 18 Amir Richardson   62'
CM 14 Oussama Targhalline   62'
RW 10 Ilias Akhomach   67'
AM 8 Bilal El Khannous
LW 16 Abde Ezzalzouli
CF 9 Soufiane Rahimi   61'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Rachid Ghanimi
DF 3 Akram Nakach
DF 5 Adil Tahif   85'
MF 6 Benjamin Bouchouari   62'
MF 13 Yassine Kechta   62'
FW 7 Eliesse Ben Seghir   67'
FW 15 El Mehdi Maouhoub   61'
Manager:
Tarik Sektioui
GK 1 Hussein Hassan
RB 17 Mustafa Saadoon   79'
CB 20 Hussein Amer
CB 4 Saad Natiq (c)
LB 5 Ahmed Maknzi   30'
CM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh
CM 14 Karrar Mohammed   9'
RW 10 Youssef Amyn   31'
AM 11 Muntadher Mohammed   46'
LW 13 Karrar Saad   32'
CF 18 Aymen Hussein
Substitutes:
GK 12 Kumel Al-Rekabe
DF 2 Josef Al-Imam   46'
DF 3 Hussein Ali   79'
MF 7 Ali Jasim   32'
MF 15 Nihad Mohammed   31'
MF 16 Muntadher Abdul-Amir
FW 9 Hussein Abdullah
Manager:
Radhi Shenaishil

Assistant referees:
Rafael Alves (Brazil)
Guillerme Camilo (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)
Video assistant referee:
Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)

Discipline

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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:

  • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
  • direct red card: minus 4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions could be applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
                                   
  Argentina 2 2 –4
  Iraq 2 2 2 –6
  Morocco 6 2 –8
  Ukraine 3 5 1 2 –14

References

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