The 2024 Summer Olympic football gold medal match was a football match to determine the gold medal winners of men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The match was the 26th final of the men's football tournament at the Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's under-23 national teams of the member associations of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. The match was held at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, on 9 August 2024.[4][5] This was the first Olympic men's football final to take place before the women's tournament final.[6]
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| Event | Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament | ||||||
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| Date | 9 August 2024 | ||||||
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris | ||||||
| Referee | Ramon Abatti (Brazil)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 44,260[2] | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 26 °C (79 °F) 58% humidity[3] | ||||||
The final was contested between hosts France and previous Games' silver medalists Spain. Both teams were seeking their second Olympic title, having won in 1984 and 1992, respectively. France hoped to emulate Spain's 1992 triumph by winning a home Olympics, while Spain hoped to emulate France's 1984 record of winning the Olympics and the UEFA European Championship, having won the UEFA Euro 2024. At that time, France defeated Spain in the UEFA Euro 1984 final held at Parc des Princes.
Spain won the match 5–3 after extra time, winning a second gold medal and became the first European team to do so in 32 years (since own Spain at the home in 1992).[7][8]
Venue
editThe final was held at the Parc des Princes in Paris.
The stadium first opened in 1897, and had been refurbished twice since 1972, first for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and then for the UEFA Euro 2016. It hosted the UEFA Euro finals in 1960 and 1984, as well as six finals in various Europe's club competitions. It also hosted some matches for the 1938 and 1998 World Cups, the 2019 Women's World Cup, and the three aforementioned UEFA Euros.[9]
Route to the final
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 United States
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3–0 | Match 1 |  Uzbekistan
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 Guinea
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1–0 | Match 2 |  Dominican Republic
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3–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand
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3–0 | Match 3 |  Egypt
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Group A winners
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Final standings | Group C runners-up
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| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Argentina
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1–0 | Quarter-finals |  Japan
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3–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt
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3–1 (a.e.t.) | Semi-finals |  Morocco
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2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Match
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Match rules[11]
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References
edit- ^ "Match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments' gold and bronze medal matches". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Match report – France v Spain" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Start List – France v Spain" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Spain win gold in Olympic final for the ages". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Spain beat France 5-3 after extra time to win Olympic men's football final – as it happened". Guardian. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Parc des Princes". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – France v Spain" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.