2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament Thread

[Kaveh Ahangar]

Dates: 26 July – 11 August 2012

16 teams (from 6 confederations)

6 Stadia: Wembley (London), Old Trafford (Manchester), Millenium Stadium (Cardiff), St James' Park (Newcastle), City of Coventry Stadium (Coventry), Hampden Park (Glasgow)

Group A

26th July: UAE vs Uruguay
Great Britain vs Sengal

29th July: Senegal vs Uruguay
Great Britain vs UAE

1st Aug: Senegal vs UAE
Great Britain vs Uruguay


Group B

26th July: Mexico vs South Korea
Gabon vs Switzerland

29th July: Mexico vs Gabon
South Korea vs Switzerland

1st Aug: Mexico vs Switzerland
South Korea vs Gabon


Group C

26th July: Belarus vs New Zealand
Brazil vs Egypt

29th July: Brazil vs Belarus
Egypt vs New Zealand

1st Aug: Brazil vs New Zealand
Egypt vs Belarus



Group D

26th July: Spain vs Japan
Honduras vs Mexico

29th July: Spain vs Honduras
Japan vs Morocco

1st Aug: Japan vs Honduras
Spain vs Morocco



Quarterfinals: 4th August

Semifinals: 7th August

Bronze Medal Match: 10th August

Gold Medal Match: 11th August

[Kaveh Ahangar]

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[Kaveh Ahangar]

Ryan Giggs to captain Team GB at London 2012 Olympics

[EKBATAN]

wtf is team great britain?? best of all the countries; england, wales, ireland, etc??

[Messy]

wtf is team great britain?? best of all the countries; england, wales, ireland, etc??

England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. But this GB team only has Welsh and English players. I didn't see any of the other two countries there.

[Kaveh Ahangar]

England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. But this GB team only has Welsh and English players. I didn't see any of the other two countries there.

Scotland declined to send players, and N.Ireland do not have anyone good enough to be selected.

Aaron Ramsey, Craig Bellamy and Ryan Giggs are the three Welsh players in the squad. Micah Richards is the third over-age player.

[EKBATAN]

i heard uruguay is sending cavani and suarez too....are they that desperate to win this? lol it never holds any prestige

[Kaveh Ahangar]

Spain are sending Juan Mata, Jordi Alba and Javi Martinez. Brazil will be sending Neymar.

Argentina, who won the last two tournaments with Messi, Tevez et al didn't even qualify this time.
Spain have some very talented youngsters coming through their U-23 side, they will be favourites for obvious reasons.

[oldcoach]

Mexico is sending a strong team and expected to do well.

[radin119]

shame the germans didnt qualify

[PouriaAkaBarut]

^ Why go so far ? Shame on Iran

[EKBATAN]

baba if u notice alot of big teams arent there. Olympic football means nothing really....do u guys even remember who has won them? No
Iran didnt make it and so didnt alot of other teams better than iran. its ok

[Kaveh Ahangar]

baba if u notice alot of big teams arent there. Olympic football means nothing really....do u guys even remember who has won them? No
Iran didnt make it and so didnt alot of other teams better than iran. its ok

Yes, Italy failed to qualify.

[Messy]

We are looking at a Brazil/GB vs Spain final from the way the groups look.

[EKBATAN]

Yes, Italy failed to qualify.

Yes and so did germany, holland, france, portugal, argentina and england