Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
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The men's qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics. FIFA restricted entry to players born after 1 January 1989.
Qualifications
A total of 16 teams participated in the finals of the Olympic tournament for men. Of the six regional confederations, three (CONCACAF, AFC and OFC) ran dedicated qualification competitions for the Olympic tournament, while the other three used their own existing youth tournaments as qualifiers.
- The host nation (automatically qualified)
- Great Britain
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- Three teams from Europe
- Two teams from South America
- Two teams from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean
- Three teams from Africa
- Three teams from Asia
- One team from Oceania
- Winner of the Asia–Africa play-off
UEFA (Europe)
UEFA announced that the
CONMEBOL (South America)
The
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)
The CONCACAF Pre-Olympic tournament was held from the 22 March to the 2 April 2012 in the United States, and saw Mexico and Honduras qualify.
CAF (Africa)
The
AFC (Asia)
The Asian Pre-Olympic tournament took place over a total of four rounds between February 2011 and March 2012. After the third round, South Korea, Japan and United Arab Emirates gained qualification to the Olympic tournament, while three other sides advanced to the fourth round. From these, Oman went into a further play-off against Senegal, but lost and thus failed to qualify.
OFC (Oceania)
The OFC Olympic Tournament was held between the 16 and 25 March 2012 in
References
- ^ a b c FIFA qualifiers info. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.