Show
 Breaking's qualification system for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been confirmed. A qualifying timeframe from July 2022 to June 2024 has been approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), along with the mechanism for 32 athletes - 16 in men's and 16 in women's events - to qualify for the sport's Olympic debut in two years. Twenty of these athletes will book their places in the Olympic Qualifier Series, a three-legged, IOC-led competition set to be held from March to June 2024. BMX freestyle, skateboarding and sport climbing are also due to be part of the Olympic Qualifier Series. Another five b-boys and five b-girls are to qualify directly from continental competitions. The winners in breaking at the 2023 World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) World Championship will also earn Olympic berths. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee - two per gender - can qualify for breaking's Olympic debut. France will get one quota per gender as the host nation, should no French athletes otherwise qualify. Eligibility for the Olympic Qualifier Series can be earned through performances at world or continental level, position on the Breaking for Gold ranking or via host and universality quota spots. The Breaking for Gold ranking list is based on points accumulated at continental championships and the Breaking for Gold World Series. Winners at the 2023 European Games, the postponed Asian Games and the 2023 Pan American Games are to directly qualify for Paris 2024, while Oceanian and African Championships will determine their qualifiers. This year's World Breaking Championships in Seoul is to be combined with the WDSF Breaking for Gold World Series to allow more nations and athletes to compete, keeping in mind ongoing COVID-19 restrictions in other countries. Usually, entry at the World Championships would be restricted to two athletes per gender per nation. Olympic football qualification doesn't work the same as the likes of the Euros and other international tournaments – here's what you need to know Football at the Olympics is one of the main attractions of the Games, with both men's and women's teams competing for the coveted gold medals. Though national teams compete at the Olympics, the process is slightly different than what happens for the likes of the showpiece international European Championships and Copa America. Goal has what you need to know about how football teams qualify for the Olympic Games and more. On this page
What are the qualification routes for football at the Olympics?Participating nations qualify for the Olympics based on the qualification rules of their respective association. Each regional body (UEFA, CONMEBOL) determines how each nation qualifies, with each federation having a maximum number of teams they are allowed to have compete. The host nation automatically qualifies for the Games. UEFA, for example, use the Men's European Under-21 Championship as the path for nations to qualify for the Olympics. For the 2020 Olympics, the final four finishers in the competition earned qualification to the Games – France, Germany, Romania and Spain. UEFA use the top three finishers of the Women's World Cup to fill the three berths to the women’s Olympic tournament, which is why England's third-place finish at the 2019 Women's World Cup earned them a spot through Team GB. Gold-medal winners do not earn automatic qualification to the next Games, so 2016 Women's Olympic gold winners Germany were not at the 2020 Olympics. Other associations like CONCACAF have their own separate Olympics qualification tournament to determine which nations qualify. You can view the full breakdown of how each association determines Olympic qualification in the tables below. Once qualified, the teams are drawn into their groups for the competition group stage via a seeded draw. This is done months in advance of the actual Olympics. The tournament proper, then, consists of a group stage and a knockout stage (that consists of single-elimination quarter-finals, and then semi-finals which determine the bronze and silver winners), with the final determining the Olympic gold medalists. How many teams qualify for the Olympics & qualification rulesFor Tokyo 2020, 16 men's football teams qualified, while 12 women's football teams qualified. The participation rules for Men's and Women's players are different. For Men's football, International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules state that only players under the age of 23 are allowed to compete, with a maximum of three over-23 players permitted. For the purposes of the 2020 Olympics, which was delayed a year due to Covid-19, players under the age of 24 were allowed. For Women's football, there are no age restrictions on players, so full internationals are permitted to compete. Men's Olympic football qualification*For 2020 tournament. Women's Olympic football qualification*For 2020 tournament. Editors' Picks
How do you qualify for the 2024 Olympics football?Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there are no age restrictions on women's teams.
Who qualified for Olympics football?Table
Is 2024 an Olympic football?Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024. The match schedules for the men's and women's Olympic Football Tournaments at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been confirmed.
What is the age limit for Olympic football team?Currently squads for the men's tournament are required to be composed of players under 23 years of age, with three permitted exceptions. By comparison, the women's football tournament is a senior-level international tournament, second in prestige only to the FIFA Women's World Cup.
|
