Men's Olympic soccer standings 2021: Updated tables, scores, results from football tournament

Sixteen nations are vying for Olympic soccer gold at the 2021 Tokyo Games. The usual European and South American heavyweights are picked as pre-tournament favorites: Spain, France, Germany, Brazil and Argentina.

The Men’s Football Tournament kicks off with a round-robin group stage in which each team plays three matches against the others in the group (July 22, July 25 and July 28). Teams collect three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The top two finishers in each group advance to the quarterfinals, with the pairings determined in advance based on group finish.

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Olympic group tiebreakers

If teams are even on points, tiebreakers will be used one by one until all ties are broken. Here’s the order of tiebreakers as detailed in the official tournament rules :

Superior goal difference in all group matches
Most goals scored in all group matches
Most points obtained in group matches between the teams that are tied
Superior goal difference in the group matches between the teams that are tied
Most goals scored in the group matches between the teams that are tied
Best conduct score based on fewest yellow/red cards in all group matches
Drawing of lots by FIFA if there are still teams that remain tied

The group standings and schedules below will be updated as the tournament progresses:

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Group A standings

Team	PTS	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Mexico	3	1	1	0	4	1	+3
2. Japan	3	1	1	0	1	0	+1
3. France	3	2	1	1	5	7	-2
4. South Africa	0	2	0	2	3	5	-2

Group A schedule

Date	Match	Time (ET)	TV channels	Stream
Thu, July 22	Mexico 4 , France 1		Highlights
Thu, July 22	Japan 1 , South Africa 0		Highlights
Sun, July 25	France 4, South Africa 3		Highlights
Sun, July 25	Japan vs. Mexico	7 a.m.	Telemundo, NBCSN (at 8:30 am)	fuboTV
Wed, July 28	France vs. Japan	7:30 a.m.	NBCSN	fuboTV
Wed, July 28	South Africa vs. Mexico	7:30 a.m.	Telemundo	fuboTV

Group B standings

Team	PTS	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Honduras	3	2	1	1	3	3	0
2. New Zealand	3	2	1	1	3	3	0
3. Romania	3	1	1	0	1	0	+1
4. South Korea	0	1	0	1	0	1	-1

Group B schedule

Date	Match	Time (ET)	TV channels	Stream
Thu, July 22	New Zealand 1 , South Korea 0		Highlights
Thu, July 22	Honduras 0 , Romania 1		Highilghts
Sun, July 25	New Zealand 2, Honduras 3		Highlights
Sun, July 25	Romania vs. South Korea	7 a.m.	N/A
Wed, July 28	Romania vs. New Zealand	4:30 a.m.	NBCSN	fuboTV
Wed, July 28	South Korea vs. Honduras	4:30 a.m.	Telemundo	fuboTV

Group C standings

Team	PTS	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
1. Australia	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
2. Argentina	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	-1
3. Spain	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
4. Egypt	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1

Group C schedule

Date	Match	Time (ET)	TV channels	Stream
Thu, July 22	Egypt 0 , Spain 0		Highlights
Thu, July 22	Argentina 0 , Australia 2		Highlights
Sun, July 25	Egypt 0 , Argentina 1		Highlights
Sun, July 25	Australia vs. Spain	6:30 a.m.	NBCSN, Universo	fuboTV
Wed, July 28	Spain vs. Argentina	7 a.m.	Universo	fuboTV
Wed, July 28	Australia vs. Egypt	7 a.m.	N/A

Group D standings

Team	PTS	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
1. Brazil	4	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
2. Ivory Coast	4	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
3. Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	-1
4. Germany	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	-2

Group D schedule

Date	Match	Time (ET)	TV channels	Stream
Thu, July 22	Ivory Coast 2 , Saudi Arabia 1		Highlights
Thu, July 22	Brazil 4 , Germany 2		Highlights
Sun, July 25	Brazil 0, Ivory Coast 0		Highlights
Sun, July 25	Saudi Arabia vs. Germany	7:30 a.m.	N/A
Wed, July 28	Saudi Arabia vs. Brazil	4 a.m.	Universo	fuboTV
Wed, July 28	Germany vs. Ivory Coast	4 a.m.	NBCSN	fuboTV

Quarterfinals

Date	Match	Time (ET)	TV channels	Stream
Sat, July 31	QF #1: C1 vs. D2	4 a.m.	NBCSN	fuboTV
Sat, July 31	QF #2: A1 vs. B2	5 a.m.	USA Network (in progress at 5:30 a.m.)	fuboTV
Sat, July 31	QF #3: D1 vs. C2	6 a.m.	TBD	fuboTV
Sat, July 31	QF #4: B1 vs. A2	7 a.m.	USA Network	fuboTV

Semifinals

Date	Match	Time (ET)	TV channels	Stream
Tue, Aug. 3	Semi #1: Winner QF #4 vs. Winner QF #3	4 a.m.	NBCSN	fuboTV
Tue, Aug. 3	Semi #2: Winner QF #2 vs. Winner QF #1	7 a.m.	NBCSN	fuboTV

Bronze-medal match

Date	Match	Time (ET)	TV channels	Stream
Fri, Aug. 6	Semifinal losers	7 a.m.	NBCSN	fuboTV

Gold-medal match

Date	Match	Time (ET)	TV channels	Stream
Sat, Aug. 7	Semifinal winners	7:30 a.m.	NBCSN	fuboTV

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30

Men’s Olympic soccer standings 2021: Updated tables, scores, results from football tournament