How to enter the Paris 2024 football tournament. The qualification process for the Olympics

Football is not only a global favorite but also one of the more traditional Olympic sports. See below for all the information you require regarding the number of teams, stars to watch, and route to Paris. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Football Tickets from our website.

With the exception of Los Angeles 1932, football has been a staple of the Olympic Games since 1900, making it one of the oldest sports on the schedule. The women's game was added to the schedule in Atlanta in 1996 and has since been a staple.

The sport will return to Paris in 2024, the city where football made its Olympic debut. Two days ahead of the Opening Ceremony, on July 24, the tournament gets underway. As in Tokyo 2020, there will be a total of 28 teams competing (12 in the women's tournament and 16 in the men's), and the games will be held at six different locations:

Paris (Parc des Princes stadium)

·         Nantes

·         Lyon

·         Saint-Etienne

·         Marseille

·         Nice

·         Bordeaux

Number of teams

Women

The women's competition will consist of 12 teams and 216 competitors (18 per team). The National Olympic Committee (NOC) team of the host nation (France) will receive one of the 12 quota spots, with the other National Olympic Committees from around the world competing for the remaining nine spots in qualification competitions.

Men

The men's competition will feature 16 teams and 288 participants (18 per team). The National Olympic Committee (CON) squad of the host nation (France) will receive one of the 16 quota spots, with the other National Olympic Committees from around the world competing for the remaining 13 spots in qualification competitions.

Age limit

Neither the women's competition at Paris 2024 nor the events that choose National Olympic Committee teams for the next Games have an age restriction.

 

Athletes competing in the men's tournament must have been born on or after January 1, 2001 in order to compete (they must be 23 years old in Paris in 2024). Three (3) footballers, however, who were born before the specified date and are older than the age limit, may be included in the squad list (18 players per team). Olympic fans can buy Paris 2024 Tickets from our website.

Qualification system

FIFA must coordinate the qualifying competitions for Paris 2024 with the relevant regional confederations:

·         Africa (CAF - African Football Confederation)

·         North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF - Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football)

·         South America (CONMEBOL - South American Football Confederation)

·         Asia (AFC - Asian Football Confederation)

·         Europe (UEFA - European Union of Football Associations)

·         Oceania (OFC - Oceania Football Confederation)

Distribution of quota places and schedule

Women

The following qualification tournaments will determine how the 12 quota spots for the women's football competition at the Paris 2024 Games are distributed:

• Africa: 2 quota spots; competition TBD (to be decided).

• In North, Central America, and the Caribbean, the United States will receive one of the quota spots through the Women's Conceal Championship in Mexico (July 4–18, 2022). Canada will play Jamaica in a playoff next year to secure a spot in Paris 2024 after losing the CONCACAF final.

• Copa America feminine: 2 quota spots in South America. Colombia and Brazil

Asia: 2 quota spots; tournament to be determined.

• UEFA Women's Nations League: two quota slots available in Europe (autumn 2023 - Spring 2024). The top two winners meet a quota.

• Oceania: 1 quota spot; competition TBD.

• France, the host nation, gets one quota spot.

Men

The following qualification tournaments will determine how the 16 quota spots for the men's football competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics are split up:

• Africa: 3.5 quota spots (a fourth spot is available through a play-off match versus an Asian NOC) - tournament to be determined.

• North, Central America, and the Caribbean: USA and Dominican Republic are two quota spots that will be determined by the Conceal under 20 Championship in Honduras (June 18 and July 4 of 2022).

• South America: 2 quota slots; competition to be determined.

• Asia: 3.5 quota slots (fourth spot available via play-off match versus an African NOC) - tournament to be determined.

Europe: 3 quota slots; tournament to be determined.

• Oceania: 1 quota spot; competition TBD.

• France, the host nation, gets one quota spot.

The play-off match between Africa and Asia will decide whether confederation receives a fourth quota spot.

Footballers to keep an eye on

The USA, who have won the women's tournament four times, will always be among the favourite. By the time of the Olympics in Paris in 2024, Megan Rapine, one of the biggest names in football, will be 39 years old and aiming for a second gold medal.

The current Olympic champions, Canada, will look to defend their title at the following Games. Brazil, meanwhile, will be without past greats like Formiga, who has been a fixture at every competition since Atlanta 1996, but they still have strength in their ranks thanks to forwards BIA Zaneratto and Debinha.

Tokyo silver medalists in Europe Sweden, which is now ranked second by FIFA, will rely on Emma Blackstenius' leadership as they try to advance to yet another Olympic Games. The 2021 UEFA European Women's Football Player of the Year, Alexia Patella’s, plays for Spain, while France, currently rated third, will have a nation behind them as they compete in their home Olympic Games.

Brazil, the current FIFA Under-17 World Champions, will be going for their third straight Olympic victory in the men's sport. Arnaud Kalimuendo of the host country France was a standout in the Under 17 competition, scoring five goals. He then scored 12 goals for his club team Lens last season. Who could forget Kylian Mbappe, the world-renowned athlete who has expressed a desire to compete in the Paris Games?

 

Watch out for Wilfried Gnonto of Italy, who scored three goals at the Under 17 World Cup. Additionally, he was a member of the team during the UEFA Nations League tournament and contributed to a goal against Germany while scoring five goals in 10 games for club team Zurich during a title run.

Football qualification timeline for Paris 2024

Women

• TBD: Asian qualification competition (AFC).

• TBD: African qualifying competition (CAF).

• The North, Central America and Caribbean Women's Championship (CONCACAF) will be held in Mexico from July 4–18, 2022.

• South American qualifying competition to be determined (CONMEBOL).

• TBD: Oceania qualification competition (OFC).

• UEFA Women's Nations League, from the fall of 2023 through the spring of 2024 (Europe).

• September 2023: CONCACAF Olympic tournament semifinals (format to be decided).

Men

• Honduras will host the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Championship from June 18 to July 4, 2022.

• TBD: Asian qualification competition (AFC).

• TBD: African qualifying competition (CAF).

• South American qualifying competition to be determined (CONMEBOL).

• TBD: Oceania qualification competition (OFC).

      • TBD: European qualification competition (UEFA).

• Intercontinental match between Asia and Africa is TBD.

• TBD: Two weeks after the conclusion of the final qualifying match for Paris 2024, FIFA will distribute the acceptance form to all National Olympic Committees that have qualified for that competition.

       • Date TBD: The National Olympic Committees must confirm the usage of the quota places          by this date in order for their teams to compete in Paris in 2024.

• FIFA relocates those quota spots that are ultimately unconfirmed on a date to be determined.
• The deadline for sports entries for Paris 2024 is July 8, 2024.

      • Women's and men's Olympic football competitions take place from July 24 to August 9, 2024.

       • Paris 2024 Olympic Games, from July 26 to August 11, 2024.

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