The discipline of sixteen teams is down to four as the men’s gold- and bronze-medal matches are established in the 2021 Olympic soccer event in Japan. Two favorites will meet up with for the gold when Brazil faces Spain on Saturday for the major prize. Host Japan will test to near out with the bronze when it requires on Mexico.
The normal European and South American heavyweights — Spain, France, Germany, Brazil and Argentina — were being the pre-event favorites heading in, but it’s Spain and Brazil who superior all the way to the final after Germany, France and Argentina were eliminated in the group stage.
The Men’s Football Event kicked off with a round-robin group stage in which every team played three matches from the other folks in the group (July 22, July 25 and July 28). Teams collected a few factors for a win, 1 for a attract and none for a loss. The major two finishers in every group superior to the quarterfinals, with the pairings predetermined based on group end.
If teams were being even on factors, tiebreakers were being employed 1 by 1 right up until all ties were being damaged. Here’s the order of tiebreakers as in depth in the official event principles :
Top-quality aim difference in all group matches
Most plans scored in all group matches
Most factors attained in group matches involving the teams that are tied
Top-quality aim difference in the group matches involving the teams that are tied
Most plans scored in the group matches involving the teams that are tied
Greatest conduct score dependent on fewest yellow/red cards in all group matches
Drawing of heaps by FIFA if there are still teams that keep on being tied
The ultimate group standings, effects and knockout round schedule follow beneath:
