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Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Football (soccer) at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing and several other cities in China from August 6 to August 24. Associations affiliated with FIFA are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate.
For these games, the men will compete in a 16-team tournament, and the women will compete in a 12-team tournament. Football preliminaries actually commence two days before the official opening of the games (August 8), and last right through to closing day.
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Aside from the host city Beijing, football matches are scheduled to take place in three other cities:
- Beijing: Olympic Sports Center Stadium
- Beijing: Workers' Stadium
- Qingdao: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
- Shanghai: Shanghai Stadium
- Tianjin: Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
An NOC may enter up to 1 men's team and up to 1 women's team in football competitions.
| Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 |  People's Republic of China |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | Feb - Nov 2007 | - | 3 | |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | Sep 2006 - Mar 2008 | - | 3 | |
| CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | Nov 2007 - ? | - | 2 | |
| 2007 South American Youth Championship | January 7-28, 2007 |  Paraguay |
2 |  Brazil Argentina |
| OFC Preliminary Competition | March 2008 | TBD | 1 | |
| 2007 UEFA U-21 Championship | June 10-23, 2007 |  Netherlands |
4 | |
| TOTAL | 16 | |||
| Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | People's Republic of China |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | Feb 2007 - Aug 2007 | - | 2 | |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | Oct 2006 - Mar 2008 | - | 1 | |
| CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | Oct 2007 - ? | - | 2 | |
| 2006 Sudamericano Femenino | November 2006 | Argentina |
1 | Argentina |
| OFC Preliminary Competition | March 23-30, 2008 |  Fiji |
1 | |
| UEFA (FIFA Women's World Cup 2007)* | September 10-30, 2007 | People's Republic of China |
3 | |
| CAF-CONMEBOL Play-off (??? vs Brazil) | TBD | TBD | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 12 | |||
* Note - 3 best ranked European teams at the FIFA Women's World Cup will qualify
- Sports Competition Schedule. BOCOG (2006-04-17). Retrieved on August 10, 2006.
- Athletics. (Sports). International Olympic Committee (2006). Retrieved on August 10, 2006.
- Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008 (pdf). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on August 10, 2006.
- Federation Internationale de Football Association
- RSSSF
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