France will host the 2024 Summer Olympics football competition from July 24 to August 10, 2024. In addition to Paris, the Olympic host city, there will be soccer matches at Bordeaux, Décines-Charpieu (near Lyon), Marseille, Nantes, Nice, and Saint-Étienne.
The two events that are scheduled to be contested are men’s and women’s competitions. Associations with a FIFA affiliation are allowed to field teams in the competition. Men’s teams are confined to under-23 players (born on or after January 1, 2001) and are only allowed to include three overage players, but women’s teams are not age restricted.
Canada is the defending women’s champion, and Brazil is the two-time men’s champion.
Football Soccer Summer Olympics – Men’s qualification
There will be sixteen teams competing in the men’s football competition in the Summer Olympics in 2024. Fifteen men’s national under-23 teams qualified for or will qualify from the tournaments of the six continental confederations, in addition to the host country, France.
the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The host nation France, earns automatic qualification to the tournament. For the remaining 15 slots, the AFC and CAF each received 3.5 slots, UEFA received 3 slots, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL received 2 slots, and the OFC received 1 slot.
| Means of qualification | Dates | Venue(s) | Berth(s) | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | France |
| 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | 18 June – 3 July 2022 | Honduras | 2 | United States Dominican Republic |
| 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 21 June – 8 July 2023 | Georgia Romania |
3 | Spain Israel Ukraine |
| 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations | 24 June – 8 July 2023 | Morocco | 3 | Morocco Egypt Mali |
| 2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 27 August – 9 September 2023 | New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand |
| 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 20 January – 11 February 2024 | Venezuela | 2 | |
| 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | 15 April – 3 May 2024 | Qatar | 3 | |
| AFC–CAF play-off | TBC | France | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | |||
When to watch soccer during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Soccer will once again begin before the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The competitions for the men’s and women’s divisions will take place from Wednesday, July 24 to Saturday, August 10.
American soccer fans will get access to live Olympic soccer matches all day long. Games will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET and end at 3:30 p.m. ET.
In the men’s tournament, sixteen countries will compete, and in the women’s tournament, twelve countries will compete.
| Date | Stage | Time (ET) |
| July 24 | Men’s Group Stage (8 Matches) | Between 9a-5p |
| July 25 | Women’s Group Stage (6 Matches) | Between 11a-5p |
| July 27 | Men’s Group Stage (8 Matches) | Between 9a-5p |
| July 28 | Women’s Group Stage (6 Matches) | Between 11a-5p |
| July 30 | Men’s Group Stage (8 Matches) | Between 9a-5p |
| July 31 | Women’s Group Stage (6 Matches) | Between 11a-5p |
| August 2 | Men’s Quarterfinals (4 Matches) | Between 9a-6p |
| August 3 | Women’s Quarterfinals (4 Matches) | Between 9a-6p |
| August 5 | Men’s Semifinals (2 Matches) | Between 12n-6p |
| August 6 | Women’s Semifinals (2 Matches) | 12n-6p |
| August 8 | Men’s Bronze Medal Match | 11a-2p |
| August 9 | Women’s Bronze Medal Match Men’s Gold Medal Match |
9a-12n 12n-3:30p |
| August 10 | Women’s Gold Medal Match | 11a-2:30p |