The Men’s Olympic soccer tournament starts on August 7, a day before Olympic games official opening. Sixteen teams from all continents will be competing for Olympic gold. Defending 2004 champion Argentina is once again the favorite to win the gold .
For the tournament, each country will nominate 18 players, four other players have been included as possible replacements. 15 players must be born on or after 1 January 1985, plus 3 can be over-age players. The official lists of teams squads were revealed on Thursday and with names like Messi, Pato, Babel, Adu, Riquelme and Ronaldhino there will be plenty of quality matches
Five cities will host the tournament with the final on August 23 in Beijing. The NBC Olympic Soccer Channel, CNBC, Telemundo and MSNBC will show complete coverage of all 58 Men’s and Women’s matches from China.
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| Group A | Group C | ||
| Ivory Coast | China | ||
| Argentina | New Zealand | ||
| Australia | Brazil | ||
| Serbia | Belgium | ||
| Group B | Group D | ||
| Netherlands | South Korea | ||
| Nigeria | Cameroon | ||
| Japan | Honduras | ||
| USA | Italy |
