Men’s soccer Olympic tournament finished on Wednesday with it’s group qualifying matches.
Cameroon, Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Nigeria, Netherlands, Belgium and Ivory Coast all qualified to the quarter-finals.
US team came close to qualifying, needing only a tie, but with only ten men they were no match for the Nigerian team.
Brazil and Argentina won their groups without losing a point and remain the tournament favorites.
August 13 results
| Ivory Coast | 1 | Australia | 0 |
| Argentina | 2 | Serbia | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | Japan | 0 |
| Nigeria | 2 | USA | 1 |
| China | 0 | Brazil | 3 |
| New Zaeland | 0 | Belgium | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | Honduras | 0 |
| Cameroon | 0 | Italy | 0 |
Groups Final Standings |
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| Group A | Group B | ||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | D | Pts | GP | W | L | D | PTS | ||||
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Serbia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Group C | Group D | ||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | D | Pts | GP | W | L | D | PTS | ||||
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| China | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
