The Summer Olympics 2016 (Rio Olympics) also known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad is all set to kick off on August 5 and will cover 306 sporting events in 28 different categories in 19 days. Football event is one of them and today we have Rio 2016 Football schedule and full fixtures of Men’s for all countries.
FIFA has officially unveiled the Rio Olympic Schedule for men’s football which will kick off form the 4th of august with some Mouth watering encounters on the cards like where Germany will square off with the gold medal holders Mexico and the Portuguese team will have a date with Argentina. Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador and Manaus will host all matches.
Also Read – Points Table of Rio 2016 Football Tournament
2016 Rio Olympics Football Schedule And Fixtures
Total 4 groups are there consisting of 4 teams each (total 16 teams). Here is the group wise schedule of the tournament -:
Rio 2016 Football Group A Teams : Brazil, South Africa, Denmark and Iraq.
The group A looks healthy on the cards and Brazil are the favorites to cruise through this group easily and maybe joined by Denmark.
| Match Venue | 4 August | 7 August | 10 August |
| Brasilia | 13:00 Local Time
IRAQ vs DENMARK |
19:00 Local Time
DENMARK vs SOUTH AFRICA |
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| 16:00 Local Time
BRAZIL vs SOUTH AFRICA |
22:00 Local Time
BRAZIL vs IRAQ |
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| Salvador | _ | _ | 22:00 Local Time
DENMARK vs BRAZIL |
| Sao Paulo | _ | _ | 22:00 Local Time
SOUTH AFRICA vs IRAQ |
Rio 2016 Football Group B Teams : Sweden, Colombia, Japan and Nigeria
The Group B is evenly matched as there is nothing to differentiate between the four teams but still Colombia looks favorites.
| Match Venue | 4 August | 7 August | 10 August |
| Manaus | 18:00 Local Time
SWEDEN vs COLOMBIA |
18:00 Local Time
SWEDEN vs NIGERIA |
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| 21:00 Local Time
NIGERIA vs JAPAN |
21:00 Local Time
JAPAN vs COLOMBIA |
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| Salvador | _ | _ | 19:00 Local Time
JAPAN vs SWEDEN |
| Sao Paulo | _ | _ | 19:00 Local Time
COLOMBIA vs NIGERIA |
Rio 2016 Football Group C Teams : Fiji, Mexico, Germany and South Korea.
The group C is has the last time gold medalist Mexico but they have challenge in the name of Germany.
| Match Venue | 4 August | 7 August | 10 August |
| Salvador | 17:00 Local Time
MEXICO vs GERMANY |
13:00 Local Time
FIJI vs MEXICO |
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| 20:00 Local Time
FIJI vs SOUTH KOREA |
16:00 Local Time
GERMANY vs SOUTH KOREA |
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| Brasilia | _ | _ | 16:00 Local Time
SOUTH KOREA vs MEXICO |
| Belo Horizonte | _ | _ | 16:00 Local Time
GERMANY vs FIJI |
Rio 2016 Football Group D Teams : Argentina, Portugal, Algeria and Honduras.
Group D has Argentina and Portugal as the Forties but Algeria can be the X factor of this Group.
| Match Venue | 4 August | 7 August | 10 August |
| Rio de Janeiro | 15:00 Local Time
HONDURAS vs ALGERIA |
15:00 Local Time
HONDURAS vs PORTUGAL |
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| 18:00 Local Time PORTUGAL vs ARGENTINA | 18:00 Local Time
ARGENTINA vs ALGERIA |
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| Brasilia | _ | _ | 13:00 Local Time
ALGERIA vs PORTUGAL |
| Belo Horizonte | _ | _ | 13:00 Local Time
ARGENTINA vs HONDURAS |
Quarterfinals Rio Olympics 2016
| Match Venue | 13th August |
| Belo Horizonte
(Quarter final 1) |
Group C winner vs Group D runner up |
| Brasilia
(Quarter final 2) |
Group D winner vs Group C runner up |
| Salvador
(Quarter final 3) |
Group B winner vs Group A runner up |
| Sao Paulo
(Quarter final 4) |
Group A winner vs Group B runner up |
Semi finals Rio Olympics 2016
| Match Venue | 17th August |
| Rio de Janeiro
( Semi final 1) |
Winner of Quarter final 1 vs Winner of Quarter final 2 |
| Sao Paulo
( Semi final 2) |
Winner of Quarter final 3 vs Winner of Quarter final 4 |
Finals and Bronze Medal Rio 2016 Football
| Match Venue | 20th August |
| Belo Horizonte | Team lost in Semi final 1 vs Team lost in Semi final 2 |
| Rio de Janeiro |
Team won in Semi final 1 vs Team won in Semi final 2 |
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