Due to the corona pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics have had to be postponed until 2021, which means that the players are obviously one year older. It helped Australia submit a proposal to raise the age limit from 23 to 24 years.

Now Fifa announces that players born in 1997 may participate in the Olympic Games 2021. In addition, every team, as usual, has the chance to bring three senior players.

The deferred European Championships and Copa America will be played June 11 to July 11 next year.

Olympic football starts July 23.