Affordable groups for France.
Hervé Renard's Bleues will face Colombia on July 25 in Lyon, in the opening match of the women's tournament of the Paris Olympic Games this summer, according to the draw carried out on Wednesday March 20 in Saint-Denis.
They will then continue against the Canadians, reigning Olympic champions, and New Zealand.
As for the Bleuets of coach Thierry Henry, they will face New Zealand, the United States and a play-off in the group stage of the men's football tournament.
𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗦 🥇
Les Bleues know their opponents for @paris2024 👀
🇫🇷 France
🇨 🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇳🇿 New Zealand #ProuddetreBleues pic.twitter.com/Anu4UGI3x2
— French Women’s Team (@equipedefranceF) March 20, 2024
The French men's team will also play in the opening of the tournament, against the United States on July 24 in Marseille, then the winner of the play-off between Guinea and an Asian team, and finally New Zealand.
The two French teams have inherited rather lenient draws for this competition where the objective is a medal, or even Olympic gold.
The team headed by Thierry Henry is one of the big favorites, unlike the French women's team, swept away by Spain at the end of February in the final of the Nations League and eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup. 'last summer.
The men's tournament has four groups of four and the women's tournament has three groups of four.
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