China News Service, Paris, March 20 (Reporter Li Yang) The draw ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympic football matches was held in Paris on the evening of March 20, local time.
At present, 12 of the 16 places for the men's football team have been determined, and the other four tickets belong to the winners of the intercontinental play-offs between the top three in the U23 Asian Cup, the fourth in the U23 Asian Cup, and Guinea, the fourth in the African region.
The U23 Asian Cup will be held in Qatar from April to May. China will be in the same group as Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.
The results of the men's football grouping of the Paris Olympic Games are - Group A: France, the United States, winner of the intercontinental play-off, New Zealand; Group B: Argentina, Morocco, third place in the U23 Asian Cup, Ukraine; Group C: second place in the U23 Asian Cup, Spain, Egypt, Dominica; Group D: U23 Asian Cup first place, Paraguay, Mali, Israel.
Ten of the 12 places for the women's football team have been confirmed. The other two tickets belong to the top two in the African Olympic Women's Football Qualifying Tournament, namely the winner between Zambia and Morocco, and the winner between Nigeria and South Africa. Related competitions Will be held in April.
The results of the women's football grouping at the Paris Olympics are - Group A: France, Colombia, Canada, New Zealand; Group B: the United States, Zambia or Morocco, Germany, Australia; Group C: Spain, Japan, Nigeria or South Africa, and Brazil.
In the second stage of the Asian qualifying competition for the Paris Olympic Games women's football team held last year, the Chinese women's football team drew 1:1 with the South Korean women's football team and ranked third in the group with 4 points. They were unable to advance to the next stage of the competition and therefore lost their participation in the Paris Olympics. qualifications.
The men's football matches of the Paris Olympic Games will be held from July 24 to August 9, and the women's football matches will be held from July 25 to August 10. Related events will be held at stadiums in seven cities in France.
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