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| Tournament details | |
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| Teams | 28 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Argentina (Men) United States (Women) |
Runners-up  |
 Nigeria (Men) Brazil (Women) |
Third place  |
Brazil (Men) Germany (Women) |
| Fourth place | .svg){kind=small} Belgium (Men) Japan (Women) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 58 |
| Goals scored | 135 (2.33 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,144,268 (36,970 per match) |
| Infobox last updated on: 17:28, 21 August 2008 (UTC) | |
| Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics  |
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Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23.
For these games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament, and the women in a 12-team tournament. Football preliminaries actually commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games on 8 August.
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Venues
Aside from the host city Beijing, football matches took place in four other cities:
- Beijing: Beijing National Stadium
- Beijing: Workers' Stadium
- Qinhuangdao: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
- Shanghai: Shanghai Stadium
- Shenyang: Shenyang Olympic Stadium
- Tianjin: Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Men
Women
References
- "Sports Competition Schedule". BOCOG (2006-04-17). Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- "Athletics". (Sports). International Olympic Committee (2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- "Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008" (pdf). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- Federation Internationale de Football Association
- RSSSF
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