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Olympics 2020 men's football groups: Who's playing who in the group stage?

South Korea v Argentina, pre-Olympics friendly
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The men’s football tournament at the Tokyo Olympics will feature 16 teams, split into four groups of four.

After playing each other once, the top two teams from each group will then progress to the quarter-finals.

In addition to the hosts Japan, 15 teams qualified for the tournament from six different confederations – UEFA (Europe), CAF (Africa), OFC (Oceania), AFC (Asia), CONMEBOL (South America) and CONCACAF (North America).

Europe leads the way with four representatives – France, Germany, Romania and Spain – who qualified courtesy of their performance in the 2019 European Under-21 Championship.

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Many big stars will be missing from the men’s tournament because all but three players in each squad must be under 24.

Several of the overage players stand out, including Brazil’s Dani Alves, Spain’s Marco Asensio and France’s Florian Thauvin.

Group A – Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France

Group B – New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania

Group C – Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia

Group D – Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia