Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 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.

Quick Facts Football at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Event details ...

Football at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Football pictogram for the 2008 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games	2008 Summer Olympics
Host country	China
Dates	6–23 August 2008
Venues	6 (in 5 host cities)
Competitors	469 from 21 nations
Men's tournament
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold  Argentina Silver  Nigeria Bronze  Brazil
Women's tournament
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold  United States Silver  Brazil Bronze  Germany
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For these games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament, and the women in a 12-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games on 8 August.

More information Beijing, Shanghai ...

Beijing	Beijing Qinhuangdao Shanghai Shenyang Tianjin Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics (China)		Shanghai
Beijing National Stadium			Shanghai Stadium
Capacity: 91,000			Capacity: 80,000
Beijing			Shenyang
Beijing Workers' Stadium			Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 70,161			Capacity: 60,000
Tianjin			Qinhuangdao
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium			Qinhuangdao Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 60,000			Capacity: 33,000

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Beijing National Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.

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