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Men’s Olympic Football: Quarterfinals

While the women’s games saw more dominant performances, there were some very closely contested matches in the men’s quarterfinals games. In the end probably the stronger of the teams have all made it through to the semifinals, which will be played on August 7th, but the spirit of underdog teams like Honduras and Senegal gave this tournament a great boost.

Quarterfinal Results:

• Japan 3-0 Egypt
• Mexico 4-2 Senegal (after extra time)
• Brazil 3-2 Honduras
• Great Britain 1-1* South Korea (* win 5-4 on penalties)

Semifinal Match-ups:

• Mexico vs. Japan
• South Korea vs. Brazil

Men’s Olympic Football: Matchday 3

The stage is set for the Olympic knockout round. After today’s results, Great Britain and Senegal from Group A will play in the quarterfinals. From Group B, Mexico and South Korea move on. From Group C, Brazil and Egypt advance. And finally from Group D Japan and Honduras will play in the quarterfinals. [Photo Credit: EFE]

Matchday 3 Results:

• Great Britain 1-0 Uruguay
• Senegal 1-1 United Arab Emirates
• Mexico 1-0 Switzerland
• South Korea 0-0 Gabon
• Brazil 3-0 New Zealand
• Egypt 3-1 Belarus
• Japan 0-0 Honduras
• Spain 0-0 Morocco

Quarterfinal Match-ups:

• Japan vs. Egypt
• Mexico vs. Senegal
• Brazil vs. Honduras
• Great Britain vs. South Korea

Men’s Olympic Football: Matchday 2

What an upset today, with 10-man Senegal besting Uruguay stars Cavani and Suarez. Brazil also had problems getting around Belarus’ defense, but they persevered and came away with all three points. But most shockingly Spain went down 1-0 to Honduras in the first half and couldn’t come back, meaning they are mathematically eliminated from the tournament. With today’s results all four groups have teams still battling for the right to move on to the knockout stages, so don’t miss the final group games on August 1st in what should feature some amazing matches. [Photo Credit: Getty]

Matchday 2 Results:

• Senegal 2-0 Uruguay
• Great Britain 3-1 United Arab Emirates
• Mexico 2-0 Gabon
• South Korea 2-1 Switzerland
• Egypt 1-1 New Zealand
• Brazil 3-1 Belarus
• Japan 1-0 Morocco
• Spain 0-1 Honduras

Men’s Olympic Football: Matchday 1

We all know that the Euro tournament dominates in Olympic years, but there sure are a lot of fantastic players in this competition. Brazil, the favorites for the gold, looked like they were in complete control in the first half of their match, but Egypt caused them trouble with two goals in the second half. The other matches featured the host nation drawing and a shocking Spain defeat to a deserving Japanese team. Men’s play resumes Sunday, July 29th. [Photo Credit: AFP]

Matchday 1 Results:

• United Arab Emirates 1-2 Uruguay
• Great Britain 1-1 Senegal
• Mexico 0-0 South Korea
• Gabon 1-1 Switzerland
• Belarus 1-0 New Zealand
• Brazil 3-2 Egypt
• Honduras 2-2 Morocco
• Spain 0-1 Japan