Schedule, fixtures, dates, times, live stream and TV channel

The start of the 2024 Olympic Games football tournament marks the beginning of the end of Brazil’s run of two consecutive titles in the men’s competition.

The Selecao will, however, be proudly represented in the women’s competition, which begins a day later and features a USA side attempting to win a record-extending fifth title.

With the exception of three older players for each nation – including the likes of Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez for Argentina and Paris St-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi for Morocco – the 18-player squads must comprise players aged under 23.

Here’s how to follow all of the action, which heads to spectacular stadiums such as the Stade de Marseille and Stade de Lyon.

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The men’s edition starts on July 24 and finishes with the gold medal match on August 9 at PSG’s Parc des Princes home.

The women’s tournament runs from July 25 until August 10, when the decider will also be played at the Parc des Princes.

The most comprehensive coverage of the Olympics in the UK will be on Discovery+ and Eurosport, which will show more than 3,800 hours of live action in total from 7am to 10.30pm BST each day.

Their coverage, which is available via TV and an app, is part of a Warner Brothers Discovery deal in 2015 for the European TV rights which was reportedly worth 1.3 billion euros.

Some viewers will need to buy a subscription in order to tune in. Full details are available on the Discovery+ website.

BBC Sport will also cover the vast majority of events through a network TV channel and a second broadcast stream throughout the Games.

Fans can follow the Olympics on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website and the BBC iPlayer app. Full details are available on the BBC Sport website.

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Men’s competition

Hosts France are the favourites for the men’s title, led by World Cup, Euro and Uefa Champions League winner Thierry Henry and captained by Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette.

Spain took silver at the Tokyo 2020 Games and can call upon two Euro 2024 winners in Fermin Lopez and Alex Baena, while Alvarez is one of four Argentina players involved to have won the 2022 Fifa World Cup, alongside Nicolas Otamendi, Geronimo Rulli and Thiago Almada.

The quartet will be managed by two-time Olympic champion Javier Mascherano, who could become the first man to win the Olympic men’s football tournament as a player and coach, having done so on the pitch on 2004 and 2008.

Morocco have never won an Olympic medal in football but reached the semi-finals of the last World Cup and are competing for the eighth time with the help of star name Hakimi, having qualified by winning the 2023 Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations.

Group A: France, USA, Guinea, New Zealand
Group B: Argentina, Morocco, Iraq, Ukraine
Group C: Uzbekistan, Spain, Egypt, Dominican Republic
Group D: Japan, Paraguay, Mali, Israel

Women’s competition

While the USA men’s team will start as fifth-favourites for the title when they launch their campaign against France, the USWNT are being tipped to reach the final for the first time in three tournaments under former Chelsea manager Emma Hayes.

Spain are arguably stronger contenders, arriving for their first appearance in the women’s competition as world champions. Ballon d’Or Feminin winner Aitana Bonmati is almost certain to be La Roja’s inspiration.

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— Selección Española Femenina de Fútbol (@SEFutbolFem) July 23, 2024

At 34, eight-time Champions League winner Wendie Renard will be key at the back for France in manager Herve Renard’s swansong, and 38-year-old all-time Brazil top scorer Marta will be aiming to extend her own record by becoming the first footballer to score in six successive Olympic Games.

Defending champions Canada are considered dark horses alongside Colombia, with the likes of Japan, Australia and 2016 champions Germany among the likelier candidates to triumph.

Group A: France, Colombia, Canada, New Zealand
Group B: USA, Zambia, Germany, Australia
Group C: Spain, Japan, Nigeria, Brazil

Group A schedule (all kick-off times BST)

Wednesday, July 24
Guinea vs New Zealand – 4pm (Nice)
France vs USA – 8pm (Marseille)

Saturday, July 27
New Zealand vs USA – 6pm (Marseille)
France vs Guinea – 8pm (Nice)

Tuesday, July 30
New Zealand vs France – 6pm (Marseille)
USA vs Guinea – 6pm (Saint-Etienne)

Group B schedule

Wednesday, July 24
Argentina vs Morocco – 2pm (Saint-Etienne)
Iraq vs Ukraine – 6pm (Lyon)

Saturday, July 27
Argentina vs Iraq – 2pm (Lyon)
Ukraine vs Morocco – 4pm (Saint-Etienne)

Tuesday, July 30
Ukraine vs Argentina – 4pm (Lyon)
Morocco vs Iraq – 4pm (Nice)

Group C schedule

Wednesday, July 24
Uzbekistan vs Spain – 2pm (Paris)
Egypt vs Dominican Republic – 4pm (Nantes)

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Saturday, July 27
Dominican Republic vs Spain – 2pm (Bordeaux)
Uzbekistan vs Egypt – 4pm (Nantes)

Tuesday, July 30
Dominican Republic vs Uzbekistan – 2pm (Paris)
Spain vs Egypt – 2pm (Bordeaux)

Group D schedule

Wednesday, July 24
Japan vs Paraguay – 6pm (Bordeaux)
Mali vs Israel – 8pm (Paris)

Saturday, July 27
Israel vs Paraguay – 6pm (Paris)
Japan vs Mali – 8pm (Bordeaux)

Just two days to go until we face Ukraine in our #Paris2024 opener! ⌛#Iraq #LionsOfMesopotamia pic.twitter.com/dnXcmXauhD

— Iraq National Team (@IraqNT_EN) July 22, 2024

Tuesday, July 30
Paraguay vs Mali – 8pm (Paris)
Israel vs Japan – 8pm (Nantes)

Friday, August 2

QF 2: Group B winner vs Group A runner-up – 2pm (Paris)
QF 3: Group D winner vs Group C runner-up – 4pm (Lyon)
QF 4: Group C winner vs Group D runner up – 6pm (Marseille)
QF 1: Group A winner vs Group B runner-up – 8pm (Bordeaux)

Monday, August 5

Winner QF 1 vs Winner QF 3 – 5pm (Marseille)
Winner QF 2 vs Winner QF 4 – 8pm (Lyon)

Bronze medal match – men’s

Thursday, August 8 – 4pm (Nantes)

Friday, August 9 – 5pm (Paris)

Group A schedule (all kick-off times BST)

Thursday, July 25
Canada vs New Zealand – 4pm (Saint-Etienne)
France vs Colombia – 8pm (Lyon)

Sunday, July 28
New Zealand vs Colombia – 4pm (Lyon)
France vs Canada – 8pm (Saint-Etienne)

Wednesday, July 31
New Zealand vs France – 8pm (Lyon)
Colombia vs Canada – 8pm (Nice)

Group B schedule

Thursday, July 25
Germany vs Australia – 6pm (Marseille)
USA vs Zambia – 8pm (Nice)

Gearing up for Germany ⚙️

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Sunday, July 28
Australia vs Zambia – 6pm (Nice)
USA vs Germany – 8pm (Marseille)

Wednesday, July 31
Zambia vs Germany – 6pm (Saint-Etienne)
Australia vs USA – 6pm (Marseille)

Group C schedule

Thursday, July 25
Spain vs Japan – 4pm (Nantes)
Nigeria vs Brazil – 6pm (Bordeaux)

Sunday, July 28
Brazil vs Japan – 4pm (Paris)
Spain vs Nigeria – 6pm (Nantes)

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Wednesday, July 31
Japan vs Nigeria – 4pm (Nantes)
Brazil vs Spain – 4pm (Bordeaux)

Saturday, August 3

QF 2: Group B winner vs Group C runner-up – 2pm (Paris)
QF 3: Group C winner vs 3rd place Group A/B – 4pm (Lyon)
QF 4: Group A runner-up vs Group B runner-up – 6pm (Marseille)
QF 1: Group A winner vs 3rd place Group B/C – 8pm (Nantes)

Tuesday, August 6

Winner QF 2 vs Winner QF 4 – 5pm (Lyon)
Winner QF 1 vs Winner QF 3 – 8pm (Marseille)

Bronze medal match – women’s

Friday, August 9 – 2pm (Lyon)

Saturday, August 10 – 4pm (Paris)