Sixteen teams qualified for the men's Olympic football tournament. In addition to host nation Japan, 15 men's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations.[1]

Table

Means of qualification Ref. Dates1 Venue(s)1 Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation [2] — — 1  Japan
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship [3] 16–30 June 2019  Italy
 San Marino		 4  France
 Germany
 Romania
 Spain
2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament [4] 21 September – 5 October 2019  Fiji 1  New Zealand
2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations [5] 8–22 November 2019  Egypt 3  Egypt
 Ivory Coast
 South Africa
2020 AFC U-23 Championship [6] 8–26 January 2020  Thailand 3  Australia
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea
2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament [7] 18 January – 9 February 2020  Colombia 2  Argentina
 Brazil
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship [8] 18–30 March 2021  Mexico 2  Honduras
 Mexico
Total   16
  • ^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualified teams

Team Method of qualification Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 ItalyHosts9 December 201620th2017 (semi-finals)Champions (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 SpainGroup 2 winners6 September 201814th2017 (runners-up)Champions (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013)
 FranceGroup 9 winners7 September 20189th2006 (semi-finals)Champions (1988)
 England[GBR]Group 4 winners11 October 201815th2017 (semi-finals)Champions (1982, 1984)
 SerbiaGroup 7 winners12 October 201811th[SRB]2017 (group stage)Champions (1978) (as Yugoslavia)[SRB]
 GermanyGroup 5 winners12 October 201812th2017 (champions)Champions (2009, 2017)
 CroatiaGroup 1 winners15 October 20183rd2004 (group stage)Group stage (2000, 2004)
 DenmarkGroup 3 winners16 October 20188th2017 (group stage)Semi-finals (1992, 2015)
 BelgiumGroup 6 winners16 October 20183rd2007 (semi-finals)Semi-finals (2007)
 RomaniaGroup 8 winners16 October 20182nd1998 (quarter-finals)Quarter-finals (1998)
 PolandPlay-off winners20 November 20187th2017 (group stage)Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994)
 AustriaPlay-off winners20 November 20181st—Debut
Notes
  1. ^
    The constituent countries of the UK are represented individually at FIFA (and, thus, UEFA) tournaments, but together at the Olympics. While in the women's competition, the football associations of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland allowed their players to compete as Great Britain in the Olympics, they did not in the men's, with the concern that it would threaten their independence in other competitions. While England's position would qualify a Great Britain team, the football associations refused to be represented. Great Britain did not send either a women's or men's football team to the 2016 Olympics, due to the same issue, though contested the event with both teams at home in 2012.[9]
  2. ^ a b
    Appearances include 4 as Yugoslavia and 2 as Serbia and Montenegro. Their previous best performance as Serbia was runners-up (2007).

2019 OFC Men's Olympic qualifying tournament

2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Qualified teams

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Egypt (hosts)3rdThird place (2011)
 Cameroon1stDebut
 Ghana1stDebut
 Ivory Coast2ndGroup stage (2011)
 Mali2ndGroup stage (2015)
 Nigeria3rdChampions (2015)
 South Africa3rdThird place (2015)
 Zambia2ndGroup stage (2015)

2020 AFC U-23 Championship

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 ThailandHosts3rdGroup stage (2016, 2018)
 QatarGroup A winners3rdThird place (2018)
 BahrainGroup B winners1stDebut
 IraqGroup C winners4thChampions (2013)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup D winners3rdQuarter-finals (2013, 2016)
 JordanGroup E winners4thThird place (2013)
 UzbekistanGroup F winners4thChampions (2018)
 North KoreaGroup G winners4thQuarter-finals (2016)
 South KoreaGroup H winners4thRunners-up (2016)
 JapanGroup I winners4thChampions (2016)
 ChinaGroup J winners4thGroup stage (2013, 2016, 2018)
 VietnamGroup K winners3rdRunners-up (2018)
 AustraliaGroup H runners-up[note 1]4thQuarter-finals (2013)
 IranGroup C runners-up[note 1]3rdQuarter-finals (2016)
 SyriaGroup E runners-up[note 1]4thQuarter-finals (2013)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup D runners-up[note 1]4thRunners-up (2013)

Notes:

  1. 1 2 3 4 The four best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

Qualified teams

Team Qualification zone Appearance Previous best performance Previous men's Olympic appearances
 Canada North America (automatic) 9th Runner-up (1984, 1996) 3
 Mexico (hosts & title holders) North America (automatic) 12th Winner (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015) 11
 United States North America (automatic) 11th Winner (1988, 1992) 14
 Costa Rica Central America 7th Winner (1980, 1984) 3
 El Salvador Central America 12th Third Place (2012) 1
 Honduras Central America 10th Winner (2000, 2008) 4
 Dominican Republic Caribbean 1st Debutant 0
 Haiti Caribbean 3rd Group stage (2008, 2015) 0

References

  1. ↑ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ FIFA.com. "Olympic Football Tournaments 2020 - Men - News - The road to Tokyo - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Under-21 EURO 2019: all you need to know". uefa.com. 16 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Olympic Qualifier Draw complete". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "CAF confirms 2019 Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt will be played in November". Ghana Soccernet. 29 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "FA Thailand proposed as 2020 AFC U-23 Championship host". AFC. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020". conmebol.com. 14 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Concacaf confirms Guadalajara to host Men's Olympic Qualifiers in March 2021". CONCACAF. 14 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Why there is a Team GB women's football team at Tokyo 2020 but not a men's one". iNews. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
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