Clube Atlético Mineiro- 2016 Olympics
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The 2016 Summer Olympics or officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are the thirty-first Summer Olympic Games, the world's largest international multi-sport event that is held every four years. The 2016 Summer Olympics are commonly known as Rio 2016, as this competition will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The host city of Rio de Janeiro was announced at the 121st IOC Session held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 2, 2009. The other finalists were Madrid, Spain; Chicago, United States; and Tokyo, Japan. Rio will become the first South American city to ever host the Summer Olympics, and the third city in the southern hemisphere to hold the games, after the 1956 and 2000 Olympics, both held in Australia.
The games will open on August 5, 2016 and the closing ceremony will be on August 21, 2016. The games will features 28 sports — including rugby sevens and golf, which were added by the International Olympic Committee in 2009. There will be 35 competition venues mainly in Barra da Tijuca, but also in three other zones: Copacabana, Deodoro, and Maracanã.
But the sake of this post will be only about the men's football competition.
The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held from 3 to 20 August. In addition to the Olympic host city of Rio de Janeiro, matches will also be played in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus.
Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.
16 teams qualified to play in this year Olympics games and the nations that qualified are: France, Colombia, Algeria, South Korea, Germany, USA, Cameroon, China, Chile, Japan, Ivory Coast, Turkey, Holland, Brazil, Mexico, and New Zealand.
After the group stage, here are the result:
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So the teams that qualified to the Knockout stage were France and Colombia from Group A, Germany and USA from Group B, Chile and Japan from Group C and Holland and Brazil from Group D. No Surprises in the Group Stage but there is a shocking result in the knockout stage.
So the Knockout stage results are:
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France wins their 2nd Olympic Gold in football and their first one since 1984 in Los Angeles. France had to go through USA in the Quarterfinals and won 4-0 before facing the host Brasil in a thrilling 3-2 win. France met the 1976 Olympic gold medalist Germany and after down 2-0, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Paul Pogba, and Yassine Benzia helped France to come back and win 3-2. Brazil finished with a Bronze Medal after defeating Japan 6-0 but the most memorable moment was the 11-1 win over Chile that was the biggest win since Denmark defeated France 17-1 in 1908 Olympics. This match featured 2 hat-tricks by Carlos and Talisca.
Anyways...
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Awards
Best Player- Lucas Silva
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Best Goalkeeper- Brad Guzan
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Golden Boot- 3 way tie (Lucas Silva, Talisca, and Carlos)
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Goal of the Olympics- Salih Ucan
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Team of the Olympics
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