ACOG - Football - IBM

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  • Olympic Football Overview
  • Preview of Men's Football
  • Preview of Women's Football
  • Spectator's Guide to Football
  • History of Football
  • Olympic Medals in Football
  • Competition Dates
    20 Jul to 3 Aug 1996 (Days off on 26 and 29 Jul)

    Venue
    Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia (finals and semifinals)
    Capacity: 85,000
    Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida (preliminaries)
    Capacity: 70,300
    Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama (preliminaries)
    Capacity: 80,500
    Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida (preliminaries)
    Capacity: 74,000
    RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. (preliminaries)
    Capacity: 56,500

    Events/Disciplines
    Two Events

    MenWomen
    TeamTeam

    Number of Athletes
    288 men (16 teams of 18), 128 women (8 teams of 16), 416 total

    Changes Since Barcelona
    Added: Women’s event
    Change: Men’s teams may enter players over age 23 (maximum three per team)

    Qualifications
    Women qualified based on results of 1995 World Cup in Sweden. Men qualify based on selected tournaments in early 1996. The United States automatically qualified as host country.

    Competition Format
    Pool play top finishers advance to quarterfinals (men) or semifinals (women). Semifinal matches determine medal-round teams. After pool play, all matches are single elimination.

    International Federation
    FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association
    P. O. Box 85 (Hitzigweg 11)
    8030 Zurich, Switzerland
    Tel: (41-1) 384-9595
    Fax: (41-1) 384-9696

    Olympic Debut
    Men: 1900
    Women: 1996

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    Olympic Factoid
    More tickets were sold to the competitions of the 1996 Games than to any other Olympic Games or sports event in history. The 8.6 million ticket sales figures topped sales to the Los Angeles and Barcelona Games combined.