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Rio Olympics 2016: Football kicks off Games before opening ceremony
- Updated: August 2, 2016
Mexico beat Brazil in the men’s final at London 2012Olympic Games on the BBCVenue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dates: 5-21 August Time in Rio: BST -4Coverage: Watch on BBC One, BBC Four, Red Button and up to 24 HD video streams on mobile, desktop, connected TVs and app, plus follow on Radio 5 live and via live text commentary.
Rio 2016 officially gets under way with the opening ceremony on Friday – but did you know football kicks off the action two days earlier?
The first group stages of the women’s tournament take place on Wednesday – so-called day -2 – with Sweden facing South Africa, while the men’s group stages start on Thursday, when Iraq play Denmark (both 17:00 BST).
Here’s all you need to know.
Why does football start early at the Olympics?
It’s simply for scheduling reasons, as it was at London 2012.
With 16 men’s and 12 women’s teams, there are 58 matches to get through. There is football being played on 12 days of the tournament, with six rest days.
Men’s groups
Group A: Brazil, South Africa, Iraq, DenmarkGroup B: Sweden, Colombia, Nigeria, JapanGroup C: Fiji, South Korea, Mexico, GermanyGroup D: Honduras, Algeria, Portugal, Argentina
Women’s groups
Group E: Brazil, China, Sweden, South AfricaGroup F: Canada, Australia, Zimbabwe, GermanyGroup G: USA, New Zealand, France, ColumbiaWhich stars are in action? Neymar, John Obi Mikel, Carli Lloyd and Formiga will all be competing in football at the Olympics
Barcelona forward Neymar will captain a Brazil …
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