Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament


The boys' football tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place at the Jiangning Sports Center, located in Nanjing, China, between 15–27 August 2014.
Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two periods of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

Participating teams

One team from each continental confederation participated in the tournament. The same country may not participate in both the boys' and girls' tournament. As hosts, China was given Asia's spot to compete in the girls' tournament. Invited teams were decided by FIFA during their meeting in Zürich on 3–4 October 2013. Teams may qualify through preliminary competitions, or be nominated for participation by their confederation, with the invited teams ratified by FIFA during their meeting in Zürich on 3–4 October 2013.
ConfederationTeamQualification method
Africa Invited
Asia 2013 Asian Youth Games
Europe Four-team Youth Olympic qualifying tournament
North America 2013 CONCACAF Under-15 Championship
Oceania Invited
South America 2013 South American Under-15 Championship

Squads

Players must be 15 years old to be eligible to participate. Each team consisted of 18 players.

Match officials

A total of six referees and twelve assistant referees were appointed by FIFA for the tournament.
ConfederationRefereesAssistant referees
AFC
Fu Ming
Ma Ji
Cao Yi
CAF
Maguette Ndiaye
Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos
Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
CONCACAF
Ricardo Montero Araya
Marco Tulio Diaz Mijangos
Geovany Garcia Lima
CONMEBOL
Daniel Fedorczuk Bentancour
Javier Bustillos
Luis Alfredo Murillo Uribe
OFC
Abdelkader Zitouni†
Paul Ahupu†
Terry Piri
UEFA
Sascha Amhof
Remy Zgraggen
Alain Heiniger

† Abdelkader Zitouni and Paul Ahupu are affiliated with the Football Association of Tahiti. Since Tahiti is not a member of the IOC, they are listed by the IOC under France.

Group stage

The draw was held at the Hilton Hotel in Nanjing on 14 May 2014. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:
  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times are local: Nanjing in China Standard Time

Group C


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Group D


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Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Semi-finals

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Fifth place match

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Goalscorers

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