Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B
Group B of the men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 22 to 28 July 2021 in Kashima's Kashima Stadium, Sapporo's Sapporo Dome and Yokohama's International Stadium Yokohama.[1] The group consistsed of Honduras, New Zealand, Romania and South Korea.[2] The top two teams, South Korea and New Zealand, advanced to the knockout stage.[3]
Teams[edit]
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Olympic appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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| B1 |  New Zealand |
3 | OFC | 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament champions | 5 October 2019 | 3rd | 2012 | 14th place (2008) |
| B2 |  South Korea |
1 | AFC | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship champions | 26 January 2020 | 11th | 2016 | Bronze medalists (2012) |
| B3 |  Honduras |
2 | CONCACAF | 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship runners-up | 30 March 2021 | 5th | 2016 | Fourth place (2016) |
| B4 |  Romania |
4 | UEFA | 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship semi-finalists | 27 June 2019 | 4th | 1964 | Fifth place (1964) |
Standings[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Korea
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | New Zealand
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Romania
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Honduras
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
In the quarter-finals,
- The winners of Group B, South Korea, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, Mexico.
- The runners-up of Group B, New Zealand, advanced to play the winners of Group A, Japan.
Matches[edit]
New Zealand vs South Korea[edit]
| New Zealand | 1–0 | South Korea |
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Wood  70' |
Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) |
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
         New Zealand[4]
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     South Korea[4]
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Honduras vs Romania[edit]
| Honduras | 0–1 | Romania |
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| Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) |
Oliva 45+1' (o.g.) |
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)
   Honduras[5]
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    Romania[5]
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New Zealand vs Honduras[edit]
| New Zealand | 2–3 | Honduras |
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| Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) |
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
New Zealand[6]
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   Honduras[6]
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Romania vs South Korea[edit]
| Romania | 0–4 | South Korea |
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Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
    Romania[7]
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South Korea[7]
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Romania vs New Zealand[edit]
| Romania | 0–0 | New Zealand |
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Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Romania[8]
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   New Zealand[8]
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South Korea vs Honduras[edit]
| South Korea | 6–0 | Honduras |
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South Korea[9]
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Honduras[9]
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Discipline[edit]
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[3]
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Only one of the above deductions is applied to a player in a single match.
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| New Zealand
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1 | 2 | 3 | –6 | |||||||||
| Romania
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3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –9 | ||||||||
| Honduras
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2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | –11 | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Draws set path to Tokyo 2020 gold". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ a b "Tactical Starting Line-up: Match 3, NZL vs KOR" (PDF). Olympics.com. 22 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tactical Starting Line-up: Match 4, HON vs ROU" (PDF). Olympics.com. 22 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tactical Starting Line-up: Match 11, NZL vs HON" (PDF). Olympics.com. 25 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tactical Starting Line-up: Match 12, ROU vs KOR" (PDF). Olympics.com. 25 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tactical Starting Line-up: Match 19, ROU vs NZL" (PDF). Olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tactical Starting Line-up: Match 20, KOR vs HON" (PDF). Olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.