Football at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of football at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held from August 18 to 29 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Preliminary round
All times are Taiwan Standard Time (UTC+08:00). The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:
 * Tiebreakers
 * 1) Greatest number of points obtained in group matches;
 * 2) Goal difference in all group matches;
 * 3) Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 4) Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned;
 * 5) Greatest number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 * 6) Fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards in all group matches;
 * 7) Drawing of lots by the Technical Committee.