Football at the 2019 Summer Universiade

The Football at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples was played between 2 and 13 July. 24 football teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification
Following the FISU regulations, The maximum of 12 teams in football events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level will be selected by
 * The entry and the payment of guarantee.
 * Those 6 teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified.
 * Those 3 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition will be replaced by new applying teams.
 * The host is automatically qualified
 * The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and FIFA ranking.

Draw
Following the FISU regulations, draw of pool will be based on following by.
 * Previous Summer Universiade results
 * Participation in previous Summer Universiades
 * Continental representation
 * FIFA rankings