Which country has secured a spot in the men's soccer competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics?
- France (host country)
- USA (2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship)
- Dominican Republic (2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship)
- Spain (2023 UEFA U21 Championship)
- Israel (2023 UEFA U21 Championship)
- Ukraine (2023 UEFA U21 Championship)
- Morocco (2023 U23 Africa Cup of Nations)
- Egypt (2023 U23 Africa Cup of Nations)
- Mali (2023 U23 Africa Cup of Nations)
- New Zealand (2023 OFC Olympic Qualification Tournament)
- Paraguay (2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament)
- Argentina (2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament)
The men's tournament will feature 16 countries from six federations, with teams mainly made up of players aged 23 and under. Teams can also choose three players aged 23 or older in their 18-player squad, creating exciting speculation ahead of Paris 2024: Lionel Messi or Kylian Mbappé will feature. Is it? only time will tell.
12 of the 16 teams have already been identified. Three quotas are reserved for the qualifiers. AFC U23 Asian Cupwill be contested from April 15 to May 3, with the final spot reserved for either the fourth-placed team in the AFC U23 Asian Cup or Guinea, who finished fourth in the AFC U23 Asian Cup. U23 Africa Cup of Nations. Both teams will face off in a winner-take-all playoff.
Brazil, the two-time gold medalists, lost to Argentina, who had won back-to-back Olympic titles in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008, in a huge upset, missing out on a spot at the 2024 Paris Games. Host country France will be aiming to win their first gold medal since the Los Angeles Olympics. Angeles, 1984.
