2012 London Olympic Football Schedule
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 at 12:10 pm , filed under Fixtures & Results by Curt Hogg
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The London 2012 Olympic Games once again welcome the best players in the world for the Football competition. Football will be a major feature of the Olympic program at London 2012.
The 2012 Olympic Football competition will be held at City of Coventry Stadium, Hampden Park, Millennium Stadium, Old Trafford, St James’ Park and the Wembley Stadium. The matches will be started from 25th July to 11th August, where in 504 players, will be participating, out of which 288 are men and 216 will be women Football players, with 2 Medal events (one for men’s teams and one for women.).
According to the official reports in the London 2012 Football, 16 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams will be participating, starting with group matches and ending with a knockout phase. The men’s competition will be an under-23s event, though each country will be permitted to include 3 older players in their team. There are no age restrictions for the women’s competition.
The London 2012 Olympic Football tournament will be played according to a knockout format, the teams will be divided into 4 groups for the men and three groups in the women’s tournament, and the best 8 teams will qualify for the quarter-finals. From here, the competitions are played to a knockout format: the 2 winning semi-finalists will play for the gold medal, with the 2 losing semi-finalists facing off for the bronze.
Scheduled for the 2012 London Olympics Football is as follows:
| Date / time | Football | Venue |
| 25 July 16:00 – 20:45 |
Women’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 25 July 17:00 – 21:45 |
Women’s preliminaries (2 matches) | City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry |
| 25 July 17:00 – 21:45 |
Women’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| 26 July 12:00 – 16:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| 26 July 14:30 – 19:15 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | St James’ Park, Newcastle |
| 26 July 17:00 – 21:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 26 July 19:45 – 21:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (1 match) | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 26 July 19:45 – 21:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (1 match) | City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry |
| 28 July 12:00 – 16:45 |
Women’s preliminaries (2 matches) | City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry |
| 28 July 14:30 – 19:15 |
Women’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 28 July 17:00 – 21:45 |
Women’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| 29 July 12:00 – 16:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 29 July 14:30 – 19:15 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry |
| 29 July 17:00 – 21:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Wembley Stadium |
| 29 July 17:00 – 21:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | St James’ Park, Newcastle |
| 31 July 14:30 – 19:15 |
Women’s preliminaries (2 matches) | St James’ Park, Newcastle |
| 31 July 14:30 – 16:30 |
Women’s preliminaries (1 match) | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 31 July 17:15 – 19:15 |
Women’s preliminaries (1 match) | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 31 July 19:45 – 21:45 |
Women’s preliminaries (1 match) | City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry |
| 31 July 19:45 – 21:45 |
Women’s preliminaries (1 match) | Wembley Stadium |
| 1 August 14:30 – 16:30 |
Men’s preliminaries (1 match) | St James’ Park, Newcastle |
| 1 August 14:30 – 16:30 |
Men’s preliminaries (1 match) | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| 1 August 17:00 – 19:00 |
Men’s preliminaries (1 match) | Wembley Stadium |
| 1 August 17:00 – 21:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 1 August 17:00 – 19:00 |
Men’s preliminaries (1 match) | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 1 August 17:00 – 21:45 |
Men’s preliminaries (2 matches) | City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry |
| 3 August 12:00 – 14:00 |
Women’s quarter-final | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| 3 August 14:30 – 16:30 |
Women’s quarter-final | St James’ Park, Newcastle |
| 3 August 17:00 – 19:00 |
Women’s quarter-final | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 3 August 19:30 – 21:30 |
Women’s quarter-final | City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry |
| 4 August 12:00 – 14:00 |
Men’s quarter-final | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 4 August 14:30 – 16:30 |
Men’s quarter-final | Wembley Stadium |
| 4 August 17:00 – 19:00 |
Men’s quarter-final | St James’ Park, Newcastle |
| 4 August 19:30 – 21:30 |
Men’s quarter-final | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 6 August 17:00 – 19:00 |
Women’s semi-final | Wembley Stadium |
| 6 August 19:45 – 21:45 |
Women’s semi-final | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 7 August 17:00 – 19:00 |
Men’s semi-final | Wembley Stadium |
| 7 August 19:45 – 21:45 |
Men’s semi-final | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 9 August 13:00 – 15:00 |
Women’s bronze medal match | City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry |
| 9 August 19:45 – 22:15 |
Women’s gold medal match, victory ceremony | Wembley Stadium |
| 10 August 19:45 – 21:45 |
Men’s bronze medal match | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 11 August 15:00 – 17:30 |
Men’s gold medal match, victory ceremony | Wembley Stadium |
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