Host country South Korea Champions Soviet Union | Venue(s) 6 (in 5 host cities) Runners-up Brazil | |
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Dates September 17 – October 1 Teams 16 (from 6 confederations) | ||
A 16 team Football tournament was played as part of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament featured men's national teams from six continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Olympic Stadium on October 1, 1988.
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Medal summary
Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee medal database credits them all as medalists.
Qualification
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:
Participating nations
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 20 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 314 footballers were entered.
A total of 268(*) footballers from 16 nations competed at the Seoul Games:
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Venues
Goalscorers
With seven goals, Romário of Brazil was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.