Group C of the men's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place from 26 July to 1 August 2012 in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Coventry's City of Coventry Stadium, Glasgow's Hampden Park, Manchester's Old Trafford and Newcastle's St James' Park.[1] The group contained Belarus, Brazil, Egypt and New Zealand.[2]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Olympic appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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C1 | Brazil | 2 | CONMEBOL | 2011 South American U-20 Championship winner | 12 February 2011 | 11th | 2008 | Silver medal (1984, 1988) |
C2 | Egypt | 4 | CAF | 2011 CAF U-23 Championship runner-up | 10 December 2011 | 12th | 1992 | Quarter-finals (1964, 1984) |
C3 | Belarus | 1 | UEFA | 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-off winner | 25 June 2011 | 1st | – | – |
C4 | New Zealand | 3 | OFC | 2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament winner | 25 March 2012 | 2nd | 2008 | Group stage (2008) |
Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
In the quarter-finals,[3]
Belarus | 1–0 | New Zealand |
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Report |
Attendance: 14,457[4]
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Belarus |
New Zealand |
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Assistant referees:
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Brazil | 3–2 | Egypt |
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Report |
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Attendance: 26,812[5]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Brazil |
Egypt |
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Assistant referees:
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Egypt | 1–1 | New Zealand |
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Report |
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Attendance: 50,050[6]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)
Egypt |
New Zealand |
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Assistant referees:
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Brazil | 3–1 | Belarus |
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Report |
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Attendance: 66,212[7]
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Brazil |
Belarus |
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Assistant referees:
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Brazil | 3–0 | New Zealand |
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Report |
Attendance: 25,201[8]
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Brazil |
New Zealand |
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Assistant referees:
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Egypt | 3–1 | Belarus |
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Report |
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Attendance: 8,732[9]
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
Egypt |
Belarus |
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Assistant referees:
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Men's tournament |
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Women's tournament |
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