The boys' football tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place at the Jiangning Sports Center, located in Nanjing, China, between 15 and 27 August 2014.

Invited teams were decided by FIFA during their meeting in Zürich on 3–4 October 2013.

Players must be 15 years old (born between 1 January and 31 December 1999) to be eligible to participate.

[10] Fu Ming Ma Ji Cao Yi Maguette Ndiaye Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue Ricardo Montero Marco Tulio Diaz Mijangos Geovany Garcia Lima Daniel Fedorczuk Javier Bustillos Luis Alfredo Murillo Uribe Abdelkader Zitouni† Paul Ahupu† Terry Piri Sascha Amhof Remy Zgraggen Alain Heiniger † Abdelkader Zitouni and Paul Ahupu are affiliated with the Football Association of Tahiti (French Polynesia).

The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[3] If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows: All times are local: Nanjing in China Standard Time (UTC+8)