The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil.

[1] In addition to the Olympic host city of Rio de Janeiro, matches were played in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus.

[6][7] Rio de Janeiro hosted preliminary matches at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange and the women's and men's final at the Maracanã Stadium on 19 and 20 August.

[9] Most continents use specific Olympic qualifying tournaments to allocate their spots, but two use slightly different procedures.

As Germany and France both reached at least the quarterfinals and thus obtained qualification spots (England also did so, but was ineligible for the Olympic Games).

With this unproceded situation, a round robin tournament to decide who would take the last spot for the Olympic Games was held and was won by Sweden.