Group A of the men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 22 to 28 July 2021 in Chōfu's Tokyo Stadium, Saitama's Saitama Stadium, Sapporo's Sapporo Dome and Yokohama's International Stadium Yokohama.
[1] The group consisted of France, host nation Japan, Mexico and South Africa.
[2] The top two teams, Japan and Mexico, advanced to the knockout stage.
[3] In the quarter-finals, Assistant referees: Anton Schetinin (Australia) George Lakrindis (Australia) Fourth official: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) Video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China PR) Assistant video assistant referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey) Assistant referees: Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) Lubin Torrealba (Venezuela) Fourth official: Kevin Ortega (Peru) Video assistant referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Assistant video assistant referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States) Assistant referees: Michael Orué (Peru) Jesús Sánchez (Peru) Fourth official: Leodán González (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referee: Marco Guida (Italy) Assistant referees: Rui Tavares (Portugal) Paulo Santos (Portugal) Fourth official: Dahane Beida (Mauritania) Video assistant referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain) Assistant video assistant referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco) Assistant referees: David Moran (El Salvador) Zachari Zeegelaar (Suriname) Fourth official: Dahane Beida (Mauritania) Video assistant referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia) Assistant video assistant referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) Assistant referees: Mark Rule (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tahiti) Fourth official: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) Video assistant referee: Marco Guida (Italy) Assistant video assistant referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied.
These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[3] Only one of the above deductions is applied to a player in a single match.