Group C of the men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 22 to 28 July 2021 in Rifu's Miyagi Stadium, Saitama's Saitama Stadium and Sapporo's Sapporo Dome.
[1] The group consisted of Argentina, Australia, Egypt and Spain.
[2] The top two teams, Spain and Egypt, advanced to the knockout stage.
[3] In the quarter-finals, Assistant referees: Ahmad Al-Roalle (Jordan) Mohammad Al-Kalaf (Jordan) Fourth official: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Video assistant referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar) Assistant video assistant referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil) Assistant referees: Uros Stojkovic (Serbia) Milan Mihajlovic (Serbia) Fourth official: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Video assistant referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Assistant video assistant referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) Assistant referees: Martin Margaritov (Bulgaria) Diyan Valkov (Bulgaria) Fourth official: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Video assistant referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar) Assistant video assistant referee: Chris Penso (United States) Assistant referees: Mohammed Ibrahim (Sudan) Gilbert Cheruiyot (Kenya) Fourth official: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Video assistant referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) Assistant video assistant referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) Assistant referees: Rui Tavares (Portugal) Paulo Santos (Portugal) Fourth official: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) Video assistant referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) Assistant video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China PR) Assistant referees: Corey Parker (United States) Kyle Atkins (United States) Fourth official: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) Video assistant referee: Chris Penso (United States) Assistant video assistant referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar) 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.