Group D 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 Yokohama's International Stadium Yokohama.
[1] The group consisted of defending gold medalists Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia.
[2] The top two teams, Brazil and Ivory Coast, advanced to the knockout stage.
[3] In the quarter-finals, Assistant referees: Mark Rule (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga) Fourth official: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) Video assistant referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) Assistant video assistant referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel) Assistant referees: David Moran (El Salvador) Zachari Zeegelaar (Suriname) Fourth official: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria) Video assistant referee: Marco Guida (Italy) Assistant video assistant referee: Erick Miranda (Mexico) Assistant referees: Corey Parker (United States) Kyle Atkins (United States) Fourth official: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) Video assistant referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States) Assistant video assistant referee: Mahmoud Mohamed Ashour (Egypt) Assistant referees: Arsenio Marengula (Mozambique) Souru Phatsoane (Lesotho) Fourth official: Matthew Conger (New Zealand) Video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China PR) Assistant video assistant referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Assistant referees: Mohammed Ibrahim (Sudan) Gilbert Cheruiyot (Kenya) Fourth official: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) Video assistant referee: Benoît Millot (France) Assistant video assistant referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Assistant referees: Nicolás Taran (Uruguay) Richard Trinidad (Uruguay) Fourth official: Chris Beath (Australia) Video assistant referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Assistant video assistant referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel) 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.