Olympic Games Brazil 2016 Qualifying

Brazil U23 (Host) (Olympic Games Brazil 2016)

African Zone

  • Members: 54+2
    Slots: 3
    Not eligible: Reunion (France) U23 & Zanzibar (Tanzania) U23 (2)
    Entered: 26 + Gabon U23 (Host)
    Not entered: Angola U23, Benin U23, Burkina Faso U23, Burundi U23, Cape Verde U23, Central African Republic U23, Chad U23, Comoros U23, Djibouti U23, Equatorial Guinea U23, Eritrea U23, Ethiopia U23, Gambia U23, Guinea U23, Lesotho U23, Madagascar U23, Malawi U23, Mauritius U23, Mozambique U23, Namibia U23, Niger U23, Sao Tome & Principe U23, Seychelles U23, South Sudan U23, Tanzania U23 & Togo U23 (26)
    Excluded: Congo-Kinshasa (Host)
    28 November - 12 December 2015
    CAF Africa U23 Cup of Nations Senegal 2015
    Teams: Algeria U23, Egypt U23, Mali U23, Nigeria U23, Senegal U23 (Host), South Africa U23, Tunisia U23 & Zambia U23 (8)
    24 April - 2 August 2015
    CAF Africa U23 Cup of Nations Senegal 2015 Qualifying
    Teams: Algeria U23, Botswana U23, Cameroon U23, Congo Brazzaville U23, Egypt U23, Gabon U23, (Holder), Ghana U23, Guinea Bissau U23, Ivory Coast U23, Kenya U23, Liberia U23, Libya U23, Mali U23, Mauritania U23, Morocco U23, Nigeria U23, Rwanda U23, Sierra Leone U23, Somalia U23, South Africa U23, Sudan U23, Swaziland U23, Tunisia U23, Uganda U23, Zambia U23 & Zimbabwe U23 (26)

Algeria U23, Nigeria U23 & South Africa U23 (Olympic Games Brazil 2016)

Asian Zone

  • Members: 46+1
    Slots: 3
    Not eligible: Macau (China) U23 & Northern Marianas Islands U23 (2)
    Entered: 43 + Qatar (Host)
    Not entered: Bhutan U23, Guam U23 & Northern Marianas Islands U23 (3)
    12-30 January 2016
    AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016
    Teams: Australia U23, China U23, Iran U23, Iraq U23, Japan U23, Jordan U23, North Korea U23, Qatar U23 (Host), Saudi Arabia U23, South Korea U23, Syria U23, Thailand U23, United Arab Emirates U23, Uzbekistan U23, Vietnam U23 & Yemen U23 (16)
    23 March - 24 May 2015
    AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016 Qualifying
    Teams: Afghanistan U23, Australia U23, Bahrain U23, Bangladesh U23, Brunei U23, Cambodia U23, China U23, East Timor U23, Hong Kong (China) U23, Indonesia U23, India U23, Iran U23, Iraq U23, Japan U23, Jordan U23, Kuwait U23, Kyrgyzstan U23, Laos U23, Lebanon U23, Macau (China) U23, Malaysia U23, Maldives U23, Mongolia U23, Myanmar U23, Nepal U23, North Korea U23, Oman U23, Pakistan U23, Palestine U23, Philippines U23, Saudi Arabia U23, Singapore U23, South Korea U23, Sri Lanka U23, Syria U23, Taiwan U23, Tajikistan U23, Thailand U23, Turkmenistan U23, United Arab Emirates U23, Uzbekistan U23, Vietnam U23 & Yemen U23 (43)

Iraq U23, Japan U23 & South Korea U23 (Olympic Games Brazil 2016)

European Zone

  • Members: 53
    Slots: 4
    Not eligible: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales (4)
    Entered: 52 + Czech Republic U21 (Host)
    17-30 June 2015
    UEFA European U21 Championship Czech Republic 2015
    Teams: Czech Republic U21 (Host), Denmark U21, England U21, Germany U21, Italy U21, Portugal U21, Serbia U21 & Sweden U21 (8)
    22 March 2013 - 14 October 2014
    UEFA European U21 Championship Czech Republic 2015 Qualifying
    Teams: Albania U21, Andorra U21, Armenia U21, Austria U21, Azerbaijan U21, Belarus U21, Belgium U21, Bosnia & Herzegovina U21, Bulgaria U21, Croatia U21, Cyprus U21, Denmark U21, England U21, Estonia U21, Faroe Islands U21, Finland U21, France U21, Georgia U21, Germany U21, Greece U21, Hungary U21, Iceland U21, Ireland U21, Isreal U21, Italy U21, Kazakhstan U21, Latvia U21, Liechtenstein U21, Lithuania U21, Luxembourg U21, Macedonia U21, Malta U21, Moldova U21, Montenegro U21, Netherlands U21, Northern Ireland U21, Norway U21, Poland U21, Portugal U21, Romania U21, Russia U21, San Marino U21, Scotland U21, Serbia U21, Slovakia U21, Slovenia U21, Spain U21 (Holder), Sweden U21, Switzerland U21, Turkey U21, Ukraine U21 & Wales U21 (52)

Denmark U21, germany U21, Portugal U21 & sweden u21 (Olympic Games Brazil 2016)

North & Central American & Caribbean Zone

  • Members: 41
    Slots: 2 or 3
    Not eligible: Anguilla U23, Bonaire (Netherlands) U23, Curacao U23, French Guiana (France) U23, Guadeloupe (France) U23, Martinique (France) U23, Montserrat U23, Saint-Martin (France) U23, Sint Maarten (Netherlands) U23 & Turks & Caicos Islands U23 (10)
    Entered: 26 + United States U23 (Host)
    Not entered: Bahamas U23, Bermuda U23, British Virgin Islands U23 & Grenada U23 (4)
    16-27 March 2016
    CONCACAF Olympic Games Qualifying Championship United States 2015
    Teams: Canada U23, Costa Rica U23, Cuba U23, Haiti U23, Honduras U23, Mexico U23 (Holder), Panama U23 & United Sates U23 (Host) (8)
    22 May - 23 August 2015
    CONCACAF Olympic Games Qualifying Championship United States 2015 Qualifying
    Teams: Antigua & Barbuda U23, Aruba U23, Barbados U23, Belize U23, Canada U23, Cayman Islands U23, Costa Rica U23, Cuba U23, Curacao U23, Dominica U23, Dominican Republic U23, El Salvador U23, Guatemala U23, Guyana U23, Haiti U23, Honduras U23, Jamaica U23, Mexico U23, Nicaragua U23, Panama U23 (Host), Puerto Rico U23, Saint Kitts & Nevis U23, Saint Lucia U23, Saint Vincent & Grenadines U23, Suriname U23, Trinidad & Tobago U23 (26)

Honduras U23 & Mexico U23 (Holder) (Olympic Games Brazil 2016)
United States U23 (Olympic Games Brazil 2016 Qualifying Inter-Zone Play-off)

Oceanian Zone

  • Members: 11+3
    Slots: 1
    Not eligible: Kiribati U23, New Caledonia (France) U23, Niue U23, Tahiti (France) U23 & TuvaluU23 (5)
    Entered: 5
    Not entered: American SamoaU23, Samoa U23 & Tonga U23 (3)
    4-18 July 2015
    OFC Olympic Games Brazil 2016 Qualifying
    Teams: Fiji U23, New Zealand U23, Papua New Guinea U23 (Host), Solomon Islands U23 & Vanuatu U23 (5)

Fiji U23 (Olympic Games Brazil 2016)

South American Zone

  • Members: 10
    Slots: 1 or 2
    Entered: 10
    14 January - 7 February 2015
    CONMEBOL South American U20 Championship Uruguay 2015
    Teams: Argentina U20, Brazil U20, Bolivia U20, Chile U20, Colombia U20 (Holder), Ecuador U20, Paraguay U20, Peru U20, Uruguay U20 (Host) & Venezuela U20 (10)

Argentina U20 (Olympic Games Brazil 2016)
Colombia U20 (Olympic Games Brazil 2016 Qualifying Inter-Zone Play-off)

Play-off

Friday 25 March 2016  
Colombia U20 1-1 United States U23
  0-1  
Barranquilla (Colombia)
Tuesday 29 March 2016  
United States U23 1-2 Colombia U20
  0-1  
Aggregate: 2-3
Frisco (United States)
Colombia U20 (Olympic Games Brazil 2016)