Olympic football thread

[GIMH]

Agree with pretty much all of the above post, except that Football is hardly the only sport in the Olympics that goes against amateur principles.

[Jungle Jumbo]

Originally Posted by GeraintIsMyHero

Agree with pretty much all of the above post, except that Football is hardly the only sport in the Olympics that goes against amateur principles.

Not the only sport, but probably one of the few - basketball perhaps. Athletics is no amateur sport, but in the sense that it is a test of the human body rather than a profession, I think there's a degree of difference.

[GIMH]

Yeah, it is a fair point and obviously to remove Athletics because it is professional these days would be to destroy the Olympics.

Tennis another truly professional one

[Samuel_Vimes]

Things start tomorrow, so a schedule is probably useful.

Men's tournament

7 August
17.00 CST
Group A, Shanghai: Australia v Serbia
Group B, Tianjin: Japan v United States
Group C, Shenyang: Brazil v Belgium
Group D, Qinhuangdao: Honduras v Italy

19.45 CST
Group A, Shanghai: Ivory Coast v Argentina
Group B, Tianjin: Netherlands v Nigeria
Group C, Shenyang: China v New Zealand
Group D, Qinhuangdao: South Korea v Cameroon

10 August
17.00 CST
Group A, Shanghai: Argentina v Australia
Group B, Tianjin: Nigeria v Japan
Group C, Shenyang: New Zealand v Brazil
Group D, Qinhuangdao: Cameroon v Honduras

19.45 CST
Group A, Shanghai: Serbia v Ivory Coast
Group B, Tianjin: United States v Netherlands
Group C, Shenyang: Belgium v China
Group D, Qinhuangdao: Italy v South Korea

13 August
17.00 CST
Group B, Shenyang: Netherlands v Japan
Group B, Beijing: Nigeria v United States
Group D, Shanghai: South Korea v Honduras
Group D, Tianjin: Cameroon v Italy

19.45 CST
Group A, Beijing: Argentina v Serbia
Group A, Tianjin: Ivory Coast v Australia
Group C, Qinhuangdao: China v Brazil
Group C, Shanghai: New Zealand v Belgium

Knock-out stage

16 August - quarter-finals
18.00 CST
Shenyang: Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D
Beijing: Winner Group D v Runner-up Group C

21.00 CST
Shanghai: Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B
Qinhuangdao: Winner Group B v Runner-up Group D

19 August - semi-finals
18.00 CST, Shanghai: Winner Beijing v Winner Qinhuangdao
21.00 CST, Beijing: Winner Shenyang v Winner Shanghai

22 August, 19.00 CST, Shanghai: third-place play-off
23 August, 12.00 CST, Beijing: final

Women's tournament

6 August
17.00 CST
Group A, Tianjin: Argentina v Canada
Group B, Shenyang: Germany v Brazil
Group C, Qinhuangdao: Japan v New Zealand

19.45 CST
Group A, Tianjin: Argentina v Canada
Group B, Shenyang: North Korea v Nigeria
Group C, Qinhuangdao: Norway v United States

9 August
17.00 CST
Group A, Tianjin: Sweden v Argentina
Group B, Shenyang: Nigeria v Germany
Group C, Qinhuangdao: United States v Japan

19.45 CST
Group A, Tianjin: Canada v China
Group B, Shenyang: Brazil v North Korea
Group C, Qinhuangdao: New Zealand v Norway

12 August
17.00 CST
Group B, Tianjin: North Korea v Germany
Group B, Beijing: Nigeria v Brazil

19.45 CST
Group A, Qinhuangdao: China v Argentina
Group A, Beijing: Sweden v Canada
Group C, Shanghai: Norway v Japan
Group C, Shenyang: United States v New Zealand

Knock-out stage

15 August - quarter-finals
18.00 CST
Shanghai: Winner Group C v Third place Group A (or Third place Group B if A does not qualify)
Tianjin: Winner Group B v Runner-up Group C

21.00 CST
Shenyang: Runner-up Group A v Runner-up Group B
Qinhuangdao: Winner Group A v Third place Group C (or Third place group B if C does not qualify)

18 August
18.00 CST, Shanghai: Winner Tianjin v Winner Shenyang
21.00 CST, Beijing: Winner Shanghai v Winner Qinhuangdao

21 August, 18.00, Beijing: third place play-off
21 August, 21.00, Beijing: final

China time is seven hours ahead of Greenwich, two hours behind Melbourne and Sydney and four hours behind New Zealand.

[Simon]

Big game for us first up, we lose and its pretty much goodbye, a result against Argentina is somewhat unlikely to put it one way. Not really expecting much.

[GIMH]

Women play football?

[Samuel_Vimes]

Originally Posted by GeraintIsMyHero

Women play football?

Yup. In fact, Tranmere's women is on a higher tier than the men.

[Johnners]

China is actually 8 hours ahead of Greenwich tbh (unless they're on daylight savings atm?). It's the same as Perth time, and Perth is 2 hours behind Brisbane, Melbourne & Syndey who are +10 GMT.

[Samuel_Vimes]

Originally Posted by Clapo

China is actually 8 hours ahead of Greenwich tbh (unless they're on daylight savings atm?). It's the same as Perth time, and Perth is 2 hours behind Brisbane, Melbourne & Syndey who are +10 GMT.

The UK is on daylight savings and China (and Australia) are not, so it's seven hours between them.

[33/3from3.3]

Originally Posted by GeraintIsMyHero

Women play football?

New Zealand play football?

[Craig]

Originally Posted by 33/3from3.3

New Zealand play football?

Apparently so. There is a fellow by the name of Ryan Nelsen at Blackburn as well.

[Samuel_Vimes]

And the NZ women lead 1-0 over Japan at half-time and could reach the quarters.

[Johnners]

Originally Posted by Samuel_Vimes

The UK is on daylight savings and China (and Australia) are not, so it's seven hours between them.

Ah, makes sense

[Craig]

Originally Posted by Samuel_Vimes

And the NZ women lead 1-0 over Japan at half-time and could reach the quarters.

Haha good stuff.

[Samuel_Vimes]

Originally Posted by Craig

Haha good stuff.

Now 2-0 after a penalty.

The referee is apparently rubbish.