Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group C

Group C of the men's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place from 26 July to 1 August 2012 in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Coventry's City of Coventry Stadium, Glasgow's Hampden Park, Manchester's Old Trafford and Newcastle's St James' Park.[1] The group contained Belarus, Brazil, Egypt and New Zealand.[2]

Teams

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Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Olympic
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
C1   Brazil 2 CONMEBOL 2011 South American U-20 Championship winner 12 February 2011 11th 2008 Silver medal (1984, 1988)
C2   Egypt 4 CAF 2011 CAF U-23 Championship runner-up 10 December 2011 12th 1992 Quarter-finals (1964, 1984)
C3   Belarus 1 UEFA 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-off winner 25 June 2011 1st
C4   New Zealand 3 OFC 2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament winner 25 March 2012 2nd 2008 Group stage (2008)

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Egypt 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3   Belarus 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4   New Zealand 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals,[3]

  • The winner of Group C, Brazil, advanced to play the runner-up of Group D, Japan.
  • The runner-up of Group C, Egypt, advanced to play the winner of Group D, Honduras.

Matches

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Belarus vs New Zealand

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Belarus  1–0  New Zealand
  • Baha   45+1'
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Belarus
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Zealand
GK 1 Alyaksandr Hutar
DF 3 Ihar Kuzmyanok
DF 4 Syarhey Palitsevich   51'
DF 12 Alyaksey Kazlow
DF 17 Dzyanis Palyakow
MF 15 Artsyom Salavey   51'
MF 2 Stanislaw Drahun (c)
MF 5 Dzmitry Baha
MF 10 Renan Bressan   80'
MF 16 Mikhail Gordeichuk
FW 8 Sergei Kornilenko   90'
Substitutions:
MF 13 Illya Aleksiyevich   51'
MF 11 Andrey Varankow   80'
FW 14 Yahor Zubovich   90'
Manager:
Georgi Kondratiev
GK 18 Michael O'Keeffe
DF 3 Ian Hogg
DF 5 Tommy Smith   1'
DF 6 Ryan Nelsen (c)
DF 12 Adam Thomas   77'
MF 2 Tim Payne
MF 7 Kosta Barbarouses   60'
MF 8 Michael McGlinchey
FW 9 Shane Smeltz
FW 10 Chris Wood
FW 11 Marco Rojas
Substitutions:
MF 17 Adam McGeorge   77'
Manager:
  Neil Emblen

Assistant referees:
Jason Damoo (Seychelles)
Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)
Fourth official:
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Brazil vs Egypt

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Brazil  3–2  Egypt
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Attendance: 26,812[5]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt
GK 18 Neto
DF 2 Rafael
DF 3 Thiago Silva (c)
DF 4 Juan Jesus
DF 6 Marcelo
DF 8 Rômulo
MF 5 Sandro   78'
MF 10 Oscar
FW 11 Neymar
FW 9 Leandro Damião   77'
FW 12 Hulk   60'   72'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Ganso   72'
FW 17 Alexandre Pato   77'
DF 14 Danilo   78'
Manager:
Mano Menezes
GK 1 Ahmed El Shenawy
DF 2 Mahmoud Alaa   71'
DF 12 Islam Ramadan   87'
DF 6 Ahmed Hegazy
DF 7 Ahmed Fathy
MF 13 Saleh Gomaa   33'   74'
MF 14 Hossam Hassan
MF 17 Mohamed El-Nenny   89'
FW 5 Mohamed Aboutrika (c)
FW 9 Marwan Mohsen   46'
FW 10 Emad Moteab
Substitutions:
FW 11 Mohamed Salah   46'
MF 8 Shehab Ahmed   74'
FW 16 Ahmed Magdi   89'
Manager:
Hany Ramzy

Assistant referees:
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Gianluca Cariolato (Italy)
Fourth official:
Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)

Egypt vs New Zealand

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Egypt  1–1  New Zealand
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Egypt
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Zealand
GK 1 Ahmed El Shenawy
DF 2 Mahmoud Alaa   60'
DF 6 Ahmed Hegazy
DF 7 Ahmed Fathy
DF 12 Islam Ramadan
MF 13 Saleh Gomaa   88'
MF 14 Hossam Hassan
MF 17 Mohamed El-Nenny   68'
FW 5 Mohamed Aboutrika (c)   88'
FW 10 Emad Moteab
FW 11 Mohamed Salah
Substitutions:
FW 16 Ahmed Magdi   68'
FW 9 Marwan Mohsen   88'
MF 8 Shehab Ahmed   88'
Manager:
Hany Ramzy
GK 18 Michael O'Keeffe
DF 3 Ian Hogg   63'
DF 5 Tommy Smith
DF 6 Ryan Nelsen (c)
DF 12 Adam Thomas   89'
MF 2 Tim Payne
MF 7 Kosta Barbarouses
MF 8 Michael McGlinchey
FW 9 Shane Smeltz   81'
FW 10 Chris Wood
FW 11 Marco Rojas   84'
Substitutions:
DF 14 James Musa   63'
MF 15 Cameron Howieson   84'
MF 13 Alex Feneridis   89'
Manager:
  Neil Emblen

Assistant referees:
Stephen Child (Great Britain)
Simon Beck (Great Britain)
Fourth official:
Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Brazil vs Belarus

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Brazil  3–1  Belarus
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Attendance: 66,212[7]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Belarus
GK 18 Neto
DF 2 Rafael
DF 3 Thiago Silva (c)
DF 4 Juan Jesus
DF 6 Marcelo
DF 8 Rômulo
MF 5 Sandro   64'
MF 10 Oscar
FW 11 Neymar
FW 12 Hulk   86'
FW 17 Alexandre Pato   85'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Ganso   64'
FW 7 Lucas Moura   85'
DF 14 Danilo   86'
Manager:
Mano Menezes
GK 1 Alyaksandr Hutar
DF 3 Ihar Kuzmyanok
DF 4 Syarhey Palitsevich
DF 12 Alyaksey Kazlow   14'   80'
DF 17 Dzyanis Palyakow
MF 2 Stanislaw Drahun (c)   80'
MF 5 Dzmitry Baha
MF 10 Renan Bressan
MF 13 Illya Aleksiyevich   70'
MF 16 Mikhail Gordeichuk
FW 8 Sergei Kornilenko   78'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Andrey Varankow   70'
FW 14 Yahor Zubovich   78'
DF 6 Alyaksey Hawrylovich   80'
Manager:
Georgi Kondratiev

Assistant referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Brazil vs New Zealand

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Brazil  3–0  New Zealand
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Attendance: 25,201[8]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Zealand
GK 1 Gabriel
DF 2 Rafael
DF 3 Thiago Silva (c)
DF 4 Juan Jesus
DF 6 Marcelo
MF 5 Sandro   82'
MF 14 Danilo
MF 15 Alex Sandro   71'   76'
FW 7 Lucas Moura
FW 9 Leandro Damião   80'
FW 11 Neymar   76'
Substitutions:
FW 17 Alexandre Pato   76'
MF 10 Oscar   80'
DF 8 Rômulo   82'
Manager:
Mano Menezes
GK 18 Michael O'Keeffe
DF 5 Tommy Smith
DF 6 Ryan Nelsen (c)
DF 3 Ian Hogg   55'
DF 12 Adam Thomas   46'
MF 7 Kosta Barbarouses   46'
MF 8 Michael McGlinchey
MF 2 Tim Payne
FW 11 Marco Rojas   82'
FW 9 Shane Smeltz
FW 10 Chris Wood
Substitutions:
MF 15 Cameron Howieson   46'
DF 4 Tim Myers   51'   46'
FW 16 Dakota Lucas   82'
Manager:
  Neil Emblen

Assistant referees:
Jason Damoo (Seychelles)
Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)
Fourth official:
Mark Geiger (United States)

Egypt vs Belarus

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Egypt  3–1  Belarus
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Attendance: 8,732[9]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt
 
 
 
 
 
 
Belarus
GK 1 Ahmed El Shenawy
DF 15 Saad Samir
DF 12 Islam Ramadan
DF 7 Ahmed Fathy   69'
DF 6 Ahmed Hegazy
MF 17 Mohamed El-Nenny
MF 14 Hossam Hassan
MF 8 Shehab Ahmed   46'
FW 5 Mohamed Aboutrika (c)
FW 10 Emad Moteab   77'
FW 11 Mohamed Salah
Substitutions:
FW 9 Marwan Mohsen   46'
DF 4 Omar Gaber   69'
MF 13 Saleh Gomaa   77'
Manager:
Hany Ramzy
GK 1 Alyaksandr Hutar
DF 17 Dzyanis Palyakow
DF 12 Alyaksey Kazlow   69'
DF 4 Syarhey Palitsevich
DF 3 Ihar Kuzmyanok
MF 16 Mikhail Gordeichuk   60'
MF 13 Illya Aleksiyevich
MF 10 Renan Bressan   75'
MF 5 Dzmitry Baha
MF 2 Stanislaw Drahun (c)
FW 8 Sergei Kornilenko   90+2'
Substitutions:
MF 15 Artsyom Salavey   60'
FW 11 Andrey Varankow   69'
FW 19 Maksim Skavysh   75'
Manager:
Georgi Kondratiev

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Alberto Morín (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

References

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  1. ^ "London 2012 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Draw shows the road to London gold". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2021.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  4. ^ "Belarus – New Zealand". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Brazil – Egypt". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Egypt – New Zealand". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Brazil – Belarus". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Brazil – New Zealand". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Egypt – Belarus". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.