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Football at Beijing 2008
Football (soccer) at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing and several other cities in China from August 6 to August 24. Associations affiliated with FIFA are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate.
For these games, the men will compete in a 16-team tournament, and the women will compete in a 12-team tournament. Football preliminaries actually commence two days before the official opening of the games (August 8), and last right through to closing day.
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| The Road to Beijing (Men) | |||
| Date | Tournament | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Feb - Nov 2007 | AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 | |
| Sep 2006 - Mar 2008 | CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 | |
| Nov 2007 - | CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 | |
| 7-28 Jan 2007 | South American Youth Championship, Paraguay | 2 |
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| 10-23 Jun 2007 | UEFA U21 Championship, Netherlands | 4 |
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| Mar 2008 | OFC Preliminary Championship | 1 | |
| Host Nation | 1 |
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| The Road to Beijing (Women) | |||
| Date | Tournament | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Feb - Aug 2007 | AFC Preliminary Competition | 2 |
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| Oct 2006 - Mar 2008 | CAF Preliminary Competition | 1 | |
| Oct 2007 - | CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 | |
| Nov 2007 | Sudamericano Femenino, Argentina | 1 |
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| 10-30 Sep 2007 | UEFA (FIFA Women's World Cup)*, China | 2 |
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UEFA Play-off (
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| 23-30 Mar 2008 | OFC Preliminary Championship | 1 | |
| 2nd Africa v 2nd South America () |
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| Host Nation | 1 |
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