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Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B

Group B of the men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was played from 24 to 30 July 2024. The group consisted of Argentina, Iraq, Morocco and Ukraine. The top two teams, Morocco and Argentina, advanced to the knockout stage.

Teams

Standings

In the quarter-finals:

  • The winners of Group B, Morocco, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, the United States.
  • The runners-up of Group B, Argentina, advanced to play the winners of Group A, France.

Matches

Argentina vs Morocco

The match had 15 minutes of stoppage time added on. As the game entered the 16th minute of stoppage time, Morocco was leading 2–1 when Argentina took a shot at goal from the edge of the box. This shot was pushed back into the area by Morocco's goalkeeper, leading to another two Argentina attempts hitting the crossbar and falling back into the area in succession, before Cristian Medina was able to head the rebounding ball into the goal and equalise for Argentina. Moroccan fans, feeling that time had elapsed and the game should have ended before Argentina scored, immediately began rioting in the stadium. Spectators stormed the pitch and set off pyrotechnic explosions, leading to the game being suspended amid safety concerns for the players. After the stadium was emptied, the match was resumed behind closed doors in order to play the final three minutes. The match resumed at 19:02, with Argentina's goal disallowed following a VAR review.

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Iraq vs Ukraine

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Argentina vs Iraq

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Ukraine vs Morocco

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Ukraine vs Argentina

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Morocco vs Iraq

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Discipline

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:

  • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
  • direct red card: minus 4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions could be applied to a player in a single match.

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