Olympics Football Betting Tips & Predictions

Football has been a part of the Olympic Games since the early 20th century. The men’s tournament was first included in the 1900 Paris Games, while women’s football made its debut much later in the 1996 Atlanta Games.

A total of 16 footballing nations have qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, including three former Olympic champions. The men’s football tournament will kick off on 24th July, a day before the women’s, and two days before the Olympics opening ceremony takes place.

WhichBookie’s football experts will be providing Olympics football tips and predictions throughout both the group and knockout stages, all the way through to the gold medal match. All of our Olympics football tips are completely free and come from sports analysts who have an excellent track record with their football tips in major tournaments.

Olympic Football Groups

The 16 qualified teams have been drawn into four groups.

Olympic Football Rules

Football at the Olympic Games follows the same rules as those set by FIFA.

While the rules are identical for both men’s and women’s football at the Olympics, there is a slight difference in which players are eligible to represent their countries.

• Men’s Teams: Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001, making them 23 years old at the time of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Each squad can include up to three players who are over this age limit.
• Women’s Teams: There are no age restrictions for players in the women’s competition.

Due to the high number of matches in the tournament, the football competition begins two days before the official opening ceremony of the Games. This has been the case since the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Men’s Olympic Football Tips

Historically, European teams dominated men’s Olympic football until the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Spain was the last European team to win a gold medal in football. Since the 1996 Games in Atlanta, teams from Africa and Latin America have claimed every gold medal, with Brazil claiming consecutive victories, including the gold at Tokyo 2020.

Women’s Olympic Football Tips

Women’s football was introduced to the Olympics at the Atlanta Games in 1996. The United States have been particularly successful, winning gold medals at Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, and London 2012. Germany won gold at the Rio 2016 Games, while Canada are the defending champions following their gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

Olympic Football Odds

Live odds for the Men’s 2024 Olympic Football tournament are shown below.

2024 Olympic Football Odds

Olympic Football Fixtures

The men’s Olympic football tournament gets underway on Wednesday 24th July. A full list of fixtures can be found below.

Group Stage Fixtures

• Group A: France v USA | 21:00 | Stade de Marseille
• Group A: Guinea v New Zealand | 17:00 | Stade de Nice
• Group B: Argentina v Morocco | 15:00 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
• Group B: Iraq v Ukraine | 19:00 | Stade de Lyon (Match 4)
• Group C: Uzbekistan v Spain | 15:00 | Parc des Princes, Paris
• Group C: Egypt v Dominican Republic | 17:00 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
• Group D: Mali v Israel | 21:00 | Parc des Princes, Paris
• Group D: Japan v Paraguay | 19:00 | Stade de Bordeaux

• Group A: France v Guinea | 21:00 | Stade de Nice
• Group A: New Zealand v USA | 19:00 | Stade de Marseille
• Group B: Argentina v Iraq | 15:00 | Stade de Lyon
• Group B: Ukraine v Morocco | 17:00 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
• Group C: Uzbekistan v Egypt | 17:00 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
• Group C: Dominican Republic v Spain | 15:00 | Stade de Bordeaux
• Group D: Israel v Paraguay | 19:00 | Parc des Princes, Paris
• Group D: Japan v Mali | 21:00 | Stade de Bordeaux

• Group A: New Zealand v France | 19:00 | Stade de Marseille
• Group A: USA v Guinea | 19:00 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
• Group B: Ukraine v Argentina | 17:00 | Stade de Lyon
• Group B: Morocco v Iraq | 17:00 | Stade de Nice
• Group C: Dominican Republic v Uzbekistan | 15:00 | Parc des Princes, Paris
• Group C: Spain v Egypt | 15:00 | Stade de Bordeaux
• Group D: Israel v Japan | 21:00 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
• Group D: Paraguay v Mali | 21:00 | Parc des Princes, Paris

• Match 25: 1A v 2B | 21:00 | Stade de Bordeaux
• Match 26: 1B v 2A | 15:00 | Parc des Princes, Paris
• Match 27: 1C v 2D | 19:00 | Stade de Marseille
• Match 28: 1D v 2C | 17:00 | Stade de Lyon

• Match 29: Winner Match 25 v Winner Match 27 | 21:00 | Stade de Lyon
• Match 30: Winner Match 26 v Winner Match 28 | 18:00 | Stade de Marseille

• Match 31: Loser Match 29 v Loser Match 30 | 17:00 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

• Match 32: Winner Match 29 v Winner Match 30 | 18:00 | Parc des Princes, Paris