2024 Paris Olympics Football Tournaments – Men’s & Women’s Picks And Tips

The 2024 Paris Olympics Football Tournament gets underway this week. Both the men’s and women’s qualifying teams will begin their journey that will ultimately see one team land the gold medal and with it the title of Olympic Champions.

In this article, we will provide a little history of the men’s and women’s Olympic Football Tournaments over the years and a full preview of the tournaments to be held in Paris in 2024.

Finally, we will round off with a look at some of the teams we’d consider backing to win the tournament.

Any odds in the sections of this article where we have included them were taken from bet365 Sport and were correct when the article was written. However, the prices shown may have changed as the tournament has progressed.

There’s a lot to get through across both tournaments, so let’s get started with an aspect of the Olympic Football Tournament that is the same for both male and female teams.

2024 Paris Olympics Football Tournament – Venues

A total of seven venues across France will host all the games in the men’s and women’s 2024 Paris Olympics football tournaments. The location, stadium name and capacity of each venue is shown below.

• Marseille – Stade de Marseille (67,394)
• Lyon – Stade de Lyon (59,186)
• Paris – Parc des Princes (47,929)
• Bordeaux – Stade de Bordeaux (42,115)
• Saint-Etienne – Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (41.965)
• Nice – Stade de Nice (36,178)
• Nantes – Stade de la Beaujoire (35,322)

All seven venues will be used throughout the group stage in both the men’s and women’s tournaments.

However, in the men’s knockout phase the venues in Bordeaux, Marseille, Paris and Lyon will host the quarterfinals. The two semifinals will be played in Lyon and Marseille, with the final in Paris.

The bronze medal match in the men’s event will be played in Nantes.

In the women’s event, Nantes, Lyon, Paris and Marseille will host the quarterfinals. The two semi-finals and final will be played at the same venues as the men (Marseille and Lyon for the semi-finals and Paris for the final).

However, the bronze medal match will be played in Lyon on the 9^th of August for the women’s tournament.

2024 Paris Olympics – Men’s Football Tournament

Draw and Fixtures

Sixteen teams qualified for the men’s football tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics and they were drawn into the following groups, with the fixtures for each group also shown.

• Group A – France, United States, Guinea, New Zealand

Group A Fixtures

24^th July –  Guinea v New Zealand, France v United States

27^th July – New Zealand v United States, France v Guinea

30^th July – New Zealand v France, United States v Guinea

• Group B – Argentina, Morocco, Iraq, Ukraine

Group B Fixtures

24^th July – Argentina v Morocco, Iraq v Ukraine

27^th July – Argentina v Iraq, Ukraine v Morocco

30^th July – Ukraine v Argentina, Morocco v Iraq

• Group C – Uzbekistan, Spain, Egypt, Dominican Republic

Group C Fixtures

24^th July – Uzbekistan v Spain, Egypt v Dominican Republic

27^th July – Dominican Republic v Spain, Uzbekistan v Egypt

30^th July –  Dominican Republic v Uzbekistan, Spain v Egypt

• Group D – Japan, Paraguay, Mali, Israel

Group D Fixtures

24^th July – Japan v Paraguay, Mali v Israel

27^th July – Israel v Paraguay, Mali v Japan

30^th July – Japan v Israel, Paraguay v Mali

Who Are Punters Backing To Win The Men’s Football Tournament?

Bet365 Sport has the following odds available as an Olympics pre-tournament outright winner bet.

• 3.25 favourites – France
• 3.50 – Spain
• 4.00 – Argentina
• 11.00 – Morocco
• 21.00 – Paraguay
• 23.00 – Egypt, United States
• 26.00 – Ukraine
• 34.00 – Japan, Mali
• 41.00 – Israel
• 51.00 – Guinea
• 67.00 – Uzbekistan
• 101.00 – Iraq
• 126.00 – New Zealand
• 251.00 – Dominican Republic

Top Players To Follow at the 2024 Paris Olympics Men’s Football Tournament

1. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) DMR
2. Julian Alvarez (Argentina) AC
3. Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) MC
4. Rayan Cherku (France) AMR
5. Juan Miranda (Spain) DC
6. Fabian Balbuena (Paraguay) DC
7. Jean-Philippe Mateta (France) AC
8. Loic Bade (France) DC
9. Naby Keita (Guinea) MC
10. Lucas Beltran (Argentina) AML
11. Fermin Lopez (Spain) AML
12. Michael Olise (France) – AMC
13. Alexandre Lacazette (France) – AC
14. Nicolas Otamendi (Argentina) – DC
15. Boubacar Traore (Mali) – MRC
16. Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand) – AMLR
17. Julio Enciso (Paraguay) – AC
18. Geronimo Rulli (Argentina) – GK
19. Amadou Diawara (Guinea) – DMC
20. Abel Ruiz (Spain) – AC

Our 2024 Paris Olympic Men’s Football Tournament Gold Medal Tip

The men’s tournament is more lop-sided than the women’s event and as such, I think it is easier to narrow it down. Spain, Argentina and France will be the teams to beat in the tournament and with home advantage behind them, it would be foolish to back against France (3.25).

2024 Paris Olympics – Women’s Football Tournament

Draw and Fixtures

A total of 12 teams qualified for the Olympic Women’s Football Tournament in Paris. However, the tournament will operate under very similar organisation to the men’s event.

The key difference will be that not only will the top two in each of the three groups qualify for the quarterfinals, but the two third-place teams in the group stage with the best record will also qualify for the quarterfinal stage.

From then on it is the same format as the men’s event with a straight knockout to decide who earns the gold, silver and bronze medals.

The three groups and fixtures are shown below.

• Group A – France, Colombia, Canada, New Zealand

Fixtures

25^th July –  Canada v New Zealand, France v Colombia

28^th July – New Zealand v Colombia, France v Canada

31^st July – New Zealand v France, Colombia v Canada

• Group B – United States, Zambia, Germany, Australia

Fixtures

25^th July – Germany v Australia, United States v Zambia

28^th July – Australia v Zambia, Germany v United States

31^st July – Australia v United States, Germany v Zambia

• Group C – Spain, Japan, Nigeria, Brazil

Fixtures

25^th July – Japan v Spain, Nigeria v Brazil

28^th July – Nigeria v Spain, Brazil v Japan

31^st July –  Japan v Nigeria, Spain v Brazil

Who Are Punters Backing to Win The Women’s Football Tournament?

A look at the current odds available with bet365 Sport for the outright winner of the 2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Football Tournaments shows some familiar names at the top of the betting: –

• 2.75 favourites – The United States
• 3.00 – Spain
• 6.00 – France
• 13.00 – Germany
• 15.00 – Brazil, Japan
• 17.00 – Australia
• 21.00 – Canada
• 26.00 – Colombia
• 67.00 – Nigeria, Zambia
• 101.00 – New Zealand

Top Players To Follow at the 2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Football Tournament

1. Aitana Bonmati (Spain)
2. Lindsey Horan (United States)
3. Alexia Putellas (Spain)
4. Marie-Antoinette Katoto (France)
5. Grace Geyoro (France)
6. Alexandra Popp (Germany)
7. Yui Hasegawa (Japan)
8. Marta (Brazil)
9. Mayra Ramirez (Colombia)
10. Khadidiatou Diani (France)
11. Caitlin Foorde (Australia)
12. Adriana (Brazil)
13. Wendie Renard (France)
14. Kadeisha Buchanan (Canada)
15. Vanessa Gilles (Canada)
16. Eugenie Le Sommer (France)
17. Mehrle Frohms (Germany)
18. Irene Paredes (Spain)
19. Jennifer Hermoso (Spain)
20. Mariona Caldentey (Spain)

Our 2024 Paris Olympic Women’s Football Tournament Gold Medal Tip

The United States may be the favourites to win the gold medal here, but Spain have been the best team in the world in women’s football for a couple of years now and there is nothing to suggest that they will not continue that run of great form here. Take Spain at 3.00 for the win.