Football at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Twelve teams are scheduled to compete in the men's football tournament at the 2028 Summer Olympics. Eleven men's teams from six confederations will qualify to join the United States, who qualified as the host nation.^[1]

Table

In April 2025, the IOC Executive Board approved FIFA's suggestion that the men's tournament have 12 teams.^[2] In December 2025, the FIFA Council approved the final allocation of berths.^[3]

Means of qualification	Dates^[a]	Venue(s)^[a]	Berth(s)	Qualified
Host nation	N/a	N/a	1	United States
2028 AFC U-23 Asian Cup	TBD	TBD	2
2027 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations	TBD	TBD	2
2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	25 July – 9 August 2026^[4]	Mexico	1
CONMEBOL	TBD	TBD	2
OFC	TBD	TBD	1
2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship	June 2027	Albania Serbia	3
Total			12

1 2 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages may precede these matches.

Confederation qualification

As of February 2026, only CONCACAF and UEFA had announced their qualification processes.

CONCACAF

Most recent stage (qualification)

Legend
Qualified for the 2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	El Salvador	5	12
2	Suriname	5	12
3	Belize	5	9
4	Saint Martin	5	4
5	French Guiana	5	4
6	Grenada	5	3

Source: CONCACAF

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Jamaica	5	15
2	Puerto Rico	5	12
3	Bonaire	5	7
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	5	6
5	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5	4
6	Cayman Islands	5	0

Source: CONCACAF

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Antigua and Barbuda	4	12
2	Dominican Republic	4	9
3	British Virgin Islands	4	4
4	Saint Lucia	4	3
5	Dominica	4	1

Source: CONCACAF

Group D
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Haiti	4	12
2	Curaçao (H)	4	9
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4	6
4	Guyana	4	3
5	Anguilla	4	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Group E
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Costa Rica (H)	4	10
2	Bermuda	4	8
3	Trinidad and Tobago	4	7
4	Barbados	4	1
5	Sint Maarten	4	1

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Group F
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Canada	4	9
2	Nicaragua (H)	4	9
3	Aruba	4	7
4	Martinique	4	4
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	4	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Next stage (group stage)

Legend
Advance to the knockout stage
Possibly advance to the knockout stage

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	United States	0	0
2	Cuba	0	0
3	El Salvador	0	0
4	Haiti	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2026.
Source: CONCACAF

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Mexico (H)	0	0
2	Guatemala	0	0
3	Costa Rica	0	0
4	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 24 July 2026.
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Honduras	0	0
2	Panama	0	0
3	Canada	0	0
4	Jamaica	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 26 July 2026.
Source: CONCACAF

Overall ranking table legend
Advance to the knockout stage

Overall ranking of teams
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	United States	0	0
2	Mexico	0	0
3	Honduras	0	0

4	Cuba	0	0
5	Guatemala	0	0
6	Panama	0	0

7	El Salvador	0	0
8	Costa Rica	0	0
9	Canada	0	0

10	Haiti	0	0
11	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0
12	Jamaica	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 24 July 2026.
Source: CONCACAF

UEFA

Current stage (qualification)

Legend
Qualify for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Possibly qualify for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, otherwise advance to the play-offs

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Spain	7	21
2	Finland	7	16
3	Romania	7	13
4	Kosovo (Y)	7	8
5	Cyprus (E)	7	3
6	San Marino (E)	7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025.
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated;
(Y) Cannot qualify directly; may still reach the play-offs

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Portugal	7	19
2	Czech Republic	7	14
3	Scotland	8	11
4	Bulgaria	7	11
5	Azerbaijan (Y)	7	6
6	Gibraltar (E)	8	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2026.
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated;
(Y) Cannot qualify directly; may still reach the play-offs

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	France	6	16
2	Switzerland	7	14
3	Iceland	7	11
4	Faroe Islands	7	9
5	Luxembourg (Y)	6	4
6	Estonia (E)	7	2

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025.
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated;
(Y) Cannot qualify directly; may still reach the play-offs

Group D
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	England	7	19
2	Slovakia	7	16
3	Republic of Ireland	7	11
4	Andorra (E)	8	7
5	Moldova (E)	8	5
6	Kazakhstan (E)	7	4

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025.
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated

Group E
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Poland	8	24
2	Italy	8	21
3	Montenegro (E)	8	10
4	Sweden (E)	8	10
5	North Macedonia (E)	8	6
6	Armenia (E)	8	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2026.
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated

Group F
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Germany	7	18
2	Greece	7	18
3	Northern Ireland	7	10
4	Georgia	7	9
5	Latvia (E)	7	5
6	Malta (E)	7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2026.
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated

Group G
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Norway	5	12
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	7
3	Israel	6	7
4	Netherlands	5	5
5	Slovenia (Y)	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2026.
Source: UEFA
(Y) Cannot qualify directly; may still reach the play-offs

Group H
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Croatia	5	13
2	Turkey	6	11
3	Ukraine	6	8
4	Hungary (Y)	5	3
5	Lithuania (E)	6	2

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2026.
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated;
(Y) Cannot qualify directly; may still reach the play-offs

Group I
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Belgium	5	10
2	Austria	6	10
3	Denmark	5	10
4	Wales	6	6
5	Belarus (E)	6	4

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025.
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated

Runner-up table legend
Qualify for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Advance to the play-offs

Ranking of second-placed teams
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Italy	7	18
2	Greece	5	12
3	Turkey	6	11
4	Finland	5	10
5	Slovakia	5	10
6	Austria	6	10
7	Czech Republic	5	8
8	Switzerland	5	8
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2026. Source: UEFA

References

↑ "LA28 Reveals Medal Event Program and Athlete Quota". LA28. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
↑ "FIFA celebrates historic step for women's football at LA28 Olympic Games". FIFA. April 9, 2025. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
↑ "Regulations for the Preliminary Competition of the Olympic Football Tournaments – GAMES OF THE XXXIV OLYMPIAD LOS ANGELES 2028" (PDF). FIFA. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
↑ "Key Details Announced for 2026 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers". CONCACAF. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

[Wtable-4] 1 2 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages may precede these matches.

[1] "LA28 Reveals Medal Event Program and Athlete Quota". LA28. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[2] "FIFA celebrates historic step for women's football at LA28 Olympic Games". FIFA. April 9, 2025. Retrieved July 30, 2025.

[3] "Regulations for the Preliminary Competition of the Olympic Football Tournaments – GAMES OF THE XXXIV OLYMPIAD LOS ANGELES 2028" (PDF). FIFA. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

[5] "Key Details Announced for 2026 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers". CONCACAF. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

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