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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

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Olympic appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
B1	Argentina	1	CONMEBOL	2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament top two	11 February 2024	10th	2020	Gold medalists (2004, 2008)
B2	Morocco	2	CAF	2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations top three	4 July 2023	8th	2012	Eighth place (1972)
B3	Iraq	3	AFC	2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup top three	2 May 2024	6th	2016	Fourth place (2004)
B4	Ukraine	4	UEFA	2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship top three	2 July 2023	1st	Debut

1. The qualifiers from AFC were not known at the time of the draw.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Iraq	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

1. ^ Head-to-head result: Argentina 1–2 Morocco.

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.

Argentina	1–2	Morocco
Simeone 68'	Report	Rahimi 45+2', 51' (pen.)

Argentina

Morocco

GK 1 Gerónimo Rulli RB 4 Joaquín García  84' CB 2 Marco Di Cesare  90+9' CB 16 Nicolás Otamendi (c) LB 3 Julio Soler  69' RM 10 Thiago Almada CM 14 Santiago Hezze  69' CM 8 Cristian Medina LM 7 Kevin Zenón  54' CF 18 Lucas Beltrán  69' CF 9 Julián Álvarez Substitutes: GK 12 Leandro Brey DF 6 Bruno Amione  69' DF 13 Gonzalo Luján MF 5 Ezequiel Fernández  88'  69' MF 11 Claudio Echeverri  84' FW 15 Luciano Gondou  69' FW 17 Giuliano Simeone  54' Manager: Javier Mascherano

GK 1 Munir Mohamedi  89' RB 2 Achraf Hakimi (c) CB 4 Mehdi Boukamir CB 14 Oussama Targhalline  87' LB 11 Zakaria El Ouahdi  61' CM 18 Amir Richardson CM 17 Oussama El Azzouzi  80' RW 10 Ilias Akhomach  39'  59' AM 8 Bilal El Khannous  45+3'  90+2' LW 7 Eliesse Ben Seghir  80' CF 9 Soufiane Rahimi  70' Substitutes: GK 12 Rachid Ghanimi DF 3 Akram Nakach  80' DF 5 Adil Tahif MF 6 Benjamin Bouchouari  90+2' MF 13 Yassine Kechta  80' FW 15 El Mehdi Maouhoub FW 16 Abde Ezzalzouli  59' Manager: Tarik Sektioui

Iraq vs Ukraine

Iraq	2–1	Ukraine
Aymen Hussein 57' (pen.) Ali Jasim 75'	Report	Rubchynskyi 53'

Iraq

Ukraine

GK 1 Hussein Hassan  90+13' RB 17 Mustafa Saadoon CB 6 Zaid Tahseen CB 20 Hussein Amer  52' CB 5 Ahmed Maknzi LB 3 Hussein Ali  58' RM 11 Muntadher Mohammed  58' CM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh CM 10 Youssef Amyn  79' LM 14 Karrar Mohammed CF 18 Aymen Hussein (c)  90+12' Substitutes: GK 12 Kumel Al-Rekabe DF 2 Josef Al-Imam  90+12' DF 13 Karrar Saad  79' MF 7 Ali Jasim  58' MF 15 Nihad Mohammed  58' MF 16 Muntadher Abdul-Amir FW 9 Hussein Abdullah Manager: Radhi Shenaishil

GK 12 Kiril Fesyun RB 2 Illya Krupskyi CB 4 Maksym Talovyerov  56'  73' CB 16 Arseniy Batahov LB 3 Oleksandr Martynyuk RM 5 Valentyn Rubchynskyi CM 10 Maksym Braharu  56'  73' CM 18 Dmytro Kryskiv  26'  79' CM 8 Mykola Mykhaylenko  73' LM 11 Maksym Khlan CF 14 Danylo Sikan (c)  80' Substitutes: GK 1 Heorhiy Yermakov DF 6 Oleksiy Sych  73' DF 13 Volodymyr Salyuk  73' MF 7 Oleh Ocheretko  79' MF 15 Vladyslav Veleten MF 17 Oleh Fedor  73' FW 9 Ihor Krasnopir  80' Manager: Ruslan Rotan

Argentina vs Iraq

Argentina	3–1	Iraq
Almada 14' Gondou 62' Fernández 85'	Report	Aymen Hussein 45+5'

Argentina

Iraq

GK 1 Gerónimo Rulli RB 4 Joaquín García  50'  60' CB 2 Marco Di Cesare CB 16 Nicolás Otamendi (c) LB 3 Julio Soler  60' RM 10 Thiago Almada  86' CM 5 Ezequiel Fernández CM 14 Santiago Hezze  60' LM 8 Cristian Medina CF 18 Lucas Beltrán  45+2' CF 9 Julián Álvarez Substitutes: GK 12 Leandro Brey DF 6 Bruno Amione  86' DF 13 Gonzalo Luján  60' MF 7 Kevin Zenón  60' MF 11 Claudio Echeverri FW 15 Luciano Gondou  90'  60' FW 17 Giuliano Simeone  45+2' Manager: Javier Mascherano

GK 1 Hussein Hassan RB 17 Mustafa Saadoon  60' CB 20 Hussein Amer CB 6 Zaid Tahseen  46' LB 5 Ahmed Maknzi CM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh  76' CM 14 Karrar Mohammed  87' RW 15 Nihad Mohammed  52'  60' AM 7 Ali Jasim  87' LW 10 Youssef Amyn CF 18 Aymen Hussein (c) Substitutes: GK 12 Kumel Al-Rekabe DF 2 Josef Al-Imam DF 3 Hussein Ali  60' DF 13 Karrar Saad  87' MF 11 Muntadher Mohammed  60' MF 16 Muntadher Abdul-Amir  76' FW 9 Hussein Abdullah  87' Manager: Radhi Shenaishil

Ukraine vs Morocco

Ukraine	2–1	Morocco
Kryskiv 22' Krasnopir 90+8'	Report	Rahimi 64' (pen.)

Ukraine

Morocco

GK 12 Kiril Fesyun RB 2 Illya Krupskyi  79' CB 13 Volodymyr Salyuk  63' CB 16 Arseniy Batahov LB 3 Oleksandr Martynyuk  74' RM 11 Maksym Khlan  52' CM 5 Valentyn Rubchynskyi  72' CM 18 Dmytro Kryskiv  65' CM 8 Mykola Mykhaylenko  78' LM 10 Maksym Braharu  65' CF 14 Danylo Sikan (c)  34'  65' Substitutes: GK 1 Heorhiy Yermakov DF 4 Maksym Talovyerov  65' DF 6 Oleksiy Sych  90'  74' MF 7 Oleh Ocheretko  65' MF 15 Vladyslav Veleten MF 17 Oleh Fedor  78' FW 9 Ihor Krasnopir  65' Manager: Ruslan Rotan

GK 1 Munir Mohamedi RB 2 Achraf Hakimi (c)  71' CB 17 Oussama El Azzouzi  87' CB 4 Mehdi Boukamir  74' LB 11 Zakaria El Ouahdi DM 14 Oussama Targhalline CM 18 Amir Richardson  37' CM 8 Bilal El Khannous RF 16 Abde Ezzalzouli CF 9 Soufiane Rahimi  87' LF 7 Eliesse Ben Seghir  87' Substitutes: GK 12 Rachid Ghanimi DF 3 Akram Nakach  87' DF 5 Adil Tahif MF 6 Benjamin Bouchouari MF 13 Yassine Kechta  74' FW 10 Ilias Akhomach  87' FW 15 El Mehdi Maouhoub  87' Manager: Tarik Sektioui

Ukraine vs Argentina

Ukraine	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Almada 47' Echeverri 90+1'

Ukraine

Argentina

GK 12 Kiril Fesyun RB 2 Illya Krupskyi CB 4 Maksym Talovyerov CB 16 Arseniy Batahov LB 3 Oleksandr Martynyuk  68' DM 5 Valentyn Rubchynskyi  53' CM 18 Dmytro Kryskiv CM 8 Mykola Mykhaylenko  59' RF 11 Maksym Khlan  78' CF 14 Danylo Sikan (c)  59' LF 10 Maksym Braharu  59' Substitutes: GK 1 Heorhiy Yermakov DF 6 Oleksiy Sych  68' MF 7 Oleh Ocheretko  59' MF 15 Vladyslav Veleten  82'  78' MF 17 Oleh Fedor  59' FW 9 Ihor Krasnopir  59' Manager: Ruslan Rotan

GK 1 Gerónimo Rulli RB 13 Gonzalo Luján CB 2 Marco Di Cesare CB 16 Nicolás Otamendi (c) LB 3 Julio Soler  67' RM 17 Giuliano Simeone CM 5 Ezequiel Fernández  68' CM 8 Cristian Medina LM 10 Thiago Almada  81' CF 15 Luciano Gondou  59' CF 9 Julián Álvarez  81' Substitutes: GK 12 Leandro Brey DF 4 Joaquín García DF 6 Bruno Amione  67' MF 7 Kevin Zenón  68' MF 11 Claudio Echeverri  81' MF 14 Santiago Hezze  59' FW 18 Lucas Beltrán  81' Manager: Javier Mascherano

Morocco vs Iraq

Morocco	3–0	Iraq
Richardson 19' Rahimi 28' Ezzalzouli 36'	Report

Morocco

Iraq

GK 1 Munir Mohamedi RB 2 Achraf Hakimi (c) CB 17 Oussama El Azzouzi  85' CB 4 Mehdi Boukamir LB 11 Zakaria El Ouahdi CM 18 Amir Richardson  62' CM 14 Oussama Targhalline  62' RW 10 Ilias Akhomach  67' AM 8 Bilal El Khannous LW 16 Abde Ezzalzouli CF 9 Soufiane Rahimi  61' Substitutes: GK 12 Rachid Ghanimi DF 3 Akram Nakach DF 5 Adil Tahif  85' MF 6 Benjamin Bouchouari  62' MF 13 Yassine Kechta  62' FW 7 Eliesse Ben Seghir  67' FW 15 El Mehdi Maouhoub  61' Manager: Tarik Sektioui

GK 1 Hussein Hassan RB 17 Mustafa Saadoon  79' CB 20 Hussein Amer CB 4 Saad Natiq (c) LB 5 Ahmed Maknzi  30' CM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh CM 14 Karrar Mohammed  9' RW 10 Youssef Amyn  31' AM 11 Muntadher Mohammed  46' LW 13 Karrar Saad  32' CF 18 Aymen Hussein Substitutes: GK 12 Kumel Al-Rekabe DF 2 Josef Al-Imam  46' DF 3 Hussein Ali  79' MF 7 Ali Jasim  32' MF 15 Nihad Mohammed  31' MF 16 Muntadher Abdul-Amir FW 9 Hussein Abdullah Manager: Radhi Shenaishil

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.

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
Argentina	2				2								–4
Iraq	2				2				2				–6
Morocco	6				2								–8
Ukraine	3				5		1		2				–14

References

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External links

• Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024, FIFA.com

• Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament