A total of 32 matches to be played during a 16-day long schedule of the Tokyo Olympics 2021 Football Tournament. All matches will be telecasted in India. After a long summer of footballing action, football enthusiasts have another competition to look forward to in Tokyo Olympics Football Tournament 2021. A total of 16 teams will battle it out for the Olympic Gold with the Final to be held on 7 August 2021.
Although the Indian Football team has not qualified for the Olympics, Tokyo Olympics Football Tournament will be telecasted live on TV channels in India. Here are the details of the Tokyo Olympics Football Tournament’s broadcast, streaming, and schedule according to Indian time.
The Tokyo Olympics were initially scheduled to take place in 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event takes place every four years. The football tournament will kick start on 22 July with the Final set to be played on 7 August. 16 teams have been divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Only 8 teams will make it to the Quarter-Final stages of the tournament. Most of the players in each squad are u-23 as only a maximum of 3 over-23 players are allowed in the tournament.
Tokyo Olympics Live telecast Channel in India
Sony Sports Network owns the broadcast rights of the Olympics and the matches will be telecasted across various SONY TEN channels and also can be live-streamed on the Sony LIV app.
Tokyo Olympics 2021 Football Schedule
Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
Group B: New Zealand, Korea Republic, Honduras, Romania
Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
Group D: Brazil, Germany, Côte d’Ivoire, Saudi Arabia
Date 22 July 2021
1:00 PM IST Group C Egypt vs Spain
1:30 PM IST Group B New Zealand vs Korea
1:30 PM IST Group A Mexico vs France
2:00 PM IST Group D Ivory Coast vs Saudi Arabia
4:00 PM IST Group C Argentina vs Australia
4:30 PM IST Group A Japan vs South Africa
4:30 PM IST Group B Honduras vs Romania
5:00 PM IST Group D Brazil vs Germany
Date – 25th July
1:00 PM IST Group C Egypt vs Argentina
1:30 PM IST Group B New Zealand vs Honduras
1:30 PM IST Group A France vs South Africa
2:00 PM IST Group D Brazil vs Ivory Coast
4:00 PM IST Group C Australia vs Spain
4:30 PM IST Group A Japan vs Mexico
4:30 PM IST Group B Romania vs South Korea
5:00 PM IST Group D Saudi Arabia vs Germany
Date -28th July
1:30 PM IST Group D Saudi Arabia vs Brazil
1:30 PM IST Group D Germany vs Ivory Coast
2:00 PM IST Group B Romania vs New Zealand
2:00 PM IST Group B South Korea vs Honduras
4:30 PM IST Group C Australia vs Egypt
4:30 PM IST Group C Spain vs Argentina
5:00 PM IST Group A South Africa vs Mexico
5:00 PM IST Group A France vs South Africa
Date – 31st July
Quarterfinal
Quarterfinal 1 – 1:30 PM IST
Quarterfinal 2 – 2:30 PM IST
Quarterfinal 3 – 3:30 PM IST
Quarterfinal 4 – 4:30 PM IST
Date- 3 August
SemiFinal
Semifinal 1 – 1:30 PM IST
Semifinal 2 – 4:30 PM IST
Date- 6th August
Bronze Medal Match – 4:30 PM IST
Date- 7th August
Gold Medal Match – 5 PM IST
