Media Information: Statistical kits for the Olympic Football Tournaments London

Zurich-Switzerland, April 25, 2012: Football was a demonstration sport at the 1900 and 1904 Olympic Games before being included in the Olympic programme in London in 1908, the very first Men’s Olympic Football Tournament under FIFA auspices. Since then, football has been an Olympic sport at every Games, apart from during the war years when the Olympics were cancelled, and in 1932 when the IOC and FIFA failed to agree on amateur regulations. The Olympic Football Tournament was the zenith of amateur football until 1992, when professionals were permitted to take part. The rules also state that players must be aged under 23, with the exception of three “over-age” players per team (Statistical kits).

Women’s Olympic Football Tournament

Following the success of the first FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in 1991, the International Olympic Committee introduced women’s football into its programme for the 1996 Atlanta Games. Now very much a prestigious event, some confederations even choose their Olympic representatives based on results at the FIFA Women’s World Cup™. There is no age restriction in the final competition of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.

Statistics, Facts and Figures

Participating teams, goals, gold medal matches, awards, facts and much, much more. FIFA’s Content Management Services has prepared two statistical kits, one for the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament and one for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament, just in time for the Final Draw.

Men’s Statistical Kit

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompoly/51/98/88/statisticalkit-mensoft2012.pdf

Men’s Statistical Kit

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/womcompoly/51/99/56/statisticalkit-womensoft2012.pdf