CLASSIC FOOTBALL DVDs
Nearly 6000 Classic Matches in one place!
OLYMPICS
Football (soccer) has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport.
| Date | Team | Olympics | Team | Info & Commentators | Channel | Disc Ref: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep | Cameroon 2 Spain 2 (5-3pens) | 2000 Olympics Gold Medal Match | 120 |
Commentary by Paul Williams & Paul Wade | SBS |
2165 / 2166 |
| 28-Aug | Argentina 1 Paraguay 0 | 2004 Olympics Gold Medal Match | 90 |
Carlos Tevez scores the winner!!! Commentary by Simon Hill | SBS |
1153 |
BEIJING 2008
The men's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's U-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the host nation, reached the final tournament. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 23.
For these Games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced on 7 August, the day before the Games' Opening Ceremony. The teams were grouped into four pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool advanced to an eight-team single-elimination bracket.
The tournament was won by Argentina, who beat Nigeria 1–0 in the final.
| Date | Teams | Group / Round |
Length |
Info & Commentators | Channel |
Disc Ref: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug | Brazil 1 Belgium 0 | C |
90 |
Commentary by John Roder | BBC |
3454 |
| 07-Aug | Japan 0 USA 1 | B |
90 |
Commentary by Dave Smith | BBC |
3455 |
| 07-Aug | Australia 1 Serbia 1 | A |
90 |
Commentary by Mike McCann & Gordon Bray | BBC |
3456 |
| 07-Aug | Honduras 0 Italy 3 | D |
90 |
Commentary by John Helm | BBC |
3457 |
| 07-Aug | Holland 0 Nigeria 0 | B |
90 |
Full Eurosport programme. Commentary by Tim Caple and Russell Osman | Eurosport |
3458 |
| 07-Aug | South Korea 1 Cameroon 1 | D |
90 |
No commentary | BBC |
3459 |
| 07-Aug | China 1 New Zealand 1 | C |
90 |
Commentary by Glenn Larmer | BBC |
3460 |
| 07-Aug | Ivory Coat 1 Argentina 2 | A |
90 |
Commentary by Alistair Mann | BBC |
3461 |
| 10-Aug | Nigeria 2 Japan 1 | B |
90 |
Commentary by John Roder | BBC |
3471 |
| 10-Aug | USA 2 Holland 2 | B |
90 |
Commentary by Jackie Oatley | BBC |
3474 |
| 10-Aug | Argentina 0 Australia 1 | A |
90 |
Commentary by Mike McCann | Channel 7 |
3639 |
| 10-Aug | Italy 3 South Korea 0 | D |
90 |
Commentary by John Helm | SBS |
3642 |
| 13-Aug | Nigeria 2 USA 1 | B |
90 |
Commentary by Alistair Mann | BBC |
3518 |
| 13-Aug | China 0 Brazil 3 | C |
90 |
Commentary by John Roder | BBC |
3519 |
| 13-Aug | Australia 0 Ivory Coast 1 | A |
90 |
Commentary by David Basheer | SBS |
3520 |
| 16-Aug | Brazil 2 Cameroon 0 aet | Quarter Final |
120 |
Commentary by Alistair Mann & Leroy Rosenior | BBC |
3527 |
| 16-Aug | Argentina 2 Holland 1 aet | Quarter Final |
120 |
Commentary by Alistair Mann | BBC |
3528 |
| 19-Aug | Belgium 1 Nigeria 4 | Semi Final |
90 |
Commentary by Alistair Mann & Kevin Gallagher | BBC |
3555 |
| 19-Aug | Argentina 3 Brazil 0 | Semi Final |
90 |
Commentary by Alistair Mann & Leroy Rosenior | BBC |
3556 |
| 22-Aug | Brazil 3 Belgium 0 | Bronze Medal |
90 |
Commentary by Martin Fisher & Leroy Rosenior | BBC |
3562 |
| 23-Aug | Argentina 1 Nigeria 0 | Gold Medal |
90 |
Martin Fisher & Leroy Rosenior | BBC |
3563 |
