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Olympic Soccer Draw Announced

Monday, 21st April 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (3)

Brazil beat Ghana 5-1 Saturday in Beijing.
Brazil beat Ghana 5-1 Saturday in Beijing.
On Saturday, in the first game played at Beijing's renovated Workers' Stadium, the 12th and final women's team, Brazil, played its way into the women's field for the soccer (football) competition at the Beijing Olympics. On Sunday, FIFA released the draw for the men's and women's Olympic soccer tournament.

Here are the groupings for the preliminary rounds, which kick off two days before the Olympics opening ceremonies. They will be played in Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao.

Men
Group A: Cote D'Ivoire, Argentina, Australia, Serbia
Group B: the Netherlands, Nigeria, Japan, the United States
Group C: China, New Zealand, Brazil, Belgium
Group D: the Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Honduras, Italy

Women
Group E: China, Sweden, Argentina, Canada
Group F: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Nigeria, Germany, Brazil
Group G: Norway, the United States, Japan and New Zealand

Tags: football, Olympics, soccer