Germany is qualified for the Olympic soccer tournament in Tokyo 2021.
In the group stage, the Kuntz-Elf also meets a fearful opponent.
Zurich - The Olympic Games in Tokyo begin in three months.
The German footballers have also qualified.
Now the group stage for the tournament has been drawn.
Opportunity to take revenge in Rio in the preliminary round: the DFB team caught a complicated preliminary round group at the draw for the Olympic soccer tournament at FIFA headquarters in Zurich on Wednesday.
The team of coach Stefan Kuntz will face Brazil in a new edition of the 2016 final.
Other opponents in Group D are Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia.
The venue is Yokohama.
Tokyo 2021: Germany will face defending champions Brazil in the group stage
“You can't really talk about the typical German lucky draw this time,” said Kuntz, “I think that groups C and D will be the hardest.” You don't need to say so much about Brazil. We already know that the Olympics have a different status in other associations. In Brazil, for example, Neymar played from the senior national team. ”As is well known, Neymar recently played a major role in the semi-finals of his PSG club against FC Bayern in the Champions League.
In the final on August 20, 2016 in the Maracanã Stadium, Brazil and superstar Neymar defeated the German team of coach Horst Hrubesch for today's Bayern stars Niklas Süle and Serge Gnabry on penalties.
The top duel with Brazil will take place on July 22nd, one day before the official opening of the Games in Tokyo.
On July 25th, it is against Saudi Arabia, three days later the game against the Ivorians marks the end of the preliminary round.
The two best-placed teams reach the quarter-finals against representatives of Group C. The final will take place on August 7th in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.
Olympia 2021 - The groups at a glance:
Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
Japan |
New Zealand |
Egypt |
Brazil |
South Africa |
South Korea |
Spain |
Germany |
Mexico |
Honduras |
Argentina |
Ivory Coast |
France |
Romania |
Australia |
Saudi Arabia |
Tokyo 2021: Kuntz can take three stars - Germany with Müller?
The German team qualified as a finalist at the U21 European Championship 2019. The German women's team, which had won gold in Brazil five years ago, could not qualify.
In addition to players who were under 21 at the time of qualification, coach Kuntz is also allowed to nominate three players who were born before 1997.
Recently, Thomas Müller from FC Bayern, Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund and Max Kruse from Union Berlin have always been candidates.
The four pots were created based on the results of the last five Olympic tournaments.
Germany had only qualified in 2016, but had advanced there until the final against hosts Brazil (4-5 iE).
Games against teams from your own confederation are not possible in the group stage.
Just a few weeks before the Olympic tournament, the German U21s will compete in the quarter-finals of the EM.
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