Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Group Stage: Men's Olympic Tournament 2012

Great Britain's men's team have been drawn against Uruguay, UAE and Senegal in the Olympic games. Uruguay, runners-up in the Under-17 World Cup and winners of the Copa America, could include Luis Suarez, Diego Forlan, Edinson Cavani and Sebastian Coates. The two teams will meet at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in the final group game on August 1. Great Britain will open up their campaign at Old Trafford on July 26 against Senegal, the African nation who only secured their place in the finals on Monday night by beating Oman in a play-off at Coventry's Ricoh Arena. The second game is against the UAE at Wembley on July 29. Senegal could both potentially call on Newcastle strike duo Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse. The men's teams are made up of 18-man squads of under-23 players with three over-age players permitted per squad (born before January 1, 1989).


GROUP A: GREAT BRITAIN SENEGAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES URUGUAY
GROUP B: MEXICO SOUTH KOREA GABON SWITZERLAND
GROUP C: BRAZIL EGYPT BELARUS NEW ZEALAND
GROUP D: SPAIN JAPAN HONDURAS MOROCCO

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