2024 Paris Olympic soccer tournament to end with women’s final – NBC10 Philadelphia

The Olympic football competition at the 2024 Paris Games will end with the women’s final instead of the men’s for the first time.

On Wednesday, FIFA published the schedule of Olympic football competitions. The governing body also said there would be no double-headers in France, making each match a separate event.

The women’s final will be held on August 10 at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The day before, the men’s gold medal match will be held at the same stadium.

The combined tournament starts on July 24 and will be held in seven French cities: Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice and Saint-Etienne.

As hosts, France’s men’s national team will play their first match of the tournament in Marseille, while the women’s team will host the 2019 Women’s World Cup final in Lyon on July 25.

“That this should happen in France is particularly concerning,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a prepared statement. — A country with a remarkable history of development and success in both men’s and women’s football, having hosted some of FIFA’s most iconic teams. tournaments in history, including the most recent FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019, and where FIFA recently reopened the office to better serve its 211 member associations.”

The American women have secured their spot in the Olympics victory in the CONCACAF Championship Wand Brazil and Colombia qualified for the Copa América.

On the men’s side, the U.S. and the Dominican Republic both earned spots at the CONCACAF U20 Championship.