Tokyo Olympics 2020: Holders Brazil to face Germany in football group stages

Reigning champions Brazil were on Wednesday drawn with 2016 runners-up Germany, the Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia in the Tokyo Olympics men’s football group stages. Hosts Japan, who last won a medal in the men’s event with a bronze in 1968, will play France, South Africa and Mexico in Group A. Group C includes Egypt, Spain, Argentina and Australia while Group B has South Korea, New Zealand, Romania and Honduras. The tournament starts on 22 July, a day before the opening ceremony of the Games that were postponed last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the women’s draw record four-time champions the USA will feature against Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. Home side Japan will play Great Britain, Canada and Chile. MEN Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France. Group B: New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania. Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia. Group D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia. WOMEN Group E: Japan, Canada, Britain, Chile. Group F: China, Brazil, Zambia, Netherlands. Group G: Sweden, United States, Australia, New Zealand.