The Blues are with New Zealand and the United States, and the French are with Canada in the Olympic soccer tournament

The French men's national team inherited the New Zealanders and Americans and an inter-continental playoff following Wednesday's Olympic soccer tournament draw in Saint-Denis. The French team will also face Canada, Colombia and New Zealand.

French teams now know the programme. The Blues, led by Thierry Henry, inherited a soft group containing New Zealand and the United States and an inter-continental play-off during the group draw for the group stage of the Olympic football tournament, which was held on Wednesday, March 20, at the Paris 2024 headquarters in Saint-Denis. By former Argentine international Javier Saviola and three-time French Olympic champion Marie-José Perec.

France, necessarily moved to Group A as host nation, will therefore be with the New Zealanders, an affordable opponent 2 on paper, the Americans, who will return to the Olympics for the first time since 2008, and a playoff. Which will be either Guinea or a team from the Asian continent.

France will begin their tournament campaign on July 24 (9pm) against the United States at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, before hosting the deciding match on July 27 in Nice. The Blues will finish against New Zealand on July 30 in Marseille (7pm). In 2021, the French national team, led by Sylvain Ripoll, was eliminated in the first round.

Men's tournament groups:

Group A: France, New Zealand, United States, transcontinental dam construction company

Group B: Argentina and Morocco qualified for the AFC U-23 Championship in Ukraine

Group C: Qualified for the AFC U-23 Championship, Spain, Egypt, and the Dominican Republic

Group D: Qualified for the AFC U-23 Championship, Paraguay, Mali, Israel

Les Bleues with the Canadian Olympic champions

For their part, the Blues also inherited a fairly lenient group on paper with Canada, Colombia and New Zealand. The Canadians are the current Olympic champions, and have beaten the Blues during the French entries to the Games. Colombia is still in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup, while New Zealand, who reached the quarter-finals of the Games in 2012, knocked out Norway at home in the last World Cup.

“It's time to take revenge on Canada, even if they are not the same players. They still have talented young players, some of whom are playing for our clubs in France. Colombia has a star player, Linda Caicedo, who shined during the World Cup. “It is a team that has already beaten us and is a very aggressive team So we must respect it. “New Zealand is a team that always qualifies for the Games or the World Cup, so be careful.”Former international player Laura George analyzes on franceinfo: sport.

Hervé Renard, who did not participate in the last edition in Tokyo, will start his tournament campaign against Colombia on July 25 (9 p.m.) at Lyon Stadium, before facing Canada on July 28 (9 p.m.) at Joffre Stadium. -Guichard de Saint-Etienne, completing the group stage against New Zealand on July 31 (9pm) at Lyon Stadium.

France only participated in the Olympics for the first time in 2012, in London, and achieved its best performance to date, as it failed in the small final to get the bronze medal, after being defeated by Canada (1-0). In 2016, the Blues stopped in the quarter-finals against Canada again, with the same result. The Olympic tournament will be held from July 24 to August 10, and both Olympic finals will be played at Princes Park.

Women's tournament groups:

Group A: France, Canada, Colombia, New Zealand

Group B: The United States, Germany, and Australia qualified from the Africa region

Group C: Spain, Japan and Brazil qualified from the Africa region