Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Football Guide And 2008 Beijing Olympic Football Fixtures
Football (also known as soccer) matches will kick start the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games tomorrow and football fans can get the latest Beijing Olympic football news at this tavel blog. This Olympic 2008 football tips guide will bring to you the latest Beijing football results and the most current Beijing football updates and Beijing football fixtures.
Football fans in China do not have to wait until after the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony to watch their favorite football players displaying their skills. Use this 2008 Beijing Football guide to see the 2008 Olympic Games football fixtures and matches. Top football players such as Ronaldinho of Brazil and Lionel Messi of Argentina have arrived in China. This Beijing Olympic football tournament will surely be one the best Olympic football competitions ever. Defending football Olympic champions, Argentina, will play their first two games in Shanghai and then complete their fixtures in Group A in Beijing. Argentina's squad includes Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid, Boca star Juan Roman Riquelme and Liverpool’s Javier Mascherano. Ronaldinho of AC Milan has arrived in Shenyang and is ready to take on Belgium in Brazil’s opening football match tomorrow. Top Brazilian players to watch out for include Alexandre Pato of AC Milan, Anderson of Manchester United, Diego of Werder Bremen, Jo of Manchester City, Marcelo of Real Madrid and Rafinha of Schalke 04. So, can the mighty Brazil win the Olympic football title for the first time here in Beijing or will Argentina defend their Olympics football title? If Brazil and Argentina make it to the football semifinals, they will meet each other. So, only one of the two South American giants will make it to the Beijing Olympic football final. From the sixteen countries who has qualified for the Olympics, among the favorites to win the Beijing football medal include the United States of America (USA), Netherlands and Italy. Other football stars playing in the Beijing Olympic Games are Brian McBride who is the ex-Fulham star, Freddy Adu of Benfica and Jozy Altidor of Villarreal who will feature for the USA football team while Royston Drenthe of Real Madrid, Roy Makaay of Feyenoord and Ryan Babel of Liverpool who will be representing the Netherlands football team. The Italian football team is also not short of football stars and have Tommaso Rocchi and Lorenzo De Silvestri of Lazio and Ignazio Abate of AC Milan playing for them. This 16-nation Beijing football tournament comes with the under-23 age restriction at the Olympics but each country is allowed to have three senior players. Get your Beijing 2008 Olympics men’s football fixtures and results here.
For the Beijing 2008 Olympic men’s football competition, there are four groups, A to D.
Group A: Argentina, Australia, Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) and Serbia
Group B: Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria and the United States of America (USA)
Group C: Belgium, Brazil, China and New Zealand
Group D: Cameroon, Honduras, Italy and South Korea (Republic of Korea)
For the first round men's football matches to be held tomorrow,
Group A (in Shanghai) Australia v Serbia (0900 GMT) and Ivory Coast v Argentina (1145 GMT)
Group B (in Tianjin) Japan v USA (0900 GMT) and Netherlands v Nigeria (1145 GMT)
Group C (in Shenyang) Brazil v Belgium (0900 GMT) and China v New Zealand (1145 GMT)
Group D (in Qinhuangdao) Honduras v Italy (0900 GMT) and South Korea v Cameroon (1145 GMT)
For the first round men's football matches on the 10th August 2008,
Group A (in Shanghai) Australia v Argentina (0900 GMT) and Ivory Coast v Serbia (1145 GMT)
Group B (in Tianjin) Japan v Nigeria (0900 GMT) and Netherlands v USA (1145 GMT)
Group C (in Shenyang) Brazil v New Zealand (0900 GMT) and Belgium v China (1145 GMT)
Group D (in Qinhuangdao) Cameroon v Honduras (0900 GMT) and Italy v South Korea (1145 GMT)
For the first round men's football matches on the 13th August 2008,
Group A (in Shanghai) Australia v Ivory Coast and Argentina v Serbia (1145 GMT)
Group B (in Tianjin) Japan v Netherlands and Nigeria v USA (0900 GMT)
Group C (in Shenyang) Brazil v China and Belgium v New Zealand (1145 GMT)
Group D (in Qinhuangdao) Honduras v South Korea and Cameroon v Italy (0900 GMT)
The Shanghai Stadium can accommodate about 56,000 spectators and will host the preliminaries football matches, the men's and women's football semi-final matches and the play-off for men's football third and fourth placing match. In Shanghai, the Olympic football matches will be held on the August 7,10,12,12,15,16,18,19 and 22. In Tianjin, an Olympic co-host city in north China, the Olympic football preliminary matches will be played at the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium. Shenyang which is the capital city of Liaoning province will be the venue for the Group C Beijing football games. You can watch your favorite football teams at the Shenyang Olympic Centre Stadium on the August 6,7,9,10,12,13,15 and 16. The Group D football preliminary Olympic 2008 matches will be held at the Qinhuangdao Olympic Center Stadium in Qinhuangdao on August 6,7,9,10,12,13 and 15. For the Beijing Olympic women’s football competition, the USA women's football team will try to defend their Olympic title but will meet one of the toughest teams in their group, Norway (also known as the Vikings) tomorrow. Led by co-captains Christie Rampone and Kate Markgraf, the USA women’s football team is still the number one women's team in the world.
For the Beijing 2008 Olympic women’s football competition, there are three groups, E to F.
Group E: Argentina, Canada, China and Sweden
Group F: Brazil, Germany, Nigeria and North Korea (DPRK)
Group G: Japan, New Zealand, Norway, United States of America (USA)
For the first round women's football matches to be held tomorrow,
Group E (in Tianjin) Argentina v Canada (0900 GMT) and China v Sweden (1145 GMT)
Group F (in Shenyang) Brazil v Germany (0900 GMT) and North Korea DPR v Nigeria (1145 GMT)
Group G (in Qinhuangdao) Japan v New Zealand (0900 GMT) and Norway v USA (1145 GMT)
For the first round women's football matches to be held on the 9th August 2008,
Group E (in Tianjin) Argentina v Sweden (0900 GMT) and Canada v China (1145 GMT)
Group F (in Shenyang) Germany v Nigeria (0900 GMT) and Brazil v North Korea DPR (1145 GMT)
Group G (in Qinhuangdao) Japan v USA (0900 GMT) and New Zealand v Norway (1145 GMT)
For the first round women's football matches to be held on the 12th August 2008,
Group E (in Qinhuangdao) Argentina v China and (in Beijing) Canada v Sweden (1145 GMT)
Group F (in Tianjin) North Korea DPR v Germany and (in Beijing) Brazil v Nigeria (0900 GMT)
Group G (in Shanghai) Japan v Norway and (in Shenyang) New Zealand v USA (1145 GMT)
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Football fans in China do not have to wait until after the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony to watch their favorite football players displaying their skills. Use this 2008 Beijing Football guide to see the 2008 Olympic Games football fixtures and matches. Top football players such as Ronaldinho of Brazil and Lionel Messi of Argentina have arrived in China. This Beijing Olympic football tournament will surely be one the best Olympic football competitions ever. Defending football Olympic champions, Argentina, will play their first two games in Shanghai and then complete their fixtures in Group A in Beijing. Argentina's squad includes Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid, Boca star Juan Roman Riquelme and Liverpool’s Javier Mascherano. Ronaldinho of AC Milan has arrived in Shenyang and is ready to take on Belgium in Brazil’s opening football match tomorrow. Top Brazilian players to watch out for include Alexandre Pato of AC Milan, Anderson of Manchester United, Diego of Werder Bremen, Jo of Manchester City, Marcelo of Real Madrid and Rafinha of Schalke 04. So, can the mighty Brazil win the Olympic football title for the first time here in Beijing or will Argentina defend their Olympics football title? If Brazil and Argentina make it to the football semifinals, they will meet each other. So, only one of the two South American giants will make it to the Beijing Olympic football final. From the sixteen countries who has qualified for the Olympics, among the favorites to win the Beijing football medal include the United States of America (USA), Netherlands and Italy. Other football stars playing in the Beijing Olympic Games are Brian McBride who is the ex-Fulham star, Freddy Adu of Benfica and Jozy Altidor of Villarreal who will feature for the USA football team while Royston Drenthe of Real Madrid, Roy Makaay of Feyenoord and Ryan Babel of Liverpool who will be representing the Netherlands football team. The Italian football team is also not short of football stars and have Tommaso Rocchi and Lorenzo De Silvestri of Lazio and Ignazio Abate of AC Milan playing for them. This 16-nation Beijing football tournament comes with the under-23 age restriction at the Olympics but each country is allowed to have three senior players. Get your Beijing 2008 Olympics men’s football fixtures and results here.
For the Beijing 2008 Olympic men’s football competition, there are four groups, A to D.
Group A: Argentina, Australia, Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) and Serbia
Group B: Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria and the United States of America (USA)
Group C: Belgium, Brazil, China and New Zealand
Group D: Cameroon, Honduras, Italy and South Korea (Republic of Korea)
For the first round men's football matches to be held tomorrow,
Group A (in Shanghai) Australia v Serbia (0900 GMT) and Ivory Coast v Argentina (1145 GMT)
Group B (in Tianjin) Japan v USA (0900 GMT) and Netherlands v Nigeria (1145 GMT)
Group C (in Shenyang) Brazil v Belgium (0900 GMT) and China v New Zealand (1145 GMT)
Group D (in Qinhuangdao) Honduras v Italy (0900 GMT) and South Korea v Cameroon (1145 GMT)
For the first round men's football matches on the 10th August 2008,
Group A (in Shanghai) Australia v Argentina (0900 GMT) and Ivory Coast v Serbia (1145 GMT)
Group B (in Tianjin) Japan v Nigeria (0900 GMT) and Netherlands v USA (1145 GMT)
Group C (in Shenyang) Brazil v New Zealand (0900 GMT) and Belgium v China (1145 GMT)
Group D (in Qinhuangdao) Cameroon v Honduras (0900 GMT) and Italy v South Korea (1145 GMT)
For the first round men's football matches on the 13th August 2008,
Group A (in Shanghai) Australia v Ivory Coast and Argentina v Serbia (1145 GMT)
Group B (in Tianjin) Japan v Netherlands and Nigeria v USA (0900 GMT)
Group C (in Shenyang) Brazil v China and Belgium v New Zealand (1145 GMT)
Group D (in Qinhuangdao) Honduras v South Korea and Cameroon v Italy (0900 GMT)
The Shanghai Stadium can accommodate about 56,000 spectators and will host the preliminaries football matches, the men's and women's football semi-final matches and the play-off for men's football third and fourth placing match. In Shanghai, the Olympic football matches will be held on the August 7,10,12,12,15,16,18,19 and 22. In Tianjin, an Olympic co-host city in north China, the Olympic football preliminary matches will be played at the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium. Shenyang which is the capital city of Liaoning province will be the venue for the Group C Beijing football games. You can watch your favorite football teams at the Shenyang Olympic Centre Stadium on the August 6,7,9,10,12,13,15 and 16. The Group D football preliminary Olympic 2008 matches will be held at the Qinhuangdao Olympic Center Stadium in Qinhuangdao on August 6,7,9,10,12,13 and 15. For the Beijing Olympic women’s football competition, the USA women's football team will try to defend their Olympic title but will meet one of the toughest teams in their group, Norway (also known as the Vikings) tomorrow. Led by co-captains Christie Rampone and Kate Markgraf, the USA women’s football team is still the number one women's team in the world.
For the Beijing 2008 Olympic women’s football competition, there are three groups, E to F.
Group E: Argentina, Canada, China and Sweden
Group F: Brazil, Germany, Nigeria and North Korea (DPRK)
Group G: Japan, New Zealand, Norway, United States of America (USA)
For the first round women's football matches to be held tomorrow,
Group E (in Tianjin) Argentina v Canada (0900 GMT) and China v Sweden (1145 GMT)
Group F (in Shenyang) Brazil v Germany (0900 GMT) and North Korea DPR v Nigeria (1145 GMT)
Group G (in Qinhuangdao) Japan v New Zealand (0900 GMT) and Norway v USA (1145 GMT)
For the first round women's football matches to be held on the 9th August 2008,
Group E (in Tianjin) Argentina v Sweden (0900 GMT) and Canada v China (1145 GMT)
Group F (in Shenyang) Germany v Nigeria (0900 GMT) and Brazil v North Korea DPR (1145 GMT)
Group G (in Qinhuangdao) Japan v USA (0900 GMT) and New Zealand v Norway (1145 GMT)
For the first round women's football matches to be held on the 12th August 2008,
Group E (in Qinhuangdao) Argentina v China and (in Beijing) Canada v Sweden (1145 GMT)
Group F (in Tianjin) North Korea DPR v Germany and (in Beijing) Brazil v Nigeria (0900 GMT)
Group G (in Shanghai) Japan v Norway and (in Shenyang) New Zealand v USA (1145 GMT)
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