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Nigeria drawn alongside Sweden, Colombia, Japan in 2016 Olympic

The men and women draws held on Thursday, April 14 at the Estadio Maracana’s auditorium in Brazil.
Nigeria U-23 Team
Nigeria U-23 Team

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The men and women draws held on Thursday, April 14 at the Estadio Maracana’s auditorium. The Olympic Football Tournaments will have a total of 58 matches, with 32 teams.

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The action gets under way on 3 August, with five other cities aside from Rio staging games: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Manaus, Salvador and Sao Paulo.

The finals for the men and women's football event will be played at the Maracana

Ronaldinho and Brazilian women football star, Aline Pellegrino attended the draws alongside other top sports personalities.

Men's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016

Group A: Brazil, South Africa, Iraq, DenmarkGroup B: Sweden, Colombia, Nigeria, JapanGroup C: Fiji​, Korea Republic, Mexico, GermanyGroup D: Algeria, Portugal, Honduras, Argentina

Women's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016Group E: Brazil, China, Sweden, South AfricaGroup F: Canada, Zimbabwe, Australia , GermanyGroup G: USA, New Zealand, France, Colombia

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