1908, men's soccer became the official event of the London Olympic Games, 1996, women's soccer first entered the Olympic stage.
After FIFA 1930 founded the World Cup, the attention of Olympic football decreased. In order to find a solution,1September 1989, the International Olympic Committee decided to limit the age of competitors to under 23 from the 25th Olympic Games, and each team was allowed to have three over-age players, which gradually increased its influence.
Basic rules of Olympic football
The standard 1 1 football match consists of two teams 10 players and 1 goalkeepers, with a total of 22 people, fighting, defending and attacking on the rectangular grass court.
Try to shoot the football into the opponent's goal in the game, and you can get one point for each goal. When the game is over, the team with more points wins. If the score is the same within the specified time of the game, it depends on the rules of the game. You can draw lots, play overtime or exchange penalties (12 yards) to play.
In the football match, except the goalkeeper can touch the ball with his hand in his own restricted area, each player can only control the football with other parts of his body except his hand (except the foul ball).