title: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
text: # Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
  
  The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
  
  ## Qualifications
  
  The following 16 teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic men's football tournament:
  
  | Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | Host nation | 1 | United States |
  | AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 | South Korea (winner) Japan (runner-up) Saudi Arabia (third-place) |
  | CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 | Ghana Tunisia Nigeria |
  | CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 1 | Mexico (winner) |
  | CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition | 2 | Brazil (winner) Argentina (runner-up) |
  | 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 5 | Italy (winner) Spain (runner-up) France (third-place) Hungary (5th) Portugal (6th) |
  | 1996 CONCACAF–OFC play-off | 1 | Australia |
  | Total | 16 | |
  