the football competition at the 1992 summer olympics was the first olympic football tournament dedicated to under-23 teams. the competition featured 16 men's national sides from the six continental confederations. the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. at the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at camp nou on 8 august 1992.