Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification Zealand qualify for the Olympics. Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification The men's qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics. FIFA restricted entry to players born after 1 January 1989. A total of 16 teams participated in the finals of the Olympic tournament for men. Of the six regional confederations, three (CONCACAF, AFC and OFC) ran dedicated qualification competitions for the Olympic tournament, while the other three used their own existing youth tournaments as qualifiers. UEFA announced that the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship tournament in Denmark would also serve as the qualifying tournament for the Olympics.
National team appearances in the UEFA European Championship finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. "states that have since split into two or more independent nations"</div> as West Germany<br> As 2016 https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europees_kampioenschap_voetbal_mannen This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national football teams in the UEFA European Championships. "Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist." "Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist". "Updated to include qualification for UEFA Euro 2016." National team appearances in the UEFA European Championship This article lists the performances of each of