FIFA-Confederations Working Committee Considers Age Limit in Olympic Football Tournament

FIFA-Confederations Working Committee Considers Age Limit in Olympic Football Tournament

By Sampson Adedeji

The age limit for the Tokyo Olympics Men's football tournament could be raised so that players who were eligible in 2020 will not miss out following the postponement of the Games until the following year, FIFA said on Friday.

Olympic football is usually restricted to under-23 teams for the men's tournament, with three overage players allowed per team. There is no age limit for the women's tournament, BSN Reports

However, a working group set up by global soccer's governing body FIFA recommended on Friday that the competition should remain open to players born on or after Jan. 1, 1997, as originally planned, FIFA said in a statement.

The endorsement by the FIFA-Confederations working group highlights their understanding of the will of participating member associations to keep the Olympic dreams of players born on or after 01.01.1997 alive."

The recommendations still have to be approved by the FIFA Bureau, a reduced version of its decision-making Council.