1 United States		40		36		35		111
	2 Great Britain		26		22		15		63
	3 China		24		18		26		68

 

 

Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties to win their first Men’s football Olympic gold medal in front of a capacity crowd of 78,000 at the Maracana stadium. Brazil finally extracted their revenge as they finally won Olympic gold after losing in the finals in 1984, 1988 and 2012.

The game finished 1-1 after extra times, with Neymar’s earlier goal cancelled out by Max Meyer’s strike.

In the shootout, Germany’s Nils Petersen’s had penalty saved by Weverton before Neymar won it. Barcelona forward Neymar, who missed the World Cup semi-final through injury, opened the scoring with a fine 25-yard free-kick. Germany hit the woodwork three times in the first half through Julian Brandt’s. 25-yard effort, a deflection off a Brazilian defender and Sven Bender’s header before they gained a deserved equaliser shortly after the interval.

It comes two years after Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals in Belo Horizonte.