Paris 2024 Olympic Games: lenient draws for the French football teams for the Olympic tournament

Les hommes de Thierry Henry connaissent leur futur adversaire pour les Jeux Olympiques. MAXPPP – CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

Les Bleuets du sélectionneur Thierry Henry vont affronter la Nouvelle-Zélande, les Etats-Unis et un barragiste en phase de groupe du tournoi de football masculin des Jeux olympiques de Paris cet été, selon le tirage au sort effectué mercredi à Saint-Denis.

The French team will first face the United States on July 24 in Marseille, then the winner of the play-off between Guinea and an Asian team, and finally New Zealand.

Le 𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙪 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙅𝙊 a rendu son verdict ! 🙌

Notre 𝙀́𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙥𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚, emmenée par Thierry Henry, sera confrontée à la Nouvelle-Zélande 🇳🇿, les États-Unis 🇺🇸 et le vainqueur du barrage AFC/CAF❓

🔜 Hâte d’y être @Paris2024… pic.twitter.com/RZS9QjOXwt

— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) March 20, 2024

The draw for Hervé Renard's Bleues was also scheduled for this Wednesday evening. Hervé Renard's protégés will face Canada, Colombia and New Zealand.

Lenient prints

The French men's team will also play in the opening of the tournament, against the United States on July 24 in Marseille, then the winner of the play-off between Guinea and an Asian team, and finally the New Zealand.

The two French teams have inherited rather lenient draws for this competition where the objective is a medal, or even Olympic gold.

The team headed by Thierry Henry is one of the big favorites, unlike the French women's team, swept away by Spain at the end February in the final of the Nations League and eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup last summer.

The men's tournament has four groups of four and the women's tournament has three groups of four.