USA & Co. – These are the opponents of the DFB National Team

It was already clear before the draw was made that Germany would also meet the United States at the Olympic Games. Now the set is complete.

German footballers have taken on difficult tasks at the Olympic Games. The European vice champions will meet in Group Two with the United States, four-time Olympic champion, and Australia, fourth in the World Cup, in addition to Zambia and Morocco. This was the result of the draw on Wednesday evening in Paris.

The matches will be held twice, in Marseille (July 25 and 28) and in Saint-Etienne (July 31). The top two teams in each group qualify for the Olympic quarter-finals, and the top two third teams also qualify for the quarter-finals. Participants from the African Confederation (CAF) will be determined at the beginning of April.

Group A: France, Colombia, Canada, New Zealand

Group B: USA, CAF2, GermanyAustralia

Group C: Spain, Japan, CAF1, Brazil

The division into pots was based on ranking in the world rankings. Since there were two European teams in Pot One, it was already clear before the draw was made that Germany would join the USA group from Pot Two.

With an away victory in the match for third place in the Nations League in the Netherlands (2-0), Germany, the 2016 Olympic champion, obtained the final European ticket to the medal fight in Paris (July 25 to August 10). . . For interim national coach Horst Hrubesch, the goal was clear immediately after qualifying: “Now you have to make sure you reach the final.”