News The teams hoping to win Olympic football gold at the Rio 2016 Games will know the nature of the challenge they face when the draw for the men’s and women’s tournaments are made at the Maracanã Stadium on April 14 (10 30am local time) The legendary stadium, which will host the women’s and men’s finals on 19 and 20 August, will see the groups defined for the competition that will be staged in seven stadiums in six cities Become an Olympic football expert with our interactive infographicThe men’s tournament will feature 16 teams drawn into four groups of four, while the women’s competition will have 12 teams drawn into three groups of four The top-two placed teams in each of the men’s group will proceed to the quarter-finals, as will the top two from each of the women’s groups, plus the two best third-placed teams See the pre-draw match scheduleThe Olympic Stadium will join the Maracanã in hosting matches in Rio de Janeiro, while the following stadiums will be used in the co-host cities: Amazônia Arena (Manaus), Corinthians Arena (São Paulo), Fonte Nova Arena (Salvador), Mané Garrincha Stadium (Brasília) and Mineirão (Belo Horizonte) Despite the presence of Neymar, Mexico beat Brazil in the London 2012 Olympic final (Photo: Getty Images/Julian Finney)The line-up for the men’s tournament is almost complete Brazil, who are likely to feature Barcelona star Neymar, are desperate to win their first Olympic title, but will face stiff competition from the likes of Argentina, Germany and Mexico, who defeated them in the London 2012 final The other teams already qualified are Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Fiji, Honduras, Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa, Japan, Republic of Korea and Iraq, with the USA and Colombia to play off for the final slot in March (25 and 29) The USA and Canada became the latest teams to qualify for the women’s tournament last weekend, joining Brazil, Colombia, Germany, France, South Africa, Zimbabwe and New Zealand The final three slots (two Asian teams and one European) will be decided by 9 March Follow the race to qualify for the Olympic GamesRelated storiesIraqi footballer who suffered at hands of terrorists sends team to Rio 2016Romário: Brazil will finally win Olympic football gold at Rio 2016Mexico planning to keep Brazil off top of football podium at Rio 2016‘Everything is on hold until after Rio,’ says world player of the year Carli Lloyd Zlatan Ibrahimovic: ‘It would be awesome to play at Rio 2016’German and French women qualify for Rio 2016, but third European spot in balanceArgentina men’s football team qualifies for Rio 2016