Brazil’s men’s football team will miss the 2024 Paris Olympics, marking their first absence from the games in two decades. The Brazilian Olympic Committee confirmed this disappointment, pointing out the team’s downfall to their early elimination during the South American Pre-Olympic Tournament held in Venezuela this past February.
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The tournament was straightforward yet brutal. Ten teams were split into two groups, with only the top teams from each group progressing to a final round. Here, they competed in a single-round format where the top two would secure their tickets to Paris. Unfortunately, Brazil couldn’t make the cut.
The road to Paris 2024
South American pre-olympic tournament
🇦🇷Argentina & 🇵🇾Paraguay secures their spots in the olympic tournament, and defending champions 🇧🇷Brazil fails to qualify pic.twitter.com/a8BqXfNhZG
— GreatSportsResults (@greatsresults) February 12, 2024
This failure repeats a painful memory from 2004 when Brazil last missed the Olympics—also ousted in the pre-Olympic qualifiers after a stinging 3-1 defeat to Argentina.
This absence could well be a wakeup call, urging a reevaluation of Brazil’s approach to nurturing and preparing its young talents for the international stage.
