Marseille will host 12 days Olympic sailing events + 10 matches in the Olympic football tournament.
Marseilles will host 12 days of sailing competition – from 28 July to 08 August 2024 – bringing together 330 athletes from 40 different nations.
The special feature of the Olympic events is that the competitors compete on identical boats.A total of 10 sailing disciplines are involved:
- Women’s and men’s foil windsurfing (IQFoil) (a new discipline at the Games) ;
- Women’s and men’s double-handed dinghy (49er);
- Women’s (Laser Radial ILCA 6) and men’s (Laser Radial ILCA 7) single-handed dinghy sailing;
- Women’s and men’s kiteboarding (formula kite) (new discipline at the Games);
- Mixed double foiling catamaran (Nacra 17);
- Mixed double dinghy (470).
The men’s Olympic football tournament features 16 teams and 288 athletes. The women’s tournament has 11 teams and 199 athletes.
The teams are mainly made up of players under the age of 23 (only 3 older players are allowed).
MEN’S TOURNAMENT
Wednesday 24 July at 9pm → Group A match
Saturday 27 July at 5pm → Group A match
Tuesday 30 July at 7pm → Group A match
Friday 2 August at 5pm → quarter-final
Monday 5 August at 6pm → semi-final
The opponents are not yet known (qualification tournaments in progress or to come).
WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT
Thursday 25 July at 7pm: Group B match
Sunday 28 July at 9pm: Group B match
Wednesday 31 July at 7pm: Group B match
Saturday 3 August at 7pm → quarter-final
Tuesday 6 August at 9pm → semi-final