Men's Tournament
The qualifying tournament, like that for the World Cup, is organised along continental lines. Most continental confederations organise a special Under-23 qualifying tournament, although the European qualifiers are drawn from the finalists of the UEFA Under-21 Championship and South American qualifiers from the South American Youth Championship, which is a U-20 tournament. For the 2012 Games, the number of places allocated to each continent was:
- Europe – 4
- Asia – 3.5
- Africa – 3.5
- South America – 2
- North America – 2
- Oceania – 1
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