Olympic football 2024 Group B predictions, standings, and fixtures

With its 2022 World Cup and back-to-back Copa America victories, Argentina's senior team has established themselves as a global powerhouse. Will their youth teams be able to replicate their success in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris?

Even though Javier Mascherano's South American heavyweights are heavy favorites to advance from Group B, they'll have their hands full with the likes of Morocco, Iraq, and Ukraine, all of whom will be looking to shock the world.

All the information you need on the four teams competing in Group B at the 2024 Olympics in Paris is available here. This includes standings, schedules, forecasts, and more.

OLYMPIC FOOTBALL 2024 GROUP B FIXTURES

July 24: Argentina vs. Morocco (2pm | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard)

July 24: Iraq vs. Ukraine (6pm | Stade de Lyon)

July 27: Argentina vs. Iraq (2pm | Stade de Lyon)

July 27: Ukraine vs. Morocco (5pm | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard)

July 30: Ukraine vs. Argentina (4pm | Stade de Lyon)

July 30: Morocco vs. Iraq (4pm | Stade de Nice)

Olympic 2024 Group B Team Previews

Argentina

Previous Olympics: Nine

Best result: Gold medal (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008)

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Group Stage

Goalkeepers: Leandro Brey (Boca Juniors), Geronimo Rulli (Ajax)

Defenders: Marco Di Cesare (Racing Club), Julio Soler (Lanus), Joaquin Garcia (Velez Sarsfield), Gonzalo Lujan (San Lorenzo), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Bruno Amione (Santos Laguna)

Midfielders: Ezequiel Fernandez (Boca Juniors), Santiago Hezze (Olympiacos), Cristian Medina (Boca Juniors), Kevin Zenon (Boca Juniors)

Forwards: Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Luciano Gondou (Argentinos Juniors), Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Claudio Echeverri (Manchester City), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City), Lucas Beltran (Fiorentina)

Morocco

Previous Olympics: Seven

Best result: Second round (Munich 1972)

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Did not compete

Goalkeepers: Alaa Bellaarouch (Strasbourg), Walid Hasbi (Strasbourg), Rachid Ghanimi (FUS Rabat), Mohamed Reda Asmama (Union Touarga)

Defenders: Omar El Hilali (Espanyol), Zakaria Elouahdi (Genk), Mohamed Jaouab (Amiens), Mehdi Boukamir (Charleroi), Ayman Elwafi (Lugano), Adil Tahif (RS Berkane), Ayoub Amraoui (Amiens), Adam Aznou (Bayern Munich), Akram Nakach (Union Touarga), Haytam Manaout (Union Touarga)

Midfielders: Benjamin Bouchouari (Saint-Etienne), Yassine Kechta (Le Havre), Mohamed Nassoh (PSV Eindhoven), Amine Souane (MC Oujda)

Forwards: Montassir Lahtimi (Wydad Casablanca), Salim Eljebari (Atletico Madrid), Amine Elouazzani (Guingamp), Yanis Begraoui (Pau FC), El Mehdi Maouhoub (Raja de Casablanca), Tawfik Bentayeb (Union Touarga), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Real Betis), Ibrahim Salah (Rennes)

Iraq

Previous Olympics: Five

Best result: Fourth (Athens 2004)

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Did not compete

Goalkeepers: Kumel Al-Rekabe (Naft Al-Basra), Hassan Abbas (Amanat Baghdad), Hussein Hassan (Al-Karkh)

Defenders: Josef Al-Imam (Olympic), Ahmed Maknzi (Erbil), Zaid Tahseen (Al-Talaba), Hussein Amer (Naft Maysan), Mustafa Saadoon (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Karrar Saad (Al-Talaba), Saad Natiq (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Hussein Ali (Heerenveen)

Midfielders: Ali Jassim (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Blnd Hassan (De Graafschap), Nihad Mohammed (Al-Talaba), Muntadher Mohammed (Esteghlal FC), Karrar Mohammed Al-Mukhtar (Al-Talaba), Muntadher Abdul-Amir (Al-Zawraa), Ibrahim Bayesh (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Youssef Amyn (Eintracht Braunschweig)

Forwards: Hussein Abdullah (Al-Talaba), Ridha Fadhil (Amanat Baghdad), Aymen Hussein (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)

Ukraine

Previous Olympics: N/A

Best result: N/A

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Did not compete

Goalkeepers: Yakiv Kinareikin (Dnipro-1), Kirill Fesyun (Shakhtar Donetsk), Georgiy Yermakov (Oleksandriya Oleksandriya)

Defenders: Maksym Taloverov (LASK Linz), Arseniy Batagov (Zorya Luhansk), Ilya Krupskiy (Vorskla Poltava), Yevhen Pavliuk (Vorskla Poltava), Oleksandr Martyniuk (Oleksandriya Oleksandriya), Oleksiy Sych (Rukh Lviv), Volodymyr Saliuk (Chornomorets Odesa)

Midfielders: Maksym Hlan (Lechia, Poland), Valentyn Rubchynskyi (Dnipro-1), Artem Shulianskyi (Oleksandriia Oleksandriia), Maksym Bragaru (Dynamo Kyiv), Mykola Mykhailenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Vladyslav Velyten (Kolos Kovalivka), Oleh Fedor (Rukh Lviv), Dmytro Kryskiv (Shakhtar Donetsk), Kyrylo Sigeev (Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleh Ocheretko (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Forwards: Ihor Krasnopir (Rukh Lviv), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Our Olympic 2024 Group B Predictions

Although Argentina's performance in the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics was deceiving, they are heavy favorites to win Group A and should have little trouble advancing to the next round.

Morocco has European-level quality that might challenge Argentina for first place, but they'll have to fight with tournament newcomers Ukraine for second place.

The gap between Morocco and Ukraine is narrow, but we think Morocco will end up in second place, with Iraq—arguably the group's worst team—having to settle for fourth.

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