The four-time Olympic champion and the only medalist in all world championships in the world gave a brilliant dry run before the start of the tournament in Tokyo. The team won six matches in a row, which gave confidence for success at the Olympic Games 2020, but in the first game the Americans were defeated by Sweden (0:3), which no one expected. However, at the last Olympics in Rio, it was the yellow-blues that stopped the US team at the quarterfinals stage. The second round did not bring any surprises. We saw the defeat of New Zealand with a score of 6:1.
The South Korean national team before the start of the Olympic tournament was considered the main favorite. The team won the Asian Cup U23 and practically retained the championship line-up, which made it the most experienced and played at the tournament in Tokyo. At the Olympics in Rio, the Koreans made it to the playoffs, where Honduras was waiting for them, which stopped the national team with a score of 1:0. In the first game of the Tokyo Olympics, the nominal guests unexpectedly lost to New Zealand (0:1). Remarkably, the representative of Oceania struck only one shot on target, which became fatal for the Korean team.
