Kelayakan Bola_sepak_pada_Sukan_Olimpik_Beijing_2008

Setiap Jawatankuasa Olimpik Kebangsaan boleh menghantar 1 pasukan lelaki dan 1 pasukan wanita.

Lelaki

CompetitionDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Nation 1 China
AFC Preliminary CompetitionFeb 2006 - Nov 2007-3 Australia
 Korea Selatan
 Jepun
CAF Preliminary CompetitionSep 2006 - Mar 2008-3 Cameroon
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Nigeria
CONCACAF Preliminary CompetitionAug 2007 - Mar 2008 United States2 Honduras
 Amerika Syarikat
2007 South American Youth ChampionshipJanuary 7-28, 2007 Paraguay2 Brazil
 Argentina
OFC Preliminary CompetitionMarch 1-9, 2008 Fiji1 New Zealand
2007 UEFA U-21 ChampionshipJune 10-23, 2007 Netherlands4 Belanda
 Serbia
 Belgium
 Itali
TOTAL16Field is Finalized

Wanita

KejohananTarikhVenueBerthLayah
Tuan Rumah--1 China
AFC Preliminary CompetitionFeb 2007 - Aug 2007-2 Jepun
 Korea Utara
CAF Preliminary CompetitionOct 2006 - Mar 2008-1 Nigeria
CONCACAF Preliminary CompetitionOct 2007 - Apr 2008 Ciudad Juarez2 Amerika Syarikat
 Kanada
Sudamericano Femenino 2006November 10-26, 2006 Mar del Plata1 Argentina
OFC Women's Olympic QualifyingAug 25 - Sep 7, 2007
March 8, 2008		 Apia
Port Moresby		1 New Zealand
UEFA (Piala Dunia Wanita FIFA 2007)*September 10-30, 2007 China2* Jerman
 Norway
UEFA Playoff (Denmark vs Sweden)November 8, 2007
November 28, 2007		 Viborg
Solna		1* Sweden
CAF-CONMEBOL Playoff (Ghana vs Brazil)April 19, 2007 Beijing1 Brazil or
 Ghana
Jumlah121 Berth is Open

* Nota - The three best ranked European teams at the FIFA Women's World Cup will qualify. England cannot qualify so if England was among the best three European teams the fourth European team would advance.  Sweden and  Denmark played a play-off for the third Olympics spot .