Oribe Peralta's brace handed Mexico a 2-1 victory over Brazil and a first Olympic gold medal in football. Hulk scored a late consolation but Oscar's late miss failed to save the game for Brazil, who have now lost three Olympic finals. Read | Gallery 
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| 2012 Group Stage - Group A | ||||||
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| GBR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| UAE | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 2012 Group Stage - Group B | ||||||
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gabon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 2012 Group Stage - Group C | ||||||
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 2012 Group Stage - Group D | ||||||
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Morocco | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| DATE | SCORE | ||
| 08/01 | Egypt | 3-1 | Belarus |
| 08/01 | Brazil | 3-0 | New Zealand |
| 08/01 | South Korea | 0-0 | Gabon |
| 08/01 | Japan | 0-0 | Honduras |
| 08/01 | Spain | 0-0 | Morocco |
| 08/01 | Mexico | 1-0 | Switzerland |
| 08/01 | Senegal | 1-1 | UAE |
| 08/01 | GBR | 1-0 | Uruguay |
| 08/04 | Japan | 3-0 | Egypt |
| 08/04 | Mexico | 4-2 | Senegal |
| 08/04 | Brazil | 3-2 | Honduras |
| 08/04 | GBR | 1-1 | South Korea |
| 08/07 | Mexico | 3-1 | Japan |
| 08/07 | South Korea | 0-3 | Brazil |
| 08/10 | South Korea | 2-0 | Japan |
| 08/11 | Brazil | 1-2 | Mexico |
