Hosts France will be the obvious favourites to take one of the two quarter-final spots from Group A.

Coached by the legendary Thierry Henry, France will be looking to emerge champions on home soil to add to the gold medal won at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Standing in their way are a United States side who are making a return to the Games for the first time since the 2008 edition, Guinea whose only previous appearance was in 1968 and Tokyo Games quarter-finalists New Zealand.

Iraq will be Asia's challengers in a tough Group B which includes two-time champions Argentina.

The West Asian nation are returning to the Games for the third time after a memorable run to the semi-finals in Athens in 2004 and their qualification for Rio de Janeiro 12 years later.

Head coach Radhi Shenaishil is determined to steer Iraq to another historic run but acknowledges his side, who finished third in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ to seal qualification, will find the challenge extremely tough.

Argentina will be focused on winning gold again after failing to advance from the group stage of the last two editions.

Morocco are returning after failing to qualify in 2016 and 2020 while debutants Ukraine will be determined to make a mark on the tournament.

Uzbekistan will be making their Olympics debut with the Central Asian nation bent on impressing after stamping their mark on Asia in recent years.

Qualification was sealed after finishing as the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar runners-up and despite the tough opposition that awaits, Uzbekistan will feel confident of advancing to the knockout stage.

Spain, the 1992 gold medallists and silver medallists as recent as the 2020 Tokyo Games, will be the obvious favourites but Uzbekistan will have to tread warily against Egypt and the Dominican Republic as well.

Egypt were quarter-finalists at the Tokyo Games while Dominican Republic will be making their debut.

The closest Japan have come to winning a medal since clinching bronze at the 1968 Games was as recent as four years ago and in the 2012 edition.

They finished fourth on both occasions and if a medal is to be won at Paris 2024, the reigning AFC U23 Asian Cup champions will have to do it with a squad missing overage players.

Still, a place in the quarter-finals looks well within reach in a group that also has Paraguay, Mali and Israel.

Paraguay are back for the first time since winning the silver medal in 2004, which was also the last time Mali featured in the Games.

Israel qualified after advancing to the semi-finals of the 2023 UEFA European U21 Championship.

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