Next year’s Olympics will allow players aged 24 be able to take part, according to an update from FIFA.
The tournament is usually for U-23s, but FIFA has made the change to allow for the disruption caused by the postponement of the competition.
Any player born on or after January 1, 1997 will be able to play, plus the three allocated over-aged players.
The men’s tournament will kick off before the July 23, 2021 opening ceremony in Tokyo, while the women’s event has no age limit.
FIFA also called off all men’s and women’s national team games set to hold in June 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic still threatening globally.
