Brazil national under-23 football team previously won three silver medals (1984, 1988 and 2012) and two bronze medals (1996, 2008). The Brazilian Olympic team is often coached by the in-charge senior team coach, such as Mário Zagallo in 1996, Vanderlei Luxemburgo in 2000, Dunga in 2008 and Mano Menezes in 2012. Brazil's first participation in the Olympics was in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952. In that year, Brazil reached the quarter-finals, when they were eliminated by West Germany 4–2. In 1960, in Rome, Italy, in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, in 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico, and in 1972 in Berlin, West Germany, Brazil was eliminated in
Kuwait national under-23 football team third position of the 3rd group. Kuwait miss-qualified the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2 being 4 goals less than Qatar national under 23 team so Kuwait missed the 2008 Olympic Games. Kuwait failed to qualify to the 2012 Olympic Games after losing Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2 losing the first leg to Japan national under 23 team 3-1 but then Kuwait defeated Japan national under 23 team 2-1 but Japan qualified on aggregate. Kuwait does not have a good record at GCC U-23 Championship