Top Olympic men's soccer seeds drawn into separate groups

Brazil, Spain, Britain and Mexico have been chosen as the seeded teams for the men's Olympic football tournament and will be kept apart when the draw for the group stage is made on Tuesday.

The draw will separate the European teams and the countries from Latin America.

Britain, which will have a men's team at the Olympics for the first time since 1960, will head up Group A. Spain will headline Group D, while Brazil — the all-time top Olympic performers in men's football — will be the seeded team in Group C.

The last of the 16 teams in the men's draw will be decided when Oman and Senegal meet in the final qualifier Monday in Coventry's Ricoh Arena, one of the host venues for the Olympic tournament.

Canada seemed to be in the driver's seat for qualifying after an upset win over the United States, but a draw to Cuba and loss to Mexico dashed those Olympic hopes.