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You should know that the Under-23 categorization is born from a problem. London 1908 was the first time that soccer was part of the Olympic calendar and at that time there was no limitation. The success of the event did not take long to turn the competition into the largest soccer event in the world, a fact that led FIFA to enter the scene. Thus, the international organization was in charge of organizing the following editions. But everything broke out in 1930, with the dispute of the first World Cup in Uruguay. The success throughout the globe meant that FIFA did not want its new creation to lose prominence, so, to prevent there being a ‘Mini World Cup’, they decided to take them out of the picture, and from the calendar, at the Los Angeles Games in 1932. In Berlin 1936 it happened again, but amateur teams would be in charge of fighting for Olympic glory. All this inevitably reduced interest in the soccer tournament until in 1984, again in Los Angeles, the regulations changed again after a meeting between the IOC and FIFA. All the confederations, with the exception of UEFA and CONMEBOL, could return to bring professionals in their calls. Currently, certain categories of Spanish soccer must have a minimum number of sub23. We could say that it is the last step before becoming a senior player.