Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Olympic football tournament was played as part of the 1968 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from five continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the Azteca Stadium on 26 October 1968. This was the first time an Asian team won a medal, Japan claiming bronze.[1]

Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates13–26 October 1968
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Hungary (3rd title)
Runners-up Bulgaria
Third place Japan
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored116 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Kunishige Kamamoto (7 goals)
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Qualification

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Venues

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Mexico City Puebla Guadalajara León
Estadio Azteca Estadio Cuauhtémoc Estadio Jalisco Estadio León
Capacity: 104,000[2] Capacity: 35,563[3] Capacity: 31,891[4] Capacity: 23,609[4]
       

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Hungary   Bulgaria   Japan
István Básti
Antal Dunai
Lajos Dunai
Ernő Noskó
Dezső Novák
Károly Fatér
László Fazekas
István Juhász
László Keglovich
Lajos Kocsis
Iván Menczel
László Nagy
Miklós Páncsics
István Sárközi
Lajos Szűcs
Zoltán Szarka
Miklós Szalai
Stoyan Yordanov
Atanas Gerov
Georgi Hristakiev
Milko Gaydarski
Kiril Ivkov
Ivaylo Georgiev
Tsvetan Veselinov
Evgeni Yanchovski
Petar Zhekov
Atanas Hristov
Asparuh Donev
Kiril Stankov
Georgi Ivanov
Todor Nikolov
Yancho Dimitrov
Ivan Zafirov
Mihail Gyonin
Georgi Vasilev
Kenzo Yokoyama
Hiroshi Katayama
Masakatsu Miyamoto
Yoshitada Yamaguchi
Mitsuo Kamata
Ryozo Suzuki
Kiyoshi Tomizawa
Takaji Mori
Aritatsu Ogi
Eizo Yuguchi
Shigeo Yaegashi
Teruki Miyamoto
Masashi Watanabe
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
Kunishige Kamamoto
Ikuo Matsumoto
Ryuichi Sugiyama
Masahiro Hamazaki

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   Mexico (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4
3   Colombia 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
4   Guinea 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 2
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Mexico  1–0  Colombia
Estrada   6' Report
France  3–1  Guinea
Hallet   61'
Horlaville   64'
Perrigaud   70'
Report Maxim   79'

Guinea  3–2  Colombia
Ndongo   26'
Bouya   58', 84'
Report Santa   49'
Mosquera   66'
France  4–1  Mexico
Case   20', 69'
Tamboueon   30'
Medina   36' (o.g.)
Report Victorino   26'

Mexico  4–0  Guinea
Pereda   70', 85'
Pulido Rodríguez   86', 88'
Report
Colombia  2–1  France
Tamayo Hoyos   14'
Jaramillo   35'
Report Tamboueon   59'
Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Japan 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
3   Brazil 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4   Nigeria 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: FIFA
Spain  1–0  Brazil
Fernández   77' Report
Japan  3–1  Nigeria
Kamamoto   24', 72', 89' Report Okoye   33'

Spain  3–0  Nigeria
Ortuño   27'
Grande   52', 69'
Report
Referee: Augusto Robles (Guatemala)[5]
Brazil  1–1  Japan
Ferretti   9' Report Watanabe   83'

Brazil  3–3  Nigeria
Ferretti   50'
Olumodeji   59' (o.g.)
Tião   65'
Report Olayombo   10', 41'
Anieke   19'
Spain  0–0  Japan
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Group C

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Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Israel 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 4
3   Ghana 3 0 2 1 6 8 −2 2
4   El Salvador 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: FIFA
Israel  5–3  Ghana
Spiegel   11', 75'
Feigenbaum   16', 30', 70'
Report Jabir   18', 79'
Amosa   35'
Hungary  4–0  El Salvador
Menczel   19'
A. Dunai   47'
Fazekas   51'
Sárközi   68'
Report

Hungary  2–2  Ghana
A. Dunai   15'
Menczel   17'
Report Sunday   12'
Sampene   33'
Israel  3–1  El Salvador
Talbi   20'
Spiegler   44'
Bar   85'
Report Martínez   35'

El Salvador  1–1  Ghana
Rodríguez   42' Report Kofi   55'
Hungary  2–0  Israel
A. Dunai   40', 75' Report

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 11 3 +8 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Guatemala 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
3   Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 10 3 +7 3
4   Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Source: FIFA
Guatemala  1–0  Czechoslovakia
Stokes   28' Report
Bulgaria  7–0  Thailand
Gyonin   25'
Zhekov   55'
Mihaylov   56', 61'
Zafirov   73'
Nikodimov   85'
Ivkov   88'
Report

Bulgaria  2–2  Czechoslovakia
Georgiev   44'
Zhekov   77'
Report Jarabinský   25'
Petráš   42'
Guatemala  4–1  Thailand
N. Melgar   23', 85'
Roldán   55'
López Oliva   67'
Report Udomsilp   44'

Bulgaria  2–1  Guatemala
Nikodimov   50'
Zhekov   84'
Report López Oliva   88'
Czechoslovakia  8–0  Thailand
Herbst   12'
Petráš   17', 18', 67'
Stratil   28', 34'
Večerek   38'
Krnáč   83'
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Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 October – Guadalajara
 
 
  Hungary1
 
22 October – Mexico City
 
  Guatemala0
 
  Hungary5
 
20 October – Mexico City
 
  Japan0
 
  Japan3
 
26 October – Mexico City
 
  France1
 
  Hungary4
 
20 October – Leon
 
  Bulgaria1
 
  Bulgaria1
 
22 October – Guadalajara
 
  Israel1
 
  Bulgaria3
 
20 October – Puebla
 
  Mexico2 Bronze medal match
 
  Mexico2
 
24 October – Mexico City
 
  Spain0
 
  Japan2
 
 
  Mexico0
 

Quarter-finals

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Mexico  2–0  Spain
Morales   34'
Pereda   48'
Report

Hungary  1–0  Guatemala
Szűcs   69' Report

Japan  3–1  France
Kamamoto   27', 59'
Watanabe   70'
Report Tamboueon   32'

Bulgaria  1–1  Israel
Hristakiev   5' Report Feigenbaum   89'

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

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Mexico  2–3  Bulgaria
Morales   39'
Pulido Rodríguez   48'
Report Zhekov   8'
Mihaylov   9'
Veselinov   58'

Hungary  5–0  Japan
Szűcs   30', 60', 75'
Novák   53', 65'
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Bronze Medal match

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Japan  2–0  Mexico
Kamamoto   20', 40' Report
Attendance: 105,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

Gold Medal match

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Bulgaria finished the match with only eight players after having three players sent off.[6]

Hungary  4–1  Bulgaria
Menczel   40'
A. Dunai   41', 49'
Juhász   62'
Report 1 Veselinov   22'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Diego Di Leo (Mexico)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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With seven goals, Kunishige Kamamoto of Japan is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 116 goals were scored by 68 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Final ranking

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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Hungary 6 5 1 0 18 3 +15 11 Gold medal
    Bulgaria 6 3 2 1 16 10 +6 8 Silver medal
    Japan 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 8 Bronze medal
4   Mexico 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 6 Fourth place
5   Israel 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 5 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6   Spain 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
7   France 4 2 0 2 9 7 +2 4
8   Guatemala 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 4
9   Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 10 3 +7 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10   Colombia 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
11   Guinea 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 2
12   Ghana 3 0 2 1 6 8 −2 2
13   Brazil 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
14   Nigeria 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
15   El Salvador 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
16   Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Source: Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "Football at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 78. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
  3. ^ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 75. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
  4. ^ a b 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 79. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
  5. ^ "WorldReferee.com - referee - Augusto Robles Morán - bio". worldreferee.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 288. ISBN 0140066322.
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