Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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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 
1964
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The 1968

Azteca Stadium on 26 October 1968. This was the first time an Asian team won a medal, Japan claiming bronze.[1]

Qualification

See also: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Venues

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]
Estadio León

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary  Bulgaria  Japan
Miklós Szalai
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

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group stage

Group A

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
Istvan Zsolt Hungary
France 3–1 Guinea
Perrigaud
70'		 Report
Maxim
79'
Guinea 3–2 Colombia
Bouya
58', 84'		 Report Santa 49'
Mosquera 66'
France 4–1 Mexico
Tamboueon 30'
Medina 36' (o.g.
)		 Report
Victorino
26'
Mexico 4–0 Guinea
Pulido Rodríguez
86', 88'		 Report
Colombia 2–1 France
Tamayo Hoyos 14'
Jaramillo
35'		 Report
Tamboueon
59'

Group B

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
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Abraham Klein Israel
Japan 3–1 Nigeria
Kamamoto 24', 72', 89' Report Okoye 33'
Spain 3–0 Nigeria
Ortuño 27'
Grande 52', 69'		 Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Augusto Robles Guatemala[5]
Brazil 1–1 Japan
Ferretti 9' Report Watanabe 83'
Brazil 3–3 Nigeria
Tião
65'		 Report Olayombo 10', 41'
Anieke 19'
Spain 0–0 Japan
Report

Group C

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
Amosa
35'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
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
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

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
Guadalajara
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
López Oliva
67'		 Report Udomsilp Sornbutnark 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'		 Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
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
 
 
Guadalajara
 
 Israel1
 
 Bulgaria3
 
20 October – Puebla
 
 Mexico2 Bronze medal match
 
 Mexico2
 
24 October – Mexico City
 
 Spain0
 
 Japan2
 
 
 Mexico0
 

Quarter-finals

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

Mexico 2–3 Bulgaria
Pulido Rodríguez
48'		 Report
Zhekov 8'
Mihaylov 9'
Veselinov
58'
Guadalajara
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn Ethiopia
Hungary 5–0 Japan
Szűcs 30', 60', 75'
Novák
53', 65'		 Report

Bronze Medal match

Japan 2–0 Mexico
Kamamoto 20', 40' Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Attendance: 105,000
Referee: Abraham Klein Israel

Gold Medal match

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

1968 Summer Olympics Football Final
Hungary 4–1 Bulgaria
Menczel 40'
A. Dunai 41' 49'
Juhász 62'		 Report 1 Veselinov 22'
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Diego De Leo
(Mexico)

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary 6 5 1 0 18 3 +15 11 Gold medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bulgaria 6 3 2 1 16 10 +6 8 Silver medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

  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. ISBN 0140066322
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