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Association football at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on 11 October and ended on 23 October. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. The tournament features 14 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The 14 teams are drawn into two groups of four and two groups of three 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 Olympic Stadium on 23 October 1964. There was also three consolation matches played by losing quarter-finalists. The winner of these matches placed fifth in the tournament.[1]

Association football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates11–23 October 1964
Teams14 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Hungary
Runners-up Czechoslovakia
Third place United Team of Germany
Fourth place United Arab Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored123 (4.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Ferenc Bene (12 goals)
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1968 →

Qualification edit

See also: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Regional qualifying tournaments were held. During the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament among South American national teams, a riot in Lima during the decisive Peru–Argentina match, after Peru's equalizing goal in the last minutes was disallowed by the referee, resulted in 328 deaths, which was considered the worst football disaster in history.[2] Due to the riot, further CONMEBOL matches were not played that year, except for a playoff between Brazil and Peru (won by Brazil), and Argentina qualified instead of Peru.

16 teams qualified, and were divided into four groups:

The two best teams of each group competed in the quarter-finals.

Ultimately, the tournament was played two teams short:

  • Italy were disqualified as their team was not amateur; Poland, who Italy had beaten to qualify, declined to take Italy's place due to a lack of preparation time.
  • North Korea withdrew from the entire Games before the Opening Ceremony after Japanese immigration officials refused six of their athletes entry.

Venues edit

Tokyo
Prince Chichibu Football Field (1) National Olympic Stadium (2) Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium (3)
Capacity: 17,569 Capacity: 71,556 Capacity: 20,780
     
Saitama
 
 
 
45km
30miles
 
4
 
1
 
3
 
2
 
5
 
Ōmiya Football Field (4)
Capacity: 14,392
 
Yokohama
Mitsuzawa Football Field (5)
Capacity: 10,102
 

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Hungary   Czechoslovakia   United Team of Germany
Ferenc Bene
Tibor Csernai
János Farkas
József Gelei
Kálmán Ihász
Sándor Katona
Imre Komora
Ferenc Nógrádi
Dezső Novák
Árpád Orbán
Károly Palotai
Antal Szentmihályi
Gusztáv Szepesi
Zoltán Varga 		Jan Brumovský
Ludovít Cvetler
Ján Geleta
František Knebort
Karel Knesl
Karel Lichtnégl
Vojtech Masný
Štefan Matlák
Ivan Mráz
Karel Nepomucký
Zdeněk Pičman
František Schmucker
Anton Švajlen
Anton Urban
František Valošek
Josef Vojta
Vladimír Weiss 		Gerd Backhaus
Wolfgang Barthels
Bernd Bauchspieß
Gerhard Körner
Otto Fräßdorf
Henning Frenzel
Dieter Engelhardt
Herbert Pankau
Manfred Geisler
Jürgen Heinsch
Klaus Lisiewicz
Jürgen Nöldner
Peter Rock
Klaus-Dieter Seehaus
Hermann Stöcker
Werner Unger
Klaus Urbanczyk
Eberhard Vogel
Manfred Walter
Horst Weigang

Note: Only players from the East Germany represented the joint Olympic team of United Team of Germany.

Squads edit

Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

First round edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United Team of Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5
  Romania 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
  Mexico 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
  Iran 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Romania  3–1  Mexico
Creiniceanu   20'
Pârcălab   33'
Ionescu   47'		 Report Fragoso   73'
Attendance: 12,932
Referee: Yokoyama (JPN)
United Team of Germany  4–0  Iran
Bauchspieß   7'
Vogel   20', 63'
Frenzel   44'		 Report
Attendance: 12.671
Referee: De Queiroz (BRA)
Iran  1–1  Mexico
Nayyerloo   59' Report González Dávila   54'
Attendance: 15,938
Referee: Wontumi (GHA)
United Team of Germany  1–1  Romania
Frenzel   22' Report Pavlovici   27'
Attendance: 18,970
Referee: Korelus (TCH)
United Team of Germany  2–0  Mexico
Barthels   37'
Nöldner   66'		 Report
Attendance: 12,814
Referee: De Silva (MAS)
Romania  1–0  Iran
Pavlovici   26' Report
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Comesaña (ARG)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Hungary 2 2 0 0 12 5 +7 4
  Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 2
  Morocco 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
  North Korea[a] 0 — — — — — — 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Withdrew
Hungary  6–0  Morocco
Bene   13', 38' (pen.), 70', 74', 78', 87' Report
Attendance: 65,793
Yugoslavia  3–1  Morocco
Samardžić   8'
Belin   12', 59'		 Report Bouachra   2'
Attendance: 12,675
Referee: Imam (UAE)
Hungary  6–5  Yugoslavia
Csernai   5', 11', 44', 63' (pen.)
Farkas   18'
Bene   25' (pen.)		 Report Osim   1', 82'
Belin   12', 35'
Zambata   31'
Attendance: 19,316
Referee: Fukushima (Japan)

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 6
  United Arab Republic 3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 3
  Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 3
  South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]
Brazil  1–1  United Arab Republic
Roberto   10' Report Shanin   88'
Attendance: 16,450
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)
Czechoslovakia  6–1  South Korea
Lichtnégl   25'
Vojta   26'
Mráz   32', 68'
Masný   43', 71'		 Report Lee Yi-woo   59'
Attendance: 12,943
Referee: Valenzuela (MEX)
Czechoslovakia  5–1  United Arab Republic
Vojta   5', 27'
Urban   36'
Mráz   83'
Cvetler   84'		 Report Riad   53'
Attendance: 15,903
Referee: Zsolt (HUN)
Brazil  4–0  South Korea
Zé Roberto   30'
Elizeu   44', 54'
Roberto   73'		 Report
Attendance: 12,672
Referee: Boukkili (MAR)
United Arab Republic  10–0  South Korea
Riad   14', 17', 40', 48', 72', 77'
Mohamed   50'
El-Fanagily   61'
Etman   66'
Hassan   78'		 Report
Attendance: 16,039
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)
Czechoslovakia  1–0  Brazil
Valošek   77' Report
Attendance: 13,120
Referee: Tehrani (IRN)

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ghana 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 3
  Japan 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 2
  Argentina 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
  Italy[a] 0 — — — — — — 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Disqualified for using professional players during qualification. Poland were offered Italy's place, but declined.[3]
Argentina  1–1  Ghana
Bulla   26' Report E. Acquah   80'
Attendance: 12,452
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)
Japan  3–2  Argentina
Sugiyama   54'
Kawabuchi   81'
Ogi   82'		 Report Domínguez   24', 62'
Attendance: 19,049
Referee: Škorić (YUG)
Japan  2–3  Ghana
Sugiyama   12'
Yaegashi   52'		 Report Agyemang   27'
S. Acquah   69'
Fulaiteh   80'
Referee: Niţescu (ROU)

Quarter-finals edit

United Team of Germany  1–0  Yugoslavia
Frenzel   1' Report
Attendance: 15,767
Referee: De Silva (MAS)
Hungary  2–0  Romania
Csernai   2', 84' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 12,841
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)
Egypt  5–1  Ghana
Badawi   42', 61'
Riad   65'
El-Fanagily   69', 85'		 Report Mfum   37'
Attendance: 13,121
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)
Czechoslovakia  4–0  Japan
Brumovský   43', 59'
Vojta   69' (pen.)
Mráz   86'		 Report
Attendance: 18,940
Referee: De Queiroz (BRA)

Semi-finals edit

Hungary  6–0  United Arab Republic
Bene   7', 20', 66', 77'
Komora   29', 58'		 Report
Referee: Comesaña (ARG)
Czechoslovakia  2–1  United Team of Germany
Lichtnégl   47'
Mráz   89'		 Report Nöldner   25'
Attendance: 19,435
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

Bronze Medal match edit

United Team of Germany  3–1  United Arab Republic
Frenzel   17'
Vogel   48'
Stöcker   56'		 Report Attia   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 65,610
Referee: Yokoyama (JPN)

Gold Medal match edit

1964 Summer Olympics Football Final
Hungary  2–1  Czechoslovakia
Weiss   47' (o.g.)
Bene   59'		 Report Brumovský   80'
Attendance: 65,610
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

First consolation round edit

Played by losing quarter-finalists.

Japan  1–6  Yugoslavia
Kamamoto   61' Report Zambata   3', 5', 43', 63'
Osim   28', 60'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Imam (UAE)
Romania  4–2  Ghana
Pavlovici   12', 19', 74'
Creiniceanu   41'		 Report Fulaiteh   25', 44'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: De Silva (MAS)

Consolation Final (5th place match) edit

Romania  3–0  Yugoslavia
Pavlovici   50'
Pârcălab   72'
Constantin   78'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Zsolt (HUN)

Brackets edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  United Arab Republic 5
  Ghana 1
  United Arab Republic 0
  Hungary 6
  Hungary 2
  Romania 0
  Hungary 2
  Czechoslovakia 1
  Czechoslovakia 4
  Japan 0
  Czechoslovakia 2 Third place
  United Team of Germany 1
  United Team of Germany 1   United Team of Germany 3
  Yugoslavia 0   United Arab Republic 1

Goalscorers edit

With 12 goals, Ferenc Bene of Hungary is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 123 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

12 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Hungary 5 5 0 0 22 6 +16 10
2   Czechoslovakia 6 5 0 1 19 5 +14 10
3   United Team of Germany 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 9
4   United Arab Republic 6 2 1 3 18 16 +2 5
5   Romania 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 9
6   Yugoslavia 5 2 0 3 14 12 +2 4
7   Ghana 4 1 1 2 7 12 −5 3
8   Japan 4 1 0 3 6 15 −9 2
9   Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 3
10   Argentina 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
11   Mexico 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
12   Iran 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
13   Morocco 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
14   South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source: rsssf.com

References edit

  1. ^ "Football at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. ^ Edwards, Piers (23 May 2014). "Lima 1964: The world's worst stadium disaster". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ^ Games of the XVIII. Olympiad. RSSSF.

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