Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Mexico |
| Dates | 13 – 26 October |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 116 (3.63 per match) |
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.
Qualification
Venues
| Mexico City | Puebla | Guadalajara | León | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Azteca | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio León | |
| Capacity: 104,000[1] | Capacity: 35,563[2] | Capacity: 31,891[3] | Capacity: 23,609[4] | |
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Medalists
Squads
First round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 |
| France | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
Hallet  Horlaville Perrigaud |
Report | Maxim |
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| Guinea | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ndongo Bouya |
Report | Santa Mosquera |
Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev
| France | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kanyan Case Teamboueon Medina |
Report | Victorino |
Referee: Erwin Hieger 
| Colombia | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tamayo Hoyos Jaramillo |
Report | Teamboueon |
Referee: Karol Galba 
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
| Brazil | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ferretti Olumodeji Tião |
Report | Olayombo Anieke |
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn .svg.png)
Group C
Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play Israel.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
| Israel | 5–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Spiegel Feigenbaum |
Report | Jabir Amosa |
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian
| Hungary | 4–0 | |
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| Menczel A. Dunai Fazekas Sárközi |
Report |
Referee: Diego De Leo
| Hungary | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| A. Dunai Menczel |
Report | Sunday Sampene |
Referee: Yoshiyuki Maruyama
| Israel | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Talbi Spiegler Bar |
Report | Martínez |
Referee: Thompson Shakibudeen Badru
| El Salvador | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rodríguez |
Report | Kofi |
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 1–0 | |
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| Stokes |
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| Bulgaria | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gyonin Zhekov Mihaylov Zafirov Nikodimov Ivkov |
Report |
Referee: Guillermo Velasquez
| Bulgaria | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Georgiev Zhekov |
Report | Jarabinský Petráš |
Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde
| Guatemala | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| N. Melgar Roldán López Oliva |
Report | Udomsilp Sornbutnark |
Referee: Jean-Louis Faber
| Bulgaria | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nikodimov Zhekov |
Report | López Oliva |
Referee: Raul Osorio
| Czechoslovakia | 8–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Herbst Petráš Stratil Večerek Krnáč |
Report |
Referee: Felipe Buergo Elcuaz
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 20 October – Guadalajara | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 22 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 20 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| 26 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||
| 20 October – Leon | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 22 October – Guadalajara | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| 20 October – Puebla | ||||||||||
| 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 24 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Bulgaria | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hristakiev |
Report | Feigenbaum |
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian
Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.
Semi-finals
| Mexico | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Morales Pulido Rodríguez |
Report | Zhekov Mihaylov Veselinov |
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
Bulgaria finished the match with only eight players after having three players sent off.[6]
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
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- 1 goal
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- Own goals
Final Ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 11 |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 8 |
| 3 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 |
| 5 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 6 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| 7 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 9 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 |
| 10 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 11 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 |
| 12 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 14 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
| 15 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
| 16 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |
References
- ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 78. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
- ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 75. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
- ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 79. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
- ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 79. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
- ↑ http://www.worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkType=referee&contextType=bio&linkID=2723
- ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 288. ISBN 0140066322.
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