Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host country Israel
Dates 7 – 15 July
Teams 20
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  South Africa
Runners-up  United States
Third place  Israel
Fourth place  Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 49
Goals scored 169 (3.45 per match)

Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 7 July.

The competition was open for men's teams only. A record number of 20 teams took part in the competition. South Africa won their first gold medal, beating USA 3–1 in the final.[1] This was the first time since 1935 that the hosts finished outside the top two. Israel's 1–2 loss to South Africa in the semi-finals was their first loss since 1961, after 24 unbeaten matches (21 wins, 4 draws).

Format

The 20 teams were divided into four groups of five, with each team playing the others once. The two top teams from each group qualified to the quarter-finals. The rest of the teams were eliminated.

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 44002118
 United States 4211955
 Australia 4202484
 Finland 41035152
 Belgium 40133131
7 July 1981
Israel 6–0 FinlandRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Australia 2–0 BelgiumRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
8 July 1981
Belgium 1–1 United StatesRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Israel 6–0 AustraliaRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
9 July 1981
Israel 4–1 United StatesWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Australia 2–0 FinlandUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
10 July 1981
Finland 5–2 BelgiumHapoel Ground, Ra'anana
11 July 1981
United States 2–0 AustraliaWingate, Netanya
12 July 1981
United States 5–0 FinlandRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Israel 5–0 BelgiumRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Sweden 4220966
 Argentina 4130735
 Peru 4211645
 Netherlands 4022262
 Italy 4022052
7 July 1981
Netherlands 0–0 ItalyRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Argentina 0–0 PeruUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
8 July 1981
Sweden 2–2 ArgentinaRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Peru 2–0 NetherlandsUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
9 July 1981
Peru 1–0 ItalyRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Sweden 3–1 NetherlandsRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
10 July 1981
Argentina 4–0 ItalyUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
11 July 1981
Sweden 4–3 PeruUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
12 July 1981
Italy 0–0 SwedenUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Netherlands 1–1 ArgentinaWingate, Netanya

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 44001238
 West Germany 43011236
 Colombia 4112773
 Republic of Ireland 41032152
 Chile 4013271
7 July 1981
South Africa 2–1 ChileUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
West Germany 5–0 Republic of IrelandUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
8 July 1981
South Africa 2–1 West GermanyWingate, Netanya
Colombia 4–1 Republic of IrelandUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
9 July 1981
South Africa 2–1 ColombiaWingate, Netanya
West Germany 3–0 ChileUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
10 July 1981
Republic of Ireland 1–0 ChileWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
11 July 1981
West Germany 3–1 ColombiaRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
12 July 1981
South Africa 6–0 Republic of IrelandUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Chile 1–1 ColombiaWingate, Netanya

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Great Britain 4220826
 France 4211535
 Brazil 4130545
 Mexico 4031343
 Denmark 40134121
7 July 1981
Mexico 0–0 Great BritainWingate, Netanya
Brazil 0–0 FranceWingate, Netanya
8 July 1981
Denmark 1–1 MexicoWingate, Netanya
Great Britain 1–1 BrazilUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
9 July 1981
Great Britain 2–0 FranceWingate, Netanya
Brazil 3–2 DenmarkUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
10 July 1981
France 2–1 MexicoRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Great Britain 5–1 DenmarkWingate, Netanya
12 July 1981
France 3–0 DenmarkUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Brazil 1–1 MexicoRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Knockout rounds

Quarter-finals

13 July 1981
Israel 4–1 (a.e.t.) 1 ArgentinaRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
United States 3–1 SwedenRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
South Africa 8–0 FranceWingate, Netanya
Great Britain 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) West GermanyWingate, Netanya

1. The match was abandoned at the 120th minute, as an Argentine player was sent off, but refused to leave the pitch.[2]

5th-8th places play-off

 
Classification Semi-finals5th/6th Match
 
      
 
14 July 1981
 
 
 Argentina
 
15 July 1981
 
 France
 
 Argentina 3
 
14 July 1981
 
 West Germany 1
 
 West Germany
 
 
 Sweden
 
7th/8th Match
 
 
15 July 1981
 
 
 France
 
 
 Sweden

* Both France and Sweden forfeited their matches in the classification round.

Semi-finals

Israel 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Africa
Ohana  63' Summary Sink  77'
Brayer  96'
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Ya'akov Scheiner
United States 3–1 Great Britain
Roitman  25'
Raif  45', 50'		 Summary Landsberg  16'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Franz Garter

3rd-4th place match

Israel 5–4 Great Britain
Rabinson  4', 10'
P. Cohen  17'
R. Cohen  42', 51'		 Summary Rolf  2'
Toker  63'
Nesbit  73'
Landsberg  85' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Panler

Final

South Africa 3–1 United States
Solikman  37'
Hoes  58'
Kosef  69'		 Summary Abrahams  12'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Klein

Final ranking

R Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1 South Africa7700255+2014
2 United States7412161069
3 Israel7601318+2312
4 Great Britain72321411+37
5 Argentina7331138+59
6 West Germany7412167+99
7 Sweden62221011-16
8 France6213513-85
Eliminated at group stage
9 Peru421164+25
10 Brazil413054+15
11 Australia420248-44
12 Colombia41127703
13 Mexico403134-13
14 Netherlands402226-42
15 Italy402205-52
16 Finland4103515-102
17 Republic of Ireland4103215-102
18 Chile401327-51
19 Denmark4013412-81
20 Belgium4013313-101

References

  1. ↑ South Africa Defeated USA 3:1 Davar, 16 July 1981, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ A Win Over Argentina (4:1) in 30 Min. Overtime Davar, 14 July 1981, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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