Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on October 11 and ended on October 23. 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 October 23, 1964. There was also three consolation matches played by losing quarter-finalists. The winner of these matches placed fifth in the tournament.[1]
 Football at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 11–23 October |
| Teams | 14 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Third place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Goals scored | 123 (4.24 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
Qualification
Regional qualifying tournaments were held. A riot in Lima during the decisive Peru–Argentina match resulted in 328 deaths.[2]
16 teams qualified and were divided into 4 groups:
- Group A (Unified Team of Germany (which was de facto East Germany), Romania, Mexico, Iran)
- Group B (Hungary, Yugoslavia, Morocco, Korea D.P.R.)
- Group C (Czechoslovakia, United Arab Republic (Egypt), Brazil, Korea Rep.)
- Group D (Japan, Ghana, Argentina, Italy)
Two best teams of each group competed in the quarter-finals.
Italy and Korea D.P.R. withdrew: Italy because their team was not amateur, and North Korea because some Koreans were prevented from playing.
Venues
| Tokyo | ||||
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| Prince Chichibu Football Field (1) | National Olympic Stadium (2) | Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium (3) | ||
| Capacity: 17,569 | Capacity: 71,556 | Capacity: 20,780 | ||
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| Saitama |
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| Ōmiya Football Field (4) | ||||
| Capacity: 14,392 | ||||
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| Yokohama | ||||
| Mitsuzawa Football Field (5) | ||||
| Capacity: 10,102 | ||||
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Medalists
Note: Only players from the East Germany represented the joint Olympic team of East and West Germany.
Squads
First round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| Iran | 1–1 | |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
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0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 |
Notes:
- Withdrew
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
| Brazil | 1–1 | |
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| Roberto |
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| Czechoslovakia | 6–1 | |
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| Lichtnégl Vojta Mráz Masný |
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| Czechoslovakia | 5–1 | |
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| Vojta Urban Mráz Cvetler |
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| Brazil | 4–0 | |
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| Zé Roberto Elizeu Roberto |
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| United Arab Republic | 10–0 | |
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| Riad Mohamed El-Fanagily Etman Hassan |
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| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | |
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| Valošek |
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Quarter-finals
| Germany | 1–0 | |
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| Frenzel |
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| Badawi Riad El-Fanagily |
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Semi-finals
| Hungary | 6–0 | |
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| Bene Komora |
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Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
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First Consolation Round
Played by losing quarter-finalists.
Consolation Final (5th place match)
| Romania | 3–0 | |
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| Pavlovici Pârcălab Constantin |
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Brackets
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Goalscorers
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
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Final Ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 10 |
| 2 | |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
| 3 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
| 4 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 5 |
| 5 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 |
| 6 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 4 |
| 7 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 |
| 8 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 2 |
| 9 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
| 10 |  |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
| 11 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 12 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| 13 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
References
- "Football at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- Edwards, Piers (2014-05-23). "Lima 1964: The world's worst stadium disaster". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 1964 Summer Olympics. |
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