Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates13–26 October
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Hungary
Runners-up Bulgaria
Third place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored116 (3.63 per match)

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]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary  Bulgaria  Japan
István Básti
Antal Dunai
Lajos Dunai
Ernő Noskó
Dezső Novák
Károly Fatér
László Fazekas
István Juhász
László Keglovich
Lajos Kocsis
Iván Menczel
László Nagy
Miklós Páncsics
István Sárközi
Lajos Szűcs
Zoltán Szarka
Miklós Szalai
Stoyan Yordanov
Atanas Gerov
Georgi Hristakiev
Milko Gaydarski
Kiril Ivkov
Ivaylo Georgiev
Tsvetan Veselinov
Evgeni Yanchovski
Petar Zhekov
Atanas Hristov
Asparuh Donev
Kiril Stankov
Georgi Ivanov
Todor Nikolov
Yancho Dimitrov
Ivan Zafirov
Mihail Gyonin
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

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 320184+44
 Mexico 320164+24
 Colombia 310245−12
 Guinea 310249−52

Mexico 1–0 Colombia
Estrada  6' Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Istvan Zsolt

France 3–1 Guinea
Hallet  61'
Horlaville  64'
Perrigaud  70'
Report Maxim  79'
Referee: Milivoje Gugulovic

Guinea 3–2 Colombia
Ndongo  26'
Bouya  58'  84'
Report Santa  49'
Mosquera  66'
Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev

France 4–1 Mexico
Case  20'  69'
Tamboueon  30'
Medina  36' (o.g.)
Report Victorino  26'
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Erwin Hieger

Mexico 4–0 Guinea
Pereda  70'  85'
Pulido Rodríguez  86'  88'
Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Suvaree Wanchai

Colombia 2–1 France
Tamayo Hoyos  14'
Jaramillo  35'
Report Tamboueon  59'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 321040+45
 Japan 312042+24
 Brazil 302145−12
 Nigeria 301249−51

Spain 1–0 Brazil
Fernández  77' Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Abraham Klein

Japan 3–1 Nigeria
Kamamoto  24'  72'  89' Report Okoye  33'
Referee: Ramon Sagastume Marmol

Spain 3–0 Nigeria
Ortuño  27'
Grande  52'  69'
Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Augusto Robles [5]

Brazil 1–1 Japan
Ferretti  9' Report Watanabe  83'

Brazil 3–3 Nigeria
Ferretti  50'
Olumodeji  59' (o.g.)
Tião  65'
Report Olayombo  10'  41'
Anieke  19'
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn

Spain 0–0 Japan
Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Erwin Hieger

Group C

Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play Israel.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 321082+65
 Israel 320186+24
 Ghana 302168−22
 El Salvador 301228−61

Israel 5–3 Ghana
Spiegel  11'  75'
Feigenbaum  16'  30'  70'
Report Jabir  18'  79'
Amosa  35'
Estadio Nou Camp, León

Hungary 4–0 El Salvador
Menczel  19'
A. Dunai  47'
Fazekas  51'
Sárközi  68'
Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Diego De Leo

Hungary 2–2 Ghana
A. Dunai  15'
Menczel  17'
Report Sunday  12'
Sampene  33'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Yoshiyuki Maruyama

Israel 3–1 El Salvador
Talbi  20'
Spiegler  44'
Bar  85'
Report Martínez  35'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Thompson Shakibudeen Badru

El Salvador 1–1 Ghana
Rodríguez  42' Report Kofi  55'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias

Hungary 2–0 Israel
A. Dunai  40'  75' Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bulgaria 3210113+85
 Guatemala 320163+34
 Czechoslovakia 3111103+73
 Thailand 3003119−180

Guatemala 1–0 Czechoslovakia
Stokes  28' Report

Bulgaria 7–0 Thailand
Gyonin  25'
Zhekov  55'
Mihaylov  56'  61'
Zafirov  73'
Nikodimov  85'
Ivkov  88'
Report
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Guillermo Velasquez

Bulgaria 2–2 Czechoslovakia
Georgiev  44'
Zhekov  77'
Report Jarabinský  25'
Petráš  42'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde

Guatemala 4–1 Thailand
N. Melgar  23'  85'
Roldán  55'
López Oliva  67'
Report Udomsilp Sornbutnark  44'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Jean-Louis Faber

Bulgaria 2–1 Guatemala
Nikodimov  50'
Zhekov  84'
Report López Oliva  88'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Raul Osorio

Czechoslovakia 8–0 Thailand
Herbst  12'
Petráš  17'  18'  67'
Stratil  28'  34'
Večerek  38'
Krnáč  83'
Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Felipe Buergo Elcuaz

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
 
 Bulgaria1
 
22 October – 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
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović

Hungary 1–0 Guatemala
Szűcs  69' Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki

Japan 3–1 France
Kamamoto  27'  59'
Watanabe  70'
Report Tamboueon  32'
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn

Bulgaria 1–1 Israel
Hristakiev  5' Report Feigenbaum  89'
Estadio Nou Camp, León

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

Mexico 2–3 Bulgaria
Morales  39'
Pulido Rodríguez  48'
Report Zhekov  8'
Mihaylov  9'
Veselinov  58'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn

Hungary 5–0 Japan
Szűcs  30'  60'  75'
Novák  53'  65'
Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City

Bronze Medal match

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

Gold Medal match

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

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)

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

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Hungary (HUN) 6510183+1511
2  Bulgaria (BUL) 63211610+68
3  Japan (JPN) 632198+18
4  Mexico (MEX) 6303109+16
5  Israel (ISR) 421197+25
6  Spain (ESP) 421142+25
7  France (FRA) 420297+24
8  Guatemala (GUA) 420264+24
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3111103+73
10  Colombia (COL) 310245−12
11  Guinea (GUI) 310249−52
12  Ghana (GHA) 302168−22
13  Brazil (BRA) 302145−12
14  Nigeria (NGR) 301249−51
15  El Salvador (ESA) 301228−61
16  Thailand (THA) 3003119−180

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. 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.
  6. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 288. ISBN 0140066322.
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