Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
	Football at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	11–23 October
Teams	14 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runners-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	123 (4.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ferenc Bene (12 goals)
	← 1960 1968 →

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]

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
Prince Chichibu Football Field (1)	National Olympic Stadium (2)	Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium (3)
Capacity: 17,569	Capacity: 71,556	Capacity: 20,780

Saitama	[Interactive fullscreen map]
Ōmiya Football Field (4)
Capacity: 14,392

Yokohama
Mitsuzawa Football Field (5)
Capacity: 10,102

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary	Czechoslovakia	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 East and West Germany.

Squads[]

First round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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]}

11 October 1964
14:00

Romania	3–1	Mexico
Creiniceanu 20' Pârcălab 33' Ionescu 47'	Report	Fragoso 73'

Omiya Park Soccer Stadium, Omiya, Saitama

Attendance: 12,932

Referee: (JPN)

11 October 1964
14:00

Germany	4–0	Iran
Bauchspieß 7' Vogel 20', 63' Frenzel 44'	Report

Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Attendance: 12.671

Referee: (BRA)

13 October 1964
14:00

Iran	1–1	Mexico
Nayyerloo 59'	Report	González Dávila 54'

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Attendance: 15,938

Referee: (GHA)

13 October 1964
14:00

Germany	1–1	Romania
Frenzel 22'	Report	Pavlovici 27'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo

Attendance: 18,970

Referee: (TCH)

15 October 1964
14:00

Germany	2–0	Mexico
Barthels 37' Nöldner 66'	Report

Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Attendance: 12,814

Referee: (MAS)

15 October 1964
14:00

Romania	1–0	Iran
Pavlovici 26'	Report

Omiya Park Soccer Stadium, Omiya, Saitama

Attendance: 13,026

Referee: (ARG)

Group B[]

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:

^ Withdrew

11 October 1964

14:00

Hungary	6–0	Morocco
Bene 13', 38' (pen.), 70', 74', 78', 87'	Report

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 65,793

Referee: (South Korea)

13 October 1964

14:00

Yugoslavia	3–1	Morocco
Samardžić 8' Belin 12', 59'	Report	Bouachra 2'

Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Attendance: 12,675

Referee: (UAE)

15 October 1964

14:00

Hungary	6–5	Yugoslavia
Csernai 5', 11', 44', 63' (pen.) Farkas 18' Bene 25' (pen.)	Report	Osim 1', 82' Belin 12', 35' Zambata 31'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo

Attendance: 19,316

Referee: (Japan)

Group C[]

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]}

12 October 1964
14:00

Brazil	1–1	United Arab Republic
Roberto 10'	Report	Shanin 88'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo

Attendance: 16,450

Referee: Glöckner (GDR)

12 October 1964
14:00

Czechoslovakia	6–1	South Korea
Lichtnégl 25' Vojta 26' Mráz 32', 68' Masný 43', 71'	Report	Lee Yi-woo 59'

Omiya Park Soccer Stadium, Omiya, Saitama

Attendance: 12,943

Referee: (MEX)

14 October 1964
14:00

Czechoslovakia	5–1	United Arab Republic
Vojta 5', 27' Urban 36' Mráz 83' Cvetler 84'	Report	Riad 53'

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Attendance: 15,903

Referee: Zsolt (HUN)

14 October 1964
14:00

Brazil	4–0	South Korea
Zé Roberto 30' Elizeu 44', 54' Roberto 73'	Report

Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Attendance: 12,672

Referee: (MAR)

16 October 1964
14:00

United Arab Republic	10–0	South Korea
Riad 14', 17', 40', 48', 72', 77' Mohamed 50' El-Fanagily 61' Etman 66' Hassan 78'	Report

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Attendance: 16,039

Referee: Glöckner (GDR)

16 October 1964
14:00

Czechoslovakia	1–0	Brazil
Valošek 77'	Report

Omiya Park Soccer Stadium, Omiya, Saitama

Attendance: 13,120

Referee: (IRN)

Group D[]

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:

^ Withdrew, disqualified for using professional players during qualifications. Poland were offered to take Italy's place but declined the offer.^[3]

12 October 1964
14:00

Argentina	1–1	Ghana
Bulla 26'	Report	E. Acquah 80'

Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Attendance: 12,452

Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

14 October 1964
14:00

Japan	3–2	Argentina
Sugiyama 54' Kawabuchi 81' Ogi 82'	Report	Domínguez 24', 62'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo

Attendance: 19,049

Referee: (YUG)

16 October 1964
14:00

Japan	2–3	Ghana
Sugiyama 12' Yaegashi 52'	Report	Agyemang 27' S. Acquah 69' Fulaiteh 80'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo

Referee: (ROU)

Quarter-finals[]

18 October 1964
14:00

Germany	1–0	Yugoslavia
Frenzel 1'	Report

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Attendance: 15,767

Referee: (MAS)

18 October 1964
14:00

Hungary	2–0	Romania
Csernai 2', 84' (pen.)	Report

Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Attendance: 12,841

Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

18 October 1964
14:00

United Arab Republic	5–1	Ghana
Badawi 42', 61' Riad 65' El-Fanagily 69', 85'	Report	Mfum 37'

Omiya Park Soccer Stadium, Omiya, Saitama

Attendance: 13,121

Referee: Glöckner (GDR)

18 October 1964
14:00

Czechoslovakia	4–0	Japan
Brumovský 43', 59' Vojta 69' (pen.) Mráz 86'	Report

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo

Attendance: 18,940

Referee: (BRA)

Semi-finals[]

20 October 1964
14:00

Hungary	6–0	United Arab Republic
Bene 7', 20', 66', 77' Komora 29', 58'	Report

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Referee: (ARG)

20 October 1964
14:00

Czechoslovakia	2–1	Germany
Lichtnégl 47' Mráz 89'	Report	Nöldner 25'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo

Attendance: 19,435

Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

Bronze Medal match[]

23 October 1964
12:00

Germany	3–1	United Arab Republic
Frenzel 17' Vogel 48' Stöcker 56'	Report	Attia 75' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 65,610

Referee: (JPN)

Gold Medal match[]

1964 Summer Olympics Football Final

23 October 1964

16:30

Hungary	2–1	Czechoslovakia
Weiss 47' (o.g.) Bene 59'	Report	Brumovský 80'

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 65,610

Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

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First Consolation Round[]

Played by losing quarter-finalists.

20 October 1964
14:00

Japan	1–6	Yugoslavia
Kamamoto 61'	Report	Zambata 3', 5', 43', 63' Osim 28', 60'

Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: (UAE)

20 October 1964
14:00

Romania	4–2	Ghana
Pavlovici 12', 19', 74' Creiniceanu 41'	Report	Fulaiteh 25', 44'

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: (MAS)

Consolation Final (5th place match)[]

22 October 1964
14:00

Romania	3–0	Yugoslavia
Pavlovici 50' Pârcălab 72' Constantin 78'	Report

Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Zsolt (HUN)

Brackets[]

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

		Germany	1
Germany	1			Germany	3

Yugoslavia	0			United Arab Republic	1

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

Ferenc Bene

8 goals

Ibrahim Riad

6 goals

5 goals

Ivan Mráz
Slaven Zambata

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Vladimír Weiss (playing against Hungary)

Final ranking[]

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	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[]

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

External links[]

Coordinates: 35°40′41″N 139°42′53″E / 35.6781°N 139.7147°E / 35.6781; 139.7147

[table_note_PRK0.99004187387882-3] Withdrew

[table_note_ITA0.67204001623766-5] Withdrew, disqualified for using professional players during qualifications. Poland were offered to take Italy's place but declined the offer.^[3]

[SR-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.

[4] Games of the XVIII. Olympiad. RSSSF.

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