Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games

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Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
Dates16 – 24 July
Teams18
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Israel
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place Maccabi Modi'im a
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored168 (4.2 per match)

Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 16 July.

The competition was open for men's teams only. 18 teams took part in the competition. Israel won the gold medal, beating the Netherlands 4–0 in the final.[1]

Format[]

The 18 teams were divided into four groups, two of five teams and two of four teams, 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
 United States 3 3 0 0 10 2 6
 Italy 3 1 1 1 7 3 3
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 4 3
 Colombia 3 0 0 3 0 10 0
16 July 1985
United States  3–0  Colombia University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Denmark  0–0  Italy University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
18 July 1985
United States  3–2  Italy University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Denmark  2–0  Colombia University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
21 July 1985
United States  4–0  Denmark University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Italy  5–0  Colombia University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 3 2 1 0 21 2 5
 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 8 3 5
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 4 13 2
 Australia 3 0 0 3 2 17 0
17 July 1985
Israel  7–0  Sweden Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Netherlands  2–0  Australia Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Netherlands  4–1  Sweden Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
20 July 1985
Israel  12–0  Australia Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
21 July 1985
Sweden  3–2  Australia University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Netherlands  2–2  Israel Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Maccabi Modi'im a 4 4 0 0 18 2 8
 Great Britain 4 3 0 1 17 3 6
 France 4 2 0 2 5 14 4
 Peru 4 0 1 3 3 13 1
 Chile 4 0 1 3 4 15 1
16 July 1985
France  1–0  Peru Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Maccabi Modi'im  3–0  Chile Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
17 July 1985
Great Britain  2–0  Peru University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
France  3–1  Chile University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
18 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im  3–1  Great Britain Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Chile  3–3  Peru Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Great Britain  6–0  Chile University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
20 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im  5–1  France University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
21 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im  7–0  Peru Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Great Britain  8–0  France Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Argentina 4 3 1 0 16 4 7
 Mexico 4 2 1 1 6 6 5
 Brazil 4 2 0 2 7 6 4
 West Germany 4 1 0 3 5 11 2
 Venezuela 4 1 0 3 4 11 2
16 July 1985
West Germany  2–0  Brazil Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Mexico  3–1  Venezuela Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
17 July 1985
Argentina  3–1  Brazil Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Venezuela  2–1  West Germany Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
18 July 1985
Mexico  1–1  Argentina Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Brazil  2–1  Venezuela Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Argentina  5–0  Venezuela Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
20 July 1985
Mexico  2–0  West Germany Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
21 July 1985
Argentina  7–2  West Germany Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Brazil  4–0  Mexico Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Knockout rounds[]

Quarter-finals[]

22 July 1985
United States  1–2  Netherlands Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Italy  0–5  Israel Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Maccabi Modi'im  2–1  Mexico Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Great Britain  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Semi-finals[]

Netherlands 1–1 (a.e.t.) Maccabi Modi'im
Belo Goal 82' Summary Kosoff Goal 23'
Penalties
5–3
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Israel Ovadia Ben-Itzhak
Israel 3–1 Argentina
Goal 14'
Levine Goal 17', 51'		 Summary Goal 24'
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Bermuda George Marshall

3rd-4th place match[]

Maccabi Modi'im 4–1 Argentina
Cadet Goal 20'
Stool Goal 55'
Salot Goal 62'
Melamedot Goal 90'		 Summary Goal
Attendance: 300

Final[]

Netherlands 0–4 Israel
Summary Goal 45'
Levine Goal 75' (pen.)
Goal 82', 86'
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Switzerland Ya'akov Bauman

Final ranking[]

R Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1  Israel 6 5 1 0 33 3 +30 11
2  Netherlands 6 3 2 1 11 9 2 8
3  Maccabi Modi'im 7 6 1 0 25 5 +20 13
4  Argentina 7 4 1 2 20 12 +8 9
Eliminated at the quarter-finals
5  Great Britain 5 3 0 2 18 5 +13 6
6  United States 4 3 0 1 11 3 +7 6
7  Mexico 5 2 1 2 7 8 -1 5
8  Italy 4 1 1 2 7 8 -1 3
Eliminated at group stage
9  Brazil 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 4
10  France 4 2 0 2 5 14 -9 4
11  Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 3
12  West Germany 4 1 0 3 5 11 -6 2
13  Venezuela 4 1 0 3 4 11 -7 2
14  Sweden 3 1 0 2 4 13 -9 2
15  Peru 4 0 1 3 3 13 -10 1
16  Chile 4 0 1 3 4 15 -11 1
17  Colombia 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0
18  Australia 3 0 0 3 2 17 -15 0

Notes[]

a. ^ Modi'im was a delegation which included athletes who couldn't compete under their own flag, such as athletes from South Africa, USSR, Lebanon, Ethiopia and others. In the football tournament the team was made from Maccabi South Africa players.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Yaron Gave Israel the Gold-i Medal Back[permanent dead link] Ma'ariv, 25 July 1985, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ South Africa Sportsmen Outside the Problematic Sports Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Bruria Bigman and Mordechai Rosenblum, Ma'ariv, 19 July 1985, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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