1964 Summer Olympics / Football

Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Tokyo , Saitama , Kyoto , Osaka , Yokohama
Competition venue	Olympic Stadium , Chichibu Stadium , Komazawa Stadium , Ōmiya Stadium , Nishikyōgoku Athletic Stadium , Nagai Stadium , Mitsuzawa Stadium
Teams	14th
Nations	14th
Athletes	214 (214 )
date	October 11-23, 1964
decisions	1
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At the XVIII. 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo was a competition in football played.

The venues were Tokyo with the Olympic Stadium , the Chichibu Stadium , the Komazawa Stadium and Ōmiya with the Ōmiya Stadium as well as the Nishikyōgoku Athletic Stadium in Kyoto, the Nagai Stadium in Osaka and the Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama.

As four years before , a group stage was played first, but this time the two group winners qualified for the quarter-finals. For the losers of the quarter-finals there was a round of hope for fifth place, but it was only played in these games.

Germany took part for the last time as the all-German Olympic team. In an intra-German qualification, the GDR selection had prevailed against the West German amateur selection , so it was the part that represented the all-German team. The group stage was overcome without any problems (two clear wins against Iran and Mexico and a 1-1 draw against Romania). In the quarter-finals you could defeat the Olympic champion of 1960 with Yugoslavia, but had to bow in the semi-finals of Czechoslovakia. In the game for third place, the GDR team had the upper hand against the United Arab Republic, which was the first time a German selection was able to win an Olympic medal in football.

In the final, Czechoslovakia lost 2-1 to Hungary , which was able to win the gold medal for the second time since 1952.

qualification

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Football / Qualification

On May 24, 1964, during the qualifying match between Peru and Argentina , a mass panic broke out, with almost 350 deaths and over 500 injuries, which is the greatest tragedy in football history to this day.

The tournament

Olympic football tournament 1964
Number of nations	14  (of 61 applicants)
Olympic champion	Hungary (2nd title)
venue	Tokyo ( Kyōto , Ōmiya Osaka , Yokohama )
Opening game	October 11, 1964
Endgame	October 23, 1964
Games	29
Gates	123  (⌀: 4.24 per game)
Top scorer	Ferenc Bene (12 goals)
Warnings	15  (⌀: 0.52 per game)
References	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)

Group stage

Group A

October 11, 1964 in Ōmiya at 2 p.m. Mexico - Romania 1: 3 (0: 2) October 11, 1964 in Yokohama at 2:00 p.m. Germany - Iran 4: 0 (3: 0) October 13, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Iran - Mexico 1: 1 (0: 0) October 13, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Germany - Romania 1: 1 (1: 1) October 15, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Iran - Romania 0: 1 (0: 1) October 15, 1964 in Yokohama at 2:00 p.m. Germany - Mexico 2: 0 (1: 0)

rank country Gates Points 1  Germany 7: 1 5: 1 2  Romania 5: 2 5: 1 3  Mexico 2: 6 1: 5 4th  Iran 1: 6 1: 5

Group B

October 11, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Hungary - Morocco 6: 0 (2: 0) October 13, 1964 in Yokohama at 2:00 p.m. Morocco - Yugoslavia 1: 3 (1: 2) October 15, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Hungary - Yugoslavia 6: 5 (5: 4)

rank country Gates Points 1  Hungary 12: 5 4-0 2  Yugoslavia 8: 7 2: 2 3  Morocco 1: 9 0: 4  North Korea withdrawn

Group C

October 12, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Brazil - VA Republic 1: 1 (1: 0) October 12, 1964 in Ōmiya at 2 p.m. Czechoslovakia - South Korea 6: 1 (4: 0) October 14, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Czechoslovakia - VA Republic 5: 1 (3: 0) October 14, 1964 in Yokohama at 2:00 p.m. Brazil - South Korea 4: 0 (2: 0) October 16, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. South Korea - VA Republic 0:10 (0: 3) October 16, 1964 in Ōmiya at 2 p.m. Brazil - Czechoslovakia 0: 1 (0: 0)

rank country Gates Points 1  Czechoslovakia 12: 2 6-0 2  United Arab Republic 12: 6 3: 3 3  Brazil 5: 2 3: 3 4th  South Korea 1:20 0: 6

Group D

October 12, 1964 in Yokohama at 2:00 p.m. Argentina - Ghana 1: 1 (1: 0) October 14, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Argentina - Japan 2: 3 (1: 0) October 16, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m. Ghana - Japan 3: 2 (1: 1)

rank country Gates Points 1  Ghana 4: 3 3: 1 2  Japan 5: 5 2: 2 3  Argentina 3: 4 1: 3  Italy withdrawn

Quarter finals

October 18, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m.
Germany	-	Yugoslavia	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 18, 1964 in Ōmiya at 2 p.m.
Ghana	-	VA Republic	1: 5 (1: 1)
October 18, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m.
Czechoslovakia	-	Japan	4: 0 (1: 0)
October 18, 1964 in Yokohama at 2:00 p.m.
Hungary	-	Romania	2: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

October 20, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m.
Hungary	-	VA Republic	6: 0 (3: 0)
October 20, 1964 in Tokyo at 2:00 p.m.
Czechoslovakia	-	Germany	2: 1 (0: 1)

Placement games (places 5 to 8)

October 20, 1964 in Kyoto at 2 p.m.
Romania	-	Ghana	4: 2 (3: 2)
October 20, 1964 in Osaka at 2:00 p.m.
Japan	-	Yugoslavia	1: 6 (0: 3)

Play for 5th place

October 22, 1964 in Osaka at 2:00 p.m.
Yugoslavia	-	Romania	0: 3 (0: 0)

Bronze game

Germany		United Arab Republic
	October 23, 1964 in Tokyo (Olympic Stadium) at 12:00 noon Result: 3: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Yozo Yokoyama ( Japan )
	Heinsch - Frässdorf, Rock, Geisler, Walter - Körner, Pankau, Nöldner - Stöcker, Frenzel, Vogel Trainer: Károly Sós	Ahmed - Zaki, El Isnawi, Kotb, Attia - El Sherbini, Mohamed, Riad - Badawi, Nosseir, Etman Trainer: Josef Vandler
	1-0 Frenzel (17th) 2-0 Vogel (48th) 3-0 Stöcker (56th)	3: 1 Attia (75th penalty)
		Warnings: Badawi, Zaki

final

Hungary		Czechoslovakia
	October 23, 1964 in Tokyo (Olympic Stadium) at 4:30 p.m. Result: 2: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 75,000 Referee: Menahem Ashkenazi ( Israel )
	Szentmihályi - Novák, Ihász, Szepesi, Orbán - Nógrádi, Csernai, Komora - Farkas, Bene, Katona Trainer: Lajos Baróti	Schmucker - Urban, Pičman, Vojta, Weiss - Geleta, Mráz, Lichtnégl - Brumovský, Masný, Valošek Trainer: Rudolf Vytlačil
	1-0 Weiss (47th own goal) 2-0 Bene (59th)	2: 1 Brumovsky (80th)
		Warning: Vojta

Medal ranks

The GDR was selected for Germany and won the bronze medal.

rank	Medalist
Gold Hungary	Ferenc Bene , Tibor Csernai , Antal Dunai , János Farkas , József Gelei (TW), Kálmán Ihász , Sándor Katona , Benő Káposzta , Antal Szentmihályi (TW), Imre Komora , György Nagy , István Nagy , Ferenc Nógrádi , Károly Palotai , Dezső Novák , Pal Okosz , Árpád Orbán , Gusztáv Szepesi , Zoltán Varga Trainers: Lajos Baróti
Silver Czechoslovakia	Ján Brumovský , Ludovít Cvetler , Ján Geleta , František Knebort , Karel Knesl , Karel Lichtnégl , Vojtech Masný , Štefan Matlák , Ivan Mráz , Karel Nepomucký , Zdeněk PicMan , František Schmucker (TW), Anton Švajlen (TW), Anton Urban , František Valošek , Josef Vojta , Vladimír Weiss Trainer: Rudolf Vytlačil
Bronze Germany	Gerd Backhaus , Wolfgang Barthels , Bernd Bauchspieß , Gerhard Körner , Otto Fräßdorf , Henning Frenzel , Dieter Engelhardt , Herbert Pankau , Manfred Geisler , Jürgen Heinsch (TW), Klaus Lisiewicz , Jürgen Nöldner , Peter Rock , Klaus-Dieter Seehaus , Hermann Stöcker , Werner Unger , Klaus Urbanczyk , Eberhard Vogel , Manfred Walter , Horst Weigang (TW) Trainer: Károly Sós

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Ferenc Bene	12
2	Ibrahim Riyadh	8th
3	Cornel Pavlovici	6th
	Tibor Csernai	6th
5	Ivan Mráz	5
	Slaven Zambata	5
7th	Josef Vojta	4th
	Henning Frenzel	4th
	Rudolf Belin	4th
	Ivica Osim	4th
11	Jan Brumovský	3
	Eberhard Vogel	3
	Aggrey Fynn	3
	Rifaat Elfanagili	3
15th	Jürgen Nöldner	2
...
26th	Wolfgang Barthels	1
	Bernd belly spit	1
	Hermann Stocker	1
...

Web links

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