Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics
information
venue
Mexico 1934 Mexico City , Guadalajara , León , Puebla
Competition venue
Estadio Azteca , Estadio Jalisco , Estadio Nou Camp , Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Teams
16
Nations
16
Athletes
273 (273 )
date
13.-26. October 1968
decisions
1
← Tokyo 1964
At the XIX. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , a football competition was held.
Hungary won the gold medal for the third time and, according to the IOC, has since been record Olympic champions in football alongside Great Britain. With the bronze medal won by Japan, an Asian team succeeded for the first time in winning a medal at an Olympic football tournament.
The amateur team of the German Football Association was eliminated in the qualification against the amateur team of Great Britain, the GDR selection against the later silver medalist Bulgaria.
The venues were the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City , the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara , the Estadio Nou Camp León and the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla .
The match for third place in the Aztec Stadium between hosts Mexico and Japan saw 105,000 spectators, the highest number of spectators in the history of Olympic football tournaments. With hosts Mexico, a Central American team reached the semi-finals for the first time.
qualification
Olympic tournament
Olympic football tournament 1968
Number of nations
16
Olympic champion
Hungary 1957 Hungary (3rd title)
venue
Mexico City ( Guadalajara , León , Puebla )
Opening game
October 13, 1968
Endgame
October 26, 1968
Games
32
Gates
116 (⌀: 3.63 per game)
Top scorer
Japanese Kunishige Kamamoto (7 goals)
Warnings
44 (⌀: 1.38 per game)
References
17 (⌀: 0.53 per game)
Group stage
October 13, 1968 in Puebla
France
-
Guinea
3: 1 (0: 0)
October 13, 1968 in Mexico City
Mexico
-
Colombia
1: 0 (1: 0)
October 15, 1968 in Puebla
Guinea
-
Colombia
3: 2 (1: 0)
October 15, 1968 in Mexico City
France
-
Mexico
4: 1 (3: 1)
October 17, 1968 in Puebla
Colombia
-
France
2: 1 (2: 0)
October 17, 1968 in Mexico City
Mexico
-
Guinea
4: 0 (0: 0)
rank
country
Gates
Points
1
France France
8: 4
4th
2
Mexico 1934 Mexico
6: 4
4th
3
Colombia Colombia
4: 5
2
4th
Guinea-a Guinea
4: 9
2
October 14, 1968 in Puebla
Japan
-
Nigeria
3: 1 (1: 1)
October 14, 1968 in Mexico City
Spain
-
Brazil
1: 0 (0: 0)
October 16, 1968 in Puebla
Brazil
-
Japan
1: 1 (1: 0)
October 16, 1968 in Mexico City
Spain
-
Nigeria
3: 0 (1: 0)
October 18, 1968 in Puebla
Brazil
-
Nigeria
3: 3 (3: 0)
October 18, 1968 in Mexico City
Spain
-
Japan
0-0
rank
country
Gates
Points
1
Spain 1945 Spain
4-0
5
2
Japan Japan
4: 2
4th
3
Brazil 1968 Brazil
4: 5
2
4th
Nigeria Nigeria
4: 9
1
October 13, 1968 in León
Israel
-
Ghana
5: 3 (3: 2)
October 13, 1968 in Guadalajara
Hungary
-
El Salvador
4: 0 (1: 0)
October 15, 1968 in León
Israel
-
El Salvador
3: 1 (2: 0)
October 15, 1968 in Guadalajara
Hungary
-
Ghana
2: 2 (2: 2)
October 17, 1968 in León
El Salvador
-
Ghana
1: 1 (1: 1)
October 17, 1968 in Guadalajara
Hungary
-
Israel
2: 0 (1: 0)
October 14, 1968 in León
Bulgaria
-
Thailand
7: 0 (1: 0)
October 14, 1968 in Guadalajara
Guatemala
-
Czechoslovakia
1: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 1968 in León
Guatemala
-
Thailand
4: 1 (1: 1)
October 16, 1968 in Guadalajara
Bulgaria
-
Czechoslovakia
2: 2 (1: 2)
October 18, 1968 in León
Bulgaria
-
Guatemala
2: 1 (0: 0)
October 18, 1968 in Guadalajara
Czechoslovakia
-
Thailand
8: 0 (6: 0)
Quarter finals
October 20, 1968 in Puebla
Mexico 1934 Mexico
-
Spain 1945 Spain
2: 0 (1: 0)
October 20, 1968 in Mexico City
Japan Japan
-
France France
3: 1 (1: 1)
October 20, 1968 in León
Bulgaria 1967 Bulgaria ( 1 )
-
Israel Israel
1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0)
October 20, 1968 in Guadalajara
Hungary 1957 Hungary
-
Guatemala Guatemala
1: 0 (0: 0)
1 Bulgaria won by tossing a coin.
Semifinals
October 22, 1968 in Mexico City
Hungary 1957 Hungary
-
Japan Japan
5: 0 (1: 0)
October 22, 1968 in Guadalajara
Mexico 1934 Mexico
-
Bulgaria 1967 Bulgaria
2: 3 (1: 2)
Bronze game
October 24, 1968 in Mexico City
Japan Japan
-
Mexico 1934 Mexico
2: 0 (2: 0)
final
Bulgaria
Hungary
Bulgaria
October 26, 1968 in Mexico City ( Aztec Stadium )
Result: 1: 4 (1: 2)
Spectators: 75,000
Referee: Diego de Leo ( Mexico )
Mexico 1934
Hungary
Jordanow - Gerow, Christiakiew, Gaidarski, Iwkow - Georgiew, Dimitrov, Jantschowski (54th K. Christow) - Shekow, A. Christow, Nikodimow (62nd Ivanov)
Fatér - Novák, L. Dunai, Páncsics, Menczel - Szűcs, Fazekas, A. Dunai - Nagy, Noskó, Juhász
1: 0 Dimitrov (20th)
1: 1 Menczel (41.) 1: 2 A. Dunai (42.) 1: 3 A. Dunai (49.) 1: 4 Juhász (62.)
Warnings: Dimitrow, Iwkow, Shekow Refusals : Dimitrow (43.), Iwkow (44.), A. Christow (44.)
Warning: Juhász expulsion: Juhász (85.)
Medal ranks
rank
Medalist
Gold Hungary Hungary 1957
István Básti , Antal Dunai , Lajos Dunai , Károly Fater (TW), László Fazekas , István Juhász , László Keglovich , Lajos Kocsis , Iván Menczel , László Nagy , Erno Nosko , Dezső Novák , Miklós Páncsics , István Sárközi , Lajos Szűcs Coach: Károly SOS
Silver Bulgaria Bulgaria 1967
Georgi Christa Kiev , Atanas Mikhailov , Kiril Christow , Janko Dimitrov , Asparuch Nikodimow , Milko Gaidarski , Ivailo Georgiev , Atanas Gerow , Mikhail Gonin , Kiril Iwkow , Georgi Ivanov , Jewgeni Jantschowski , Stoyan Jordanow (TW), Asparuch Nikodimow , lwan Safirow , Petar Zhekov , Georgi Wassilew , Zwetan Weselinow Dimitrov Trainer: Georgi Berkow
Bronze japan Japan
Kunishige Kamamoto , Mitsuo Kamata , Hiroshi Katayama , Yasuyuki Kuwahara , Ikuo Matsumoto , Masakatsu Miyamoto , Teruki Miyamoto , Takaji Mori , Aritatsu Ogi , Ryūichi Sugiyama , Masashi Watanabe , Shigeo Yaegashi , Yoshitada Yamaguchi , Kenzo Yokoyama (TW) Coach: Ken Naganuma
Best goal scorers
Kunishige Kamamoto is the only Asian to date to become the sole top scorer. In 1956, Indian Neville Stephen D'Souza was top scorer along with two other players.
Web links
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