1968 Summer Olympics / Soccer - Group B.

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Group B games of the 1968 Olympic football tournament .
The two group winners qualified for the quarter-finals.

rank country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
1 Spain 1945Spain Spain 3 2 1 0 4-0 +4 5-1
2 JapanJapan Japan 3 1 2 0 4: 2 +2 4-2
3 Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil 3 0 2 1 4: 5 −1 2-4
4th NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 3 0 1 2 4: 9 −5 1-5

Spain - Brazil 1: 0 (0: 0)

Spain Brazil
SpainSpain
1st matchday
October 14, 1968 at 3:30 p.m. in Mexico City ( Aztec Stadium )
Referee: Abraham Klein ( Israel ) IsraelIsrael 
BrazilBrazil


Pedro Mora - Gregorio Benito , Francisco Espildora - Miguel Ángel Ochoa , Isidro Sala Puigvedal , Juan Manuel Asensi - Rafael Jaén , Juan Fernández Vilela , José Luis Garzón , José Antonio Grande (68th Rafael Crespin ), Fernando Ortuño(C)Captain of the crew Getúlio Cruz - Miguel , João de Almeida - Jorge Alves da Silva , Tião , Dutra - Manoel Maria , China (56th Plínio ), Fernando Ferretti , Daniel Euclides Moreno , Toninho(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Fernández Vilela (77.)
Warning: Benito (50.) Expulsion: Manoel Maria (44.)

Japan - Nigeria 3: 1 (1: 1)

Japan Nigeria
JapanJapan
1st matchday
October 14, 1968 at 3:30 p.m. in Puebla ( Estadio Cuauhtémoc )
Referee: Ramon Marmol ( El Salvador ) El SalvadorEl Salvador 
NigeriaNigeria


Kenzō Yokoyama - Hiroshi Katayama , Masakatsu Miyamoto - Mitsuo Kamata , Takaji Mori , Aritatsu Ogi - Shigeo Yaegashi (78th Yasuyuki Kuwahara ), Teruki Miyamoto , Kunishige Kamamoto , Ikuo Matsumoto , Ryūichi Sugiyama(C)Captain of the crew Peter Fregene - Anthony Igwe , Samuel Okoye - Olusegun Olumodeji , Samuel Opone , Paul Hamilton (38th Kenneth Olayombo ) - Peter Anieke , Mohammed Lawal , Sebastian Broderick , Clement Obojemene , Joseph Aghoghovbia (75th Ganiyu Salami ) (C)Captain of the crew
goal1: 0 Kamamoto (24th)

goal2: 1 Kamamoto (72nd)
goal3: 1 Kamamoto (89th)
goal1: 1 Okoye (33rd)
Warning: Okoye

Spain - Nigeria 3: 0 (1: 0)

Spain Nigeria
SpainSpain
2nd matchday
October 16, 1968 at 3:30 p.m. in Mexico City ( Aztec Stadium )
Referee: Augusto Robles ( Guatemala ) GuatemalaGuatemala 
NigeriaNigeria


Pedro Mora - Gregorio Benito , Francisco Espildora - Miguel Ángel Ochoa , Isidro Sala Puigvedal , Juan Manuel Asensi (73rd Rafael Crespin ) - Rafael Jaén , Juan Fernández Vilela (66th Gerardo Ortega ), José Luis Garzón , José Antonio Grande , Fernando Ortuño(C)Captain of the crew Peter Fregene - Anthony Igwe , Samuel Okoye - Olusegun Olumodeji , Samuel Opone , Augustine Ofuokwu - Peter Anieke , Mohammed Lawal , Sebastian Broderick , Clement Obojemene , Joseph Aghoghovbia(C)Captain of the crew
goal1: 0 Ortuño (27.)
goal2: 0 Grande (52.)
goal3: 0 Grande (69.)
Warning: Benito Warning : Anieke, Lawal

Brazil - Japan 1: 1 (1: 0)

Brazil Japan
BrazilBrazil
2nd matchday
October 16, 1968 at 3:30 p.m. in Puebla ( Estadio Cuauhtémoc )
Referee: George Lamptey ( Ghana ) GhanaGhana 
JapanJapan


Getúlio Cruz - Miguel , João de Almeida - Cláudio Deodato , Tião , Dutra - Luiz Henrique , Plínio , Fernando Ferretti (84th Arnaldo de Mattos ), Daniel Euclides Moreno , Toninho(C)Captain of the crew Kenzō Yokoyama - Hiroshi Katayama , Yoshitada Yamaguchi - Mitsuo Kamata , Takaji Mori , Aritatsu Ogi - Yasuyuki Kuwahara (46th Masakatsu Miyamoto ), Teruki Miyamoto , Kunishige Kamamoto , Ikuo Matsumoto (81st Masashiuuichanabe ), Sugama(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Ferretti (9th)
goal 1: 1 Watanabe (83rd)

Spain - Japan 0: 0 (0: 0)

Spain Japan
SpainSpain
3rd matchday
October 18, 1968 at 3:30 p.m. in Mexico City ( Aztec Stadium )
Referee: Erwin Hieger ( Austria ) AustriaAustria 
JapanJapan


Andrés Mendieta - Gregorio Benito (73rd Isidro Sala Puigvedal ), Francisco Espildora - Miguel Ángel Ochoa , Javier Ciaurriz , José María Igartua - Ramon Alfonseda , Rafael Crespin , José Antonio Barrios , José Antonio Grande , Gerardo Ortega(C)Captain of the crew Kenzō Yokoyama - Hiroshi Katayama , Yoshitada Yamaguchi - Mitsuo Kamata , Takaji Mori , Aritatsu Ogi - Masakatsu Miyamoto , Teruki Miyamoto (73rd Eizō Yuguchi ), Kunishige Kamamoto , Masashi Watanabe , Ryūichi Sugiyama(C)Captain of the crew
Warning: Benito, Barrios

Brazil - Nigeria 3: 3 (0: 3)

Brazil Nigeria
BrazilBrazil
3rd matchday
October 18, 1968 at 3:30 p.m. in Puebla ( Estadio Cuauhtémoc )
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn ( Ethiopia ) Ethiopia 1941Ethiopia 
NigeriaNigeria


Getúlio Cruz - Miguel , João de Almeida (46th Arnaldo de Mattos ) - Cláudio Deodato , Tião , Dutra - Luiz Henrique , Plínio , Fernando Ferretti (84th Arnaldo de Mattos ), Hamilton Rubio , Toninho(C)Captain of the crew Peter Fregene - Anthony Igwe , Olumuyiwa Oshode (80th Ganiyu Salami ) - Olusegun Olumodeji (75th Augustine Ofuokwu ), Samuel Opone , Kenneth Olayombo - Peter Anieke , Mohammed Lawal , Sebastian Broderick , Clement Obojemene , Fred Aryee(C)Captain of the crew



goal1: 3 Ferretti (50.)
goal2: 3 Olumodeji (59.) Own goal
goal3: 3 Tião (65.) 		goal0: 1 Olayombo (10th)
goal0: 2 Anieke (19th)
goal0: 3 Olayombo (41.)
Warning: de Almeida
expulsion: Ferretti (55.) 		Warning : Olayombo, Ofuokwu

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