Olympic football tournament 1972 / Ghana
This article covers the Ghanaian Olympic selection during the 1972 Summer Olympics .
Olympic qualification
After two victories against Liberia in the first round, Ghana moved into the decisive second round. There they closed the group tied with Cameroon, but qualified because of the better goal difference for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .
1 round
date | place | pairing | To | Back | total | ||
02/07/1971 | Lomé | Togo | - | Guinea | 1: 1 | 5: 4 | 6: 5 |
02/28/1971 | Conakry | ||||||
05/30/1971 | Libreville | Gabon | - | Cameroon | 2: 3 | ( Gabon waived ) | |
04/03/1971 | Lagos | Nigeria | - | Senegal | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 |
04/18/1971 | Dakar | ||||||
March 21, 1971 | Accra | Ghana | - | Liberia | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 |
04/17/1971 | Monrovia |
2nd round
Closing table
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Ghana | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7: 3 | +4 | 8: 4 |
2. | Cameroon | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7: 7 | ± 0 | 8: 4 |
3. | Senegal | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8: 6 | +2 | 6: 6 |
4th | Togo | 6th | 0 | 2 | 4th | 3: 9 | −6 | 2:10 |
Game results
04/23/1972 | Ghana | - | Togo | 1: 1 | |
04/23/1972 | Senegal | - | Cameroon | 1: 1 | |
04/30/1972 | Lomé | Togo | - | Senegal | 1: 3 |
04/30/1972 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | - | Ghana | 0: 3 |
05/07/1972 | Accra | Ghana | - | Senegal | 1-0 |
05/07/1972 | Togo | - | Cameroon | 1: 2 | |
05/14/1972 | Togo | - | Ghana | 0: 2 | |
05/14/1972 | Cameroon | - | Senegal | 3: 2 | |
05/21/1972 | Senegal | - | Togo | 0-0 | |
05/21/1972 | Ghana | - | Cameroon | 0-0 | |
05/28/1972 | Dakar | Senegal | - | Ghana | 2-0 |
05/28/1972 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | - | Togo | 1-0 |
Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games
Olympic finals
Squad
No. | player | Club before the start of the Olympics | Date of birth | Olympia 1972 games / goals |
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goalkeeper | |||||||
1 | Henry Lante France | Accra Hearts of Oak | __.__. 1948 | 1 | - | - | - |
18th | Essel Badu Mensah | Asante Kotoko | 09/14/1944 | 2 | - | - | - |
19th | Joseph Derchie | Bofoakwa Tano | - | - | - | - | |
Defense | |||||||
2 | Armah Akuetteh | Kumasi Cornerstone | 01/27/1946 | 2 | - | - | - |
3 | Oliver Acquah | Asante Kotoko | March 22, 1946 | 2 | - | - | - |
4th | Alex Mingle | Cape Coast Dwarfs | __.__. 1948 | 3 | - | - | - |
5 | John Eshun | Eleven Wise | 07/17/1942 | 3 | - | - | - |
12 | Edward Boye | Great Olympics | __.__. 1946 | 2 | - | - | - |
14th | Clifford Odame | Asante Kotoko | __.__. 1946 | 2 | - | - | - |
midfield | |||||||
6th | Ibrahim Sunday | Asante Kotoko | 07/22/1944 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
7th | Albert Essuman | Asante Kotoko | 04/28/1949 | - | - | - | - |
13 | Yaw Sam | Asante Kotoko | 02/02/1945 | 3 | - | - | - |
15th | Kwasi Owusu | Bofoakwa Tano | 07/11/1945 | 2 | - | - | - |
16 | Joe Ghartey | Accra Hearts of Oak | 06/27/1943 | 1 | - | - | - |
attack | |||||||
8th | Peter Lamptey | Great Olympics | 04/06/1946 | 3 | - | - | - |
9 | Abukari Gariba | Asante Kotoko | 06/13/1939 | 3 | - | - | - |
10 | Joseph Sam | Asante Kotoko | 09/01/1948 | - | - | - | - |
11 | Malik Jabir | Asante Kotoko | December 8, 1944 | 3 | - | - | - |
17th | Osei Kofi | Asante Kotoko | 06/03/1942 | 2 | - | - | - |
Trainer | |||||||
Charles Kumi Gyamfi | __.__. 1929 |
Games
With three defeats in the preliminary round against the GDR, Poland and Colombia, Ghana was eliminated from the tournament as bottom of the table.
Preliminary round ( group 4 )
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11: 2 | +9 | 6-0 |
2. | GDR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11: 3 | +8 | 4: 2 |
3. | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:12 | −7 | 2: 4 |
4th | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1:11 | −10 | 0: 6 |
August 28, 1972 in Munich (Olympiastadion) | |||
GDR | - | Ghana | 4: 0 (2: 0) |
August 30, 1972 in Ingolstadt (ESV Stadium) | |||
Poland | - | Ghana | 4: 0 (1: 0) |
September 1, 1972 in Munich (Olympiastadion) | |||
Colombia | - | Ghana | 3: 1 (0: 0) |
literature
- The new football week . Fuwo . Sportverlag, ISSN 0323-8407 (issues for the 1971–1972 season).
- Foosball sports magazine . No. 69-73 . Olympia-Verlag GmbH, 1972, ISSN 0023-1290 .
Web links
- The competitions. (PDF; 29.4 MB) In: The Games. LA84 Foundation, pp. 392-398 , accessed March 15, 2013 .
- Official website of FIFA