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Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| size | 105x106px |
| country | Mexico |
| dates | 13–26 October 1968 |
| num_teams | 16 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | 4 |
| cities | 4 |
| champion_other | (3rd title) |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 32 |
| goals | 116 |
| top_scorer | JPN Kunishige Kamamoto (7 goals) |
| prevseason | 1964 |
| nextseason | 1972 |
The 1968 Olympic football tournament was played as part of the 1968 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from five continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the Azteca Stadium on 26 October 1968. This was the first time an Asian team won a medal, Japan claiming bronze.
Qualification
Africa (3)
- (replaced )*
Asia (3)
Europe (5)
- (holders)
North America (3)
- (hosts)
South America (2)
-
Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.
Venues
| Mexico City | Puebla | Guadalajara | León | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Azteca | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio León | |||||
| Capacity: 104,000 | Capacity: 35,563 | en | fr}} | Capacity: 23,609 | ||||
| [[File:Estadio Azteca (2011-09-25).jpg | 170px]] | [[File:Estadio Cuauhtémoc Innenansicht.jpg | 170px]] | [[File:Barra 51.jpg | 170px]] | [[File:Estadio León (Nou Camp), León, Guanajuato, México -Imagen Actual- 2013-12-10 14-09.jpg | 170px]] | |
| {{location map+ | Mexico | float=none | width=600 | caption= | places= |
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| István Básti | ||
| Antal Dunai | ||
| Lajos Dunai | ||
| Ernő Noskó | ||
| Dezső Novák | ||
| Károly Fatér | ||
| László Fazekas | ||
| István Juhász | ||
| László Keglovich | ||
| Lajos Kocsis | ||
| Iván Menczel | ||
| László Nagy | ||
| Miklós Páncsics | ||
| István Sárközi | ||
| Lajos Szűcs | ||
| Zoltán Szarka | ||
| Miklós Szalai | Stoyan Yordanov | |
| Atanas Gerov | ||
| Georgi Hristakiev | ||
| Milko Gaydarski | ||
| Kiril Ivkov | ||
| Ivaylo Georgiev | ||
| Tsvetan Veselinov | ||
| Evgeni Yanchovski | ||
| Petar Zhekov | ||
| Atanas Hristov | ||
| Asparuh Donev | ||
| Kiril Stankov | ||
| Georgi Ivanov | ||
| Todor Nikolov | ||
| Yancho Dimitrov | ||
| Ivan Zafirov | ||
| Mihail Gyonin | ||
| Georgi Vasilev | Kenzo Yokoyama | |
| Hiroshi Katayama | ||
| Masakatsu Miyamoto | ||
| Yoshitada Yamaguchi | ||
| Mitsuo Kamata | ||
| Ryozo Suzuki | ||
| Kiyoshi Tomizawa | ||
| Takaji Mori | ||
| Aritatsu Ogi | ||
| Eizo Yuguchi | ||
| Shigeo Yaegashi | ||
| Teruki Miyamoto | ||
| Masashi Watanabe | ||
| Yasuyuki Kuwahara | ||
| Kunishige Kamamoto | ||
| Ikuo Matsumoto | ||
| Ryuichi Sugiyama | ||
| Masahiro Hamazaki |
Squads
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
Group stage
Group A
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Group A
Group B
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Group B
Group C
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Group C
Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.
Group D
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Group D
Knockout stage
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – final
Statistics
Goalscorers
With seven goals, Kunishige Kamamoto of Japan is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 116 goals were scored by 68 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
;7 goals
- JPN Kunishige Kamamoto ;6 goals
- HUN Antal Dunai ;4 goals
- BUL Petar Zhekov
- TCH Ladislav Petráš
- HUN Lajos Szűcs
- ISR Yehoshua Feigenbaum ;3 goals
- BUL Atanas Mihaylov
- FRA Charles Teamboueon
- HUN Iván Menczel
- MEX Pulido Rodríguez
- MEX Vicente Pereda ;2 goals
- BRA Fernando Ferretti
- BUL Asparuh Nikodimov
- BUL Tsvetan Veselinov
- TCH Pavel Stratil
- FRA Marc-Kanyan Case
- GHA Malik Jabir
- GUA Alberto López Oliva
- GUA Nelson Melgar
- GUI Fodé Bouya Camara
- HUN Dezső Novák
- ISR Giora Spiegel
- JPN Masashi Watanabe
- MEX Albino Morales
- NGA Kenneth Olayombo
- ESP Toni Grande ;1 goal
- BRA Tião
- BUL Ivaylo Georgiev
- BUL Mihail Gyonin
- BUL Georgi Hristakiev
- BUL Kiril Ivkov
- BUL Ivan Zafirov
- COL Alfonso Jaramillo
- COL Fabio Mosquera
- COL Gustavo Santa
- COL Javier Tamayo
- TCH Miloš Herbst
- TCH Jozef Jarabinský
- TCH Mikuláš Krnáč
- TCH Jiří Večerek
- SLV Juan Ramón Martínez
- SLV Pipo Rodríguez
- FRA Gérard Hallet
- FRA Daniel Horlaville
- FRA Daniel Perrigaud
- GHA Gbadamosi Amosa
- GHA Osei Kofi
- GHA Ibrahim Sunday
- GHA Sammy Stevens Sampene
- GUA Jorge Roldán
- GUA David Stokes
- GUI Maxime Camara
- GUI N'Dongo Camara
- HUN László Fazekas
- HUN István Juhász
- HUN István Sárközi
- ISR Shraga Bar
- ISR Mordechai Spiegler
- ISR Rachamim Talbi
- MEX Luis Estrada
- MEX Cesáreo Victorino
- NGA Peter Anieke
- NGA Samuel Okoye
- ESP Juan Fernández Vilela
- ESP Fernando Ortuño
- THA Udomsilp Sornbutnark ;Own goals
- MEX Humberto Medina (playing against France)
- NGA Segun Olumodeji (playing against Brazil)
Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
quarter-finals group stage
References
References
- "Football at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081118070058/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v2pt1.pdf 1968 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 2. Part 1. p. 78. Accessed 4 November 2010. {{in lang. en. fr
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081118070058/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v2pt1.pdf 1968 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 2. Part 1. p. 75. Accessed 4 November 2010. {{in lang. en. fr
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081118070058/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v2pt1.pdf 1968 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 2. Part 1. p. 79. Accessed 4 November 2010. {{in lang. en. fr
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