Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on October 11 and ended on October 23. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. The tournament features 14 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The 14 teams are drawn into two groups of four and two groups of three 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 Olympic Stadium on October 23, 1964. There was also three consolation matches played by losing quarter-finalists. The winner of these matches placed fifth in the tournament.[1]

Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates11–23 October
Teams14 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Hungary
Runners-up Czechoslovakia
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored123 (4.24 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ferenc Bene (12 goals)

Qualification
See also: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Regional qualifying tournaments were held. A riot in Lima during the decisive Peru–Argentina match resulted in 328 deaths.[2]

16 teams qualified and were divided into 4 groups:

Two best teams of each group competed in the quarter-finals.

Italy and Korea D.P.R. withdrew: Italy because their team was not amateur, and North Korea because some Koreans were prevented from playing.

Venues
Tokyo
Prince Chichibu Football Field (1) National Olympic Stadium (2) Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium (3)
Capacity: 17,569 Capacity: 71,556 Capacity: 20,780
Saitama
Ōmiya Football Field (4)
Capacity: 14,392
Yokohama
Mitsuzawa Football Field (5)
Capacity: 10,102

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary  Czechoslovakia  Germany
Ferenc Bene
Tibor Csernai
János Farkas
József Gelei
Kálmán Ihász
Sándor Katona
Imre Komora
Ferenc Nógrádi
Dezső Novák
Árpád Orbán
Károly Palotai
Antal Szentmihályi
Gusztáv Szepesi
Zoltán Varga		 Jan Brumovský
Ludovít Cvetler
Ján Geleta
František Knebort
Karel Knesl
Karel Lichtnégl
Vojtech Masný
Štefan Matlák
Ivan Mráz
Karel Nepomucký
Zdeněk Pičman
František Schmucker
Anton Švajlen
Anton Urban
František Valošek
Josef Vojta
Vladimír Weiss		 Gerd Backhaus
Wolfgang Barthels
Bernd Bauchspieß
Gerhard Körner
Otto Fräßdorf
Henning Frenzel
Dieter Engelhardt
Herbert Pankau
Manfred Geisler
Jürgen Heinsch
Klaus Lisiewicz
Jürgen Nöldner
Peter Rock
Klaus-Dieter Seehaus
Hermann Stöcker
Werner Unger
Klaus Urbanczyk
Eberhard Vogel
Manfred Walter
Horst Weigang

Note: Only players from the East Germany represented the joint Olympic team of East and West Germany.

Squads
Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

First round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5
 Romania 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
Mexico 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
 Iran 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source:
Romania 3–1 Mexico
Creiniceanu  20'
Pârcălab  33'
Ionescu  47'		 Report Fragoso  73'
Attendance: 12,932
Referee: Yokoyama (JPN)
Germany 4–0 Iran
Bauchspieß  7'
Vogel  20', 63'
Frenzel  44'		 Report
Attendance: 12.671
Referee: De Queiroz (BRA)
Iran 1–1 Mexico
Nayyerloo  59' Report González Dávila  54'
Attendance: 15,938
Referee: Wontumi (GHA)
Germany 1–1 Romania
Frenzel  22' Report Pavlovici  27'
Attendance: 18,970
Referee: Korelus (TCH)
Germany 2–0 Mexico
Barthels  37'
Nöldner  66'		 Report
Attendance: 12,814
Referee: De Silva (MAS)
Romania 1–0 Iran
Pavlovici  26' Report
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Comesaña (ARG)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 2 2 0 0 12 5 +7 4
 Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 2
 Morocco 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
 North Korea[lower-alpha 1] 0 - - - - - — 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Withdrew
Hungary 6–0 Morocco
Bene  13', 38' (pen.), 70', 74', 78', 87' Report
Attendance: 65,793
Referee: Kim Duk-chun (South Korea)
Yugoslavia 3–1 Morocco
Samardžić  8'
Belin  12', 59'		 Report Bouachra  2'
Attendance: 12,675
Referee: Imam (UAE)
Hungary 6–5 Yugoslavia
Csernai  5', 11', 44', 63' (pen.)
Farkas  18'
Bene  25' (pen.)		 Report Osim  1', 82'
Belin  12', 35'
Zambata  31'
Attendance: 19,316
Referee: Fukushima (Japan)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 6
 United Arab Republic 3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 3
 Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 3
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source:
Brazil 1–1 United Arab Republic
Roberto  10' Report Shanin  88'
Attendance: 16,450
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)
Czechoslovakia 6–1 South Korea
Lichtnégl  25'
Vojta  26'
Mráz  32', 68'
Masný  43', 71'		 Report Lee Yi-Woo  59'
Attendance: 12,943
Referee: Valenzuela (MEX)
Czechoslovakia 5–1 United Arab Republic
Vojta  5', 27'
Urban  36'
Mráz  83'
Cvetler  84'		 Report Riad  53'
Attendance: 15,903
Referee: Zsolt (HUN)
Brazil 4–0 South Korea
Zé Roberto  30'
Elizeu  44', 54'
Roberto  73'		 Report
Attendance: 12,672
Referee: Boukkili (MAR)
United Arab Republic 10–0 South Korea
Riad  14', 17', 40', 48', 72', 77'
Mohamed  50'
El-Fanagily  61'
Etman  66'
Hassan  78'		 Report
Attendance: 16,039
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)
Czechoslovakia 1–0 Brazil
Valošek  77' Report
Attendance: 13,120
Referee: Tehrani (IRN)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 3
 Japan 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 2
 Argentina 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
 Italy[lower-alpha 1] 0 - - - - - — 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Withdrew, disqualified for using professional players during qualifications. Poland were offered to take Italy's place but declined the offer.[3]
Argentina 1–1 Ghana
Bulla  26' Report E. Acquah  80'
Attendance: 12,452
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)
Japan 3–2 Argentina
Sugiyama  54'
Kawabuchi  81'
Ogi  82'		 Report Domínguez  24', 62'
Attendance: 19,049
Referee: Škorić (YUG)
Japan 2–3 Ghana
Sugiyama  12'
Yaegashi  52'		 Report Agyemang  27'
S. Acquah  69'
Fulaiteh  80'
Referee: Niţescu (ROU)

Quarter-finals
Germany 1–0 Yugoslavia
Frenzel  1' Report
Attendance: 15,767
Referee: De Silva (MAS)
Hungary 2–0 Romania
Csernai  2', 84' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 12,841
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)
United Arab Republic 5–1 Ghana
Badawi  42', 61'
Riad  65'
El-Fanagily  69', 85'		 Report Mfum  37'
Attendance: 13,121
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)
Czechoslovakia 4–0 Japan
Brumovský  43', 59'
Vojta  69' (pen.)
Mráz  86'		 Report
Attendance: 18,940
Referee: De Queiroz (BRA)

Semi-finals
Hungary 6–0 United Arab Republic
Bene  7', 20', 66', 77'
Komora  29', 58'		 Report
Referee: Comesaña (ARG)
Czechoslovakia 2–1 Germany
Lichtnégl  47'
Mráz  89'		 Report Nöldner  25'
Attendance: 19,435
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

Bronze Medal match
Germany 3–1 United Arab Republic
Frenzel  17'
Vogel  48'
Stöcker  56'		 Report Attia  75' (pen.)
Attendance: 65,610
Referee: Yokoyama (JPN)

Gold Medal match
Hungary 2–1 Czechoslovakia
Weiss  47' (o.g.)
Bene  59'		 Report Brumovský  80'
Attendance: 65,610
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

First Consolation Round

Played by losing quarter-finalists.

Japan 1–6 Yugoslavia
Kamamoto  61' Report Zambata  3', 5', 43', 63'
Osim  28', 60'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Imam (UAE)
Romania 4–2 Ghana
Pavlovici  12', 19', 74'
Creiniceanu  41'		 Report Fulaiteh  25', 44'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: De Silva (MAS)

Consolation Final (5th place match)
Romania 3–0 Yugoslavia
Pavlovici  50'
Pârcălab  72'
Constantin  78'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Zsolt (HUN)

Brackets
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
 United Arab Republic 5
 Ghana 1
 United Arab Republic 0
 Hungary 6
 Hungary 2
 Romania 0
 Hungary 2
 Czechoslovakia 1
 Czechoslovakia 4
 Japan 0
 Czechoslovakia 2 Third place
 Germany 1
 Germany 1  Germany 3
 Yugoslavia 0  United Arab Republic 1

Goalscorers

With 12 goals, Ferenc Bene of Hungary is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 123 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

12 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Hungary 5 5 0 0 22 6 +16 10
2  Czechoslovakia 6 5 0 1 19 5 +14 10
3  Germany 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 9
4  United Arab Republic 6 2 1 3 18 16 +2 5
5  Romania 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 9
6  Yugoslavia 5 2 0 3 14 12 +2 4
7  Ghana 4 1 1 2 7 12 −5 3
8  Japan 4 1 0 3 6 15 −9 2
9  Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 3
10  Argentina 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
11 Mexico 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
12  Iran 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
13  Morocco 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
14  South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source: rsssf.com

References
  1. "Football at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. Edwards, Piers (2014-05-23). "Lima 1964: The world's worst stadium disaster". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  3. Games of the XVIII. Olympiad. RSSSF.

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