Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – final

Summer Olympics – Men's Football Final

Event	Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Hungary Czechoslovakia 2 1
Date	23 October 1964 (1964-10-23)
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Referee	Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
Attendance	65,610
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The 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament gold medal match was the final match of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament, the 14th edition of Olympic competition for men's national football teams. The match was played at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, on 23 October 1964, and was contested by Hungary and Czechoslovakia. ^[1]

Description

The tournament comprised hosts Japan, holders Yugoslavia and twelve other teams who emerged victorious from the qualification phase, The 14 teams competed in a group stage in the first round, from which eight teams qualified for the knockout stage. ^[2] En route to the final, Hungary finished first in Group B with two wins (6–0 against Morocco and 6–5 against Yugoslavia). They then beat Romania 2–0 in the quarter-finals and United Arab Republic 6–0 in the semi-finals. Czechoslovakia finished first in Group C with three wins (6–1 against South Korea, 5–1 against United Arab Republic and 1–0 against Brazil), defeating hosts Japan 4–0 in the quarter-finals and United Team of Germany 2–1 in the semi-finals. The final took place in front of 65,610 spectators and was refereed by Menachem Ashkenazi.^{[ citation needed ]}

After a goalless first half, Hungary opened the scoring in the first two minutes of the second half through an own goal by Vladimír Weiss before Ferenc Bene further increased their lead to 2–0 in the 59th minute. A penalty was awarded to Czechoslovakia, and Raafat Attia converted the penalty to pull one back for Czechoslovakia. The match ended 2–1 to Czechoslovakia and became the gold medalists for 1964. ^[3]

Route to the final

Hungary

Hungary's route to the final

	Opponent	Result
1	Morocco	6–0
2	Yugoslavia	6–5
QF	Romania	2–0
SF	United Arab Republic	6–0

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia's route to the final

	Opponent	Result
1	South Korea	6–1
2	United Arab Republic	5–1
3	Brazil	1–0
QF	Japan	4–0
SF	United Team of Germany	2–1

Match

Details

23 October 1964 (1964-10-23)

17:30

Hungary	2–1	Czechoslovakia
Weiss 47' (o.g.) Bene 59'	Report	Attia 75' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium , Tokyo

Attendance: 65,610

Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)

Hungary

Czechoslovakia

GK 1 Antal Szentmihályi RB 3 Dezső Novák LB 6 Kálmán Ihász RH 7 Gusztáv Szepesi CH 5 Árpád Orbán LH 18 Ferenc Nógrádi OR 15 János Farkas IR 2 Tibor Csernai CF 13 Ferenc Bene IL 11 Imre Komora OL 16 Sándor Katona Substitutions: 19 József Gelei 4 Benő Káposzta 8 Károly Palotai 9 István Nagy 10 György Nagy 12 Zoltán Varga 14 Antal Dunai 17 Pál Orosz Manager: Lajos Baróti

GK 1 František Schmucker RB 2 Anton Urban LB 4 Zdeněk Pičman RH 5 Josef Vojta CH 3 Vladimír Weiss LH 6 Ján Geleta OR 16 Jan Brumovský IR 8 Ivan Mráz CF 9 Karel Lichtnégl IL 10 Vojtech Masný OL 11 František Valošek Substitutions: 21 Anton Švajlen 7 Ľudovít Cvetler 12 Karel Knesl 13 Štefan Matlák 14 Karel Nepomucký 15 František Knebort Manager: Rudolf Vytlačil

Assistant referees: Miguel Comesaña (Japan) John Stanley Wontumi (Ghana)

See also

• Hungary at the Olympics
• Czechoslovakia at the Olympics

References

1. "Olympic Games 1964 » Final". worldfootball.net. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
2. Reyes, Macario (23 February 2024). "XVIII. Olympiad Tokyo 1964 Football Tournament". RSSSF .
3. "Shades of magic Magyars". Evening Times . 23 October 1964.