Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Group D

Group D of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 12 to 16 October 1964. ^{[1] [2]} The group consisted of Argentina, Ghana and Japan. The top two teams, Ghana and Japan, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

Team	Region	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
							Japan	Asia	Hosts	26 May 1959	3rd	1956	Quarter-finals (1936)
Ghana	Africa	Africa Group 2 winners	18 April 1964	1st	—	—
Argentina	South America	CONMEBOL Round Robin winners	24 May 1964	3rd	1960	Silver medal (1928)
Italy [a]	Europe	Europe Group 4 winners	9 July 1964	8th	1960	Gold medal (1936)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	3	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Japan	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	2
3	Argentina	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
4	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: RSSSF

In the quarter-finals:

• The winners of Group D, Ghana, advanced to play the runners-up of Group C, United Arab Republic.
• The runners-up of Group D, Japan, advanced to play the winners of Group C, Czechoslovakia.

Matches

All times listed are local, JST (UTC+9).

Argentina vs Ghana

12 October 1964

15:00

Argentina	1–1	Ghana
Bulla 26'	Report	Acquah 80'

Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium , Yokohama

Attendance: 12,452

Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)

1 Agustín Cejas 2 Andrés Bertolotti 3 Otto Sesana 4 Horacio Moráles 5 Miguel Mori 6 Roberto Perfumo 8 José Malleo 9 Carlos Alberto Bulla 10 Néstor Manfredi 16 Antonio Cabrera 19 Miguel Tojo Substitutions: 12 Miguel Marín 7 Ricardo Pérez 11 Héctor Ochoa 13 Juan Carlos Sconfianza 14 Emilio Pazos 15 Francisco Brandán 17 Juan Risso 18 Juan Carlos Domínguez Manager: Ernesto Duchini

1 Nii Dodoo Ankrah 2 Sam Acquah 3 Emmanuel Oblitey 4 Ben Acheampong 5 Charles Addo Odametey 7 Osei Kofi 8 Wilberforce Mfum 9 Edward Aggrey-Fynn 10 Edward Acquah 11 Kofi Pare 18 Mohammadu Salisu Substitutions: 13 Addoquaye Laryea 6 Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah 12 Abdul Ramonu Gibirine 14 Kwame Atta 15 Gladstone Ofori 16 Samuel Okai 17 Joseph Agyemang-Gyau 19 Kofi Anoi 20 Frank Odoi 21 Joseph Adjei Manager: Charles Gyamfi

Assistant referees: István Zsolt (Hungary) Gregg de Silva (Malaysia)

Japan vs Argentina

14 October 1964

15:00

Japan	3–2	Argentina
Sugiyama 54' Kawabuchi 81' Ogi 82'	Report	Domínguez 24', 62'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium , Tokyo

Attendance: 19,049

Referee: Aleksandar Škorić (Yugoslavia)

21 Kenzo Yokoyama 2 Hiroshi Katayama 5 Yoshitada Yamaguchi 6 Ryozo Suzuki 8 Mitsuo Kamata 10 Aritatsu Ogi 12 Saburō Kawabuchi 13 Shigeo Yaegashi 15 Kunishige Kamamoto 16 Teruki Miyamoto 18 Ryūichi Sugiyama Substitutions: 1 Tsukasa Hosaka 3 Masakatsu Miyamoto 4 Ryuzo Hiraki 7 Hisao Kami 9 Kiyoshi Tomizawa 11 Takaji Mori 17 Shozo Tsugitani Manager: Dettmar Cramer

1 Agustín Cejas 2 Andrés Bertolotti 3 Otto Sesana 4 Horacio Moráles 5 Miguel Mori 6 Roberto Perfumo 10 Néstor Manfredi 11 Héctor Ochoa 16 Antonio Cabrera 17 Juan Risso 18 Juan Carlos Domínguez Substitutions: 12 Miguel Marín 7 Ricardo Pérez 8 José Malleo 9 Carlos Alberto Bulla 13 Juan Carlos Sconfianza 14 Emilio Pazos 15 Francisco Brandán 19 Miguel Tojo Manager: Ernesto Duchini

Assistant referees: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel) Ashgar Teherani (Iran)

Ghana vs Japan

16 October 1964

15:00

Ghana	3–2	Japan
Agyemag-Gyau 27' Acquah 69' Aggrey-Fynn 80'	Report	Sugiyama 12' Yaegashi 52'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium , Tokyo

Referee: Cornel Niţescu (Romania)

1 Nii Dodoo Ankrah 2 Sam Acquah 3 Emmanuel Oblitey 5 Charles Addo Odametey 6 Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah 8 Wilberforce Mfum 9 Edward Aggrey-Fynn 10 Edward Acquah 11 Kofi Pare 16 Samuel Okai 17 Joseph Agyemang-Gyau Substitutions: 13 Addoquaye Laryea 4 Ben Acheampong 7 Osei Kofi 12 Abdul Ramonu Gibirine 14 Kwame Atta 15 Gladstone Ofori 18 Mohammadu Salisu 19 Kofi Anoi 20 Frank Odoi 21 Joseph Adjei Manager: Charles Gyamfi

21 Kenzo Yokoyama 2 Hiroshi Katayama 5 Yoshitada Yamaguchi 6 Ryozo Suzuki 7 Hisao Kami 8 Mitsuo Kamata 10 Aritatsu Ogi 13 Shigeo Yaegashi 15 Kunishige Kamamoto 16 Teruki Miyamoto 18 Ryūichi Sugiyama Substitutions: 1 Tsukasa Hosaka 3 Masakatsu Miyamoto 4 Ryuzo Hiraki 9 Kiyoshi Tomizawa 11 Takaji Mori 12 Saburō Kawabuchi 17 Shozo Tsugitani Manager: Dettmar Cramer

Assistant referees: Aleksandar Škorić (Croatia) Gregg de Silva (Malaysia)

See also

• Japan at the Olympics
• Ghana at the Olympics
• Argentina at the Olympics
• Italy at the Olympics

Notes

1. Italy withdrew prior to the final tournament.

References

1. "Olympic Games 1964 » Group D". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
2. Reyes, Macario (23 February 2024). "XVIII. Olympiad Tokyo 1964 Football Tournament". RSSSF .