Tournament details | |
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Host country | Mexico |
Dates | 13–26 October 1968 |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hungary (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Bulgaria |
Third place | Japan |
Fourth place | Mexico |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 116 (3.63 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Kunishige Kamamoto (7 goals) |
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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. [1]
Mexico City | Puebla | Guadalajara | León | |
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Estadio Azteca | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio León | |
Capacity: 104,000 [2] | Capacity: 35,563 [3] | Capacity: 31,891 [4] | Capacity: 23,609 [4] | |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 |
Mexico | 1–0 | Colombia |
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Estrada 6' | Report |
France | 3–1 | Guinea |
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Hallet 61' Horlaville 64' Perrigaud 70' | Report | Maxim 79' |
Guinea | 3–2 | Colombia |
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Ndongo 26' Bouya 58', 84' | Report | Santa 49' Mosquera 66' |
France | 4–1 | Mexico |
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Case 20', 69' Tamboueon 30' Medina 36' (o.g.) | Report | Victorino 26' |
Mexico | 4–0 | Guinea |
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Pereda 70', 85' Pulido Rodríguez 86', 88' | Report |
Colombia | 2–1 | France |
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Tamayo Hoyos 14' Jaramillo 35' | Report | Tamboueon 59' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
Spain | 1–0 | Brazil |
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Fernández 77' | Report |
Japan | 3–1 | Nigeria |
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Kamamoto 24', 72', 89' | Report | Okoye 33' |
Brazil | 3–3 | Nigeria |
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Ferretti 50' Olumodeji 59' (o.g.) Tião 65' | Report | Olayombo 10', 41' Anieke 19' |
Spain | 0–0 | Japan |
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Report |
Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Israel | 5–3 | Ghana |
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Spiegel 11', 75' Feigenbaum 16', 30', 70' | Report | Jabir 18', 79' Amosa 35' |
Hungary | 4–0 | El Salvador |
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Menczel 19' A. Dunai 47' Fazekas 51' Sárközi 68' | Report |
Hungary | 2–2 | Ghana |
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A. Dunai 15' Menczel 17' | Report | Sunday 12' Sampene 33' |
Israel | 3–1 | El Salvador |
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Talbi 20' Spiegler 44' Bar 85' | Report | Martínez 35' |
El Salvador | 1–1 | Ghana |
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Rodríguez 42' | Report | Kofi 55' |
Hungary | 2–0 | Israel |
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A. Dunai 40', 75' | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 | |
4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |
Guatemala | 1–0 | Czechoslovakia |
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Stokes 28' | Report |
Bulgaria | 7–0 | Thailand |
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Gyonin 25' Zhekov 55' Mihaylov 56', 61' Zafirov 73' Nikodimov 85' Ivkov 88' | Report |
Bulgaria | 2–2 | Czechoslovakia |
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Georgiev 44' Zhekov 77' | Report | Jarabinský 25' Petráš 42' |
Guatemala | 4–1 | Thailand |
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N. Melgar 23', 85' Roldán 55' López Oliva 67' | Report | Udomsilp 44' |
Bulgaria | 2–1 | Guatemala |
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Nikodimov 50' Zhekov 84' | Report | López Oliva 88' |
Czechoslovakia | 8–0 | Thailand |
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Herbst 12' Petráš 17', 18', 67' Stratil 28', 34' Večerek 38' Krnáč 83' | Report |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
20 October – Guadalajara | ||||||||||
Hungary | 1 | |||||||||
22 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
Guatemala | 0 | |||||||||
Hungary | 5 | |||||||||
20 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
Japan | 0 | |||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
26 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||
Hungary | 4 | |||||||||
20 October – Leon | ||||||||||
Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
22 October – Guadalajara | ||||||||||
Israel | 1 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 3 | |||||||||
20 October – Puebla | ||||||||||
Mexico | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
24 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
Spain | 0 | |||||||||
Japan | 2 | |||||||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
Hungary | 1–0 | Guatemala |
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Szűcs 69' | Report |
Japan | 3–1 | France |
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Kamamoto 27', 59' Watanabe 70' | Report | Tamboueon 32' |
Bulgaria | 1–1 | Israel |
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Hristakiev 5' | Report | Feigenbaum 89' |
Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.
Mexico | 2–3 | Bulgaria |
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Morales 39' Pulido Rodríguez 48' | Report | Zhekov 8' Mihaylov 9' Veselinov 58' |
Bulgaria finished the match with only eight players after having three players sent off. [6]
Hungary | 4–1 | Bulgaria |
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Menczel 40' A. Dunai 41', 49' Juhász 62' | Report 1 | Veselinov 22' |
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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.
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Hungary | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 11 | Gold medal | |
Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 8 | Silver medal | |
Japan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Bronze medal | |
4 | Mexico | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | Fourth place |
5 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
7 | France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | |
8 | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
9 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
11 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | |
12 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
13 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
14 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |
15 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |
16 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |
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