Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – final

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Summer Olympics – Men's Football Final
Event Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Date26 October 1968 (1968-10-26)
Venue Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee Diego Di Leo (Mexico)
Attendance75,000
1964
1972

The 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament gold medal match was the final match of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament, the 15th edition of Olympic competition for men's national football teams. The match was played at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico, on 26 October 1968, and was contested by Bulgaria and Hungary. [1]

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Description

The tournament comprised hosts Mexico, holders Hungary and twelve other teams who emerged victorious from the qualification phase, The 16 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, Bulgraia finished first in Group D with two wins (7–0 against Thailand, 2–1 against Guatemala) and one draw (2–2 against Czechoslovakia). They then beat Israel 1–1 after drawing of lots in the quarter-finals and hosts Mexico 3–2 in the semi-finals.

Hungary finished first in Group C with two wins, (4–0 against El Salvador, 2–0 against Israel) and one draw (2–2 against Ghana, defeating Guatemala 1–0 in the quarter-finals and Japan 5–0 in the semi-finals. The final took place in front of 75,000 spectators and was refereed by Diego Di Leo.

Bulgaria opened the scoring in the 20th minute through Tsvetan Veselinov until Hungary scored two goals by Iván Menczel and Antal Dunai in quick succession to take the lead towards the end of the first half. Straight afterwards, three Bulgaria players were sent off; Tsevtan Veselinov, Kiril Ivkov, and Atanas Mihaylov. The second half saw Hungary score another goal by Antal Dunai just four minutes in and was further topped with a fourth goal by István Juhász and towards the final minutes of the match he was sent off in the 85th minute. Hungary won the match 4–1 and the 1968 Olympic football tournament. [3]

Route to the final

Bulgaria

Bulgaria's route to the final
OpponentResult
1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 7–0
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2–2
3Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2–1
QFFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–1
SFFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3–2

Hungary

Hungary's route to the final
OpponentResult
1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 4–0
2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2–2
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2–0
QFFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1–0
SFFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 5–0

Match

Details

Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg 1–4 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  • Veselinov Soccerball shade.svg22'
Report
Azteca Stadium , Mexico City
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Diego Di Leo (Mexico)

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Bulgaria
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Hungary
1 Stoyan Yordanov
2 Atanas Gerov
3 Georgi Hristakiev
4 Milko Gaydarski
5 Kiril Ivkov Red card.svg 44'
6 Ivaylo Georgiev
7 Tsvetan Veselinov Red card.svg 43'
8 Evgeni Yanchovski Sub off.svg 54'
9 Petar Zhekov Yellow card.svg
10 Atanas Mihaylov Red card.svg 44'
13 Asparuh Nikodimov Sub off.svg 62'
Substitutions:
19 Todor Krastev
12 Kiril Stankov Sub on.svg 54'
14 Mihail Gyonin
15 Yancho Dimitrov
16 Georgi Tsvetkov Sub on.svg 62'
Manager:
Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg Georgi Berkov
1 Károly Fatér
2 Dezső Novák
3 Lajos Dunai
4 Miklós Páncsics
5 Iván Menczel
6 Lajos Szűcs
7 László Fazekas
10 Antal Dunai
11 László Nagy
14 Ernő Noskó
15 István Juhász Red card.svg 85'
Substitutions:
19 Zoltán Szarka
9 Lajos Kocsis
12 László Keglovich
16 Miklós Szalay
17 István Sárközi
Manager:
Flag of Hungary.svg Károly Lakat

Assistant referees:
Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Alfonso González (Mexico)

See also

References

  1. "Olympic Games 1968 » Final". worldfootball.net.
  2. Reyes, Macario. "XIX. Olympiad Mexico 1968 Football Tournament". RSSSF .
  3. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 288. ISBN   0140066322.