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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]
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) |
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 | 4–0 | Guinea |
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Pereda 70', 85' Pulido Rodríguez 86', 88' |
Report |
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 |
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 |
El Salvador | 1–1 | Ghana |
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Rodríguez 42' | Report | Kofi 55' |
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 | 2–2 | Czechoslovakia |
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Georgiev 44' Zhekov 77' |
Report | Jarabinský 25' Petráš 42' |
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 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 1–1 | Israel |
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Hristakiev 5' | Report | Feigenbaum 89' |
Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.
Bulgaria finished the match with only eight players after having three players sent off.[6]
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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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