Association Football At The 1964 Summer Olympics
The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on 11 October and ended on 23 October.
Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. The tournament features 14 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The 14 teams are drawn into two groups of four and two groups of three 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 Olympic Stadium on 23 October 1964. There was also three consolation matches played by losing quarter-finalists. The winner of these matches placed fifth in the tournament.
 Football at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 11–23 October 1964 |
| Teams | 14 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hungary |
| Runners-up |  Czechoslovakia |
| Third place |  United Team of Germany |
| Fourth place |  United Arab Republic |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Goals scored | 123 (4.24 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ferenc Bene (12 goals) |
Qualification
Regional qualifying tournaments were held. During the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament among South American national teams, a riot in Lima during the decisive Peru–Argentina match, after Peru's equalizing goal in the last minutes was disallowed by the referee, resulted in 328 deaths, which was considered the worst football disaster in history. Due to the riot, further CONMEBOL matches were not played that year, except for a playoff between Brazil and Peru (won by Brazil), and Argentina qualified instead of Peru.
16 teams qualified, and were divided into four groups:
- Group A (United Team of Germany (which was de facto East Germany), Romania, Mexico, Iran)
- Group B (Hungary, Yugoslavia, Morocco,
Korea D.P.R.) - Group C (Czechoslovakia, United Arab Republic (Egypt), Brazil, Korea Rep.)
- Group D (Japan, Ghana, Argentina,
Italy)
The two best teams of each group competed in the quarter-finals.
Ultimately, the tournament was played two teams short:
- Italy were disqualified as their team was not amateur; Poland, who Italy had beaten to qualify, declined to take Italy's place due to a lack of preparation time.
- North Korea withdrew from the entire Games before the Opening Ceremony after Japanese immigration officials refused six of their athletes entry.
Venues
| Tokyo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Chichibu Football Field (1) | National Olympic Stadium (2) | Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium (3) | |
| Capacity: 17,569 | Capacity: 71,556 | Capacity: 20,780 | |
 |  |  | |
| Saitama |    45km 30miles  4 1 3 2 5   | ||
| Ōmiya Football Field (4) | |||
| Capacity: 14,392 | |||
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| Yokohama | |||
| Mitsuzawa Football Field (5) | |||
| Capacity: 10,102 | |||
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Medalists
Note: Only players from the East Germany represented the joint Olympic team of United Team of Germany.
Squads
First round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Team of Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
 Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
 Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
 Iran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| United Team of Germany | 4–0 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
Bauchspieß  7'Vogel 20', 63'Frenzel 44' | Report |
| Iran | 1–1 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Nayyerloo 59' | Report | González Dávila 54' |
| United Team of Germany | 1–1 | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| Frenzel 22' | Report | Pavlovici 27' |
| United Team of Germany | 2–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Barthels 37' Nöldner 66' | Report |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 4 |
 Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 2 |
 Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
 North Korea | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Notes:
| Hungary | 6–5 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Csernai 5', 11', 44', 63' (pen.) Farkas 18'Bene 25' (pen.) | Report | Osim 1', 82' Belin 12', 35'Zambata 31' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 |
| United Arab Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 3 |
 Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
 South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
| Brazil | 1–1 | United Arab Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto 10' | Report | Shanin 88' |
| Czechoslovakia | 6–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Lichtnégl 25' Vojta 26'Mráz 32', 68'Masný 43', 71' | Report | Lee Yi-woo 59' |
| Czechoslovakia | 5–1 | United Arab Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Vojta 5', 27' Urban 36'Mráz 83'Cvetler 84' | Report | Riad 53' |
| Brazil | 4–0 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Zé Roberto 30' Elizeu 44', 54'Roberto 73' | Report |
| United Arab Republic | 10–0 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Riad 14', 17', 40', 48', 72', 77' Mohamed 50'El-Fanagily 61'Etman 66'Hassan 78' | Report |
| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Valošek 77' | Report |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ghana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
 Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
 Argentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
 Italy | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
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