Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Host countryMexico
Dates13–26 October 1968
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue4 (in 4 host cities)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Mexico |
| Dates | 13–26 October 1968 |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue | 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 | 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]
Venues
| Mexico City | Puebla | Guadalajara | León | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Azteca | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio León | |
| Capacity: 104,000[2] | Capacity: 35,563[3] | Capacity: 31,891[4] | Capacity: 23,609[4] | |
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Medalists
Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| France | 3–1 | Guinea |
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Referee: Milivoje Gugulovic (Yugoslavia)
| France | 4–1 | Mexico |
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Referee: Erwin Hieger (Peru)
| Colombia | 2–1 | France |
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Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: FIFA
| Japan | 3–1 | Nigeria |
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Referee: Ramón Mármol (El Salvador)
Group C
Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: FIFA
| Hungary | 4–0 | El Salvador |
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Referee: Diego Di Leo (Mexico)
| Israel | 5–3 | Ghana |
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Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
| Israel | 3–1 | El Salvador |
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Referee: Shakibudeen Thompson (Nigeria)
| El Salvador | 1–1 | Ghana |
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Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: FIFA
| Guatemala | 1–0 | Czechoslovakia |
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Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
| Bulgaria | 2–2 | Czechoslovakia |
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Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico)
| Guatemala | 4–1 | Thailand |
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Referee: Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea)
| Bulgaria | 2–1 | Guatemala |
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Referee: Raúl Osorio (Mexico)
| Czechoslovakia | 8–0 | Thailand |
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Referee: Felipe Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico)
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 20 October – Puebla | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 October – Guadalajara | ||||||||||
 Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 October – Leon | ||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 3 | |||||||||
| Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
| 26 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
| Israel | 1 | |||||||||
| Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 October – Guadalajara | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 4 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 1 | |||||||||
| 22 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
| Guatemala | 0 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 5 | |||||||||
| 20 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| 24 October – Mexico City | ||||||||||
| France | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Mexico | 2–0 | Spain |
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Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
| Bulgaria | 1–1 | Israel |
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Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
Semi-finals
| Mexico | 2–3 | Bulgaria |
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Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
