International football competition
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]
Qualification
Venues
Medalists
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Group B
Source: FIFA
Group C
Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.
Source: FIFA
Group D
Source: FIFA
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
Bulgaria finished the match with only eight players after having three players sent off.[6]
Statistics
Goalscorers
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.
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goals
Final ranking
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.
Source: Olympics
References
- ^ "Football at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 78. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
- ^ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 75. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
- ^ a b 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 79. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
- ^ "WorldReferee.com - referee - Augusto Robles Morán - bio". worldreferee.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 288. ISBN 0140066322.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
- Olympic Football Tournament Mexico City 1968, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary