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]
Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.
Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.
Bulgaria finished the match with only eight players after having three players sent off.[6]
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.
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Ivaylo Georgiev Mihail Gyonin Georgi Hristakiev Kiril Ivkov Ivan Zafirov
Alfonso Jaramillo Fabio Mosquera Gustavo Santa Javier Tamayo
Miloš Herbst Jozef Jarabinský Mikuláš Krnáč Jiří Večerek
Juan Ramón Martínez Pipo Rodríguez
Gérard Hallet Daniel Horlaville Daniel Perrigaud
Gbadamosi Amosa Osei Kofi Ibrahim Sunday Sammy Stevens Sampene
Jorge Roldán David Stokes
Maxime Camara N'Dongo Camara
László Fazekas István Juhász István Sárközi
Shraga Bar Mordechai Spiegler Rachamim Talbi
Luis Estrada Cesáreo Victorino
Peter Anieke Samuel Okoye
Juan Fernández Vilela Fernando Ortuño
Udomsilp Sornbutnark Humberto Medina (playing against France) Segun Olumodeji (playing against Brazil)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.
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