Association football at the 1964 Summer Olympics information
Association football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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)
← 1960
1968 →
International football competition
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.[1]
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Global Information
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
United Team of Germany
United Arab Republic