The 1968

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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

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. 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

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on 26 October 1968. This was the first time an Asian team won a medal,

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claiming bronze.

Qualification

Venues

Medalists

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

''Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.'' ---- ----

Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

Bulgaria finished the match with only eight players after having three players sent off.

Statistics

Goalscorers

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;6 goals *

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;4 goals *

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* Lajos Szűcs *

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;3 goals *

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* Pulido Rodríguez * Vicente Pereda ;2 goals *

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* Pavel Stratil * Marc-Kanyan Case *

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* López Oliva *

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* Camara Fode Bouya *

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* Albino Morales * Kenneth Olayombo *

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;1 goal * Sebastião Carlos da Silva *

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* Ivan Zafirov * Ivaylo Georgiev *

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* Mihail Gyonin * Alfonso Jaramillo * Fabio Mosquera * Gustavo Santa * Tamayo Hoyos * Jiří Večerek * Jozef Jarabinský *

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* Miloš Herbst * Juan Ramón Martínez *

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* Daniel Perrigaud * Gérard Hallet * Gbadamosi Amosa *

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* Sammy Stevens Sampene * David Stokes *

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* Camara Mamadou Maxim * Camara Mamadouba Ndongo * István Juhász * István Sárközi *

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* Luis Estrada * Peter Anieke *

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* Fernando Ortuño * Juan Fernández Vilela * Udomsilp Sornbutnark ;Own goals * Humberto Medina (playing against France) * Segun Olumodeji (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking

References

External links

Olympic Football Tournament Mexico City 1968
FIFA.com

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