The

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competition at the

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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

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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 23 October 1964. There was also three consolation matches played by losing quarter-finalists. The winner of these matches placed fifth in the tournament.

Qualification

Regional qualifying tournaments were held. A riot in Lima during the decisive

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–

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match resulted in 328 deaths. 16 teams qualified, and were divided into four groups: *''Group A'' (

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(which was ''de facto'' East Germany),

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) *''Group B'' (

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, ~~Korea D.P.R.~~) *''Group C'' (

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, United Arab Republic (Egypt),

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, Korea Rep.) *''Group D'' (

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) The two best teams of each group competed in the quarter-finals. Ultmately, the tournament was played two teams short: *Italy were disqualified as their team was not

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; Poland, who Italy had beaten to qualify, declined to take Italy's place due to a lack of preparation time. * North Korea withdrew from the entire Games before the Opening Ceremony after Japanese immigration officials refused six of their athletes entry.

Venues

Medalists

Note: Only players from the

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represented the joint Olympic team of

Squads

First round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

First Consolation Round

Played by losing quarter-finalists.

Consolation Final (5th place match)

Brackets

Goalscorers

With 12 goals, Ferenc Bene of Hungary is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 123 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. ;12 goals *

Ferenc Bene Ferenc Bene (17 December 1944 – 27 February 2006) was a Hungarian Association football, football player of Újpest FC, Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A Forwar ...

;8 goals * Ibrahim Riad ;6 goals *

Tibor Csernai Tibor Csernai (3 December 1938 – 11 September 2012) was a Hungarian footballer who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held ...

Cornel Pavlovici Cornel Pavlovici (2 April 1942 – 8 January 2013) was a Romanian association football, footballer who played as a striker. Death Pavlovici died on 8 January 2013. Career statistics *Total matches played in Romanian First League: 134 matches ...

;5 goals *

Ivan Mráz Ivan Mráz (born 24 May 1941) is a Czechoslovak former football player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Scored five goals in that Olympics Football Tournament. Besides Czechoslovakia, he has played in the Neth ...

Slaven Zambata Slaven Zambata (24 September 1940 – 29 October 2020) was a Croatian professional football player best known for his time at Dinamo Zagreb in the 1960s, for whom he appeared in 171 Yugoslav First League matches. He was also a Yugoslav interna ...

;4 goals *

Josef Vojta Josef Vojta (born 19 April 1935) is a former Czechoslovak football player. His youth football career started in Usti nad Labem. During his professional club career he played most of the time (1960–1968) for Sparta Prague in Czechoslovak Firs ...

Henning Frenzel Henning Frenzel (born 3 May 1942 in Geithain) is a German former footballer. Frenzel was active in East Germany, and spent his entire career with Lokomotive Leipzig (in its various guises), where he totalled 420 appearances and 152 goals, resp ...

Rudolf Belin Rudolf Belin (born 4 November 1942) is a Croatian retired football manager and player. Club career Belin started his career with Dinamo Zagreb in 1960, where he won the Yugoslav Cup three times and the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, beating the ...

* Ivica Osim ;3 goals *

Jan Brumovský Jan Brumovský (born 26 June 1937 in Levice) is a Czech former football forward who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He played in the Czechoslovak First League at club level for Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czecho ...

* Eberhard Vogel *

Hamoud Fulaiteh Edward Aggrey-Fynn (24 November 1934 – January 2005) was a Ghanaian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an interna ...

Rifaat El-Fanagily Rifaat El-Fanagily ( ar, رفعت الفناجيلي; 1 May 1936, in Damietta – 23 June 2004) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a midfielder for Al-Ahly. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and was part of the team that won ...

;2 goals *

Juan Carlos Domínguez Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (born 13 April 1971 in Íscar, Spain) is a former professional road racing cyclist. He was a professional rider from 1995 to 2006. In the 2006 Eneco Tour of Benelux he had a hematocrit above 50 before the sta ...

* Elizeu Antônio Ferreira Vinagre Godoy * Roberto Miranda *

Karel Lichtnégl Karel Lichtnégl (30 August 1936 – 15 January 2015

Vojtech Masný Vojtech Masný (born 8 July 1938) is a former Slovak football player. In Czechoslovak First League he appeared in 243 league matches and scored 71 goals. He played 9 matches and scored 3 goals for Czechoslovakia national football team. Masný ...

* Jürgen Nöldner *

Imre Komora Imre Komora (born 5 June 1940) is a former Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Budapest Honvéd FC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup. He also won a gold medal in ...

Ryuichi Sugiyama is a former Japanese Association football, football player and manager. He played for Japan national football team, Japan national team. Club career Sugiyama was born in Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka on July 4, 1941. After graduating from Meiji Univ ...

Carol Creiniceanu Carol Creiniceanu (1 February 1939 – 14 January 2012) was a Romanian association football player. He was part of the Romanian team that reached quarterfinals at the 1964 Summer Olympics. International career Carol Creiniceanu played three gam ...

* Ion Pârcălab *

Badawi Abdel Fattah Ali Mohamed Badawi Abdel Fattah ( ar, محمد بدوي عبد الفتاح, born 24 May 1935 – 6 December 2007) is an Egyptian former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Egyptian national team. He took part in the 1962 Africa Cup o ...

;1 goal * Carlos Alberto Bulla *

Zé Roberto José Roberto da Silva Júnior (born 6 July 1974), commonly known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back or as a midfielder. Currently, he is a technical advisor to Palmeiras, acting directly ...

* Anton Urban * František Valošek * Ľudovít Cvetler *

Bernd Bauchspieß Bernd Bauchspieß (born 10 October 1939) is a former East German football player. He played 264 matches in the East German top division and scored 120 goals. Only 8 players scored more in the history of the Oberliga. Bauchspieß won one cap ...

* Hermann Stöcker *

Wolfgang Barthels Wolfgang Barthels (born 23 November 1940 in Marienburg) is a former German footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footba ...

Edward Acquah Edward Kobina Acquah (23 July 1935 – 5 October 2011) was a Ghanaian footballer who played as a forward. He competed for the Ghana national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also scored four goals for Ghana in the 1963 African Cup of ...

* Gyau Agyemang * Sam Acquah * Wilberforce Mfum *

János Farkas János Farkas (27 March 1942 in Budapest – 29 September 1989 in Budapest) was a Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Vasas SC. He earned 33 caps and scored 20 goals for the Hungary national football team from 1961 ...

* Karam Ali Nirlou *

Aritatsu Ogi is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Ogi was born in Hiroshima on December 10, 1942. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined his local club Toyo Industries in 1965. The club won the ch ...

Kunishige Kamamoto is a former Japanese football player, manager and politician. He won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals, and is the all-time leading ...

* Saburo Kawabuchi *

Shigeo Yaegashi was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Club career Yaegashi was born in Daejeon, Japan on March 24, 1933, but raised in Hanamaki. After playing at Chuo University, he moved to Waseda University. After g ...

Javier Fragoso Javier Gonzalo Fragoso Rodríguez (19 April 1942 – 28 December 2014) was a Mexican football player and manager. Club career Born in Mexico City in 1942, he was a forward for Club América, for whom he made his debut in 1962. International ...

José Luis González Dávila José Luis González "La Calaca" Dávila (September 14, 1942 – September 8, 1995) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a forward and was a two time Olympian. Career At club level, Gonzalez captained Pumas and Deportivo T ...

Ali Bouachra Ali Bouachra ( ar, علي بوعشرة, born 8 September 1940) is a Moroccan footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an inte ...

* Ion Ionescu *

Gheorghe Constantin Gheorghe Constantin (14 December 1932 – 9 March 2010) was a Romanian former footballer and coach. Known as ''The Professor'', he was a symbol of Steaua București. Club career Constantin made his debut for Unirea Tricolor's youth team, and sh ...

Lee Yi-Woo Lee Yi-woo (born 18 February 1941) is a South Korean former footballer who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 ...

Aly Etman Ali Kamal Etman (6 June 1941 – 18 June 2020) was an Egyptian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, America ...

* Kalil Shanin * Mahmoud Hassan *

Raafat Attia Raafat Attia ( ar, رأفت عطية, 6 February 1934 – 21 July 1978) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a forward for Al Ittihad Alexandria and Zamalek. He also managed Saudi Arabian club Al-Wehda in 1976. He also played for the ...

* Seddik Mohamed *

Spasoje Samardžić Spasoje "Paja" Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Спасоје Паја Самарџић; born 20 May 1942) is a Serbian retired football winger and manager. Playing career International With two games for the young team (1959) and one for the ...

;Own goal * Vladimír Weiss (playing against Hungary)

Final ranking

References

External links

Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 1964
FIFA.com

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