Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	13–26 October
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runners-up	Bulgaria
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	116 (3.63 per match)

1968 Football at the Summer Olympics was held in Mexico from 13 to 26 October.

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	4
Mexico	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Colombia	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	2
Guinea	3	1	0	2	4	9	-5	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Japan	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Brazil	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	4	9	-5	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
Israel	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	4
Ghana	3	0	2	1	6	8	-2	2
El Salvador	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	1

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	5
Guatemala	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	3
Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	19	-18	0

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
									Third place

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