Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Group B

Group B of the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 14 to 18 October 1968.[1][2] The group consisted of Brazil, Japan, Nigeria, Spain. The top two teams, Spain and Japan, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

Team Region Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance
 Japan Asia Asia Group 1 winners 10 October 1967 4th 1964 Quarter-finals (1936, 1964)
 Spain Europe Europe Group 4 winners 1 April 1968 4th 1928 Silver medal (1920)
 Brazil South America CONMEBOL final group winners 9 April 1968 4th 1964 Quarter-finals (1952)
 Nigeria Africa Africa Group 2 winners 4 May 1968 1st — —

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Japan 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
3  Brazil 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: FIFA

In the quarter-finals:

  • The winners of Group B, Spain, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, Mexico.
  • The runners-up of Group B, Japan, advanced to play the winners of Group A, France.

Matches

Spain vs Brazil

Spain 1–0 Brazil
  • Fernández 77'
 Report
Spain
Brazil
2 Pere Valentí Mora
3 Goyo Benito Yellow card 50'
4 Francisco Espíldora
6 Miguel Ángel Ochoa
7 Isidro Sala
8 Juan Manuel Asensi
11 Rafael Jaén
15 Juan Fernández
16 José Luis Garzón
17 Toni Grande downward-facing red arrow 68'
19 Fernando Ortuño
Substitutions:
1 Andrés Mendieta
5 José García
9 Javier Ciáurriz
10 José María Igartua
13 Crispi upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Uruguay José Santamaría
1 Getúlio
2 Miguel Ferreira
3 João Almeida
4 Jorge
5 Tião
6 José Dutra
7 Manoel Maria Red card 44'
8 China downward-facing red arrow 56'
9 Fernando Ferretti
10 Moreno
11 Toninho
Substitutions:
12 Raul Marcel
13 Cláudio Deodato
14 Plínio upward-facing green arrow 56'
15 Lauro de Mello
16 Fabio Mosquera
Manager:
Brazil Marão

Assistant referees:
George Lamptey (Ghana)
Wanchai Suvaree (Thailand)

Japan vs Nigeria

Japan 3–1 Nigeria
 Report
Referee: Ramón Mármol (El Salvador)
1 Kenzo Yokoyama
2 Hiroshi Katayama
3 Masakatsu Miyamoto
5 Mitsuo Kamata
8 Takaji Mori
9 Aritatsu Ogi
11 Shigeo Yaegashi downward-facing red arrow 78'
12 Teruki Miyamoto
15 Kunishige Kamamoto
16 Ikuo Matsumoto
17 Ryūichi Sugiyama
Substitutions:
18 Masahiro Hamazaki
4 Yoshitada Yamaguchi
6 Ryozo Suzuki
10 Eizo Yuguchi
14 Yasuyuki Kuwahara upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Japan Shunichiro Okano
1 Peter Fregene
2 Anthony Igwe
4 Sam Garba Yellow card
5 Segun Olumodeji
6 Samuel Opone
8 Paul Hamilton downward-facing red arrow 38'
10 Peter Anieke
11 Mohammed Lawal
14 Sebastian Brodrick
15 Clement Obojememe
18 Joseph Aghoghovbia downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
19 Yakubu Ibrahim
3 Augustine Ofuokwu
7 Muwiya Oshode
9 Kenneth Olayombo upward-facing green arrow 38'
16 Abdul Ganiyu Salami upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Hungary József Ember

Assistant referees:
Erwin Hieger (Austria)
Augusto Robles (Guatemala)

Spain vs Nigeria

Spain 3–0 Nigeria
 Report
Referee: Augusto Robles (Guatemala)
2 Pere Valentí Mora
3 Goyo Benito Yellow card
4 Francisco Espíldora
6 Miguel Ángel Ochoa
7 Isidro Sala
8 Juan Manuel Asensi downward-facing red arrow 73'
11 Rafael Jaén
15 Juan Fernández downward-facing red arrow 66'
16 José Luis Garzón
17 Toni Grande
19 Fernando Ortuño
Substitutions:
1 Andrés Mendieta
5 José García
9 Javier Ciáurriz
13 Crispi upward-facing green arrow 73'
18 Gerardo Ortega upward-facing green arrow 66'
Manager:
Uruguay José Santamaría
1 Peter Fregene
2 Anthony Igwe
3 Augustine Ofuokwu
4 Sam Garba
5 Segun Olumodeji
6 Samuel Opone
10 Peter Anieke Yellow card
11 Mohammed Lawal Yellow card
14 Sebastian Brodrick
15 Clement Obojememe
16 Abdul Ganiyu Salami
Substitutions:
19 Yakubu Ibrahim
8 Paul Hamilton
9 Kenneth Olayombo
12 Durajaiyef Adigun
18 Joseph Aghoghovbia
Manager:
Hungary József Ember

Assistant referees:
Erwin Hieger (Austria)
Abraham Klein (Israel)

Brazil vs Japan

Brazil 1–1 Japan
 Report
Referee: George Lamptey (Ghana)
1 Getúlio
2 Miguel Ferreira
3 João Almeida
5 Tião
6 José Dutra
9 Fernando Ferretti downward-facing red arrow 84'
10 Moreno
11 Toninho
13 Cláudio Deodato
14 Plínio
16 Fabio Mosquera
Substitutions:
12 Raul Marcel
4 Jorge
17 Arnaldo upward-facing green arrow 84'
18 Chance
Manager:
Brazil Marão
1 Kenzo Yokoyama
2 Hiroshi Katayama
4 Yoshitada Yamaguchi
5 Mitsuo Kamata
8 Takaji Mori
9 Aritatsu Ogi
12 Teruki Miyamoto
14 Yasuyuki Kuwahara downward-facing red arrow 45+1'
15 Kunishige Kamamoto
16 Ikuo Matsumoto downward-facing red arrow 81'
17 Ryūichi Sugiyama
Substitutions:
18 Masahiro Hamazaki
3 Masakatsu Miyamoto upward-facing green arrow 45+1'
6 Ryozo Suzuki
7 Kiyoshi Tomizawa
13 Masashi Watanabe upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Japan Shunichiro Okano

Assistant referees:
Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
Dimitar Rumentchev (Bulgaria)

Spain vs Japan

Spain 0–0 Japan
Report
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
1 Andrés Mendieta
3 Goyo Benito Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 73'
4 Francisco Espíldora
6 Miguel Ángel Ochoa
9 Javier Ciáurriz
10 José María Igartua
12 Ramón Alfonseda
13 Crispi
14 José Antonio Barrios Yellow card
17 Toni Grande
18 Gerardo Ortega
Substitutions:
2 Pere Valentí Mora
7 Isidro Sala upward-facing green arrow 73'
8 Juan Manuel Asensi
11 Rafael Jaén
16 José Luis Garzón
Manager:
Uruguay José Santamaría
1 Kenzo Yokoyama
2 Hiroshi Katayama
3 Masakatsu Miyamoto
4 Yoshitada Yamaguchi
5 Mitsuo Kamata
8 Takaji Mori
9 Aritatsu Ogi
12 Teruki Miyamoto downward-facing red arrow 73'
13 Masashi Watanabe
15 Kunishige Kamamoto
17 Ryūichi Sugiyama
Substitutions:
18 Masahiro Hamazaki
6 Ryozo Suzuki
10 Eizo Yuguchi
14 Yasuyuki Kuwahara
16 Ikuo Matsumoto
Manager:
Japan Shunichiro Okano

Assistant referees:
Milivoje Gugulović (Serbia)
István Zsolt (Hungary)

Brazil vs Nigeria

Brazil 3–3 Nigeria
 Report
Referee: George Lamptey (Ghana)
1 Getúlio
2 Miguel Ferreira
3 João Almeida Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 45+1'
5 Tião
6 José Dutra
9 Fernando Ferretti Red card 55'
11 Toninho
13 Cláudio Deodato
14 Plínio
16 Fabio Mosquera
18 Chance
Substitutions:
12 Raul Marcel
4 Jorge
10 Moreno
17 Arnaldo upward-facing green arrow 45+1'
Manager:
Brazil Marão
1 Peter Fregene
2 Anthony Igwe
5 Segun Olumodeji downward-facing red arrow 75'
6 Samuel Opone
7 Muwiya Oshode downward-facing red arrow 80'
9 Kenneth Olayombo Yellow card
10 Peter Anieke
11 Mohammed Lawal
14 Sebastian Brodrick
15 Clement Obojememe
17 Fred Aryee
Substitutions:
19 Yakubu Ibrahim
3 Augustine Ofuokwu Yellow card upward-facing green arrow 75'
12 Durajaiyef Adigun
13 Willy Andrews
16 Abdul Ganiyu Salami upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Hungary József Ember

Assistant referees:
Abraham Klein (Israel)
Wanchai Suvareev (Thailand)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Games 1968 » Group B". worldfootball.net. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ Jönsson, Mikael (3 November 1999). "Games of the XIX. Olympiad Football Tournament (Mexico City, Mexico, October 13 - 26, 1968)". RSSSF.
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