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Football At The 1964 Summer Olympics
The Association football, 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 National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958), 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. Qualification Regional qualifying tournaments were held. During the 1964 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament among South American national teams, a Estadio Nacional disaster, riot in Lima during the decisive Peru nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Bene
Ferenc Bene (17 December 1944 – 27 February 2006) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a striker for Újpest and Hungary. He was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, in which he was the top scorer of the tournament with 12 goals in just 5 matches. He is the sixth most prolific goalscorer in total matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with over 1425 goals scored in over 1480 matches, which results in a goal-per-match ratio of almost one. Bene was a successful striker for Újpesti Dózsa (303 goals in 418 matches) and the Hungary national team (36 goals in 76 matches). He was named Hungarian player of the year twice, in 1964 and in 1969. Club career Early career Ferenc Bene was born on 17 December 1944 in Balatonújlak. He began to play football in 1958 in the youth ranks of ''MEDOSZ Marcali''. Bene made his senior league debut for Dózsa in a fixture against Somogyszob in June 1959 at 14, scoring once. Just two months lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco National Football Team
The Morocco national football team (Arabic: المنتخب المغربي لكرة القدم) represents Morocco in men's international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Morocco. One of Africa's most successful national football teams, Morocco won the 1976 African Cup of Nations, two African Nations Championships, and a FIFA Arab Cup while participating in the FIFA World Cup six times. In 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1986, they made history as the first African team to top a World Cup group and advance to the 1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage, knockout stage, where they lost 1–0 to Germany national football team, West Germany. Thirty-six years later, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Morocco once again defied expectations, topping a group that included Croatia national football team, Croatia, Canada national men's soccer team, Canada and Belgium national football team, Belgium. They then went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the first edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in Mexico, from 16 and 20 March 1964. Host nation, Mexico, won the tournament and qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics as the sole representative of CONCACAF. Qualification Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :1 Only final tournament. Venue Mexico City hosted the tournament. Squads Final round ---- ---- Statistics Goalscorers Qualified team for Summer Olympics The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics. :2 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year. References {{CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification 1964 Events January * January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
The Men's European Football Qualifiers for the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two stages, the first single elimination tournament and then group stage. RSSSF
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Football At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
The Asian section of the Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification, 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Japan, for national teams that are members of Asia. Format Five to six teams played home-and-away knockout matches over Two-legged tie, two legs each in three groups. The three winners of each group qualified for the Summer Olympics. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Qualified teams The following three teams from Asia qualified for the final tournament. Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's Asian Qualifiers Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers, Football qualification for the 1964 Summer Olympics, Asia Football at the Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers, 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Men's African Qualifiers saw three teams qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's African Qualifiers Africa 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DIY, and hobbyist. History Historically, the amateur was considered to be the ideal balance between pure intent, open mind, and the interest or passion for a subject. That ideology spanned many different fields of interest. It may have its roots in the ancient Greek philosophy of Amateur sports, amateur athletes competing in the Olympic Games, Olympics. The ancient Greek citizens spent most of their time in other pursuits, but competed according to their natural talents and abilities. The "gentleman amateur" was a phenomenon among the gentry of United Kingdom, Great Britain from the 17th century until the 20th century. With the start of the Age of Enlightenment, Age of Reason, with people thinking more about how the world works around th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy National Football Team
The Italy national football team () has represented Italy in men's international Association football, football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy, which is a co-founder and member of UEFA. Italy's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Italy, and its primary Training ground (association football), training ground and technical headquarters, Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, is located in Florence. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won four FIFA World Cup, World Cup titles (1934 FIFA World Cup, 1934, 1938 FIFA World Cup, 1938, 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1982, 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006), reaching two more finals (1970 FIFA World Cup, 1970, 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994), and finishing third place in 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1990 and fourth in 1978 FIFA World Cup, 1978. Italy also won two UEFA European Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana National Football Team
The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international Association football, football. The team is named the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. It is governed by the Ghana Football Association, the governing body for football in Ghana. Prior to 1957, it played as the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast. Ghana qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006. The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (1963 African Cup of Nations, 1963, 1965 African Cup of Nations, 1965, 1978 African Cup of Nations, 1978, and 1982 African Cup of Nations, 1982), while finishing as runners-up five times (1968 African Cup of Nations, 1968, 1970 African Cup of Nations, 1970, 1992 African Cup of Nations, 1992, 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, 2010, and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, 2015). They have also qualified for the African Nations Championship, CHAN four times, finishing as runners-up twice (2009 African Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan National Football Team
The , also known by the nickname , represents Japan in men's international Association football, football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan. Prior to the late 1980s, Japan's national football team was largely amateur, with the sport less popular domestically than Baseball in Japan, baseball or sumo. Since the early 1990s, following the full professionalization of the sport, Japan has emerged as one of Asia's leading teams. The national team has qualified for every FIFA World Cup since 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1998 (including an automatic berth as co-hosts of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002 tournament alongside South Korea national football team, South Korea), advancing to the knockout stage in 2002, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018, and 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022. Japan has also won a record four AFC Asian Cup, Asian Cup titles, in 1992 AFC Asian Cup, 1992, 2000 AFC Asian Cup, 2000, 2004 AFC Asian Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea National Football Team
The South Korea national football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international Association football, football and is governed by the Korea Football Association, a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia since the 1980s, having participated in ten consecutive and eleven overall FIFA World Cup tournaments, the most for any Asian country. Despite initially going through five World Cup tournaments without winning a match, South Korea became the first (and so far only) Asian team to reach the semi-finals when they co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002 tournament with Japan. South Korea also has won two AFC Asian Cup titles, and finished as runners-up on four occasions. Furthermore, the team won three gold medals and three silver medals at the senior Football at the Asian Games, Asian Games. The team is commonly nicknamed the "Reds" by both fans and the media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil National Football Team
The Brazil national football team (), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' ("Canary Squad", after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (), the governing body of football in Brazil. It has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916. It was also a member of Panamerican Championship#Panamerican Football Confederation, PFC, the unified confederation of the Americas from 1946 to 1961. Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, being crowned winner five times: 1958 FIFA World Cup, 1958, 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962, 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1970, 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002. The ''Seleção'' also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition, both in proportional and absolute terms, with a record of 76 victories in 114 matches played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
