Football at the 1969 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1969 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host country Israel
Dates 29 July – 5 August
Teams 14
Venue(s) 12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Israel
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Great Britain
Fourth place  Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played 26
Goals scored 83 (3.19 per match)

Football at the 1969 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 29 July.

The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 14 countries participated. The competition was won by Israel.[1]

As part of the closing ceremony, an exhibition match was played between Israel and River Plate, which ended goalless.[2]

Format

The 14 teams were divided into four groups, two groups of four and two of three. Each team playing the others once. The top team from each group qualified to the semi-finals, while the second-placed team qualified to the 5th-8th place play-off. The other teams in each group were eliminated.

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 3210815
 Brazil 3111253
 France 3102452
 Italy 3021142
29 July 1969
Israel 1–1 BrazilMaccabi Ground, Hadera
France 3–0 ItalyHapoel Ground, Kfar Saba
30 July 1969
Brazil 1–0 FranceMunicipal Stadium, Bat Yam
Italy 0–0 IsraelMunicipal Stadium, Ashdod
1 August 1969
Italy 1–1 BrazilHapoel Ground, Ra'anana
Israel 4–1 FranceMunicipal Stadium, Ness Ziona

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Great Britain 3201934
 West Germany 3201754
 Chile 3111553
 Sweden 30124121
29 July 1969
Great Britain 3–0 West GermanyMunicipal Stadium, Ness Ziona
Sweden 2–2 ChileMunicipal Stadium, Tiberias
30 July 1969
West Germany 2–0 ChileMaccabi Ground, Hadera
Great Britain 5–0 SwedenHapoel Ground, Kfar Saba
1 August 1969
West Germany 5–2 SwedenHapoel Ground, Kfar Saba
Chile 3–1 Great BritainMaccabi Ground, Hadera

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Denmark 2200414
 Mexico 2101232
 Netherlands 2002020
29 July 1969
Mexico 1–0 NetherlandsHapoel Ground, Ra'anana
30 July 1969
Denmark 3–1 MexicoMunicipal Stadium, Ness Ziona
1 August 1969
Denmark 1–0 Netherlands Municipal Stadium, Bat Yam

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Argentina 2200604
 Peru 2101642
 United States 2002190
29 July 1969
Argentina 3–0 PeruMunicipal Stadium, Bat Yam
30 July 1969
Argentina 3–0 United StatesMunicipal Stadium, Nazareth
1 August 1969
Peru 6–1 United StatesSala Stadium, Ashkelon

Knockout round

5th-8th places play-off

Semi-finals

3 August 1969
Brazil  0–0  Mexico
Summary
  Penalties  
1–3
Municipal Stadium, Ness Ziona
Referee: Emile Prohaski

3 August 1969
West Germany  1–0  Peru
Efroni  12' Summary
Hapoel Ground, Ra'anana
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yosefson

7th-8th place match

4 August 1969
Brazil  5–2  Peru
Rosenthal  7'
Roberto  20'
Meirson  21'
Hino  48', 86'
Summary Geller  16'
Rolf  44' (pen.)
Municipal Stadium, Ness Ziona
Attendance: 200
Referee: Isaac Cohen

5th-6th place match

4 August 1969
Mexico  1–0  West Germany
Ballas  70' Summary

Championship play-off

Semi-finals

3 August 1969
Israel  4–1  Denmark
Rubinstein  33', 39'
Asayag  40'
Damti  89'
Summary Abutbul  51' (pen.)
Municipal Stadium, Safed
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Schwalb

3 August 1969
Great Britain  0–1  Argentina
Summary Gold  13'
Hapoel Ground, Nahariya
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Yosipovich

3rd-4th place match

4 August 1969
Denmark  2–6  Great Britain
Lazar  4'
Gibori  19'
Summary Taylor  13', 17', 67', 70'
Avramson  78', 80'
Hapoel Ground, Kfar Saba
Attendance: 400
Referee: Aharon Shoshani

Final

5 August 1969
Israel  1–0  Argentina
Rubinstein  65' Summary
Vasermil Stadium, Be'er Sheva
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Jack Taylor

Final ranking

R Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1  Israel 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2  Argentina 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 6
3  Great Britain 5 3 0 2 15 6 +9 6
4  Denmark 4 2 0 2 7 11 -4 4
5  Mexico 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 5
6  West Germany 5 3 0 2 8 6 +2 6
7  Brazil 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 6
8  Peru 4 1 0 3 8 10 -2 2
Eliminated at group stage
9  Chile 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
10  France 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 2
11  Italy 3 0 2 1 1 4 -3 1
12  Sweden 3 0 1 2 4 12 -8 1
13  Netherlands 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0
14  United States 2 0 0 2 1 9 -8 0

References

  1. A Lone Goal Gave Israel a Victory in the Final Over Argentina Ma'ariv, 6 August 1969, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. A Routine Ceremony at the Closing of the 8th Maccabiah Ma'ariv, 8 August 1969, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)


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