Football at the 1973 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1973 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host country Israel
Dates 10 – 16 July
Teams 13
Venue(s) 16 (in 16 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Israel
Runners-up  Mexico
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 27
Goals scored 109 (4.04 per match)

Football at the 1973 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 10 July.

The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 13 countries participated. The competition was won by Israel, who was represented by its U-20 team.[1]

As part of the closing ceremony, an exhibition match was played between Israel and Uruguay, which ended with a 2–1 victory to the visitors.[2]

Format

The 13 teams were divided into four groups, one group of four and three groups of three, with 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 and the third-placed team qualified to the 9th-12th place play-off. The fourth-placed team in group A (which had four teams) was eliminated.

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 32102125
 Great Britain 32101035
 West Germany 31022132
 Peru 30032170
10 July 1973
West Germany 2–1 PeruSala Stadium, Ashkelon
Great Britain 2–2 IsraelMaccabi Ground, Hadera
11 July 1973
Israel 8–0 PeruHapoel Stadium, Dimona
Great Britain 1–0Kiryat Bialik
12 July 1973
Israel 11–0 West GermanyHapoel Ground, Ra'anana
Great Britain 7–1 PeruSala Stadium, Ashkelon

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 2200524
 Argentina 2011231
 Netherlands 2011241
10 July 1973
Netherlands 1–1 ArgentinaKarmiel
11 July 1973
South Africa 2–1 ArgentinaHerzliya
12 July 1973
South Africa 3–1 NetherlandsMaccabi Ground, Afula

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Brazil 2200414
 Denmark 2101322
 United States 2002150
10 July 1973
Brazil 2–1 United StatesHapoel Ground, Ra'anana
11 July 1973
Brazil 2–0 DenmarkNapoleon Stadium, Acre
12 July 1973
Denmark 3–0 United States Karmiel

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Mexico 2200704
 Chile 2011341
 Sweden 2011391
10 July 1973
Chile 3–3 SwedenMunicipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
11 July 1973
Mexico 1–0 ChileMunicipal Stadium, Nazareth
12 July 1973
Mexico 6–0 SwedenMaccabi Ground, Hadera

Classification round

9th-12th places play-off

Classification Semi-finals 9th/10th Match
15 July 1973, Ra'anana
  West Germany  3 (3)  
  Netherlands  3 (5)  
 
16 July 1973 , Petah Tikva
      Netherlands  1
    United States  0
11th/12th Match
15 July 1973, Ashdod 16 July 1973, Petah Tikva
  United States  1   West Germany  3
  Sweden  0     Sweden  5

5th-8th places play-off

Classification Semi-finals 5th/6th Match
15 July 1973, Ashkelon
  Great Britain  2  
  Argentina  0  
 
16 July 1973, Hadera
      Great Britain  2
    Denmark  1
7th/8th Match
15 July 1973, Petah Tikva 16 July 1973, Ra'anana
  Denmark  3   Argentina  5
  Chile  0     Chile  3

Medals round

Semi-finals

15 July 1973
Israel  4–0  South Africa
Masuari  2', 53', 77'
Peretz  84'		 Summary
Green Stadium, Nazareth Illit
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Yosef Bachar

15 July 1973
Brazil  1–2  Mexico
Zatraka  40' (pen.) Summary Marcado  20'
Siton
Maccabi Ground, Hadera
Referee: G. Cohen

3rd-4th place match

16 July 1973
South Africa  0–1  Brazil
Summary Nadelberg  55'
Vasermil Stadium, Be'er Sheva
Attendance: 700
Referee: Moshe Braun

Final

17 July 1973
Israel  3–1  Mexico
Ta-Shma  11' (pen.)
Masuari  38'
Peretz  50'		 Summary Yosef Cherem  34'
Yud-Alef Stadium, Ashdod
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Jack Taylor

Final ranking

R Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1  Israel 5 4 1 0 28 3 +25 9
2  Mexico 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3  Brazil 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 6
4  South Africa 4 2 0 2 5 7 -2 4
5  Great Britain 5 4 1 0 14 4 10 9
6  Denmark 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3 4
7  Argentina 4 1 1 2 7 8 -1 3
8  Chile 4 0 1 3 6 12 -6 1
9  Netherlands 4 1 2 1 6 7 -1 4
10  United States 4 1 0 3 2 6 -4 2
11  Sweden 4 1 1 2 8 13 -5 3
12  West Germany 5 1 1 3 8 21 -13 3
Eliminated at group stage
13  Peru 3 0 0 3 2 17 -15 0

References

  1. ↑ The U20 Didn't Convinced in the Final, But Had Beaten Mexico 3:1 Yoram Reiss, Davar, 18 July 1973, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Only the Uruguayans Took Their Chances Zvi Koffmann, Ma'ariv, 20 July 1973, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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