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Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Group D

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Group D of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 12 to 16 October 1964. The group consisted of Argentina, Ghana and Japan. The top two teams, Ghana 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 Hosts 26 May 1959 3rd 1956 Quarter-finals (1936)
 Ghana Africa Africa Group 2 winners 18 April 1964 1st — —
 Argentina South America CONMEBOL Round Robin winners 24 May 1964 3rd 1960 Silver medal (1928)
 Italy Europe Europe Group 4 winners 9 July 1964 8th 1960 Gold medal (1936)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 3 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Japan 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 2
3  Argentina 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
4  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: RSSSF

In the quarter-finals:

  • The winners of Group D, Ghana, advanced to play the runners-up of Group C, United Arab Republic.
  • The runners-up of Group D, Japan, advanced to play the winners of Group C, Czechoslovakia.

Matches

All times listed are local, JST (UTC+9).

Argentina vs Ghana

Argentina 1–1 Ghana
Report
Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium, YokohamaAttendance: 12,452Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
1 Agustín Cejas
2 Andrés Bertolotti
3 Otto Sesana
4 Horacio Moráles
5 Miguel Mori
6 Roberto Perfumo
8 José Malleo
9 Carlos Alberto Bulla
10 Néstor Manfredi
16 Antonio Cabrera
19 Miguel Tojo
Substitutions:
12 Miguel Marín
7 Ricardo Pérez
11 Héctor Ochoa
13 Juan Carlos Sconfianza
14 Emilio Pazos
15 Francisco Brandán
17 Juan Risso
18 Juan Carlos Domínguez
Manager:
Argentina Ernesto Duchini
1 Nii Dodoo Ankrah
2 Sam Acquah
3 Emmanuel Oblitey
4 Ben Acheampong
5 Charles Addo Odametey
7 Osei Kofi
8 Wilberforce Mfum
9 Edward Aggrey-Fynn
10 Edward Acquah
11 Kofi Pare
18 Mohammadu Salisu
Substitutions:
13 Addoquaye Laryea
6 Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah
12 Abdul Ramonu Gibirine
14 Kwame Atta
15 Gladstone Ofori
16 Samuel Okai
17 Joseph Agyemang-Gyau
19 Kofi Anoi
20 Frank Odoi
21 Joseph Adjei
Manager:
Ghana Charles Gyamfi

Assistant referees:
István Zsolt (Hungary)
Gregg de Silva (Malaysia)

Japan vs Argentina

Japan 3–2 Argentina
Report
Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, TokyoAttendance: 19,049Referee: Aleksandar Škorić (Yugoslavia)
21 Kenzo Yokoyama
2 Hiroshi Katayama
5 Yoshitada Yamaguchi
6 Ryozo Suzuki
8 Mitsuo Kamata
10 Aritatsu Ogi
12 Saburō Kawabuchi
13 Shigeo Yaegashi
15 Kunishige Kamamoto
16 Teruki Miyamoto
18 Ryūichi Sugiyama
Substitutions:
1 Tsukasa Hosaka
3 Masakatsu Miyamoto
4 Ryuzo Hiraki
7 Hisao Kami
9 Kiyoshi Tomizawa
11 Takaji Mori
17 Shozo Tsugitani
Manager:
Germany Dettmar Cramer
1 Agustín Cejas
2 Andrés Bertolotti
3 Otto Sesana
4 Horacio Moráles
5 Miguel Mori
6 Roberto Perfumo
10 Néstor Manfredi
11 Héctor Ochoa
16 Antonio Cabrera
17 Juan Risso
18 Juan Carlos Domínguez
Substitutions:
12 Miguel Marín
7 Ricardo Pérez
8 José Malleo
9 Carlos Alberto Bulla
13 Juan Carlos Sconfianza
14 Emilio Pazos
15 Francisco Brandán
19 Miguel Tojo
Manager:
Argentina Ernesto Duchini

Assistant referees:
Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
Ashgar Teherani (Iran)

Ghana vs Japan

Ghana 3–2 Japan
Report
Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, TokyoReferee: Cornel Niţescu (Romania)
1 Nii Dodoo Ankrah
2 Sam Acquah
3 Emmanuel Oblitey
5 Charles Addo Odametey
6 Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah
8 Wilberforce Mfum
9 Edward Aggrey-Fynn
10 Edward Acquah
11 Kofi Pare
16 Samuel Okai
17 Joseph Agyemang-Gyau
Substitutions:
13 Addoquaye Laryea
4 Ben Acheampong
7 Osei Kofi
12 Abdul Ramonu Gibirine
14 Kwame Atta
15 Gladstone Ofori
18 Mohammadu Salisu
19 Kofi Anoi
20 Frank Odoi
21 Joseph Adjei
Manager:
Ghana Charles Gyamfi
21 Kenzo Yokoyama
2 Hiroshi Katayama
5 Yoshitada Yamaguchi
6 Ryozo Suzuki
7 Hisao Kami
8 Mitsuo Kamata
10 Aritatsu Ogi
13 Shigeo Yaegashi
15 Kunishige Kamamoto
16 Teruki Miyamoto
18 Ryūichi Sugiyama
Substitutions:
1 Tsukasa Hosaka
3 Masakatsu Miyamoto
4 Ryuzo Hiraki
9 Kiyoshi Tomizawa
11 Takaji Mori
12 Saburō Kawabuchi
17 Shozo Tsugitani
Manager:
Germany Dettmar Cramer

Assistant referees:
Aleksandar Škorić (Croatia)
Gregg de Silva (Malaysia)

See also

Notes

  1. Italy withdrew prior to the final tournament.

References

  1. "Olympic Games 1964 » Group D". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. Reyes, Macario (23 February 2024). "XVIII. Olympiad Tokyo 1964 Football Tournament". RSSSF.
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