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.The U20 Didn't Convinced in the Final, But Had Beaten Mexico 3:1 Yoram Reiss, Davar, 18 July 1973, Historical Jewish Press

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.Only the Uruguayans Took Their Chances Zvi Koffmann, Ma'ariv, 20 July 1973, Historical Jewish Press

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 Team32102125321010353102213230032170

10 July 19732–1Sala Stadium, Ashkelon2–2Maccabi Ground, Hadera11 July 19738–0Hapoel Stadium, Dimona1–0Kiryat Bialik12 July 197311–0Hapoel Ground, Ra'anana7–1Sala Stadium, Ashkelon

Group B Team220052420112312011241

10 July 19731–1Karmiel11 July 19732–1Herzliya12 July 19733–1Maccabi Ground, Afula

Group C Team220041421013222002150

10 July 19732–1(Joseph Markus)Hapoel Ground, Ra'anana11 July 19732–0Napoleon Stadium, Acre12 July 19733–0 Karmiel

Group D Team220070420113412011391

10 July 19733–3Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona11 July 19731–0Municipal Stadium, Nazareth12 July 19736–0Maccabi Ground, Hadera

Classification round

9th-12th places play-off

5th-8th places play-off

Medals round

Semi-finals

3rd-4th place match

Final

Final ranking Team 1 5 4 1 0 28 3 +25 9 2 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 6 3 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 6 4 4 2 0 2 5 7 -2 4 5 5 4 1 0 14 4 10 9 6 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3 4 7 4 1 1 2 7 8 -1 3 8 4 0 1 3 6 12 -6 1 9 4 1 2 1 6 7 -1 4 10 4 1 0 3 2 6 -4 2 11 4 1 1 2 8 13 -5 3 12 5 1 1 3 8 21 -13 3 Eliminated at group stage 13 3 0 0 3 2 17 -15 0

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