The knockout stage of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament was the second and final stage of the competition, following the first round. Played from 18 to 23 October, the knockout stage ended with the final held at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The top two team from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. There were eleven matches in the knockout stage, including play-offs played between the losing teams of the quarter-finals and semi-finals for extra allocated finishing positions.
Format The knockout stage of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament was contested between eight teams that qualified from the first round. Matches in the knockout stage were played to a finish. If the score of a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of playing time, extra time was played. If, after two periods of 15 minutes, the scores were still tied, the match was decided by lots.
Qualified teams The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
Group Winners Runners-up A B C D
Bracket The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.
Quarter-finals
Yugoslavia vs United Team of Germany
1 Ivan Ćurković 3 Svetozar Vujović 4 Rudolf Belin 5 Milan Čop 6 Jovan Miladinović 8 Slaven Zambata 9 Ivica Osim 11Dragan Džajić 13Živorad Jevtić 14Lazar Radović 18Silvester TakačSubstitutions: 12Zlatko Škorić 2 Mirsad Fazlagić 7 Spasoje Samardžić 10Lazar Lemić 15Marijan Brnčić 16Đorđe Pavlić 17Josip PirmajerManager: Ljubomir Lovrić 1 Jürgen Heinsch 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 3 Manfred Walter 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 9 Gerhard Körner 11Dieter Engelhardt 13Bernd Bauchspieß 14Henning Frenzel 15Otto Fräßdorf 18Eberhard VogelSubstitutions: 20 Horst Weigang 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 8 Peter Rock 10 Wolfgang Barthels 12 Gerd Backhaus 16 Nikola Parchanov 17 Klaus Lisiewicz 19 Hermann StöckerManager: Károly Sós
Assistant referees: Ashgar Teherani (Iran) Salih Mohamed Boukkili (Morocco)
Romania vs Hungary
1 Ilie Datcu 2 Ilie Greavu 3 Ion Nunweiller 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 6 Dan Coe 8 Gheorghe Constantin 9 Ion Ionescu 11Carol Creiniceanu 15Emil Petru 16Nicolae Georgescu 17Ion PârcălabSubstitutions: 12Marin Andrei 20Stere Adamache 5Emerich Jenei 7Sorin Avram 10Constantin Koszka 13Mircea Petescu 14Dumitru Ivan 18Emil Dumitriu 19Cornel PavloviciManager: Silviu Ploeșteanu 1 Antal Szentmihályi 2 Tibor Csernai 3 Dezső Novák 5 Árpád Orbán 6 Kálmán Ihász 8 Károly Palotai 11Imre Komora 13Ferenc Bene 15János Farkas 16Sándor Katona 18Ferenc NógrádiSubstitutions: 19József Gelei 4 Benő Káposzta 7 Gusztáv Szepesi 9 István Nagy 10György Nagy 12Zoltán Varga 14Antal Dunai 17Pál OroszManager: Lajos Baróti
Assistant referees: Duk Chun-kim (South Korea) Yozo Yokoyama (Japan)
Czechoslovakia vs Japan
1 František Schmucker 2 Anton Urban 3 Vladimír Weiss 4 Zdeněk Pičman 5 Josef Vojta 6 Ján Geleta 8 Ivan Mráz 9 Karel Lichtnégl 10Vojtech Masný 11František Valošek 16Jan BrumovskýSubstitutions: 21Anton Švajlen 7 Ľudovít Cvetler 12Karel Knesl 13Štefan Matlák 14Karel Nepomucký 15František KnebortManager: Rudolf Vytlačil 21Kenzo Yokoyama 2 Hiroshi Katayama 5 Yoshitada Yamaguchi 6 Ryozo Suzuki 8 Mitsuo Kamata 10Aritatsu Ogi 12Saburō Kawabuchi 13Shigeo Yaegashi 14Masashi Watanabe 15Kunishige Kamamoto 16Teruki MiyamotoSubstitutions: 1 Tsukasa Hosaka 3 Masakatsu Miyamoto 4 Ryuzo Hiraki 7 Hisao Kami 9 Kiyoshi Tomizawa 11Takaji Mori 17Shozo Tsugitani 18Ryūichi SugiyamaManager: Dettmar Cramer
Assistant referees: Miguel Comesaña (Argentina) Mahmoud Hussein Imam (United Arab Republic)
United Arab Republic vs Ghana
2 Ahmed Reda 3 Moustafa Reyadh 7 Amin El-Esnawi 8 Ahmed Mostafa 9 Mimi Darwish 12Rifaat El-Fanagily 13Mahmoud Hassan 15Mimi El-Sherbini 16Taha Ismail 18Ali Kamal Etman 19Badawi Abdel FattahSubstitutions: 1 Fathi Khorshid 4 Nabil Nosair 5 Mohamed Seddik 6 Khalil Shahin 10Yakan Hussein 11Raafat Attia 14Farouk Mahmoud 17Samir Qotb 20Sayed El-TabbakhManager: Josef Vandler 1 Nii Dodoo Ankrah 2 Sam Acquah 3 Emmanuel Oblitey 4 Ben Acheampong 5 Charles Addo Odametey 6 Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah 8 Wilberforce Mfum 9 Edward Aggrey-Fynn 11Kofi Pare 17Joseph Agyemang-Gyau 18Mohammadu SalisuSubstitutions: 13Addoquaye Laryea 7 Osei Kofi 10Edward Acquah 12Abdul Ramonu Gibirine 14Kwame Atta 15Gladstone Ofori 16Samuel Okai 19Kofi Anoi 20Frank Odoi 21Joseph AdjeiManager: Charles Gyamfi
Assistant referees: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia) Rafael Valenzuela (Mexico)
Semi-finals
Czechoslovakia vs United Team of Germany
1 František Schmucker 2 Anton Urban 3 Vladimír Weiss 5 Josef Vojta 6 Ján Geleta 8 Ivan Mráz 9 Karel Lichtnégl 10Vojtech Masný 11František Valošek 12Karel Knesl 16Jan BrumovskýSubstitutions: 21Anton Švajlen 4 Zdeněk Pičman 7 Ľudovít Cvetler 13Štefan Matlák 14Karel Nepomucký 15František KnebortManager: Rudolf Vytlačil 1 Jürgen Heinsch 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 3 Manfred Walter 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 9 Gerhard Körner 14Henning Frenzel 15Otto Fräßdorf 16 Nikola Parchanov 18Eberhard Vogel 19 Hermann StöckerSubstitutions: 20 Horst Weigang 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 8 Peter Rock 10 Wolfgang Barthels 11Dieter Engelhardt 12 Gerd Backhaus 13Bernd Bauchspieß 17 Klaus LisiewiczManager: Károly Sós
Assistant referees: Rafael Valenzuela (Mexico) John Stanley Wontumi (Ghana)
Hungary vs United Arab Republic
1 Antal Szentmihályi 2 Tibor Csernai 3 Dezső Novák 5 Árpád Orbán 6 Kálmán Ihász 8 Károly Palotai 11Imre Komora 13Ferenc Bene 15János Farkas 16Sándor Katona 18Ferenc NógrádiSubstitutions: 19József Gelei 4 Benő Káposzta 7 Gusztáv Szepesi 9 István Nagy 10György Nagy 12Zoltán Varga 14Antal Dunai 17Pál OroszManager: Lajos Baróti 2 Ahmed Reda 3 Moustafa Reyadh 6 Khalil Shahin 7 Amin El-Esnawi 8 Ahmed Mostafa 9 Mimi Darwish 12Rifaat El-Fanagily 13Mahmoud Hassan 15Mimi El-Sherbini 18Ali Kamal Etman 19Badawi Abdel FattahSubstitutions: 1 Fathi Khorshid 4 Nabil Nosair 5 Mohamed Seddik 10Yakan Hussein 11Raafat Attia 14Farouk Mahmoud 16Taha Ismail 17Samir Qotb 20Sayed El-TabbakhManager: Josef Vandler
Assistant referees: Genichi Fukushima (Japan) Sumio Hayakawa (Japan)
First consolation round
Japan vs Yugoslavia
21Kenzo Yokoyama 2 Hiroshi Katayama 3 Masakatsu Miyamoto 5 Yoshitada Yamaguchi 6 Ryozo Suzuki 8 Mitsuo Kamata 10Aritatsu Ogi 12Saburō Kawabuchi 13Shigeo Yaegashi 15Kunishige Kamamoto 18Ryūichi SugiyamaSubstitutions: 1 Tsukasa Hosaka 4 Ryuzo Hiraki 7 Hisao Kami 9 Kiyoshi Tomizawa 11Takaji Mori 14Masashi Watanabe 16Teruki Miyamoto 17Shozo TsugitaniManager: Dettmar Cramer 1 Ivan Ćurković 2 Mirsad Fazlagić 3 Svetozar Vujović 4 Rudolf Belin 5 Milan Čop 6 Jovan Miladinović 8 Slaven Zambata 9 Ivica Osim 11Dragan Džajić 14Lazar Radović 18Silvester TakačSubstitutions: 12Zlatko Škorić 7 Spasoje Samardžić 10Lazar Lemić 13Živorad Jevtić 15Marijan Brnčić 16Đorđe Pavlić 17Josip PirmajerManager: Ljubomir Lovrić
Assistant referees: Eunápio de Queiròz (Brazil) István Zsolt (Hungary)
Romania vs Ghana
12Marin Andrei 2 Ilie Greavu 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 5Emerich Jenei 6 Dan Coe 9 Ion Ionescu 11Carol Creiniceanu 13Mircea Petescu 16Nicolae Georgescu 17Ion Pârcălab 19Cornel PavloviciSubstitutions: 1 Ilie Datcu 20Stere Adamache 3 Ion Nunweiller 7Sorin Avram 8 Gheorghe Constantin 10Constantin Koszka 14Dumitru Ivan 15Emil Petru 18Emil DumitriuManager: Silviu Ploeșteanu 13Addoquaye Laryea 2 Sam Acquah 3 Emmanuel Oblitey 4 Ben Acheampong 5 Charles Addo Odametey 7 Osei Kofi 8 Wilberforce Mfum 9 Edward Aggrey-Fynn 11Kofi Pare 17Joseph Agyemang-Gyau 20Frank OdoiSubstitutions: 1 Nii Dodoo Ankrah 6 Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah 10Edward Acquah 12Abdul Ramonu Gibirine 14Kwame Atta 15Gladstone Ofori 16Samuel Okai 18Mohammadu Salisu 19Kofi Anoi 21Joseph AdjeiManager: Charles Gyamfi
Assistant referees: Kim Duk-chun (South Korea) Taro Ikeda (Japan)
Fifth place play-off
1 Ivan Ćurković 3 Svetozar Vujović 4 Rudolf Belin 6 Jovan Miladinović 8 Slaven Zambata 9 Ivica Osim 11Dragan Džajić 13Živorad Jevtić 15Marijan Brnčić 17Josip Pirmajer 18Silvester TakačSubstitutions: 12Zlatko Škorić 2 Mirsad Fazlagić 5 Milan Čop 7 Spasoje Samardžić 10Lazar Lemić 14Lazar Radović 16Đorđe PavlićManager: Ljubomir Lovrić 1 Ilie Datcu 2 Ilie Greavu 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 6 Dan Coe 8 Gheorghe Constantin 10Constantin Koszka 11Carol Creiniceanu 13Mircea Petescu 15Emil Petru 17Ion Pârcălab 19Cornel PavloviciSubstitutions: 12Marin Andrei 20Stere Adamache 3 Ion Nunweiller 5Emerich Jenei 7Sorin Avram 9 Ion Ionescu 14Dumitru Ivan 16Nicolae Georgescu 18Emil DumitriuManager: Silviu Ploeșteanu
Assistant referees: Eunápio de Queiròz (Brazil) Taro Ikeda (Japan)
Bronze medal match
1 Jürgen Heinsch 3 Manfred Walter 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 8 Peter Rock 9 Gerhard Körner 14Henning Frenzel 15Otto Fräßdorf 16Nikola Parchanov 18Eberhard Vogel 19Hermann StöckerSubstitutions: 20Horst Weigang 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 10Wolfgang Barthels 11Dieter Engelhardt 12Gerd Backhaus 13Bernd Bauchspieß 17Klaus LisiewiczManager: Károly Sós 2 Ahmed Reda 3 Moustafa Reyadh 4 Nabil Nosair 5 Mohamed Seddik 7 Amin El-Esnawi 10Yakan Hussein 11Raafat Attia 15Mimi El-Sherbini 17Samir Qotb 18Ali Kamal Etman 19Badawi Abdel Fattah Substitutions: 1 Fathi Khorshid 6 Khalil Shahin 8 Ahmed Mostafa 9 Mimi Darwish 12Rifaat El-Fanagily 13Mahmoud Hassan 14Farouk Mahmoud 16Taha Ismail 20Sayed El-TabbakhManager: Josef Vandler
Assistant referees: Genichi Fukushima (Japan) Sumio Hayakawa (Japan)
Gold medal match
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