Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 16 July.

Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
Dates16 – 24 July
Teams18
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Israel
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place Maccabi Modi'im a
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored168 (4.2 per match)

The competition was open for men's teams only. 18 teams took part in the competition. Israel won the gold medal, beating the Netherlands 4–0 in the final.[1]

Format

The 18 teams were divided into four groups, two of five teams and two of four teams, with each team playing the others once. The two top teams from each group qualified to the quarter-finals. The rest of the teams were eliminated.

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 United States 33001026
 Italy 3111733
 Denmark 3111243
 Colombia 30030100
16 July 1985
United States 3–0 ColombiaUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Denmark 0–0 ItalyUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
18 July 1985
United States 3–2 ItalyUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Denmark 2–0 ColombiaUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
21 July 1985
United States 4–0 DenmarkUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Italy 5–0 ColombiaUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 32102125
 Netherlands 3210835
 Sweden 31024132
 Australia 30032170
17 July 1985
Israel 7–0 SwedenRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Netherlands 2–0 AustraliaRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Netherlands 4–1 SwedenRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
20 July 1985
Israel 12–0 AustraliaRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
21 July 1985
Sweden 3–2 AustraliaUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Netherlands 2–2 IsraelRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Maccabi Modi'im a 44001828
 Great Britain 43011736
 France 42025144
 Peru 40133131
 Chile 40134151
16 July 1985
France 1–0 PeruRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Maccabi Modi'im 3–0 ChileRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
17 July 1985
Great Britain 2–0 PeruUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
France 3–1 ChileUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
18 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im 3–1 Great BritainRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Chile 3–3 PeruRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Great Britain 6–0 ChileUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
20 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im 5–1 FranceUniversity Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
21 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im 7–0 PeruWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Great Britain 8–0 FranceRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Argentina 43101647
 Mexico 4211665
 Brazil 4202764
 West Germany 41035112
 Venezuela 41034112
16 July 1985
West Germany 2–0 BrazilWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Mexico 3–1 VenezuelaWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
17 July 1985
Argentina 3–1 BrazilWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Venezuela 2–1 West GermanyWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
18 July 1985
Mexico 1–1 ArgentinaWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Brazil 2–1 VenezuelaWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Argentina 5–0 VenezuelaWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
20 July 1985
Mexico 2–0 West GermanyWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
21 July 1985
Argentina 7–2 West GermanyWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Brazil 4–0 MexicoWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Knockout rounds

Quarter-finals

22 July 1985
United States 1–2 NetherlandsRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Italy 0–5 IsraelRamat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Maccabi Modi'im 2–1 MexicoWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Great Britain 1–2 (a.e.t.) ArgentinaWinter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Semi-finals

Netherlands 1–1 (a.e.t.) Maccabi Modi'im
Belo  82' Summary Kosoff  23'
Penalties
5–3
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Ovadia Ben-Itzhak

Israel 3–1 Argentina
Natan  14'
Levine  17', 51'
Summary Nikolovski  24'
Attendance: 1500
Referee: George Marshall

3rd-4th place match

Maccabi Modi'im 4–1 Argentina
Cadet  20'
Stool  55'
Salot  62'
Melamedot  90'
Summary
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 300

Final

Netherlands 0–4 Israel
Summary Goldberg  45'
Levine  75' (pen.)
Zahavi  82', 86'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Ya'akov Bauman

Final ranking

R Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1 Israel6510333+3011
2 Netherlands632111928
3 Maccabi Modi'im7610255+2013
4 Argentina74122012+89
Eliminated at the quarter-finals
5 Great Britain5302185+136
6 United States4301113+76
7 Mexico521278-15
8 Italy411278-13
Eliminated at group stage
9 Brazil420276+14
10 France4202514-94
11 Denmark311124-23
12 West Germany4103511-62
13 Venezuela4103411-72
14 Sweden3102413-92
15 Peru4013313-101
16 Chile4013415-111
17 Colombia3003010-100
18 Australia3003217-150

Notes

a. ^ Modi'im was a delegation which included athletes who couldn't compete under their own flag, such as athletes from South Africa, USSR, Lebanon, Ethiopia and others. In the football tournament the team was made from Maccabi South Africa players.[2]

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References

  1. Yaron Gave Israel the Gold-i Medal Back Ma'ariv, 25 July 1985, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. South Africa Sportsmen Outside the Problematic Sports Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Bruria Bigman and Mordechai Rosenblum, Ma'ariv, 19 July 1985, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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