Football at the 1977 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1977 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Dates	13 – 20 July
Teams	18
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Israel
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	155 (3.88 per match)

Football at the 1977 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 13 July.

The competition was open for men's teams only. A record number of 18 teams took part in the competition. Israel, who had beaten Netherlands in the final 6–0, won the gold medal.^[1]

Format

The 18 teams were divided into four groups, two groups of four and two groups of five, 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. The rest of the teams were eliminated.

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	7	2	6
Uruguay	3	2	1	8	4	4
Sweden	3	1	2	9	4	2
Austria	3	0	3	2	16	0


13 July 1977
Brazil	1–0	Sweden	Hapoel Ground, Yehud
Uruguay	4–1	Austria	Hapoel Ground, Yehud
14 July 1977
Brazil	2–1	Uruguay	Hapoel Ground, Yehud
17 July 1977
Uruguay	3–1	Sweden	Hapoel Ground, Yehud
Brazil	4–1	Austria	Hapoel Ground, Yehud
18 July 1977
Sweden	8–0¹	Austria	Hapoel Ground, Yehud

1. The match between Sweden and Austria was scheduled to be played on 14 July 1977. However, the Swedes arrived late to the stadium and the match was given as a 2–0 victory to Austria.^[2] Sweden appealed the decision and the match was rescheduled to the 18 July 1977. The rescheduled match was abandoned at the 87th minute, as an Austrian player was sent off, and while walking off the field, he snatched the referee's whistle and took it off-field with him.^[3]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Netherlands	4	3	1	0	9	4	7
West Germany	4	2	0	2	10	8	4
Australia	4	1	2	1	3	4	4
Belgium	4	1	1	2	4	8	3
Mexico	4	0	2	2	5	7	2


13 July 1977
West Germany	4–0	Belgium	Hapoel Ground, Netanya
Netherlands	3–0	Australia	Hapoel Ground, Netanya
14 July 1977
Australia	2–0	West Germany	Hapoel Ground, Netanya
Belgium	2–1	Mexico	Hapoel Ground, Netanya
15 July 1977
Mexico	1–1	Australia	Hapoel Ground, Netanya
Netherlands	3–2	West Germany	Hapoel Ground, Yehud
17 July 1977
Mexico	0–0	Netherlands	Hapoel Ground, Netanya
Australia	0–0	Belgium	Hapoel Ground, Netanya
18 July 1977
West Germany	4–3	Mexico	Hapoel Ground, Netanya
Netherlands	3–2	Belgium	Hapoel Ground, Netanya

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Israel	3	2	1	0	14	3	5
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	17	6	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	17	2
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	2	10	1


13 July 1977
Venezuela	2–2	Israel	Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
Great Britain	10–1	Italy	Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
14 July 1977
Italy	w/o¹	Venezuela	Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
Israel	5–1	Great Britain	Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
17 July 1977
Israel	7–0	Italy	Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
18 July 1977
Great Britain	6–0²	Venezuela	Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva

1. The match was abandoned at the 59th minute as Venezuela players protested a goal scored by Italy, followee a brawl started between the players, during which the referee and his assistants were beaten.^[2] The match was given to Italy as a 2–0 victory and Venezuela was suspended from their following match.^[4]
2. The match was scheduled to be played on 17 July 1977, but was cancelled as Venezuela was punished with suspension following its players actions during the abandoned match against Italy and UK was given walkover victory. However, the punishment was appealed and the suspension was lifted, so the match was rescheduled to 18 July 1977.^[5] The rescheduled match was abandoned.^[6]

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Africa	4	3	1	0	12	2	7
Peru	4	1	2	1	8	8	4
Chile	4	1	2	1	4	4	4
United States	4	1	2	1	4	7	4
Argentina	4	0	1	3	5	12	1


13 July 1977
Peru	2–2	United States	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
Argentina	2–2	Chile	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
14 July 1977
United States	2–1	Argentina	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
South Africa	2–2	Peru	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
15 July 1977
South Africa	5–0	Argentina	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
Chile	0–0	United States	Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
17 July 1977
South Africa	1–0	Chile	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
Peru	3–2	Argentina	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
18 July 1977
Chile	2–1	Peru	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
South Africa	4–0	United States	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona

Classification round

5th-8th places play-off

Classification Semi-finals			5th/6th Match

19 July 1977, Nes Ziona
Uruguay	3
West Germany	2

			20 July 1977, Nes Ziona
			Uruguay	0
			Great Britain	6


			7th/8th Match
19 July 1977, Yehud		20 July 1977, Yehud
Great Britain	4	West Germany	4
Peru	0		Peru	1

* The 5th/6th play-off match between Uruguay and UK was abandoned at the 78th minute, as Uruguay players protested a UK Goal and assaulted the referee.^[1]

Medals round

Semi-finals

Brazil v Netherlands

19 July 1977

Brazil	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Summary	Simon Cohen 100'

Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
Attendance: 500
Referee: Aharon Shoshani

Israel v South Africa

19 July 1977

Israel	3–1	South Africa
G. Machnes 12' E. Cohen 39' Liberman 75'	Summary	Sank 54'

Hapoel Ground, Netanya
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Duant

3rd-4th place match

Brazil v South Africa

20 July 1977

Brazil	0–2	South Africa
	Summary	Polp 10' Schwartz 86'

Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
Referee: Yosef Finklestein

Final

Netherlands v Israel

20 July 1977

Netherlands	0–6	Israel
	Summary	G. Machnes 1', 69' (pen.) O. Machnes 15', 52', 89' Landau 54'

Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Fein

Final ranking

R	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Israel	5	4	1	0	23	4	+19	9
2	Netherlands	6	4	1	1	10	10	0	9
3	South Africa	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	9
4	Brazil	5	3	0	2	7	5	+2	6
5	Great Britain	5	4	0	1	27	6	+21	8
6	Uruguay	5	3	0	2	11	12	-1	6
7	West Germany	6	3	0	3	16	12	+4	6
8	Peru	6	1	2	3	9	16	-7	6
Eliminated at group stage
9	Chile	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	4
10	Australia	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1	4
11	United States	4	1	2	1	4	7	-3	4
12	Belgium	4	1	1	2	4	8	-4	3
13	Sweden	3	1	0	1	9	4	+5	2
14	Mexico	4	0	2	2	5	7	-2	2
15	Italy	3	1	0	2	3	17	-14	2
16	Argentina	4	0	1	3	5	12	-7	1
17	Venezuela	3	0	1	2	2	10	-8	1
18	Austria	3	0	0	3	2	16	-14	0

References

1 2 Israel's Footballers Won the Gold, Beat the Dutch 6:0 Davar, 21 July 1977, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
1 2 The U20 Footballers Recovered on Behalf of England – 5:1 Davar, 15 July 1977, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Israel – South Africa at the Center of the Football Matches Today Davar, 19 July 1977, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Israel Must Beat Italy Today Mordechai Haviv, Hadshot HaSport, 17 July 1977 (p. 2) (Hebrew)
↑ Chairman of Maccabi World Union Eased Venezuela's Punishment Hadshot HaSport, 18 July 1977 (p. 4) (Hebrew)
↑ Maccabiah Games RSSSF.com

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