Football at the 1973 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
Dates10 – 16 July
Teams13
Venue(s)16 (in 16 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Israel
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Brazil
Fourth place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored109 (4.04 per match)

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.[1]

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.[2]

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 32102125
 Great Britain 32101035
 West Germany 31022132
 Peru 30032170
10 July 1973
West Germany 2–1 PeruSala Stadium, Ashkelon
Great Britain 2–2 IsraelMaccabi Ground, Hadera
11 July 1973
Israel 8–0 PeruHapoel Stadium, Dimona
Great Britain 1–0Kiryat Bialik
12 July 1973
Israel 11–0 West GermanyHapoel Ground, Ra'anana
Great Britain 7–1 PeruSala Stadium, Ashkelon

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 2200524
 Argentina 2011231
 Netherlands 2011241
10 July 1973
Netherlands 1–1 ArgentinaKarmiel
11 July 1973
South Africa 2–1 ArgentinaHerzliya
12 July 1973
South Africa 3–1 NetherlandsMaccabi Ground, Afula

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Brazil 2200414
 Denmark 2101322
 United States 2002150
10 July 1973
Brazil 2–1(Joseph Markus) United StatesHapoel Ground, Ra'anana
11 July 1973
Brazil 2–0 DenmarkNapoleon Stadium, Acre
12 July 1973
Denmark 3–0 United StatesKarmiel

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Mexico 2200704
 Chile 2011341
 Sweden 2011391
10 July 1973
Chile 3–3 SwedenMunicipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
11 July 1973
Mexico 1–0 ChileMunicipal Stadium, Nazareth
12 July 1973
Mexico 6–0 SwedenMaccabi Ground, Hadera

Classification round

9th-12th places play-off

 
Classification Semi-finals9th/10th Match
 
      
 
15 July 1973, Ra'anana
 
 
 West Germany 3 (3)
 
16 July 1973 , Petah Tikva
 
 Netherlands 3 (5)
 
 Netherlands 1
 
15 July 1973, Ashdod
 
 United States 0
 
 United States 1
 
 
 Sweden 0
 
11th/12th Match
 
 
16 July 1973, Petah Tikva
 
 
 West Germany 3
 
 
 Sweden 5

5th-8th places play-off

 
Classification Semi-finals5th/6th Match
 
      
 
15 July 1973, Ashkelon
 
 
 Great Britain 2
 
16 July 1973, Hadera
 
 Argentina 0
 
 Great Britain 2
 
15 July 1973, Petah Tikva
 
 Denmark 1
 
 Denmark 3
 
 
 Chile 0
 
7th/8th Match
 
 
16 July 1973, Ra'anana
 
 
 Argentina 5
 
 
 Chile 3

Medals round

Semi-finals

Israel 4–0 South Africa
Masuari 2', 53', 77'
Peretz 84'
Summary
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Yosef Bachar

Brazil 1–2 Mexico
Zatraka 40' (pen.) Summary Marcado 20'
Siton
Maccabi Ground, Hadera
Referee: G. Cohen

3rd-4th place match

South Africa 0–1 Brazil
Summary Nadelberg 55'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Moshe Braun

Final

Israel 3–1 Mexico
Ta-Shma 11' (pen.)
Masuari 38'
Peretz 50'
Summary Yosef Cherem 34'
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Jack Taylor

Final ranking

R Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1 Israel5410283+259
2 Mexico4301104+66
3 Brazil430163+36
4 South Africa420257-24
5 Great Britain5410144109
6 Denmark420274+34
7 Argentina411278-13
8 Chile4013612-61
9 Netherlands412167-14
10 United States410326-42
11 Sweden4112813-53
12 West Germany5113821-133
Eliminated at group stage
13 Peru3003217-150

References

  1. The U20 Didn't Convinced in the Final, But Had Beaten Mexico 3:1 Yoram Reiss, Davar, 18 July 1973, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. Only the Uruguayans Took Their Chances Zvi Koffmann, Ma'ariv, 20 July 1973, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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