Football at the 1973 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1973 Maccabiah Games

Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Dates	10 – 16 July
Teams	13
Venue(s)	16 (in 16 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Israel
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	109 (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	3	2	1	0	21	2	5
Great Britain	3	2	1	0	10	3	5
West Germany	3	1	0	2	2	13	2
Peru	3	0	0	3	2	17	0

10 July 1973
West Germany	2–1	Peru	Sala Stadium, Ashkelon
Great Britain	2–2	Israel	Maccabi Ground, Hadera
11 July 1973
Israel	8–0	Peru	Hapoel Stadium, Dimona
Great Britain	1–0	Kiryat Bialik
12 July 1973
Israel	11–0	West Germany	Hapoel Ground, Ra'anana
Great Britain	7–1	Peru	Sala Stadium, Ashkelon

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Africa	2	2	0	0	5	2	4
Argentina	2	0	1	1	2	3	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	2	4	1

10 July 1973
Netherlands	1–1	Argentina	Karmiel
11 July 1973
South Africa	2–1	Argentina	Herzliya
12 July 1973
South Africa	3–1	Netherlands	Maccabi Ground, Afula

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil	2	2	0	0	4	1	4
Denmark	2	1	0	1	3	2	2
United States	2	0	0	2	1	5	0

10 July 1973
Brazil	2–1	United States	Hapoel Ground, Ra'anana
11 July 1973
Brazil	2–0	Denmark	Napoleon Stadium, Acre
12 July 1973
Denmark	3–0	United States	Karmiel

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Mexico	2	2	0	0	7	0	4
Chile	2	0	1	1	3	4	1
Sweden	2	0	1	1	3	9	1

10 July 1973
Chile	3–3	Sweden	Municipal Stadium, Nes Ziona
11 July 1973
Mexico	1–0	Chile	Municipal Stadium, Nazareth
12 July 1973
Mexico	6–0	Sweden	Maccabi Ground, Hadera

Classification round

9th-12th places play-off

	Classification Semi-finals				9th/10th Match
	15 July 1973, Ra'anana
	West Germany	3 (3)
	Netherlands	3 (5)
					16 July 1973 , Petah Tikva
					Netherlands	1
					United States	0
					11th/12th Match
	15 July 1973, Ashdod			16 July 1973, Petah Tikva
	United States	1		West Germany	3
	Sweden	0			Sweden	5

5th-8th places play-off

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

Medals round

Semi-finals

Israel  v  South Africa

15 July 1973

Israel	4–0	South Africa
Masuari  2', 53', 77' Peretz  84'	Summary

Green Stadium, Nazareth Illit Attendance: 1500 Referee: Yosef Bachar

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Brazil  v  Mexico

15 July 1973

Brazil	1–2	Mexico
Zatraka  40' (pen.)	Summary	Marcado  20' Siton

Maccabi Ground, Hadera Referee: G. Cohen

3rd-4th place match

South Africa  v  Brazil

16 July 1973

South Africa	0–1	Brazil
	Summary	Nadelberg  55'

Vasermil Stadium, Be'er Sheva Attendance: 700 Referee: Moshe Braun

Final

Israel  v  Mexico

17 July 1973

Israel	3–1	Mexico
Ta-Shma  11' (pen.) Masuari  38' Peretz  50'	Summary	Yosef Cherem  34'

Yud-Alef Stadium, Ashdod Attendance: 3000 Referee: Jack Taylor

Final ranking

R	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Israel	5	4	1	0	28	3	+25	9
2	Mexico	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	Brazil	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	6
4	South Africa	4	2	0	2	5	7	-2	4
5	Great Britain	5	4	1	0	14	4	10	9
6	Denmark	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3	4
7	Argentina	4	1	1	2	7	8	-1	3
8	Chile	4	0	1	3	6	12	-6	1
9	Netherlands	4	1	2	1	6	7	-1	4
10	United States	4	1	0	3	2	6	-4	2
11	Sweden	4	1	1	2	8	13	-5	3
12	West Germany	5	1	1	3	8	21	-13	3
Eliminated at group stage
13	Peru	3	0	0	3	2	17	-15	0

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