Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Dates	7 – 15 July
Teams	20
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Israel
Fourth place	Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49
Goals scored	169 (3.45 per match)

Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 7 July.

The competition was open for men's teams only. A record number of 20 teams took part in the competition. South Africa won their first gold medal, beating USA 3–1 in the final.^[1] This was the first time since 1935 that the hosts finished outside the top two. Israel's 1–2 loss to South Africa in the semi-finals was their first loss since 1961, after 24 unbeaten matches (21 wins, 4 draws).

Format[edit]

The 20 teams were divided into four groups of five, 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[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Israel	4	4	0	0	21	1	8
United States	4	2	1	1	9	5	5
Australia	4	2	0	2	4	8	4
Finland	4	1	0	3	5	15	2
Belgium	4	0	1	3	3	13	1


7 July 1981
Israel	6–0	Finland	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Australia	2–0	Belgium	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
8 July 1981
Belgium	1–1	United States	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Israel	6–0	Australia	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
9 July 1981
Israel	4–1	United States	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Australia	2–0	Finland	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
10 July 1981
Finland	5–2	Belgium	Hapoel Ground, Ra'anana
11 July 1981
United States	2–0	Australia	Wingate, Netanya
12 July 1981
United States	5–0	Finland	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Israel	5–0	Belgium	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	4	2	2	0	9	6	6
Argentina	4	1	3	0	7	3	5
Peru	4	2	1	1	6	4	5
Netherlands	4	0	2	2	2	6	2
Italy	4	0	2	2	0	5	2


7 July 1981
Netherlands	0–0	Italy	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Argentina	0–0	Peru	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
8 July 1981
Sweden	2–2	Argentina	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Peru	2–0	Netherlands	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
9 July 1981
Peru	1–0	Italy	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Sweden	3–1	Netherlands	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
10 July 1981
Argentina	4–0	Italy	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
11 July 1981
Sweden	4–3	Peru	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
12 July 1981
Italy	0–0	Sweden	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Netherlands	1–1	Argentina	Wingate, Netanya

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Africa	4	4	0	0	12	3	8
West Germany	4	3	0	1	12	3	6
Colombia	4	1	1	2	7	7	3
Republic of Ireland	4	1	0	3	2	15	2
Chile	4	0	1	3	2	7	1


7 July 1981
South Africa	2–1	Chile	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
West Germany	5–0	Republic of Ireland	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
8 July 1981
South Africa	2–1	West Germany	Wingate, Netanya
Colombia	4–1	Republic of Ireland	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
9 July 1981
South Africa	2–1	Colombia	Wingate, Netanya
West Germany	3–0	Chile	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
10 July 1981
Republic of Ireland	1–0	Chile	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
11 July 1981
West Germany	3–1	Colombia	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
12 July 1981
South Africa	6–0	Republic of Ireland	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Chile	1–1	Colombia	Wingate, Netanya

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Great Britain	4	2	2	0	8	2	6
France	4	2	1	1	5	3	5
Brazil	4	1	3	0	5	4	5
Mexico	4	0	3	1	3	4	3
Denmark	4	0	1	3	4	12	1


7 July 1981
Mexico	0–0	Great Britain	Wingate, Netanya
Brazil	0–0	France	Wingate, Netanya
8 July 1981
Denmark	1–1	Mexico	Wingate, Netanya
Great Britain	1–1	Brazil	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
9 July 1981
Great Britain	2–0	France	Wingate, Netanya
Brazil	3–2	Denmark	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
10 July 1981
France	2–1	Mexico	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Great Britain	5–1	Denmark	Wingate, Netanya
12 July 1981
France	3–0	Denmark	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Brazil	1–1	Mexico	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Knockout rounds[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

13 July 1981
Israel	4–1 (a.e.t.) ¹	Argentina	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
United States	3–1	Sweden	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
South Africa	8–0	France	Wingate, Netanya
Great Britain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	West Germany	Wingate, Netanya

1. The match was abandoned at the 120th minute, as an Argentine player was sent off, but refused to leave the pitch.^[2]

5th-8th places play-off[edit]

Classification Semi-finals	5th/6th Match

14 July 1981

Argentina
	15 July 1981
France
	Argentina	3
14 July 1981
	West Germany	1
West Germany

Sweden
	7th/8th Match

	15 July 1981

	France

	Sweden

* Both France and Sweden forfeited their matches in the classification round.

Semi-finals[edit]

14 July 1981

Israel	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
Ohana 63'	Summary	Sink 77' Brayer 96'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 1500

Referee: Ya'akov Scheiner

14 July 1981

United States	3–1	Great Britain
Roitman 25' Raif 45', 50'	Summary	Landsberg 16'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 400

Referee: Franz Garter

3rd-4th place match[edit]

15 July 1981

Israel	5–4	Great Britain
Rabinson 4', 10' P. Cohen 17' R. Cohen 42', 51'	Summary	Rolf 2' Toker 63' Nesbit 73' Landsberg 85' (pen.)

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 500

Referee: Panler

Final[edit]

15 July 1981

South Africa	3–1	United States
Solikman 37' Hoes 58' Kosef 69'	Summary	Abrahams 12'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 500

Referee: Klein

Final ranking[edit]

R	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	South Africa	7	7	0	0	25	5	+20	14
2	United States	7	4	1	2	16	10	6	9
3	Israel	7	6	0	1	31	8	+23	12
4	Great Britain	7	2	3	2	14	11	+3	7
5	Argentina	7	3	3	1	13	8	+5	9
6	West Germany	7	4	1	2	16	7	+9	9
7	Sweden	6	2	2	2	10	11	-1	6
8	France	6	2	1	3	5	13	-8	5
Eliminated at group stage
9	Peru	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	5
10	Brazil	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	5
11	Australia	4	2	0	2	4	8	-4	4
12	Colombia	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	3
13	Mexico	4	0	3	1	3	4	-1	3
14	Netherlands	4	0	2	2	2	6	-4	2
15	Italy	4	0	2	2	0	5	-5	2
16	Finland	4	1	0	3	5	15	-10	2
17	Republic of Ireland	4	1	0	3	2	15	-10	2
18	Chile	4	0	1	3	2	7	-5	1
19	Denmark	4	0	1	3	4	12	-8	1
20	Belgium	4	0	1	3	3	13	-10	1

References[edit]

↑ South Africa Defeated USA 3:1^{[permanent dead link]} Davar, 16 July 1981, Historical Jewish Press Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
↑ A Win Over Argentina (4:1) in 30 Min. Overtime^{[permanent dead link]} Davar, 14 July 1981, Historical Jewish Press Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.

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[mac2-1] South Africa Defeated USA 3:1^{[permanent dead link]} Davar, 16 July 1981, Historical Jewish Press Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.

[2] A Win Over Argentina (4:1) in 30 Min. Overtime^{[permanent dead link]} Davar, 14 July 1981, Historical Jewish Press Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.

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Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games

Contents

Format[edit]

First round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Knockout rounds[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

5th-8th places play-off[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

3rd-4th place match[edit]

Final[edit]

Final ranking[edit]

References[edit]

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