Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Dates	16 – 24 July
Teams	18
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Israel
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Maccabi Modi'im
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	168 (4.2 per match)

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

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	3	3	0	0	10	2	6
Italy	3	1	1	1	7	3	3
Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	4	3
Colombia	3	0	0	3	0	10	0


16 July 1985
United States	3–0	Colombia	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Denmark	0–0	Italy	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
18 July 1985
United States	3–2	Italy	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Denmark	2–0	Colombia	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
21 July 1985
United States	4–0	Denmark	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Italy	5–0	Colombia	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Israel	3	2	1	0	21	2	5
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	8	3	5
Sweden	3	1	0	2	4	13	2
Australia	3	0	0	3	2	17	0


17 July 1985
Israel	7–0	Sweden	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Netherlands	2–0	Australia	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Netherlands	4–1	Sweden	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
20 July 1985
Israel	12–0	Australia	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
21 July 1985
Sweden	3–2	Australia	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
Netherlands	2–2	Israel	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Maccabi Modi'im ^a	4	4	0	0	18	2	8
Great Britain	4	3	0	1	17	3	6
France	4	2	0	2	5	14	4
Peru	4	0	1	3	3	13	1
Chile	4	0	1	3	4	15	1


16 July 1985
France	1–0	Peru	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Maccabi Modi'im	3–0	Chile	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
17 July 1985
Great Britain	2–0	Peru	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
France	3–1	Chile	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
18 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im	3–1	Great Britain	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Chile	3–3	Peru	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Great Britain	6–0	Chile	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
20 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im	5–1	France	University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv
21 July 1985
Maccabi Modi'im	7–0	Peru	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Great Britain	8–0	France	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Argentina	4	3	1	0	16	4	7
Mexico	4	2	1	1	6	6	5
Brazil	4	2	0	2	7	6	4
West Germany	4	1	0	3	5	11	2
Venezuela	4	1	0	3	4	11	2


16 July 1985
West Germany	2–0	Brazil	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Mexico	3–1	Venezuela	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
17 July 1985
Argentina	3–1	Brazil	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Venezuela	2–1	West Germany	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
18 July 1985
Mexico	1–1	Argentina	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Brazil	2–1	Venezuela	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
19 July 1985
Argentina	5–0	Venezuela	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
20 July 1985
Mexico	2–0	West Germany	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
21 July 1985
Argentina	7–2	West Germany	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Brazil	4–0	Mexico	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Knockout rounds

Quarter-finals

22 July 1985
United States	1–2	Netherlands	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Italy	0–5	Israel	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Maccabi Modi'im	2–1	Mexico	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Great Britain	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Semi-finals

23 July 1985

Netherlands	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Modi'im
Belo 82'	Summary	Kosoff 23'
Penalties
	5–3

Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 2000

Referee:

Ovadia Ben-Itzhak

23 July 1985

Israel	3–1	Argentina
Natan 14' Levine 17', 51'	Summary	Nikolovski 24'

Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 1500

Referee:

George Marshall

3rd-4th place match

24 July 1985

Maccabi Modi'im	4–1	Argentina
Cadet 20' Stool 55' Salot 62' Melamedot 90'	Summary

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 300

Final

24 July 1985

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	Israel	6	5	1	0	33	3	+30	11
2	Netherlands	6	3	2	1	11	9	2	8
3	Maccabi Modi'im	7	6	1	0	25	5	+20	13
4	Argentina	7	4	1	2	20	12	+8	9
Eliminated at the quarter-finals
5	Great Britain	5	3	0	2	18	5	+13	6
6	United States	4	3	0	1	11	3	+7	6
7	Mexico	5	2	1	2	7	8	-1	5
8	Italy	4	1	1	2	7	8	-1	3
Eliminated at group stage
9	Brazil	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	4
10	France	4	2	0	2	5	14	-9	4
11	Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	3
12	West Germany	4	1	0	3	5	11	-6	2
13	Venezuela	4	1	0	3	4	11	-7	2
14	Sweden	3	1	0	2	4	13	-9	2
15	Peru	4	0	1	3	3	13	-10	1
16	Chile	4	0	1	3	4	15	-11	1
17	Colombia	3	0	0	3	0	10	-10	0
18	Australia	3	0	0	3	2	17	-15	0

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]

References

Yaron Gave Israel the Gold-i Medal Back Ma'ariv, 25 July 1985, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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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[mac2-1] Yaron Gave Israel the Gold-i Medal Back Ma'ariv, 25 July 1985, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[modi-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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