Olympic Football Tournament 1984

XVI Olympic Football Tournament (Los Angeles 1984)

(From 29-07-1984 to 11-08-1984)

* NOTE: After the American boycott to the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, the Soviet Union took “retaliatory” measures and, on May 8, 1984, declared their own boycott to the American Games of Los Angeles. They were soon followed by a series of communist countries alleging “security measures.” This led to a major re-design of the participants in Los Angeles, with some qualified teams withdrawing and others being invited to replace them. These changes are indicated below.

Olympic Poster

Olympic Logo

PARTICIPANTS (16)

· Host nation: USA.

· Title holder: Italy (current World Champion, replacement for the 1980 Olympic winner Czechoslovakia).

· 4 teams qualified after a European Pre-Olympic Tournament: FRG (replacement for the originally qualified Soviet Union), Norway (replacement for the originally qualified GDR), Yugoslavia, France.

· 2 teams qualified after a South American Pre-Olympic Tournament: Brazil, Chile.

· 2 teams qualified after a North & Central American Pre-Olympic Tournament: Costa Rica, Canada.

· 3 teams qualified after an African Pre-Olympic Tournament: Egypt, Cameroon, Morocco.

· 3 teams qualified after an Asian Pre-Olympic Tournament: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq.

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The sixteen participating teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by general goal difference.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to a 1/4 Final knock-out round, played as an X-pairing. The winners of this round qualify for the semifinals.

· The two semifinal winners qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

::::: PRE-OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS :::::

GROUP STAGE

GROUP A

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (29-07-1984)

Competition Day 1 (30-07-1984)

Boston

Norway - Chile

0-0

Boston

Canada - Iraq

1-1

Annapolis

France - Qatar

2-2

Annapolis

Yugoslavia - Cameroon

2-1

Competition Day 2 (31-07-1984)

Competition Day 2 (1-08-1984)

Boston

Norway - France

1-2

Boston

Cameroon - Iraq

1-0

Annapolis

Chile - Qatar

1-0

Annapolis

Yugoslavia - Canada

1-0

Competition Day 3 (2-08-1984)

Competition Day 3 (3-08-1984)

Boston

Qatar - Norway

0-2

Boston

Cameroon - Canada

1-3

Annapolis

Chile - France

1-1

Annapolis

Iraq - Yugoslavia

2-4

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. France	3	1	2	0	5	4	4
2. Chile	3	1	2	0	2	1	4
3. Norway	3	1	1	1	3	2	3
4. Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	5	1

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	7	3	6
2. Canada	3	1	1	1	4	3	3
3. Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	5	2
4. Iraq	3	0	1	2	3	6	1

GROUP C

GROUP D

Competition Day 1 (30-07-1984)

Competition Day 1 (29-07-1984)

San Francisco

FRG - Morocco

2-0

San Francisco

USA - Costa Rica

3-0

Los Angeles

Brazil - Saudi Arabia

3-1

Los Angeles

Italy - Egypt

1-0

Competition Day 2 (1-08-1984)

Competition Day 2 (31-07-1984)

San Francisco

FRG - Brazil

0-1

San Francisco

Egypt - Costa Rica

4-1

Los Angeles

Morocco - Saudi Arabia

1-0

Los Angeles

Italy - USA

1-0

Competition Day 3 (3-08-1984)

Competition Day 3 (2-08-1984)

San Francisco

Saudi Arabia - FRG

0-6

San Francisco

Egypt - USA

1-1

Los Angeles

Morocco - Brazil

0-2

Los Angeles

Costa Rica - Italy

1-0

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. Brazil	3	3	0	0	6	1	6
2. FRG	3	2	0	1	8	1	4
3. Morocco	3	1	0	2	1	4	2
4. Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	1	10	0

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. Italy	3	2	0	1	2	1	4
2. Egypt	3	1	1	1	5	3	3
3. USA	3	1	1	1	4	2	3
4. Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	7	2

1/4 FINALS (5-08-1984)
A1-D2 (1): France - Egypt	2-0	Los Angeles
D1-A2 (2): Italy - Chile	1-0 (a.e.t.)	San Francisco
B1-C2 (3): Yugoslavia - FRG	5-2 (*)	Los Angeles
C1-B2 (4): Brazil - Canada	1-1 (pk:4-2) (*)	San Francisco
* Games played on 6-08-1984.

1/2 FINALS

(8-08-1984)

1-3: France - Yugoslavia

4-2 (a.e.t.)

Los Angeles

2-4: Italy - Brazil

1-2 (a.e.t.)

San Francisco

PLACES 3 & 4

(10-08-1984)

Yugoslavia - Italy

2-1

Los Angeles

FINAL

STADIUM: Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Los Angeles)

DATE: 11-08-1984 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 101.799

REFEREE: Jan Keizer (NED)

GOALS: 1-0 (Brisson 55’); 2-0 (Xuereb 60’)

BOOKED: -

France - Brazil

2-0 (0-0)

France (coach: Henri Michel)

Albert Rust

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Philippe Jeannol

Michel Bibard

Jean-Louis Zanon

William Ayache

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Guy Lacombe

Dominique Bijotat (c)

Jean-Philippe Rohr

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Jean-Claude Lemoult

François Brisson (Patrice Garande 79’)

Daniel Xuereb (Patrick Cubaynes 87’)

Brazil (coach: Jair Picerni)

Gilmar Rinaldi

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Ronaldo Moraes

Jorge Luís da Silva “Pinga”

Mauro Galvão

André Luís dos Santos

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Carlos Caetano Bledorn “Dunga”

Ademir Kaefer (c)

Tonho Gil (Mílton Cruz 58’)

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Sílvio Paiva “Silvinho”

Augilmar Silva “Gilmar Popoca”

João Leithardt “Kita” (Francisco Martins “Chicão” 58’)

FINAL STANDING
1.	France
2.	Brazil
3.	Yugoslavia
4.	Italy
5.	FRG
6.	Chile
7.	Egypt
8.	Canada
9.	USA
10.	Norway
11.	Cameroon
12.	Morocco
13.	Costa Rica
14.	Iraq
15.	Qatar
16.	Saudi Arabia