Group D of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 12 to 16 October 1964. The group consisted of Argentina, Ghana and Japan. The top two teams, Ghana and Japan, advanced to the quarter-finals.
Teams Team Region Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance Asia Hosts 26 May 1959 3rd 1956 Quarter-finals (1936) Africa Africa Group 2 winners 18 April 1964 1st — — South America CONMEBOL Round Robin winners 24 May 1964 3rd 1960 Silver medal (1928) Europe Europe Group 4 winners 9 July 1964 8th 1960 Gold medal (1936)
Standings
In the quarter-finals: The winners of Group D, Ghana, advanced to play the runners-up of Group C, United Arab Republic. The runners-up of Group D, Japan, advanced to play the winners of Group C, Czechoslovakia.
Matches All times listed are local, JST (UTC+9).
Argentina vs Ghana
1 Agustín Cejas 2 Andrés Bertolotti 3 Otto Sesana 4 Horacio Moráles 5 Miguel Mori 6 Roberto Perfumo 8 José Malleo 9 Carlos Alberto Bulla 10Néstor Manfredi 16Antonio Cabrera 19Miguel TojoSubstitutions: 12Miguel Marín 7 Ricardo Pérez 11Héctor Ochoa 13Juan Carlos Sconfianza 14Emilio Pazos 15Francisco Brandán 17Juan Risso 18Juan Carlos DomínguezManager: Ernesto Duchini 1 Nii Dodoo Ankrah 2 Sam Acquah 3 Emmanuel Oblitey 4 Ben Acheampong 5 Charles Addo Odametey 7 Osei Kofi 8 Wilberforce Mfum 9 Edward Aggrey-Fynn 10Edward Acquah 11Kofi Pare 18Mohammadu SalisuSubstitutions: 13Addoquaye Laryea 6 Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah 12Abdul Ramonu Gibirine 14Kwame Atta 15Gladstone Ofori 16Samuel Okai 17Joseph Agyemang-Gyau 19Kofi Anoi 20Frank Odoi 21Joseph AdjeiManager: Charles Gyamfi
Assistant referees: István Zsolt (Hungary) Gregg de Silva (Malaysia)
Japan vs Argentina
21Kenzo Yokoyama 2 Hiroshi Katayama 5 Yoshitada Yamaguchi 6 Ryozo Suzuki 8 Mitsuo Kamata 10 Aritatsu Ogi 12 Saburō Kawabuchi 13 Shigeo Yaegashi 15Kunishige Kamamoto 16Teruki Miyamoto 18Ryūichi SugiyamaSubstitutions: 1 Tsukasa Hosaka 3 Masakatsu Miyamoto 4 Ryuzo Hiraki 7 Hisao Kami 9 Kiyoshi Tomizawa 11Takaji Mori 17Shozo TsugitaniManager: Dettmar Cramer 1 Agustín Cejas 2 Andrés Bertolotti 3 Otto Sesana 4 Horacio Moráles 5 Miguel Mori 6 Roberto Perfumo 10Néstor Manfredi 11Héctor Ochoa 16Antonio Cabrera 17Juan Risso 18Juan Carlos DomínguezSubstitutions: 12Miguel Marín 7 Ricardo Pérez 8 José Malleo 9 Carlos Alberto Bulla 13Juan Carlos Sconfianza 14Emilio Pazos 15Francisco Brandán 19Miguel TojoManager: Ernesto Duchini
Assistant referees: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel) Ashgar Teherani (Iran)
Ghana vs Japan
1 Nii Dodoo Ankrah 2 Sam Acquah 3 Emmanuel Oblitey 5 Charles Addo Odametey 6 Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah 8 Wilberforce Mfum 9 Edward Aggrey-Fynn 10Edward Acquah 11Kofi Pare 16Samuel Okai 17Joseph Agyemang-GyauSubstitutions: 13Addoquaye Laryea 4 Ben Acheampong 7 Osei Kofi 12Abdul Ramonu Gibirine 14Kwame Atta 15Gladstone Ofori 18Mohammadu Salisu 19Kofi Anoi 20Frank Odoi 21Joseph AdjeiManager: Charles Gyamfi 21Kenzo Yokoyama 2 Hiroshi Katayama 5 Yoshitada Yamaguchi 6 Ryozo Suzuki 7 Hisao Kami 8 Mitsuo Kamata 10 Aritatsu Ogi 13 Shigeo Yaegashi 15Kunishige Kamamoto 16Teruki Miyamoto 18Ryūichi SugiyamaSubstitutions: 1 Tsukasa Hosaka 3 Masakatsu Miyamoto 4 Ryuzo Hiraki 9 Kiyoshi Tomizawa 11Takaji Mori 12Saburō Kawabuchi 17Shozo TsugitaniManager: Dettmar Cramer
Assistant referees: Aleksandar Škorić (Croatia) Gregg de Silva (Malaysia)
See also Japan at the Olympics Ghana at the Olympics Argentina at the Olympics Italy at the Olympics
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