Theassociation football(soccer) tournament at the1984 Summer Olympicsstarted on July 29 and ended on August 11, taking place throughout theUnited States.[1]It was the first Olympic soccer competition in which officially professional players were allowed. Until then, theamateur-only rule had heavily favoredsocialistcountries from theEastern Blocwhose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed withFIFAto preserve the importance of theWorld Cup,the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A"capsat tournament start, regardless of age. Specifically, they allowed teams from countries outside ofUEFAandCONMEBOLto field their strongest sides, while restricting UEFA and CONMEBOL (the strongest confederations whose teams had played all finals and won every single World Cup title) countries to players who had not played in a World Cup.[2][3][4][5]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| Dates | July 29 – August 11, 1984 |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France(1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Yugoslavia |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 84 (2.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,425,181 (44,537 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Borislav CvetkovićStjepan DeverićDaniel Xuereb (5 goals each) |
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The soccer tournament was held in four venues:
- Harvard Stadium(Boston)
- Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium(Annapolis, Maryland)
- Stanford Stadium(Stanford, California)
- Rose Bowl(Pasadena, California)
The Gold medal game betweenFranceandBrazilat the Rose Bowl attracted an Olympic Games soccer attendance record of 101,799. This remained the record attendance for a soccer game in the United States until 2014, breaking the previous Olympic record attendance of 100,000 set at theMelbourne Cricket GroundinAustraliafor thegameof the1956 Olympic Gamesplayed between theSoviet UnionandYugoslavia.The Rose Bowl attendance would remain the Olympic record until 104,098 attended thegameof the2000 Summer OlympicsbetweenCameroonandSpainat theStadium AustraliainSydney.
The attendance also stood as the highest for a soccer game in the United States until 109,318 sawManchester UniteddefeatReal Madridduring the2014 International Champions Cupat theMichigan StadiuminAnn Arbor.
Schedule
edit| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 |
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| Men's tournament | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Qualifying
editSixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. ThreeWarsaw Pactcountries had qualified but withdrew as part of theSoviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows:
- East Germanywere replaced byNorway.
- USSRwere replaced byWest Germany.
- Czechoslovakiawere replaced byItaly.
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Venues
edit| Pasadena | Boston | Annapolis | Stanford |
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| Rose Bowl | Harvard Stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Stadium | Stanford Stadium |
| Capacity:103,300 | Capacity:30,323 | Capacity:34,000 | Capacity:84,500 |
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Medalists
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Match officials
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Squads
editFinal tournament
editGroup stage
editGroup A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Chile
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Norway
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Qatar
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Yugoslavia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Canada
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Cameroon
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Iraq
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | 1–0 | Canada |
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Nikolić 76' |
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Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Brazil
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 2 |  West Germany
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Morocco
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Saudi Arabia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
| West Germany | 2–0 | Morocco |
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| Rahn43' Brehme 52' |
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| Brazil | 3–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Gilmar Popoca12' Silvinho 50'Dunga 59' |
Report | Abdullah69' |
| Saudi Arabia | 0–6 | West Germany |
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| Report | Schreier8',66' Bommer 22',72'Rahn 24'Mill 32' |
Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Egypt
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 |  United States
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Costa Rica
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 |
| United States | 3–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Davis23',86' Willrich 35' |
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| Egypt | 4–1 | Costa Rica |
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| Khatib32' Abdelghani 35'Soliman 62'Gadallah 71' |
Report | Coronado87' |
| Egypt | 1–1 | United States |
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| Soliman27' |
Report | Thompson8' |
Knockout stage
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| August 5 –Pasadena,CA | ||||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||
| August 8 –Pasadena,CA | ||||||||||
| Egypt | 0 | |||||||||
| France(a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||
| August 6 –Pasadena,CA | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 5 | |||||||||
| August 11 –Pasadena,CA | ||||||||||
| West Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||
| August 5 –Stanford,CA | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy(a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| August 8 –Stanford,CA | ||||||||||
| Chile | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||||||
| August 6 –Stanford,CA | ||||||||||
| Brazil(a.e.t.) | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Brazil(pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| August 10 –Pasadena,CA | ||||||||||
| Canada | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
edit| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
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| Gilmar Popoca72' |
Report | Mitchell58' |
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Gilmar Kita Ademir André Luiz |
4–2 | Wilson MitchellBridgeGray |
| Yugoslavia | 5–2 | West Germany |
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| Cvetković21',58',70' Radanović 27'Gračan 46' (pen.) |
Report | Bommer1' Bockenfeld 28' |
Semi-finals
editBronze Medal match
editGold Medal match
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Final team rankings
editNote: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra timeare counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outsare counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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| 1 |  France(FRA)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 | |
| 2 | Brazil(BRA)
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia(YUG)
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 10 | |
| 4 |  Italy(ITA)
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 |  West Germany(FRG)
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 6 |  Canada(CAN)
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Chile(CHI)
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 |  Egypt(EGY)
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 |  United States(USA)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 10 |  Norway(NOR)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Cameroon(CMR)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Morocco(MAR)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Costa Rica(CRC)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Iraq(IRQ)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Qatar(QAT)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Saudi Arabia(KSA)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editWith five goals, Daniel Xuereb of France, Borislav Cvetković and Stjepan Deverić of Yugoslavia are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 52 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Kita
- Ronaldo Silva
- Silvio Paiva
- Paul Bahoken
- Louis-Paul Mfédé
- Roger Milla
- Gerry Gray
- Igor Vrablic
- Jaime Baeza
- Fernando Santis
- Evaristo Coronado
- Enrique Rivers
- Magdi Abdelghani
- Mahmoud El Khatib
- Khaled Gadallah
- Dominique Bijotat
- Patrice Garande
- Philippe Jeannol
- Guy Lacombe
- Jean-Claude Lemoult
- Ali Hussein Shihab
- Franco Baresi
- Pietro Fanna
- Aldo Serena
- Mustapha Merry
- Per Egil Ahlsen
- Majed Abdullah
- Gregg Thompson
- Jean Willrich
- Manfred Bockenfeld
- Andreas Brehme
- Frank Mill
- Mirsad Baljić
- Nenad Gračan
- Ljubomir Radanović
Discipline
editIn the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for getting a red card. The following twelve players were sent off and suspended during the final tournament:
| Player | Offences | Date | Suspensions |
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| Sebastiano Nela
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 in group D vEgypt
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July 29 | Group D vUnited States |
| Mohamed Sedky
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  in group D vItaly
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July 29 | Group D vCosta Rica |
| Morsy El Alaa
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in group D vItaly
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July 29 | Group D vCosta Rica |
| Moustafa Ahmed Ismail
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in group D vItaly
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July 29 | Group D vCosta Rica |
| Marko Elsner
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in group B vCameroon
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July 30 | Group B vCanada |
| Mustapha El Biyaz
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in group C vWest Germany
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July 30 | Group C vSaudi Arabia |
| Mubarak Al-Kaater
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in group A vNorway
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August 2 | None (Qatar eliminated) |
| Issa Al-Mohammadi
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in group A vNorway
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August 2 | None (Qatar eliminated) |
| Théophile Abega
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in group B vCanada
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August 3 | None (Cameroon eliminated) |
| Sameer Abdulshaker
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in group C vWest Germany
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August 3 | None (Saudi Arabia eliminated) |
| Jovica Nikolić
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in semi-final vFrance
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August 8 | Bronze medal match vItaly |
| Borislav Cvetković
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in semi-final vFrance
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August 8 | Bronze medal match vItaly |
Trivia
editThewavewas first broadcast internationally during the 1984 Olympic football final, when it was done among the 100,000 in attendance at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena.[6]
References
edit- ^"Football at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games".Sports Reference.Archived fromthe originalon April 17, 2020.RetrievedOctober 29,2018.
- ^Summer Olympics Football
- ^"Olympics Define Soccer Eligibility".New York Times.July 16, 1983. p. 20, Section 1.RetrievedSeptember 15,2024.
- ^Harvey, Randy (December 12, 1986)."IOC Takes Pro and Con Positions on Pros".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedSeptember 15,2024.
- ^Litsky, Frank (March 30, 1986)."I.O.C. EXPECTED TO EASE AMATEUR POLICY".New York Times.p. 9, Section 5.RetrievedSeptember 15,2024.
- ^José Touré: "It was at the Olympic Games that I realised I was an athlete"FIFA. Retrieved August 25, 2011
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