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Football, Men – Preliminary Round

Date	13 – 18 October 1968
Location	Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México / Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara / Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla / Estadio León, León

Group A

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	France	FRA	2	0	1	4	8-4	Q
2	Mexico	MEX	2	0	1	4	6-4	Q
3	Colombia	COL	1	0	2	2	4-5
4	Guinea	GUI	1	0	2	2	4-9

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	13 Oct 12:00	Mexico	MEX	1 – 0	Colombia	COL
Match #2	13 Oct 12:00	France	FRA	3 – 1	Guinea	GUI
Match #3	15 Oct 15:30	France	FRA	4 – 1	Mexico	MEX
Match #4	15 Oct 15:30	Guinea	GUI	3 – 2	Colombia	COL
Match #5	17 Oct 15:30	Mexico	MEX	4 – 0	Guinea	GUI
Match #6	17 Oct 15:30	Colombia	COL	2 – 1	France	FRA

Group B

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Spain	ESP	2	1	0	5	4-0	Q
2	Japan	JPN	1	2	0	4	4-2	Q
3	Brazil	BRA	0	2	1	2	4-5
4	Nigeria	NGR	0	1	2	1	4-9

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct 15:30	Spain	ESP	1 – 0	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	14 Oct 15:30	Japan	JPN	3 – 1	Nigeria	NGR
Match #3	16 Oct 15:30	Spain	ESP	3 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #4	16 Oct 15:30	Brazil	BRA	1 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #5	18 Oct 15:30	Spain	ESP	0 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #6	18 Oct 15:30	Brazil	BRA	3 – 3	Nigeria	NGR

Group C

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0	5	8-2	Q
2	Israel	ISR	2	0	1	4	8-6	Q
3	Ghana	GHA	0	2	1	2	6-8
4	El Salvador	ESA	0	1	2	1	2-8

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	13 Oct 12:00	Hungary	HUN	4 – 0	El Salvador	ESA
Match #2	13 Oct 12:00	Israel	ISR	5 – 3	Ghana 1	GHA
Match #3	15 Oct 15:30	Ghana	GHA	2 – 2	Hungary	HUN
Match #4	15 Oct 15:30	Israel	ISR	3 – 1	El Salvador	ESA
Match #5	17 Oct 15:30	Hungary	HUN	2 – 0	Israel	ISR
Match #6	17 Oct 15:30	El Salvador	ESA	1 – 1	Ghana	GHA

Group D

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Bulgaria	BUL	2	1	0	5	11-3	Q
2	Guatemala	GUA	2	0	1	4	6-3	Q
3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	1	1	3	10-3
4	Thailand	THA	0	0	3	0	1-19

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct 15:30	Guatemala	GUA	1 – 0	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #2	14 Oct 15:30	Bulgaria	BUL	7 – 0	Thailand	THA
Match #3	16 Oct 15:30	Bulgaria	BUL	2 – 2	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #4	16 Oct 15:30	Guatemala	GUA	4 – 1	Thailand	THA
Match #5	18 Oct 15:30	Czechoslovakia	TCH	8 – 0	Thailand	THA
Match #6	18 Oct 15:30	Bulgaria	BUL	2 – 1	Guatemala	GUA