Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games

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.

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

3

3

0

0

10

2

6

3

1

1

1

7

3

3

3

1

1

1

2

4

3

3

0

0

3

0

10

0

16 July 1985

3–0

0–0

18 July 1985

3–2

2–0

21 July 1985

4–0

5–0

Group B

Team

3

2

1

0

21

2

5

3

2

1

0

8

3

5

3

1

0

2

4

13

2

3

0

0

3

2

17

0

17 July 1985

7–0

2–0

19 July 1985

4–1

20 July 1985

12–0

21 July 1985

3–2

2–2

Group C

Team

4

4

0

0

18

2

8

4

3

0

1

17

3

6

4

2

0

2

5

14

4

4

0

1

3

3

13

1

4

0

1

3

4

15

1

16 July 1985

1–0

3–0

17 July 1985

2–0

3–1

18 July 1985

3–1

3–3

19 July 1985

6–0

20 July 1985

5–1

21 July 1985

7–0

8–0

Group D

Team

4

3

1

0

16

4

7

4

2

1

1

6

6

5

4

2

0

2

7

6

4

4

1

0

3

5

11

2

4

1

0

3

4

11

2

16 July 1985

2–0

3–1

17 July 1985

3–1

2–1

18 July 1985

1–1

2–1

19 July 1985

5–0

20 July 1985

2–0

21 July 1985

7–2

4–0

Knockout rounds

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals


3rd-4th place match

Final

Final ranking

Team

1

6

5

1

0

33

3

+30

11

2

6

3

2

1

11

9

2

8

3

7

6

1

0

25

5

+20

13

4

7

4

1

2

20

12

+8

9

Eliminated at the quarter-finals

5

5

3

0

2

18

5

+13

6

6

4

3

0

1

11

3

+7

6

7

5

2

1

2

7

8

-1

5

8

4

1

1

2

7

8

-1

3

Eliminated at group stage

9

4

2

0

2

7

6

+1

4

10

4

2

0

2

5

14

-9

4

11

3

1

1

1

2

4

-2

3

12

4

1

0

3

5

11

-6

2

13

4

1

0

3

4

11

-7

2

14

3

1

0

2

4

13

-9

2

15

4

0

1

3

3

13

-10

1

16

4

0

1

3

4

15

-11

1

17

3

0

0

3

0

10

-10

0

18

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.