Japan 15–0 Philippines
Football match
| Event | 1968 Summer Olympics qualification (AFC) Group 1 | ||||||
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| Date | 27 September 1967 | ||||||
| Venue | National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||
| Referee | Atef Sinan (Lebanon)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 7,939[1] | ||||||
On 27 September 1967, the national association football teams of Japan and the Philippines faced each other in a qualification match for the 1968 Summer Olympics. The teams were in Group 1, where South Korea, Lebanon, South Vietnam and Taiwan (Republic of China) were also included. The top team in the group qualified for the Olympics. This match resulted in Japan's largest victory and the Philippines' worst defeat in an international football match. The Philippines' previous record for its worst defeat was 1–15 against Malaya (present-day Malaysia) at the 1962 Asian Games.[2][3] Japan also suffered its worst defeat to the Philippines with the score 2–15 on 10 May 1917, but that is not recognized as an official international match by the Japan Football Association.[4]
Details
Japan  | 15–0 |  Philippines |
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Sugiyama  4', 75'Ogi 5'Kamamoto 15', 16', 26', 43', 64', 89'Miyamoto 20', 30', 40', 46'Watanabe 63'Kuwahara 78' | Report |
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Final standings
Japan won all its other matches with other teams in the group except with South Korea which ended with a draw. The Philippines failed to win any matches in the whole duration of the qualifying tournament. The Philippines also conceded two other defeats with the opposing sides scoring two-digit goal difference. The matches were against South Vietnam; 10–0, and Lebanon; 11–1. South Vietnam's match with the Philippines was its largest victory in an international football match. Lebanon's result was also its largest victory in an international football match. Japan managed to qualify for the Football event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 13 |
 South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 |
 South Vietnam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 7 |
 Lebanon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 7 |
 Taiwan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 3 |
| Philippines | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 48 | −45 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Takeo Goto (2007), 日本サッカー史 資料編―日本代表の90年, ISBN 4575299332
- ^ a b Velasco, Santiago. "XII Olympic Football Tournament (Qualifying Stage)". Lingua Sports. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ Romualdez, Johnny (17 January 2003). "13-1 football loss: Can it happen again?". Manila Standard. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
The writer was a member of two national teams that loss the biggest margins in international football in the 60s– a 15–1 loss to Malaya in the 1962 Asian Games which record was broken by a 15–0 loss to Japan in the Olympic Eliminations in Japan in 1967.
- ^ Yoon Hyung-jin. "List of full international matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Japan vs Philippines". Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ Yoon, Hyung-Jin. "1967". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ Dee, Ignacio (2016). "A National Football League: A Cure-All? (chapter authors)". Philippine Football: Its Past, Its Future. By Villegas, Bernardo. University of Asia and the Pacific. pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-621-8002-29-6.
