A gold medal awarded by the Japan Football Association for the 1964 Olympic Games Football Competition Consolation Final (5th Place Match), hallmarked
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A gold medal awarded by the Japan Football Association for the 1964 Olympic Games Football Competition Consolation Final (5th Place Match), hallmarked gold, the obverse with footballers and inscribed THE OSAKA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT XVIII OLYMPIAD, J.F.A., OSAKA KYOTO, 1964, FIFTH AND SIXTH PLACES MATCH Surely a unique award in the history of the Olympic Games, a solid gold medal awarded for a 5th place finishing position! At the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games Football Tournament the four losing quarter-finalists competed in a consolation Round. Yugoslavia who beat Japan 6-1 and Romania who defeated Ghana 4-2 then went on to play the Consolation Final to determine 5th & 6th Places. The winners were Romania who comfortably beat Yugoslavia 3-0. The game was played at Nagai Stadium, Osaka, 22nd October the day before the Gold & Bronze Medal matches in Tokyo.