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Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament was the second and final stage of the competition, following the first round. Played from 18 to 23 October, the knockout stage ended with the final held at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The top two team from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. There were eleven matches in the knockout stage, including play-offs played between the losing teams of the quarter-finals and semi-finals for extra allocated finishing positions.

Format
The knockout stage of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament was contested between eight teams that qualified from the first round. Matches in the knockout stage were played to a finish. If the score of a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of playing time, extra time was played. If, after two periods of 15 minutes, the scores were still tied, the match was decided by lots. ==Qualified teams==
Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage. ==Bracket==
Bracket
The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match. ==Quarter-finals==
Quarter-finals
Yugoslavia vs United Team of Germany Romania vs Hungary Czechoslovakia vs Japan United Arab Republic vs Ghana ==Semi-finals==
Semi-finals
Czechoslovakia vs United Team of Germany Hungary vs United Arab Republic ==First consolation round==
First consolation round
Japan vs Yugoslavia Romania vs Ghana ==Fifth place play-off==
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