Great Britain Olympic football team Great Britain's group. The final 18 man squad for the Olympic Games was announced on 2 July 2012. A pre-tournament training camp was held in Marbella, Spain. This included a training match against Mexico, which Mexico won 1–0. All players in the squad played for between 45 and 75 minutes. The team then played one official friendly match, against Brazil at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough on 20 July, which was won 2–0 by Brazil. Great Britain's first match was a 1–1 draw with Senegal at Old Trafford in Manchester on 26 July. Craig Bellamy scored for Great Britain in
Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games 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. Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 7 July. The competition was open for men's teams only. A record number of 20 teams took part in the competition. South Africa won their first gold medal, beating USA 3–1 in the final. This was the first time since 1935 that the hosts finished outside the top two. Israel's 1–2 loss to South Africa in the