1964 Chilean presidential election, Electoral system
The election was held using the absolute majority system, under which a candidate had to receive over 50% of the popular vote to be elected. If no candidate received over 50% of the vote, both houses of the National Congress would come together to vote on the two candidates who received the most votes.


1964 Chilean presidential election, Campaign
The Church Committee of the US Senate revealed in 1975 that the Central Intelligence Agency interfered substantially with the election to prevent the accession of Marxist Salvador Allende. The CIA secretly funded more than half of Frei's campaign and supported an array of pro-Christian Democratic groups. Two other political parties were funded as well in an attempt to spread the vote. The CIA's assistance to Frei took the form of polling, voter registration and get out the vote drives, in addition to covert propaganda.


1964 Chilean presidential election, Campaign
The U.S. was countering the influence of the Soviet Union who was also supporting Allende with $50,000 to $400,000 every year between 1960 and 1969. All in all, the CIA spent 3 million dollars in this election, more money than Lyndon B. Johnson spent on his 1964 presidential campaign.


1964 Chinese census
The 1964 Chinese census,  officially the Second National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, was conducted by the People's Republic of China with a zero hour of 1 July 1964. The results of the census were not publicized and its very existence was not officially acknowledged until the early 1980s.


1964 Chinese census
The 1964 census included additional information about education, occupation, and class to the information gathered by the first census concerning name, age, sex, nationality, and relationship to heads of households.


1964 Chinese census, Results, Total Population
The census found the total population of Mainland China in 1964 as 694,581,759.


1964 Chinese census, Results, Total Population
However, the official summaries published in Chinese Sociology and Anthropology by the Chinese State Statistical Bureau in 1984 listed the 1964 population as 723,070,269. China's official Xinhua news organization continues to report this larger figure.


1964 Chinese census, Results, Demographics
The census found approximately 356,520,000 men and 338,060,000 women living in China, a ratio of 105.46 to 100.


1964 Chinese census, Results, Demographics
The average household size was 4.43, an increase of 1/10 person per household from the previous census. 40.69 % of the population was 14 or under; 55.75% of the population was between 15 and 64; and 3.56% of the population was 65 or older.


1964 Chinese census, Results, Demographics
Han Chinese accounted for approximately 654,560,000 persons (94.24% of the total). Minorities accounted for approx. 40,020,000 persons (5.76%).


1964 Chinese census, Results, Demographics
127,100,000 Chinese were classified as living in cities, an urbanization rate of 18.30%.


1964 Chinese census, Controversy
As with the 1953 census, the accuracy of the Second National Population Census was questioned by many outside observers. The information collected about occupation and education was so unsystematic, it could not even be accurately tabulated, although the nation's illiteracy rate was recorded as 32.26% and 33.58%.


1964 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1964 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Chuck Studley, the Bearcats compiled an 8–2 record (3–0 against conference opponents), won the MVC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 99.


1964 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The team's statistical leaders included team captain Brig Owens with 790 passing yards, Al Nelson with 973 rushing yards and 78 points scored, and Errol Prisby with 367 receiving yards. Nelson broke the Cincinnati single-season rushing record of 959 yards set by Roger Stephens in 1947.


1964 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1964 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in a tie for second place in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies. Both teams finished at 92–70, one game behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds' home games were played at Crosley Field.


1964 Cincinnati Reds season
The Reds began the season with Fred Hutchinson as manager, but he had to give way to acting manager Dick Sisler in August due to health issues with a record of 60–49. Sisler finished the season, guiding the team to a record of 32–21. Hutchinson, after formally resigning as manager in October, died of lung cancer on November 12, 1964, at the age of 45. Hutchinson was the first Reds member to have his number retired.


1964 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1964 season will long be remembered as one of the most exciting in MLB history, as both the National League and the American League saw multiple teams have chances to win the pennant in the last two weeks. The National League had three teams: the Cardinals, the Reds, and the Phillies, within a single game down the stretch, while the fourth-place Giants (3 games) and the fifth-place Braves (5) were within striking distance in the last month. The Phillies had double-digit lead with a month to go, but suffered a major collapse. But Philadelphia regained some momentum late by winning two games from the then first-place Reds including the last game of the year, to open the door for the Cardinals to win the pennant by one game over the Reds and the Phillies.


1964 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1964 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1964 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Claxton Shield
The 1964 Claxton Shield was the 25th annual Claxton Shield, it was held at the Albert Park in Melbourne, Victoria. The participants were South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. The series final was between South Australia and Victoria, with South Australia defeating the Victorians led by newcomer Ian Chappell who drove in seven runs in the final alone.


1964 Claxton Shield, Conditions
The 1964 series was played in poor conditions, with rain being a factor across most of the tournament. The ABC reported "after four days the grounds were quagmires and baseball has never been played under worse conditions". Queensland Baseball Association life member Stan Holloway also described one particular match as "a game of baseball played under the worst conditions I have ever seen" and recalled the mud being so thick that a hard line drive to third base was stopped dead on the full.


1964 Claxton Shield, Conditions
New South Wales shortstop Don Buchanan broke his leg in the conditions at second base in what was believed to be a career-ending injury. Buchanan received the Golden Glove for the series and returned to play for his state in the 1966 Claxton Shield.


1964 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1964 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In its 25th season under head coach Frank Howard, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–4 against conference opponents), finished seventh in the ACC, and was outscored by a total of 135 to 105. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.


1964 Clemson Tigers football team
John Boyett and Ted Bunton were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included Thomas Ray with 253 passing yards, Hal Davis with 533 rushing yards and 30 points scored (5 touchdowns), and Hoss Hostetler with 103 receiving yards.


1964 Cleveland Browns season
The 1964 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 19th season, and 15th season with the National Football League. The Browns won the NFL Championship, despite having not made the playoffs in six seasons.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season
The regular season was a success with the Browns finishing with a regular season record of 10–3–1. They were coached by Blanton Collier who had replaced the historic Paul Brown the previous season. The team had a tremendous amount of heart, which was demonstrated by the fact that they had key commanding wins throughout the season. For instance, they swept their arch rival New York Giants, who the previous year had edged them out as the eastern conference champion.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season
Not only did they win both times that they played against the Giants but both wins were very convincing, the first being a 42–20 home victory and the second being a 52–20 away victory. The second victory over the Giants was a clutch, season ending game that clinched the eastern conference title. Many of the Browns' wins during the regular season were in a very commanding manner, with a 37–21 win over the Detroit Lions being a prime example. The win over the Lions carried extra significance due to the fact that the Lions had been the team that knocked them out of the conference champion hunt the previous season by beating them 38–10 in the second to last regular season game.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season
The Browns were led by Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown who had a stellar regular season, rushing for 1,446 yards with a 5.2 yards/carry average. Although they had a great rushing game, the Browns had a very balanced offense, choosing not to just hand the ball to Brown on every play. The quarterback of the team was Frank Ryan who had a decent season throwing for 2,404 yards and 25 touchdowns while throwing 19 interceptions. The top receivers of the team were Paul Warfield and Gary Collins, the second of whom would become a legend by catching three touchdowns in the championship game against the heavily favored Baltimore Colts.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Championship Game
Leading into the game, the Browns were huge underdogs. Most experts had them losing by double digits. Baltimore was so heavily favored that after the Browns won the game, Sports Illustrated had to scramble to find a picture of a Browns player to put on its cover. Baltimore had the league's best offense and had a league best record of 12–2. They were stacked with future Hall of Famers such as Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore, and John Mackey.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Championship Game
The Browns though, were unfazed by the apparent talent disparity and Jim Brown was reported stating before the game, "we're going to kick their [butt] today." The game-time temperature that day was 34 degrees and felt much colder in 15- to 25-mph winds whipping under gray December sky. The Municipal Stadium crowd of 79,544 was the second largest in NFL title-game history at the time. The Browns knew that if they wanted to be in the game they had to make a statement early on, and they did just that.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Championship Game
Galen Fiss, the Browns team captain, broke up a screen pass from Unitas to Moore, sending Moore airborne for a loss. The Browns tenacity on defense is what got them to the half time score of 0–0. Brown's running back Ernie Green reported after the game about half time, "We cleaned ourselves and sat down, and it seemed like something came over all of us.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Championship Game
I think we all kind of looked at each other and concluded, 'Hey, we can beat these guys.'" Not only did the Browns "beat" the Colts in the second half, They destroyed them, scoring 27 unanswered points. Gary Collins became a Cleveland Browns legend by catching three touch down passes, the third one being a 51-yarder with Colts defender Bobby Boyd all over him. The biggest story of the game was how well Cleveland's defense played against Baltimore's heralded offense. Cleveland was able to hold Unitas to just 95 yards while intercepting him twice.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Lasting value
This was the last major sports championship won by a Cleveland-based team until 2016, when the Cleveland Cavaliers, a team that was formed in 1970, defeated the defending champion Golden State Warriors in a seven-game NBA Finals. Not only is it remembered in Cleveland but ESPN ranks the '64 title game as the second-greatest NFL postseason upset, behind only Joe Namath's guaranteed win over the Colts in Super Bowl III four seasons later.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Exhibition schedule
There was a doubleheader on September 5, 1964 Giants vs Lions and Packers vs Browns.


1964 Cleveland Browns season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1964 Cleveland Indians season
The 1964 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in a tie for sixth place in the American League with the Minnesota Twins, while winning 79 and losing 83, 20 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.


1964 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season
In 1964, Vernon Stouffer became an investor in the Cleveland Indians due to the threat of the franchise relocating.


1964 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season
Manager Birdie Tebbetts suffered a heart attack during the offseason. George Strickland served as the Indians' acting manager during his convalescence. Tebbetts returned to the team on July 3.


1964 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1964 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1964 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1964 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In its third consecutive season under head coach Hal Lahar (his eighth overall), the team compiled a 7–2 record. Lee Woltman was the team captain.


1964 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.


1964 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


1964 College Baseball All-America Team
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.


1964 College Football All-America Team
The 1964 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1964. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1964 season are (1) the Associated Press (AP), (2) the United Press International (UPI), (3) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the Central Press Association (CP), and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). Other selectors include Time magazine, Football News, and The Sporting News.


1964 College Football All-America Team
AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press were all press organizations that polled writers and players. FWAA was also a poll of writers, and the AFCA was a poll of college coaches. The Sporting News and Time magazine polled football scouts and coaches. AP, UPI, NEA, Central Press, and The Sporting News chose both first and second teams. AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press also listed numerous honorable mentions.


1964 College Football All-America Team, Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1964, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.


1964 Colombian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 15 March 1964 to elect the Chamber of Representatives. Under the National Front agreement, only the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were able to contest the elections, with 50% of the seats in both houses allocated to each party. As a result, the main contest at the elections was between factions within each party.


1964 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1964 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Head coach Eddie Crowder led the team to a 1–6 mark in the "Big 8" and 2–8 overall.


1964 Colorado State Rams football team
The 1964 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University as an independent during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Mike Lude, the Rams compiled a 5–6 record.


1964 Columbia Lions football team
The 1964 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Columbia finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.


1964 Columbia Lions football team
In their eighth season under head coach Aldo "Buff" Donelli, the Lions compiled a 2–6–1 record and were outscored 194 to 145. Edward C. Malmstrom was the team captain.


1964 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 1–5–1 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 142 to 89 by Ivy opponents.


1964 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


1964 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
The 1964 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the 13th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in July 1964, and was hosted by the UK's Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home.


1964 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
With the collapse of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the Commonwealth decided to exclude the white minority rule regime of Southern Rhodesia from the conference for the first time as it was not an independent state. The conference communique rejected any prospective Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the colony and called for all party talks to achieve a multi-racial state. The meeting also reaffirmed its opposition to apartheid, expressed concern about racial strife in British Guiana and the situation in Cyprus. The Commonwealth meeting expressed sympathy for Malaysia in its conflict with Indonesia. The creation of a Commonwealth Secretariat was also proposed.


1964 Conayes Professional Tournament
The 1964 Conayes Professional Tournament was a professional snooker tournament staged at the Rex Williams Snooker Centre in Blackheath from 16 to 21 March 1964. It was the first commercially sponsored professional snooker event since 1960, and was won by John Pulman.


1964 Conayes Professional Tournament
There were four competitors: Pulman, Rex Williams, Jackie Rea, and Fred Davis. It was held as a round-robin, with participants each playing the other competitors twice over five frames.


1964 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1964 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies were led by first year head coach Rick Forzano, and completed the season with a record of 3–6.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan
The 1964 Afghanistan Constitution was the constitution of Afghanistan from 1964 to 1973, when it was annulled following a coup d'état. It was drafted by a committee of foreign-educated Afghans, including Sardar Abdul Hakim Ziai and Sardar Abdul Rahim Ziai, appointed for the task by Mohammed Zahir Shah. The primary goals of the Constitution were to prepare the government and the people for gradual movement toward democracy and socioeconomic modernization. A Loya jirga (grand council of notables) had debated, modified and approved its innovations, which included a bill of rights for all Afghans, explicitly including women. After public review, the constitution was put into effect in October 1964.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan
Although Afghanistan became a sovereign nation in 1747 under the rule of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the earliest Afghan constitution was written during the reign of Emir Abdur Rahman Khan in the 1890s followed by a 1923 version. The 1964 Constitution transformed Afghanistan into a modern democracy.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, Provisions
A new parliament was created, dominated by its lower house (the Wolesi Jirgah), which was to be elected through universal suffrage. It had the power to reject royal appointments to the cabinet and to dismiss it by a vote of no confidence. Laws passed by parliament were to have constitutional precedence over traditional Islamic law (the Sharia). Parliament was to meet regularly, not at royal pleasure as before. It could refuse budget increases, but could not reduce appropriations below the level of the previous year. Its members had control over the organization of parliament and enjoyed legal immunity for what they said in debate. Members had the right to form political parties, but their formation required legislation acceptable to the cabinet and, hence, the king.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, Provisions
Bold as its innovations were compared with the functional autocracy it replaced, the constitution was filled with provisions intended to assure that the royal government would not lose control. A wide constitutional gulf separated the cabinet from the parliament. The cabinet was to exercise the monarch's powers, including the initiation of all government policy and the invocation of emergency decrees. Cooperation between officials and legislators, integral to classical parliamentary systems, was discouraged. Legislators were prohibited from holding ministerial or other executive positions. The cabinet was assured control over the composition of the Meshrano Jirgah, the parliament's upper house.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, Provisions
Judicial restructuring and elective provincial councils were endorsed, but the constitution did not prescribe their structure or working arrangements. The failure to spell out a complete structure for the government lent a provisional character to the constitution. At least seventy articles required parliamentary legislation in order for them to take effect.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, Provisions
The constitution's democratic features were especially provisional. Ample authority was retained for the executive branch to slow, halt or reverse legislation. Nor was caution only displayed toward would-be overweening legislators. The most notorious provision in the constitution was its prohibition of official or political activity by any member of the royal family other than the monarch. The implications of this clause would soon haunt the constitutionalists. No means was provided for an increasingly restless Muhammad Daud to return to power without nullifying the constitution.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, Impact and evaluation
Shortly after its enactment, the vulnerability of the constitution to political realities became dramatically clear. The adversarial relationship it created between the cabinet and the parliament brought about tragedy and a serious loss of political momentum. In October 1965, following the election of the new legislature, an impasse over its approval of the new cabinet brought about rioting and intervention by the army leading to the death of at least three student demonstrators. The proposed cabinet was withdrawn, following which a reshuffled one under the leadership of Muhammad Hashim Maiwandwal, a senior diplomat, was approved with little opposition. Officials and legislators were faced with running the new system with hopes considerably dampened.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, Impact and evaluation
The liberal or constitutional experiment, which lasted for the next eight years, has been generally seen as a political failure. The cabinet and legislature were constantly deadlocked, unable to enact laws vital to the constitution or seriously weakening it through long delays. Legislators proved to be effective critics of the bureaucracy, which responded by holding back legislation to avoid scrutiny or lengthy disputes.


1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, Impact and evaluation
There was a wide social and cultural gap between the legislators and senior ministry officials. Few of the former had had the exposure to the modern education and foreign experience enjoyed by senior ministry officials. More than 90 percent of the Wolesi Jirgah members represented rural constituencies. Legislators had the right to lobby ministers and senior bureaucrats directly. Doing so was more rewarding than dealing with middle rank provincial officials who had less authority and information. The constitution discouraged executive-legislative cooperation on policy, but it did not prevent the give and take of patronage.


1964 Copa Libertadores
The 1964 Copa de Campeones de América was the fifth edition of South America's premier club football tournament. For the first time since its inception, every member of CONMEBOL was represented in the competition. Deportivo Italia became the first club from Venezuela to participate, providing an unexpectedly impressive performance after eliminating Bahia of Brazil in the preliminary round and beating Barcelona in Guayaquil.


1964 Copa Libertadores
Building up on Boca Juniors's great showing in the last season, Argentine football managed to put themselves on the international map as Independiente won Argentina's first title. El Diablo Rojo, or Red Devil, eliminated the powerful Santos,  which played without the main stars of its attack (Dorval, Mengálvio, Coutinho and an injured Pelé didn't play, and Pepe played just the first match of the semifinal). After winning both matches of their semifinal series the Argentines dispatched Nacional in the finals. Mario Rodríguez was a key factor in Independiente's triumph and he became the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.


1964 Copa Libertadores, Tie-breaking criteria
This edition saw a first round, with three groups containing three teams each; the preliminary round from the 1961 edition was reintroduced. The format for the semifinals and the finals remained unchanged.


1964 Copa Libertadores, Tie-breaking criteria
At each stage of the tournament teams receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:


1964 Copa Libertadores, Preliminary round
Owing to the uneven number of teams in the competition, a preliminary round was created to determine who joined the other 9 teams in the competition. As a predominated "weak" side, Venezuela has its representative face off against Brazil's second representative. The winner of the series would advance into the First round. Both matches took place in Caracas.


1964 Copa Libertadores, First round
Nine teams were drawn into groups of three. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Semifinals. Santos, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.


1964 Copa Libertadores, Semifinals
Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.


1964 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 1964 Copa Libertadores Finals was a football series between Argentine team Independiente and Uruguayan team Nacional on August 6 and 12 of this same year. It was the fifth final of South America's most prestigious football competition, the Copa de Campeones (known in the modern era as "Copa Libertadores").


1964 Copa Libertadores Finals
Both teams played the Copa Libertadores finals for the first time in their history.


1964 Copa del Generalísimo Final
The Copa del Generalísimo 1964 Final was the 62nd final of the King's Cup. The final was played at Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, on 5 July 1964, being won by Club Atlético de Madrid, who beat Real Zaragoza CD 1-0.


1964 Copa del Generalísimo Juvenil
The 1964 Copa del Generalísimo Juvenil was the 14th staging of the youth football tournament. The competition began on May 24, 1964, and ended on July 7, 1964, with the final.


1964 Copenhagen Series
The 1964 Copenhagen Series (Danish: Københavnsserien pulje A og B 1964; administratively known as the Senior Række KS 1 A and KS 1 B, 1964) was the 76th edition of the Copenhagen Football Championship since its establishment in 1889, the 62nd under the administration of Københavns Boldspil-Union (KBU) and the 6th season as one of the fifth tiers of the Danish football pyramid system.


1964 Copenhagen Series
The season was launched on 4 April 1964 with five simultaneously played group A matches and five group B matches, interrupted by a two and a half month long summer break, and concluded with the last four group A league fixtures on 31 October and six group B fixtures on 8 November 1964. The season featured a Copenhagen football league structure consisting of two individual groups, with group A being composed solely of first senior men's teams, while group B was composed of reserve teams of higher ranking Copenhagen clubs. No reserve teams were eligible for promotion to the fourth tier. The clubs of the group A league entered the 1964–65 Danish Cup tournament in the second qualifying round for the Copenhagen FA's area.


1964 Copenhagen Series
BK Hero went through the season as undefeated, winning their second group A league title with an eight-point margin and more than twice as many goals scored compared to their closest league opponents, Kastrup BK, in second place, averaging four goals per game. The team had a run of nine wins and only made use of fourteen players throughout their winning season under coach Hans Hannibal. Handelsstandens BK finished at the bottom of the final league standings, for the second consecutive season, and was relegated to the 1965 KBUs Mellemrække. B.93's reserve team won their first group B league title with the reserve team of Brønshøj BK in second place.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
With no KBU-members having been demoted from the 1963 Kvalifikationsturneringen to the regional top-flight league, the Copenhagen FA hence did not relegate Handelsstandens BK to the regional second-tier league, 1964 KBUs Mellemrække. Handelsstandens BK had finished the last season in the last spot in the final league standings. The match schedule for the group A league's spring season was published on 10 January 1964 by the Copenhagen FA, while the fall season's match schedule was published during the summer break.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
The season was officially launched on 4 April 1926 with five league matches in group A featuring BK Frederiksholm versus Kastrup BK, BK Hellas versus BK Hero, Husum BK versus Handelsstandens BK, Østerbros BK versus BK Stefan and B 1908 versus BK Fremad Valby.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
The first match day included a replay of a fixture from the last round of the previous season in which last season's eighth placed team BK Fremad Valby had defeated last season's runners-up B 1908, preventing the Amager-based club from earning a promotion to the fourth tier – this first round fixture at Sundby Idrætspark between the two clubs ended in a tie. Newly promoted Østerbros BK won their first round match against Husum BK with the only goal of the match scored by Østerbros BK's Heinz Sørensen in the 48th minute in front of 500 spectators. The first goal of the season was netted by Bjarne Hansen from Handelsstandens BK in the 5th minute in the club's away game against Husum BK at Husum Idrætspark.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
Kastrup BK, trained by coach Tonny Andersen since 1963, went victoriously through the first six match days, placing themselves at the top of the league standings with maximum points, having scored 16 goals with 2 goals scored against them – a great contrast compared to last season, where the club lost their first four matches and only managed to score one goal. On 3 May, Handelsstandens BK managed to tie the home clash against BK Stefan their at Østerbro Stadium, earning their first point in their fifth league match of the season.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
Kastrup BK lost their first match of the season against BK Hero on 21 May in front of an attendance of 900 people at Tårnby Stadium, with BK Hero's Preben Bendtner scoring the game's only goal in the 65th minute. Kastrup BK's line-up included two reserve forwards and left the field without scoring and obtaining any points for the first time in the season. BK Hero was on top of the league standings for two match days until Kastrup BK reclaimed the top spot in the 7th round and 8th round due to a better goal average.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
Halfway through the season, Kastrup BK were leading the KBU league with 14 points, the same number of points as BK Hero, while B 1908 was in third place with 12 points. Handelsstandens BK was in the last spot of the league standings with only one point, obtained at their tied match against BK Stefan.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
Following a ten week long summer break, the fall season was inaugurated on 15 August 1964 with three league matches. On 5 September, the two closest title contenders, BK Hero and Kastrup BK, clashed again at Gladsaxe Idrætspark in front of approx. 900 spectators. BK Hero's newly arrived footballer Torben Michaelsen – a former Kastrup BK player – scored the first goal after 22 minutes of play in a match that saw BK Hero win 5–1 and make the final break-away from their closest league title contenders.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
BK Hero had a run of nine wins, winning all their matches in the fall season, while Kastrup BK and B 1908 trailed behind with several losses along the way. Early in the season, B 1908, under the guidance of coach Jørgen Vendelbo, frequently trailed behind the two title contenders, but in the fall season they had several encounters with the second place that was due to a streak of four winning matches, where they scored at least five goals against their opponents.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
The league title was claimed by BK Hero with two rounds remaining by winning their away game 9–2 against Østerbros BK on 11 November at Østerbro Stadium, with Torben Michaelsen and Tonny Poppe scoring both scoring hat-tricks in the process. The then mayor of Gladsaxe Municipality, Erhard Jakobsen, congratulated the players at the following match against B 1908 on 24 October, where they were also presented with the league trophy at a reception.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
The Søborg-based club only made use of 14 players overall, while B 1908 in contrast had 6 new players in their 11 November home clash against BK Stefan and x reserve players at ... The squad of BK Hero was composed of goalkeeper Eigil Larsen, defenders Poul Larsen and John Petersen, midfielders Knud Jørgensen, Preben Møller, Kjeld Petersen and Søren Bjerring, forwards Bent Knudsen, Torben Michaelsen, Mogens Langkilde, Tonny Poppe, Kaj Christensen, Erik Poppe and Preben Bendtner, and was coached by Hans Hannibal. They were part of the five most goal-oriented matches.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Summary
The league's clubs entered the 1964–65 Danish Cup in the second qualifying round for members of the Copenhagen FA. BK Hero, Kastrup BK and BK Fremad Valby reached the second round proper of the main cup tournament. Three KBU-members were relegated from the fourth tier, leaving one relegation spot to the worst placed team in the Copenhagen Series. Handelsstandens BK sealed their relegation to the sixth tier after having lost their away match against Kastrup BK on 24 November, a fixture that was part of the match day 17.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Teams
Ten teams competed in the league's group A – nine teams from the previous season and one team promoted from the regional second tier. The promoted team was Østerbros BK, who returned after a two-year absence, replacing BK Dalgas, who had won promotion to the 1964 Kvalifikationsturneringen. Handelsstandens BK finished the previous season in the last spot, but was not relegated due to no Copenhagen-based teams being relegated from the fourth tier. The league had three Valby-based teams of which two of them played their matches at Valby Idrætspark, while the third team played their matches at Frederiksberg Idrætspark in Frederiksberg.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Teams, Coaching changes
Jørgen Vendelbo switched to Hørsholm-Usserød IK at some point during the season.


1964 Copenhagen Series, League table
In group A, every team played two games against the other teams, at home and away, totaling 18 games each, while each team in group B played two games against the other teams for a total of 24 games. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned winners of the group and joint winners of the league. The winners of group A were promoted to the 1965 Kvalifikationsturneringen.


1964 Copenhagen Series, League table
The team with the fewest points in both group B would be relegated to the 1965 KBUs Mellemrække. The number of relegations in group A was dependent on how many of the five KBU members, participating in the 1964 Kvalifikationsturneringen, that would be relegated from the fourth tier. Due to the Copenhagen FA's pre-season decision to expand the league to include twelve teams, somewhere between zero and three teams could be relegated.


1964 Copenhagen Series, Group A statistics, Scoring, Top scorers
There were 356 goals scored in 90 matches, for an average of 3.96 goals per match. Three own goals were scored during the tournament.


1964 Coppa Italia Final
The 1964 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 1963-64 Coppa Italia. The match was played on 6 September 1964 between Roma and Torino. Since the match ended 0–0, a replay of the final was played on 1 November 1964 in Turin, where Roma won 1–0.


1964 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1964 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 55th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909.


1964 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Castletownroche won the championship following a 4–11 to 3–06 defeat of Youghal in the final. This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1922.


1964 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1964 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 76th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 26 January 1964.


1964 Cork Senior Football Championship
University College Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.


1964 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 15 November 1964, University College Cork won the championship following a 0-12 to 1-06 defeat of Carbery in the final. This was their sixth championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1964 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1964 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 76th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 26 January 1964. The championship began on 19 April 1964 and ended on 11 October 1964.


1964 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
University College Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by St. Finbarr's at the quarter-final stage.


1964 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 11 October 1964, Glen Rovers won the championship following a 3-12 to 2-7 defeat of St. Finbarr's in the final. This was their 20th championship title overall and their first in two championship seasons.


1964 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Patsy Harte of the Glen Rovers club was the championship's top scorer with 3-17.


1964 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1964 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Cornell tied for fifth in the Ivy League .


1964 Cornell Big Red football team
In its fourth season under head coach Tom Harp, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record but outscored opponents 196 to 139. Clarence Jentes was the team captain.


1964 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell's 3–4 conference record tied for fifth place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponetns 184 to 122.


1964 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1964 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 28th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1963–64 bowl game season, the game was a de facto national championship game; the top-ranked and undefeated Texas Longhorns, champions of the Southwest Conference, defeated the #2 Navy Midshipmen, 28–6.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic
In this era, the final major polls (AP, UPI) were published prior to the bowl games, so Texas would retain those national championships, regardless of the outcome.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams
The game was played less than six weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy, a U.S. Navy veteran and avid football fan, in the same city. It was the second #1 versus #2 bowl game, after the previous season's Rose Bowl.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Texas
Texas had won all ten games in the regular season, took the Southwest Conference title, and was first in the polls. This was their third consecutive Cotton Bowl.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Navy
Independent Navy was second in the polls, and featured junior quarterback Roger Staubach, the 1963 Heisman Trophy winner. Their only setback was a four-point loss at SMU (in the Cotton Bowl) in mid-October. Texas won at SMU, 17-12, three weeks later.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
The Cotton Bowl kicked off at 1 pm CST, as did the Sugar and Orange Bowls. The temperature was 45 °F (7 °C) and skies were sunny.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Two touchdown catches by Phil Harris from Duke Carlisle and a Carlisle touchdown run gave the Longhorns a 21–0 lead at halftime. Another touchdown run by fullback Harold Philipp increased the lead to 28–0 after three quarters. The Midshipmen finally scored on a two-yard touchdown run by Staubach (who went 22 for 34 for 228 yards), which ended the scoring at 28–6.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
While the two teams had near even passing yards and near even first downs (18-16), Navy had 29 rushes go for -14 yards while Texas' 43 rushes for 168 yards led to two touchdowns as the Longhorns clinched an undisputed national championship, their first ever. Several Cotton Bowl records were set.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
The next major bowl for Texas was the following year in the Orange Bowl, the first played at night, and another win. The next Cotton Bowl for the Longhorns was five years later in January 1969, the first of six consecutive appearances.


1964 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
Navy had previously played in each of the four major bowls once; this remains their most recent major bowl and their next bowl appearance was in 1978.


1964 County Championship
The 1964 County Championship was the 65th officially organised running of the County Championship. Worcestershire won their first Championship title.


1964 County Championship
Worcestershire's 41-point margin over the second-placed team was the largest in the competition since 1957, and they won the title with three matches to spare. They went to the top of the county table on 7 August from their Midlands rivals, Warwickshire, and finished the season with seven wins and a draw from their last eight matches to clinch the championship.


1964 County Championship, Table
Notes: Surrey and Worcestershire one point each for tie on first innings in match drawn; Gloucestershire and Hampshire one point each for tie on first innings in match lost. Hampshire five points in drawn match when scores finished level and they were batting.


1964 Coupe de France Final
The 1964 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 10, 1964, that saw Olympique Lyonnais defeat FC Girondins de Bordeaux 2–0 thanks to goals by Néstor Combin.


1964 Craven Filter Mount Panorama 1500
The 1964 Craven Filter Mount Panorama '1500' was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 30 March 1964. The race was contested over 13 laps at a total distance of approximately 50 miles.


1964 Craven Filter Mount Panorama 1500
The race was won by Leo Geoghegan driving a Lotus 27 Ford.


1964 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1964 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 18th edition of the cycle race and was held from 29 May to 6 June 1964. The race started in Avignon and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Valentin Uriona of the Kas team.


1964 Croydon London Borough Council election
The 1964 Croydon Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.


1964 Croydon London Borough Council election, Background
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the County Borough of Croydon and Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. These boroughs and districts were joined to form the new London Borough of Croydon by the London Government Act 1963.


1964 Croydon London Borough Council election, Background
A total of 171 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood 42 each. Other candidates included 9 Residents, 9 Conservative Residents, 5 Independents and 4 Communists. All wards were three-seat wards.


1964 Croydon London Borough Council election, Background
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 5 aldermen, Labour 3 and Independents 2.


1964 Croydon London Borough Council election, Background
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.


1964 Croydon London Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw no party gain overall control of the new council with both the Conservatives and Labour each winning 21 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 38.2%. This turnout included 855 postal votes.


1964 Cupa României Final
The 1964 Cupa României Final was the 26th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Dinamo București and Steaua București, and was won by Dinamo București after a game with 8 goals. It was the 2nd cup for Dinamo București.


1964 Currie Cup
The 1964 Currie Cup was the 28th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1964 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Western Province for the 20th time.


1964 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 14 June 1964. They were the first held after a new constitution was adopted in July 1960.


1964 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
Voters were presented with a single list from the National Front, dominated by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). According to official figures, 99.4 percent of eligible voters turned out to vote, and 99.9 percent of those who voted approved the National Front list. Within the Front, the Communists had a large majority of 217 seats–145 for the main party and 72 for the Slovak branch.


1964 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
Non -Communist members appeared on the National Front list in order to keep up the appearance of pluralism. However, seats were allocated in accordance with a set percentage, and no party could take part in the political process without KSČ approval.


1964 Czechoslovak presidential election
The 1964 Czechoslovak presidential election took place on 12 November 1964. Antonín Novotný was elected for his second term. It was the first time that the president was elected for a five-year term.


1964 Czechoslovak presidential election, Background
Novotný was the president since 1957 when he was elected on suggestion of Nikita Khrushchev. His first term concluded in 1964. It was speculated that he would be replaced by Jozef Lenárt. Novotný was eventually nominated as the only candidate.


1964 DFB-Pokal Final
The 1964 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1963–64 DFB-Pokal, the 21st season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 13 June 1964 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart. 1860 Munich won the match 2–0 against Eintracht Frankfurt, to claim their 2nd cup title.


1964 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 32 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a drawing of lots would decide who would advance to the next round.


1964 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1964 Dahomeyan constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in the Republic of Dahomey on 5 January 1964. The main issues were changing the system of government to a presidential system, scrapping term limits for the president, and having a unicameral parliament. The referendum passed with 99.86% of voters approving the changes. Turnout was 92.1% of the 1,051,614 registered voters.


1964 Dahomeyan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Dahomey on 19 January 1964. They followed a coup in October 1963 and a subsequent constitutional referendum on 5 January 1964. The Dahomeyan Democratic Party (PDD) was the only party to contest the elections, and won all 42 seats in the National Assembly. Elections were held in the context of  which took place on 28 October.


1964 Dahomeyan parliamentary election
The leader of the winning party would automatically become president. As head of the PDD list, Sourou-Migan Apithy was elected who previously served as one of ministers in the post-coup transitional government of Christophe Soglo. Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin was elected as deputy president of the republic and prime minister. He formed a new government on 25 January.


1964 Daily Mirror Trophy
The 2nd Daily Mirror Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 March 1964 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 35 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Innes Ireland in a BRP.


1964 Daily Mirror Trophy
The weather conditions for this race were atrocious, with driving sleet and snow, and the length of the race was cut from 50 laps to 35. Three of the favourites were out of contention early in the race, as Jim Clark and Jack Brabham suffered badly from their cars being fitted with smaller wheels than the others, while Graham Hill had an accident on lap 6, aquaplaning into an earth bank while leading. Peter Arundell led from then until lap 22 when his gearbox failed, and after Jo Bonnier led briefly, Ireland took the lead on lap 26 and pulled away to take the victory.


1964 Daily Mirror Trophy
Giancarlo Baghetti was unable to make the start after his car's engine failed while it was being practiced by Phil Hill.


1964 Daily Mirror Trophy, Results
Scuderia Ferrari had entered two cars, numbered 7 and 8, but withdrew before naming drivers. Brabham and Cooper entered cars given numbers 6 and 10 respectively, which were also withdrawn.


1964 Dallas Cowboys season
The 1964 Dallas Cowboys season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 4–10, winning five games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. The Cowboys would not have another losing season until 1986.


1964 Dallas Cowboys season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1964 Dallas Cowboys season, Season recap
With one year left on his original contract, Tom Landry is re-signed to an additional 10-year extension, in effect giving him an 11-year deal, the longest in major pro sports history in the United States.


1964 Danish 1st Division
The 1964 Danish 1st Division (Danish: Danmarksturneringens 1. division 1964) was the 37th season of Denmark's top-flight association football division since the establishment of Danmarksturneringen's nation-wide league structure in 1927, and the 51st edition of the overall Danish national football championship since its inception in 1912. Governed by the Danish FA, the season was launched on 26 March 1964 with a clash between last season's third-placed B 1903 and Østerbro-based and local rivals B.93 with the last round of six matches concluding on 15 November 1964.


1964 Danish 1st Division
Esbjerg fB were the defending league champions, having won their third consecutive league title last season, while BK Frem and B.93 entered as promoted teams from the 1963 Danish 2nd Division. Fixtures for the 1964 season were announced by the Danish FA's tournament committee on 6 January 1964, featuring a nine weeks long summer break.


1964 Danish 1st Division
The club leading the league table after the spring season's first eleven matches were awarded a berth to the 1964–65 European Cup preliminary round, while the winners of the 1963–64 Danish Cup would quality for the first round of the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup — in case, it turned out to be the same team, the runners-up of the 1964 Danish Cup Final would instead quality for the European Cup Winners' Cup tournament. The overall league winners of 1964 qualified for the 1965–66 European Cup preliminary round. The Danish representatives in the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round became B 1913 (on behalf of Odense-Stævnet) and Kjøbenhavns BK (on behalf of Stævnet).


1964 Danish 1st Division
B 1909 won the league, secured their second Danish league championship on the final matchday in front of a record high attendance of 43,400 spectators at Københavns Idrætspark, the highest at a Danish league match in history, with Aarhus GF becoming the runners-up for the fourth time in the history. At the end of the season, the two clubs with the fewest points in the final league standings, Akademisk BK and Brønshøj BK, were relegated to the 1965 Danish 2nd Division. Jørgen Ravn of Kjøbenhavns BK was the league's top scorer for the second time, scoring 21 goals, three more than second-placed team mate Finn Møller.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Summary
The 1964 top-flight league was inaugurated early with a single Thursday match between B 1903, that had finished the 1963 season in third place, and newly promoted B.93 at Gentofte Stadium on 26 March 1964 in front of an audience of 3,100 spectators.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Summary
B.93's Svend Petersen scored the season's first goal after 8 minutes of play via a header, following a pass from forward Walther Jensen and left wing Tom Søndergaard, but B 1903's knee-injured defender Henning Westergaard managed to draw the match 1-1 by netting in the second goal of the game in the 89th minute after B.93's goalkeeper Bent Jørgensen had lost the ball.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Summary
B 1909 claimed the league title on the final matchday, 15 November, with a 1–0 away win at Københavns Idrætspark in a top flight clash against another title contender Kjøbenhavns BK. The weather on that Sunday was cold, windy and raining, but the deciding match of season managed to attract a crowd of 43,400 spectators — it remains the official standing record attendance for a Danish league game.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Summary
Before the last round, both teams were leading the league table, each with 29 points, followed by Aarhus GF in third place with 27 points — B 1909 held a slightly better goal average. The interest for the game was fueled by the fact that the past ten top-tier league seasons had been won by provincial teams, and that the game involved a Copenhagen-based team, which could reclaim the Danish league title — the first 41 editions of Danish national football championship had been won by a club from the capital.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Summary
Despite the stadium being able to hold approximately 50,000 spectators at the time and no brewing unrest, the authorities decided the close the gates 15 minutes before kick-off due to fears of overcrowding. A good portion of non-payers had more or less illegally obtained a spot at the stands inside the stadium, while several thousand people outside the stadium could not get access.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Summary
The final match was won by B 1909 with a single goal netted by forward Mogens Haastrup in the 80th minute of play, following a pass from team mate John Danielsen, where Haastrup dribbled and eluded Kjøbenhavns BK goalkeeper Nils Jensen. B 1909 goalkeeper Svend Aage Rask, dressed in complete black, prevented several goal attempt from Kjøbenhavns BK's forwards, including Jørgen Ravn.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Summary
Hungarian-Swiss Carlos Pintér was head coach for the Odense-based working class team in corporation with a match selection committee and had the following core players in the club's squad: goalkeeper Svend Aage Rask, defenders Leif Hartwig and Jørgen Rask, midfielders Arno Hansen, Erling Nielsen and Per Jacobsen, and forwards Palle Kähler, Walther Richter, Mogens Haastrup, John Danielsen and Mogens Berg. Palle Hansen, Mogens Engstrøm and Bruno Eliasen, who all appeared in the last game of the season, including Jørgen Petersen and Poul Erik Wiinberg, also played their part in the winning season.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Summary
BK Frem and B 1903 secured themselves another season in the top-flight division by winning their last games on 15 November 1964, 4–0 at home against Vejle BK and 3–1 away against B 1901, respectively. The decisive match for BK Frem took place at Valby Idrætspark in front of an audience of 3,000 spectators compared to the club's other home matches in the season, that had all been played at Københavns Idrætspark. Akademisk BK, who was also part of the relegation battle, won their last match away against B 1913, but ended up with just one point short in the final standings, so was relegated to the 1965 Danish 2nd Division along with Brønshøj BK.


1964 Danish 1st Division, Teams
Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the second-tier. The promoted teams were B.93, returning to the top flight after a four-year absence, and BK Frem, returning after a three-year absence. They replaced Aalborg BK and Køge BK, ending their top flight spells of one and three years respectively.


1964 Danish 1st Division, League table
Every team played two games against the other teams, at home and away, totaling 22 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned winners of the league, while the two teams with the fewest points would be relegated to the 1965 Danish 2nd Division.


1964 Danish 2nd Division
The 1964 Danish 2nd Division (Danish: Danmarksturneringens 2. division 1964) was the twenty-ninth season of the Danish second-tier association football division since the establishment of Danmarksturneringen's nation-wide league structure in 1927. Governed by the Danish FA, the season was launched on 29 March 1964, with the match between Ikast FS and Vanløse IF, and the last round of matches concluded in November 1964. Aalborg BK and Køge BK entered as relegated teams from last season's top-flight, while Hvidovre IF and Næstved IF entered as promoted teams from the 1963 Danish 3rd Division. Fixtures for the 1964 season were announced in February 1964.


1964 Danish 2nd Division
Hvidovre IF won the league, securing their third promotion in a row after having entered second-tier league for the first time in the club's history, with Aalborg BK becoming the runners-up and returning immediately to the top-flight in the 1965 Danish 1st Division. At the end of the season, the two clubs with the fewest points in the final league standings, Vanløse IF and Randers SK Freja, were relegated to the 1965 Danish 3rd Division. Helge Jørgensen of Odense KFUM became the league's top scorer, netting a total of 24 goals.


1964 Danish 2nd Division, Summary
The 1964 season was inaugurated on 29 March with a single Easter Sunday match between Ikast FS, that finished the 1963 Danish 2nd Division season in ninth place, and Vanløse IF, that finished in tenth place last season, at Ikast Stadium in front of a crowd of 1,200 spectators. Ikast FS' centerforward Jørgen Nielsen scored the first goal of the season in the 11th minute after a pass from Kristian Mosegaard and scored additional two goals after 34 and 80 minutes of play, hence also completing the first hat-trick of the season. The remaining fixture for the first matchday was held on 30 March 1964.


1964 Danish 2nd Division, Summary
On 26 April 1964, the game between Hvidovre IF and Odense KFUM became the first live television transmission by Danmarks Radio from a domestic competitive match  in the Danmarksturneringen i fodbold. The league match, played at Hvidovre Stadium with an attendance of 4,850 spectators, was won 2-1 by the Copenhagen suburban-based club. Over 1 million television viewers nationwide tuned to watch the match that was shown in its full length at 18:00 CET until approx. 19:45 CET.


1964 Danish 2nd Division, Teams
Twelve teams competed in the league – eight teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from the top tier and two teams promoted from the third tier. The promoted teams were Hvidovre IF, who entered the second-tier league for the first time in the club's history, and Næstved IF, returning after a three-year absence. They replaced Skovshoved IF and Hellerup IK, ending their second-tier spells of two and three years respectively. The relegated teams were Aalborg BK, returning after one season, and Køge BK, returning after a three-year absence, replacing BK Frem and B.93, who returned to the top-flight division, ending their spells in the second-tier of three and four years respectively.


1964 Danish 2nd Division, League table
Every team played two games against the other teams, at home and away, totaling 22 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned winners of the league. The winners and the runners-up were promoted to the 1965 Danish 1st Division, while the two teams with the fewest points would be relegated to the 1965 Danish 3rd Division.


1964 Danish 3rd Division
The 1964 Danish 3rd Division (Danish: Danmarksturneringens 3. division 1964) was the twenty-third season of the Danish third-tier association football division since its establishment in 1936 as part of the Danmarksturneringen's nation-wide league structure. Governed by the Danish FA, the season was launched on 26 March 1964 with two fixtures and concluded with the last four matches on 15 November 1964. Skovshoved IF and Hellerup IK entered as relegated teams from last season's second division, while Svendborg fB and Nakskov BK entered as promoted teams from the 1963 Kvalifikationsturneringen. The twelve teams in the division entered the 1964–65 Danish Cup in the cup tournament's first round proper.


1964 Danish 3rd Division
Holbæk B&IF won the league, securing their first third-tier league title on the last match day, while gaining promotion to the second division for the first time in the club's history, with AIA becoming the runners-up and returning to the second-tier after two years absence. The two clubs with the fewest points in the final league standings, Skovshoved IF and Kolding IF, were relegated to the 1965 Kvalifikationsturneringen. Forward Flemming Jensen of IK Skovbakken was the league's top goal scorer with 18 goals, scoring four goals on the last match day, one more than Fritz Hansen of BK Frem Sakskøbing that finished in second place.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Summary
The 1964 season of the third tier was inaugurated on 26 March with two Maundy Thursday matches, namely Lyngby BK against AIA at Lyngby Stadium in front of 1,100 spectators and newly relegated Hellerup IK versus IK Skovbakken, that finished the previous season in the league's third place just outside the promotion spots, at Gentofte Stadium. The second match was played following the conclusion of the first match of the top-flight league season at the same stadium.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Summary
The first match day, scheduled to take place over the course of three Easter days, was marked by frost at night and snow and thaw during the day, forcing two matches to be rescheduled to another day and one match to be moved from the morning to afternoon on the same day. The first goal of the season was a penalty kick executed by Lyngby BK's centre forward Per Holger Hansen in the 35th minute — the penalty was awarded due to a tackle committed by AIA's right back Kaj Nielsen against Lyngby BK's left innerwing Knud Christensen. The first hat-trick of the season was netted by IK Chang Aalborg's Erik Sørensen in the 5-0 home win on 30 March at Aalborg Stadium against Skovshoved IF.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Summary
Additional under-18 youth players from Lyngby Boldklub's 1962 Danish Youth Championship winning team (Ynglinge-DM; 4–1 win against Kjøbenhavns BK in the final) joined the club's senior men's team at the beginning of the season — seven players from the same youth team had already joined the senior ranks last season. The Kongens Lyngby-based team hence featured the youngest squad in the Danmarksturneringen with an average age of 19½ years.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Summary
The club managed to win their first four games; 2–0 against AIA, 6–2 against Roskilde BK, 6–1 against Kolding IF and 1–0 against BK Frem Sakskøbing, positioning themselves in one of the top spots of the league standings following the conclusion of the spring season. However, they could not keep their momentum and was overtaken by AIA, that had lost their first two league matches, during the spring season.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Summary
Holbæk B&IF secured their promotion on match day 20 and the league title on the last match day with a 5–3 home win over Kolding IF on 15 November. Arbejdernes Idrætsklub Aarhus (AIA) was the second team to gain promotion to the second tier. Skovshoved IF experienced their third relegation in the previous four seasons, ending the season in the second last spot following a 5–2 loss in the last match against IK Skovbakken at Riisvangen Stadium.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Summary
IK Skovbakken's forward Flemming Jensen scored four goals on the final match day against Skovshoved IF to clinch the league's top scoring title, pushing BK Frem Sakskøbing's Fritz Hansen's 17 goals to a second place. Kolding IF finished the season in the last spot, returning to the fourth division after having played four seasons in the third tier.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Summary
Despite playing for a club at the third tier, Hellerup IK's international footballer, centre forward and national team captain Ole Madsen was named Danish Football Player of the Year in late October 1964.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Teams
Twelve teams competed in the league – eight teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from the second tier and two teams promoted from the fourth tier. The promoted teams were Svendborg fB, who entered the third-tier league for the first time in the club's history, and Nakskov BK, returning after a four-year absence. They replaced KFUM København and BK Rødovre, ending their third-tier spells of two and three years respectively.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, Teams
The relegated teams were Skovshoved IF, experiencing their second relegation in three years, and Hellerup IK, returning after a three-year absence, replacing Hvidovre IF, who got promoted to the second-tier for the first time, and Næstved IF, who returned to the second division, ending their three year spell in the third-tier.


1964 Danish 3rd Division, League table
Every team played two games against the other teams, at home and away, totaling 22 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned winners of the league. The winners and the runners-up were promoted to the 1965 Danish 2nd Division, while the two teams with the fewest points would be relegated to the 1965 Kvalifikationsturneringen.


1964 Danish Cup Final
The 1964 Danish Cup Final (Danish: DBUs Landspokalfinale 1964) was a men's association football match between Esbjerg fB and Odense KFUM played at Københavns Idrætspark on 7 May 1964. It was the final match to determine the winner of the 1963–64 Danish Cup, the 10th season of the Danish national-wide annual football knockout competition, the Danish Cup, open to all DBU member clubs. This was the first time that two sides had ever met in a domestic cup competition and only the third time in a competitive league game.


1964 Danish Cup Final
For Odense KFUM, the match represented their first opportunity to win a title on a national level, having never reached the quarterfinals in previous seasons in the cup's current incarnation, while Esbjerg fB were participating in their third cup final, having lost on both previous occasions. This was the third consecutive year the tournament's final featured a team from Odense.


1964 Danish Cup Final
Esbjerg fB played in the then top flight of Danish association football, 1st Division, and bypassed the initial stages of the tournament with an entry into the third round proper, while 2nd Division club Odense KFUM entered one round earlier. The last three season's reigning Danish league champions Esbjerg fB's road to the final included victories over BK Fremad Valby, Vorup Frederiksberg BK, B 1909 and Akademisk BK. Odense KFUM secured its berth in the final by defeating Holbæk B&IF, Knabstrup IF, Brønshøj BK, Aarhus GF, and the previous league season's runners-up and reigning cup title holders, B 1913.


1964 Danish Cup Final
The crowd of 24,500 witnessed Esbjerg fB defeating Odense KFUM 2–1, winning the competition for the first time in the club's history. The final was the seventh time out of ten occasions, that a team from the Jutland peninsula won the cup title. Esbjerg fB's centre-forward Carl Bertelsen, who scored the first goal of the game, was named as the man of the match (Danish: Årets Pokalfighter). As the winner of the tournament, Esbjerg fB qualified for the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup. The last moments of the final and most of the award ceremony were marked by the spectator's deafening antipathy towards the Esbjerg fB-players, which several Danish newspapers characterized as a scandal.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
The Esbjerg-based team bypassed the initial stages of the cup tournament with an entry in the third round proper as one of the twelve teams from the top-tier of Danish association football — then known as the 1st Division — one round later than their opponent in the final, and one week after their culmination of the 1963 league season.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
In their first cup match of the 1963–64 season, Esbjerg fB were drawn against the fifth-tier Københavnsserien side BK Fremad Valby, and on 24 November 1963 the team and managers traveled to BK Fremad Valby's home ground Valby Idrætspark located in the Copenhagen district of Valby. In front of a small crowd of 1,200 spectators, they won the match plagued by pouring rain with an icy wind across the football field, scoring all six goals including an own goal attributed to John Madsen that shortly equalized the score after 12 minutes of play.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
Esbjerg fB scored first with a goal by centre-forward Carl Bertelsen within four minutes into the first half. Following Madsen's own goal, having hit the ball incorrectly outside the reach of second-string goalie Verner Beck, the match remained tied for 17 minutes until Esbjerg fB's right winger Knud Petersen scored twice in the remainder of the first half and successfully executed a penalty kick in the 68th minute of play, completing the first and only hat-trick of his footballing career. Fellow striker Carl Emil Christiansen netted the last goal of the game four minutes later, and Esbjerg fB moved on to the next round with a final score of 1–5.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
On 1 December 1963, Esbjerg fB hosted the 4th Division club Vorup Frederiksberg BK — the only remaining team from a league outside the three top divisional structure, and who was relegated to the Jutland Series next year — at their home ground, Esbjerg Stadium, in the fourth round. Esbjerg struck first through Egon Jensen after only four minutes of play to take a 1–0 lead in the first half, but Vorup Frederiksberg's Poul Erik Jacobsen tied the match in the 27th minute.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
Centre-forward Eigild Frandsen restored Esbjerg fB's lead after 10 minutes in the second half, which was his last match and goal before his first retirement from football for the entire 1964 season. The Randers suburban-based club was narrowly eliminated with a single goal, when they were unable to overtake Esbjerg fB's 2–1 lead. Innerwing Egon Jensen commented in an interview with Berlingske Tidende that his team underestimated their opponent from the fourth tier and experienced some problems controlling the match.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
The team now turned their focus to the quarterfinals, travelling to Funen's largest venue, Odense Stadium, to play a Wednesday evening game with no floodlight usage against their league rivals B 1909 in a repeat of the 1962 cup final, on 15 April 1964 in front of a 16,420 large audience. Esbjerg fB gained the upper hand with goals scored by forwards E. Jensen and K. Petersen in the 20th and 62nd minute, respectively. The Odense-based team's goalkeeper Svend Aage Rask was unable to save Esbjerg fB's second goal, achieved via a penalty kick, awarded for use of hands against the red niners' left halfback Per Jacobsen, which secured the West Jutlanders' qualification for the penultimate round of the main tournament.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
A week later, Esbjerg fB met another top-tier side Akademisk BK in their third away match of the competition. The semi-final match was held at Københavns Idrætspark on 24 April 1964 with an attendance of 16,900 spectators. The Danish FA had forgotten to acquire two linesmen for the match and last-second replacements from the audience (H. Johansen of B 1901 and the former EfB player Erik Engermann) had to take their place. The academics went on top with a Henning Stilling goal, despite an injury, two minutes after half time, following an assist by forward Leif Hammer.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
The lead of Akademisk BK was created in a period with strong defensive tactics from both teams, with the Akademisk BK defense denying almost every goal attempt from the forwards of Esbjerg fB, who could not properly manage to organise their attacks, producing just one semi-dangerous goal attempt in almost 3⁄4 of the match. Esbjerg fB finally broke through AB's effective 4–2–4 system in the 69th minute, when K. Petersen scored their first goal.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Esbjerg fB
With 20 minutes remaining of the game, the attacking play of the away team, headed by innerwing and playmaker C. E. Christiansen, began to unfold with C. E. Christiansen scoring twice in the 80th and 85th minute and Bertelsen scoring once in the 82nd minute, clinching Esbjerg fB's place in the final with a 4–1 victory.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense KFUM
Odense KFUM entered the Danish FA sanctioned competition one round earlier, in the second round proper, together with the other eleven teams from the then second-tier in Danish football, named 2nd Division, which meant that they had to win a total of five matches to reach the final. The Odense-based team began its campaign for the 1963–64 Danish FA Cup with a home turf game in Odense on 8 September 1963 versus Holbæk B&IF of the 3rd Division, winning the match with a clean sheet of 4–0, and earning them a berth into the third round of the knockout tournament.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense KFUM
Due to the condition of the ground, the third round cup match facing Knabstrup IF, based in Mørkøv in north-western Zealand, scheduled to take place at Odense Stadium on 24 November 1963, had to be moved to the adjacent Odense Athletics Stadium. KFUM progressed by winning 8–3 against the sixth-tier club on a heavy and wet grass turf after leading the match 6–0 at 60 minutes of play, following a scoring spree of three goals within a seven minute time frame in the first half. The high-scoring match involved the KFUM players Helge Jørgensen (one on penalty), Kaj Peter Larsen and Jørgen Nielsen each scoring two goals with Tommy Madsen and Karsten Wiingreen making the remaining goals. Tage Jørgensen saved one penalty kick awarded to Knabstrup IF at the beginning of the first half.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense KFUM
Odense ended the year by hosting their last cup and competitive match on 1 December 1963 at Odense Stadium against 1st Division club Brønshøj BK, winning the fourth round proper game 3–0 (with a half time score of 2–0) without losing control with the match at any point. Two weeks prior to the cup game, Brønshøj BK had narrowly avoided relegation from the top-tier division on the last matchday.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense KFUM
The quarterfinal spot was the Odense KFUM's best result in the nation-wide cup tournament, not taking into account the 1940 edition of the defunct Danmarkspokalturneringen. During the off season, Peter Eriksen, Niels Erik Kildemoes and Freddy Hansen joined the senior squad directly from the youth ranks, making their senior league debut in the club's inaugural game of the season against Køge BK on 30 March and then against Aalborg BK on 5 April. The quarterfinal game against 1st Division team Aarhus GF had been postponed to 8 April 1964 due to bad weather in December 1963.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense KFUM
The Wednesday evening home game against the Aarhus-based team was held at Odense Stadium under floodlights, a circumstance that only H. Jørgensen had experience with from other competitive games. 4,800 spectators witnessed KFUM win the match 3–1, with forward F. Hansen scoring the first goal in the 20th minute, his first goal in his senior career, and H. Jørgensen scoring his sixth and seventh goal in the first three matches of the year. An ankle injury meant that full-back Eriksen was replaced with Henning Larsen in the upcoming matches, eventually missing out on the semi-final and the cup final.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense KFUM
The senior team's performance in the league and cup got noticed in the media and public, which helped increase their match attendance figures. With the game once again being staged at Odense Stadium, every cup match leading up to the final had now being played in their home city of Odense.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense KFUM
The semi-final clash on 22 April 1964 to a crowd of 9,200 spectators against the defending cup title holders, runners-up in the previous league season, local city rivals and the then neighboring club at Kildemosen sports park, B 1913, ended in a 2–2 draw after full time, necessitating 30 minutes of extra time. B 1913 wore white jerseys as away colours at the match due to the blue-green clashing of the clubs' home kits — a similar decision was however not repeated at the cup final.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense KFUM
The thirteeners took the lead in the 16th minute with a header goal via right winger Eigil Misser, but KFUM scored twice in the next ten minutes to come on top, until Misser scored an equalizer 9 minutes before the end of the second half. A 3–2 victory to Odense KFUM was secured with the decisive goal netted by H. Jørgensen in the 104th minute, completing a hat-trick and propelling the club to the cup final.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
The match was held at Københavns Idrætspark located at Øster Allé in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen and scheduled to take place on Ascension Day, Thursday 7 May 1964, which by now had become the traditional stadium and date for the cup final. The stadium had been the host stadium for the previous nine cup finals, and before 1953, the final of the regional cup tournament, KBUs Pokalturnering, took place at the venue.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
It was referred to as the national stadium for the Denmark national football team, the primary venue for the KBU representative team and several Copenhagen-based teams had their league and cup matches scheduled there, including exhibition games. At the beginning of the 1964 season calendar, more than 80 association football games were planned to be take place at the stadium.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
The problematic condition of the exhibition football field became a topic in the days leading up to the final and the organizers were criticized for not ensuring that the most optimal external conditions for playing football were present at big matches. It was described as being lumpy, bulky and only having sparse grass in the corners due to its extensive usage by the Danish FA (DBU), that were scheduling too many football matches in a short period of time.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
Circa two weeks prior to the final, the football field was exposed to freezing temperatures and in the intervening time a total of seven matches over the course of nine days had been played at the stadium, including two league matches involving Esbjerg fB. Since being aware of the problematic football pitch and the unpredictable leaps made by the ball — compared to a well cared grass pitch — Esbjerg fB decided to move their last two training sessions to a dirt field in Esbjerg to get more accustomed to the conditions at the host stadium.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
At this point in time, the city of Copenhagen lacked additional sufficiently large stadiums, that could relieve the pressure on the country's premier football arena. While the nearby Østerbro Stadium had been rebuilt to also accommodate association football matches and act as a reserve venue for Københavns Idrætspark, it did not prove to be popular with neither the clubs nor the audience, discouraging the Danish FA from scheduling many top-tier and second-tier matches at the stadium. The arguments for not moving the games was mostly founded in economic reasons.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
Based on the two team's previous merits in the cup tournament and their present league standings, the last three season's reigning Danish league champions Esbjerg fB were regarded as favorites to win the cup title against Danish 2nd Division club Odense KFUM by various newspapers. Both teams were located in second place in their respective leagues at this point, having only lost one game each in the spring season. Esbjerg fB had twice before (in 1957 and 1962) reached the cup final, losing on both occasions and at the same time not scoring any goals.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
In contrast, this season's final was Odense KFUM's first appearance and their first season in which they had been among the final eight remaining teams in the competition. The two sides had previously never met each other in the domestic cup competition and only twice before in a competitive league match, which was during the third-tier's 1939–40 season. KFUM became the third team, competing in a league below the Danish 1st Division, to quality for the final, and the third Odense-based team in a row to play in the final, after neighboring clubs B 1909 (in 1962) and B 1913 (in 1963).


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
Esbjerg fB's football kit would be their normal home colours consisting of blue and white vertical stripped shirts with a blue collar and black shirt numbers on the back, dark blue coloured shorts and socks. The line-up for cup final would a continuation of those used in Esbjerg fB's previous two cup matches in 1964 against B 1909 and Akademisk BK and the previous three league matches against Kjøbenhavns BK, B 1913 and Brønshøj BK.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
Compared to the first two cup matches against BK Fremad Valby and Vorup Frederiksberg BK, goalkeeper Verner Beck (2 caps), forward Eigild Frandsen (2 caps) and forward Finn Nielsen (1 cap) has been replaced by goalkeeper Erik Gaardhøje and forward Bjarne Kikkenborg and defender Hans Jørgen Christiansen, while forwards Knud Clausen (1 cap) and Jørgen Peter Hansen (2 caps) had been used in the first two league games of the season. The Esbjerg fB squad featured eight active or former Danish senior national team players.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
Midfielder Jens Petersen of Esbjerg fB was named Danish Football Player of the Year in 1963. Esbjerg fB fielded two footballers, centre-half back John Madsen and left innerwing Egon Jensen, who had been in both of the club's previous two cup finals. With the exception of forward and playmaker Carl Emil Christiansen, who shortly before the 1962 cup final broke his arm and was replaced by E. Frandsen, and H. J. Christiansen, the remaining squad had all participated in the club's last cup final in 1962.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
The average age on match day was 23.82 years, with Madsen (26 years, 359 days) being the oldest player and Kikkenborg (21 years, 52 days) being the youngest. Knud Petersen (5 goals) was the club's highest scoring player in the 1963–64 cup tournament with C. E. Christiansen (3 goals) in second place. Carl Bertelsen became the club's top goalscorer in the 1963 season, scoring 18 league goals, while C. E. Christiansen had been a shared top goalscorer in the 1962 Danish 1st Division (24 goals). After the first 10 competitive matches (league, regional and national cup) of the 1964 season, Bertelsen was listed as the Esbjerg fB player having scored the most goals (7), while C. E. Christiansen had scored the second highest number of goals (4).


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
For the club's most high-profile match to date, the players of Odense KFUM would be wearing their usual light green-coloured shirts with a white neck stripe and the club's green YMCA triangle placed on their left chest, white shirt numbers on their backs, dark green shorts with thin white stripes on the sides/lower section and white socks. The club finished their 1963 season in fifth place in the second tier.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
Odense KFUM's starting XI featured one Danish senior national team player (Helge Jørgensen), who had been the top goalscorer three years in a row; in the third-tier league in 1958 (26 goals; shared title), 1959 (26 goals) and 1960 (28 goals). At this point in time, Freddy Hansen had scored 4 goals and H. Jørgensen 7 goals in the first 6 league matches, two goals behind Per Bartram of Odense BK leading the second-tier's top goalscorer chart in the present season.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
The exact same eleven players in the Odense KFUM line-up for the cup's showpiece match was also fielded in the preceding away league games against Hvidovre IF and Ikast FS, and in the last cup match against B 1913. The football team's core was built around the two brothers, forward and playmaker Helge Jørgensen and goalkeeper Tage Jørgensen, including winger Niels Erik Kildemoes. On match day, the players on the Odense KFUM squad were between 19 years (Henning Larsen, Kildemoes and F. Hansen) and 30 years old (Tage Jørgensen), with an average age of 23.09 years. H. Jørgensen (204), T. Jørgensen (177), Jørgen Nielsen (140), Jørgen Larsen (105) and Svend Erik Petersen (52) were the most capped players on the first senior squad of Odense KFUM. Both teams' selections for the final were made public on 5 May 1964.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Organization
Arrangements was made for 60 of Esbjerg fB's managers and their ladies to travel from Esbjerg to Copenhagen, and back, on 7 May using buses. The Odense KFUM players and managers, with their ladies, departed from Odense on match day at 08:00 CET to Copenhagen in two team buses – bringing their own packed lunches just as for any other away fixture.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Organization
The local newspaper Fyens Stiftstidende and DSB arranged for an extra train with inexpensive tickets (DKK 29) to transport the fans of the Odense-based club on a round-trip from Odense to Copenhagen on the day of the cup final. A similar one-day roundtrip to the capital with train (DKK 45) was arranged by Statsbanernes Rejsebureau for the fans of Esbjerg fB, but it was cancelled due to lack of interest. The cup game would be attended by the mayor of Odense, Holger Larsen, and the deputy mayor of Esbjerg, Henning Rasmussen.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Organization
Onsite ticket sales to seatings began at 10:00 CET from the booths outside the grandstand at Per Henrik Lings Allé (at the time, no pre-ordering of tickets existed), the gates opened at 12:00 CET, entertainment by the orchestra of Stævnet, Stævnets orkester, started playing at 12:30 CET, and the match was scheduled to begin at 13:30 local time (UTC+1:00).


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Organization
Ticket prices varied between DKK 2 and 7 depending on it being a seat at the grandstand (nicknamed Den dyre langside) in the north section (DKK 6 and 7), access to the south stand known as B.93's langside (nicknamed Den billige langside) next to B.93's football pitch (DKK 5), the west end stand with standing areas referred to as Cementen next to Øster Allé (DKK 5) or the east end stand with standing areas next to the hockey pitch (Hockeybanen) and Østerbro Stadium (DKK 4) – children and privates paid DKK 2.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Organization
The match was not broadcast live or displaced on national television, but had live coverage on the Danmarks Radio's radio broadcast known as Program 1 in the time slot between 13:20 and 15:15 CET – at the time an agreement between Danmarks Radio and the Danish FA did not exist. An estimated number of circa 2 million listeners joined in on the live radio transmission by the news media Pressens Radioavis. Approximately 12–13 minutes of match highlights from the cup final would be shown the same evening on Danmarks Radio's primary news broadcast, named Aktuelt, at 22:20–22:45 CET by the Danish TV channel's department of sports, TV-Sport.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match, Organization
The match was refereed by Carl W. Hansen (of Slagelse; affiliated with the Zealand FA), who had been FIFA registered since 1963 and was supervising top-tier Danish league and cup matches since the 1950s. This became his second cup final, having previously been a lines man in the 1959 cup final replay. The semi-final match in late April 1964 between Akademisk BK versus Esbjerg fB had been refereed by C. W. Hansen. He was assisted by the two linesmen, Hans Asmussen and Ejner Espersen (of Albertslund), both from the local Copenhagen FA.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
The draw at the beginning of the match, concerning the right to choose the starting half of the football field, resulted in Odense KFUM getting the goal facing the western side of the stadium, towards Øster Allé, while Esbjerg fB started off with the goal in the east section, situated next to Østerbro Stadium. The weather on match day was sunny with an almost cloudless sky, and a light to fresh westerly wind — the maximum temperature was measured to 16 °C in Copenhagen. Both teams were employed in standard 2–3–5 formations typical of the era, consisting of two full-backs, three half-backs, and five forwards, while Esbjerg fB was also using a fluent 4–2–4 system.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
The match was initiated with a couple of close scoring opportunities by Esbjerg fB's Carl Bertelsen, but Odense KFUM and goalkeeper Tage Jørgensen managed not to concede any goals. The closest first goal attempt was produced by the Odense-based team's Helge Jørgensen after 15 minutes of game play. H. Jørgensen received a long horizontal pass from his team colleague innerwing Jørgen Nielsen within the penalty area, got himself into a free position in front of the goal, but eventually his final shoot ended several meters outside the target.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
Another close attempt was made by H. Jørgensen in the middle of the first half, once again receiving a pass from Nielsen, who was looking to dribble his way past the opponent's defenses, but ended up performing a somersault over the legs of Esbjerg fB's John Madsen. Esbjerg midfielder Jens Petersen had several shot attempts from the distance, which did not cause the Odense KFUM keeper any issues, while forward Bertelsen had two headers towards Odense KFUM's goal, both with no success. A few minutes before the referee sounded the half time whistle, some fumble play in front of Esbjerg fB's half-empty goal ended with a shot by center Odense KFUM forward Freddy Hansen, but Esbjerg fB's goalkeeper Erik Gaardhøje saved the attempt using his foot.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
During periods of the first half, when Esbjerg fB had the advantage in the game play, they combined at a faster pace than the Odense KFUM players. J. Petersen stated that his team had difficulties penetrating Odense KFUM's lines of defence.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
The tactics determined by KFUM's head coach Ole Petersen and the match selection committee, presided by Ove Birkholm, were to have the team's inner wings fall back to the Odense defensive area and pick up the ball, while attempting to keep the ball in play, until the left and right wingers were back in their positions – the same strategy employed by the Odense KFUM team in the last couple of competitive matches, which had successfully paid off.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
Sports editor at Aktuelt, Knud Lundberg, praised KFUM's tactics of deliberately slowing down the pace, keeping the ball in play with short passings at the center of the football field, and slowly initiating their attacks as a countermeasure to EfB's fast-paced squad, especially in the first half. Due to H. Jørgensen being deemed a relatively slow footballer by the opposing team players despite his technical skills and goal scoring abilities, the tactics by Esbjerg fB did not involve an EfB player getting the responsibility of guarding him throughout the entire game. The first half ended with no goals being scored by either sides, who were evenly matched up until the 60th minute into the second half.


1964 Danish Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
At the very beginning of the second half, Carl Bertelsen was able to get through Odense KFUM's defensive lines, but Tage Jørgensen managed to tackle and prevent a goal. A few minutes later a surprising shot towards the goal by Helge Jørgensen — his best attempt in the entire match, following a pass from half back Jørgen Larsen — was saved in flying style by EfB's keeper Erik Gaardhøje, resulting in the opponent being given a corner kick.