Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
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The qualification for football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Qualifications
The final tournament had 16 spots.
Automatic qualification was granted to Italy as hosts. The others were allocated as follows:
- Europe: 7 places, contested by 22 teams (including Israel).
- Americas: 3 places, contested by 10 teams.
- Africa: 2 places, contested by 9 teams (including Malta).
- Asia: 2 places, contested by 8 teams.
- Middle East: 1 place, contested by 3 teams.
Europe
Preliminary round
The IOC allowed only one German team to enter. The football federations and NOCs of West and East Germany agreed to organise a play-off between their teams. The idea of a Unified Team was dismissed. Both matches were agreed to be played without spectators, and the sites of the games were announced at short notice.[1]
East Germany | 0-2 | West Germany |
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Fischer 53' (o.g.) Dörfel 83' |
West Germany | 2-1 | East Germany |
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Thimm 33' Wilkening 65' |
Schröter 14' (pen.) |
West Germany win 4–1 on aggregate.
Group 1
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Denmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 |
Iceland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 |
Norway | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
Denmark qualify.
Group 2
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Poland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 8 |
West Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 |
Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 |
Poland qualify.
West Germany | 0-3 | Poland |
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Hachorek 17' Baszkiewicz 29' Pol 63' |
Finland | 3-2 | West Germany |
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Pahlman 3' Nevalainen 53' Peltonen 74' |
Himmelmann 4' Rühl 72' |
Group 3
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Romania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
Bulgaria qualify.
Soviet Union | 1-1 | Bulgaria |
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Korolenkov 68' | Milanov 26' |
Soviet Union | 2-0 | Romania |
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Urin 11' Metreveli 61' |
Bulgaria | 1-0 | Soviet Union |
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Kolev 11' |
Romania | 1-0 | Bulgaria |
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Constantin 80' |
Group 4
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 5 |
Israel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
Greece | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 |
Yugoslavia qualify.
Israel | 2-2 | Yugoslavia |
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Stelmach 64', 73' | Kostić 7', 76' |
Yugoslavia | 4-0 | Greece |
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Mujić 34', 43' Mihajlović 45' Kostić 73' |
Greece | 2-1 | Israel |
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Serafidhis 66', 80' | Glazer 60' |
Yugoslavia | 1-2 | Israel |
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Mujić 32' | Levi 2', 67' |
Group 5
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 7 |
Republic of Ireland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 |
Great Britain qualify.
Great Britain | 3-2 | Republic of Ireland |
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Hasty 1', 35', 82' | M. Ahearne 60' M. Rice 80' |
Republic of Ireland | 1-3 | Great Britain |
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McGrath 58' | Coates 47' Brown 75' Harding 80' |
Netherlands | 1-5 | Great Britain |
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Hainje 75' | Lewis 21', 83', 85' Lindsay 47' Brown 80' |
Great Britain | 2-2 | Netherlands |
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Brown 5' Lewis 60' |
de Kleermaeker 70' Bouwman 75' |
Republic of Ireland | 6-3 | Netherlands |
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F. McCarthy 5' McGrath 14', 45' Hale 20', 81' van Ierland ? ' (o.g.) (5-1) |
Hainje 21' Bouwman ?' (5-2) Slijkhuis ?' (5-3) |
Group 6
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
Luxembourg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
France qualify.
France | 1-0 | Luxembourg |
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Quédec 37' |
Luxembourg | 5-3 | France |
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Brenner 5' (pen.) Theis 7' Kunnert 14' Pilot 53' Konter 75' |
Arab 15' Quédec 40', 55' |
Switzerland | 2-2 | Luxembourg |
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Gottardi 18', 56' | Kunnert 72' Brenner 87' |
France | 1-0 | Switzerland |
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Aigony 37' |
Group 7
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Hungary | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 8 |
Czechoslovakia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
Austria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Hungary qualify.
Czechoslovakia | 1-2 | Hungary |
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Obert 87' | Albert ?', ?' |
Czechoslovakia | 2-1 | Austria |
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Kadraba 34' (44) | Skocik 58' (pen.) |
Americas
Round 1
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mexico | 3-1 | United States | 2–0 | 1-1 |
Netherlands Antilles | 1-6 | Suriname | 2-2 | 1-4 |
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Mexico | 2-0 | United States |
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Diez 14' Moreno 44' |
United States | 1-1 | Mexico |
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Looby 8' | Meza 85' |
Mexico win 3-1 on aggregate.
Suriname win 6-3 on aggregate.
Brazil win 7-3 on aggregate.
Argentina win 11-1 on aggregate.
Peru win 9-2 on aggregate.
Round 2
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 8 |
Peru | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
Mexico | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Suriname | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −6 | 0 |
Argentina, Peru and Brazil qualify.
Argentina | 6-2 | Suriname |
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Oleniak ?' Boerleider ?' (o.g.) Rendo 51', 64' Desiderio 68', 87' |
Niekoop 15' Foe A Man 40' |
Africa
Asia
Round 1
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Indonesia | w/o1 | Australia | – | – |
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1Australia withdrew.
2Afghanistan withdrew before the second match.
3Both matches played in Tokyo.
Afghanistan | 2-5 | India |
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Ayubi Mosa |
Banerjee Goswami Kempiah Rehmatullah Lahiri |
India | w/o | Afghanistan |
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India advance.
Republic of China win 3-1 on aggregate.
Japan | 0-2 | South Korea |
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Choi 51' Moon 65' |
South Korea | 0-1 | Japan |
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Ninomiya 70' |
South Korea win 2-1 on aggregate.
Round 2
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Republic of China | abd1 | South Korea | 1-2 | abd |
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1Both matches played in Taipei. Second match awarded to Republic of China.
Republic of China | 1-2 | South Korea |
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Wong | Cha Choi 73' |
The match was abandoned, with Republic of China leading 1-0, when Korean players attacked the referee after awarding a penalty to Republic of China.
Republic of China qualify.
Indonesia | 0-2 | India |
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Goswami 78' Sundararaj 87' |
India win 6-2 on aggregate and qualify.
Middle East
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Turkey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 8 |
Iraq | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 4 |
Lebanon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Lebanon withdrew after two matches. The remaining two matches were awarded to their opponent Turkey.
Turkey qualify.