Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for football tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Qualifications

The final tournament had 16 spots.

Automatic qualification was granted to Japan as hosts, and Yugoslavia as title holder. The others were allocated as follows:

• Europe: 5 places, contested by 21 teams.
• South America: 2 places, contested by 7 teams.
• North and Central America: 1 places, contested by 5 teams.
• Africa: 3 places, contested by 11 teams.
• Asia: 3 places, contested by 13 teams.

Europe

Group 1

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Albania	0–2	Bulgaria	0–1	0–1

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bulgaria	walkover	Luxembourg	–	–
Denmark	5–5	Romania	2–3	3–2

First round (tiebreaker)

in Turin, Italy

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Romania	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bulgaria	1–3	Romania	0–1	1–2

Romania qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Group 2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hungary	6–2	Sweden	4–0	2–2
Switzerland	0–7	Spain	0–1	0–6

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spain	1–5	Hungary	1–2	0–3

Hungary qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Group 3

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
East Germany	4–2	West Germany	3–0	1–2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Soviet Union	11–0	Finland	7–0	4–0
Netherlands	1–4	East Germany	0–1	1–3

22 July 1963

Soviet Union	7–0	Finland
Serebrianikov 16', 46' Kazakov 27', 39' Biba 38' Matveyev 61' (pen.), 89'	Report

Tsentralny Stadion, Kiev

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Stanislav Fenzl (Czechoslovakia)

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1 August 1963

Finland	0–4	Soviet Union
	Report	Serebrianikov 23' Biba 25' Kazakov 48' Matveyev 75'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Bertil Lööf (Sweden)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
East Germany	2–2	Soviet Union	1–1	1–1

31 May 1964

East Germany	1–1	Soviet Union
Frenzel 10'	Report	Sevidov 88'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

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7 June 1964

Soviet Union	1–1	East Germany
Kopayev 14'	Report	Kleiminger 62'

Tsentralny Stadion imeni Lenina, Moscow

Attendance: 82,000

Referee: Hans Karlsson (Sweden)

Second round (tiebreaker)

in Warsaw, Poland

Team 1	Score	Team 2
East Germany	4–1	Soviet Union

28 June 1964

East Germany	4–1	Soviet Union
Kleiminger 16' Urbanczyk 39' Vogel 82' Fräßdorf 87'	Report	Serebrianikov 55'

Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Eduard Babauczek (Austria)

East Germany qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Group 4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	3–9	Italy	2–2	1–7
Poland	bye		–	–

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Italy	4–0	Poland	3–0	1–0

Italy qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Later it was disqualified for using professional players. Poland were offered to take Italy's place but declined the offer.

Group 5

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iceland	0–10	Great Britain	0–6	0–4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Czechoslovakia	8–2	France	4–0	4–2
Great Britain	3–5	Greece	2–1	1–4

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Czechoslovakia	walkover	Greece	–	–

Czechoslovakia qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Greece disqualified by their own federation for using professional players.

South America

Main article: 1964 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina (Q)	5	5	0	0	11	1	+10	10
2	Brazil	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
3	Peru	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	5
4	Colombia	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	4
5	Uruguay	5	0	3	2	3	7	−4	3
6	Chile	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	3
7	Ecuador	5	0	2	3	4	10	−6	2

Source:
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

North and Central America

Main article: 1964 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Curaçao	2–4	Dutch Guiana	2–1	0–3

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	6
2	Dutch Guiana	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	2
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 1964. Source:

Africa

Further information: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

Group 1

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uganda	2–7	United Arab Republic	1–4	1–3
Sudan	w/o	Rhodesia	–	–

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
United Arab Republic	7–4	Sudan	4–1	3–3

United Arab Republic qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Group 2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Liberia	4–6	Ghana	4–5	0–1
Dahomey	4–4 (t)	Tunisia	2–2	1–1	1–1

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ghana	3–2	Tunisia	2–0	1–2

Ghana qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Group 3

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Kenya	5–10	Ethiopia	4–3	1–7
Nigeria	4–4	Morocco	3–0	1–4	1–2

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	0–2	Morocco	0–1	0–1

Morocco qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Asia

Further information: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Korea (w/o)1	2–2	Republic of China	2–1	0–1

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27 November 1963

South Korea	2–1	Republic of China

South Korea

7 December 1963

Republic of China	1–0	South Korea

Republic of China

2–2 on aggregate.

As Republic of China objected to playing at a neutral venue for the play-off and refused to travel, they were disqualified; South Korea advanced to Round One

Malaysia	1–1	Thailand

Malaysia

Thailand	3–2	Malaysia

Thailand

Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate

27 November 1963

Iran	4–1	Pakistan

Iran

7 December 1963

Pakistan	1–0	Iran

Pakistan

Iran won 4–2 on aggregate

27 November 1963

Ceylon	3–5	India

Ceylon

7 December 1963

India	7–0	Ceylon

India

India won 12–3 on aggregate

Round One

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Korea	w/o 1	Philippines	–	–

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28 December 1963

South Vietnam	0–1	Israel
	Report	20' Reuven Young

Republic Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Greg da Silva (Malaysia)

17 March 1964

Israel	0–2	South Vietnam
	Report	27' Nguyễn Văn Quảng 41' Nguyễn Văn Ngôn

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel

Attendance: 36,937

Referee: Hakkı Gürüz (Turkey)

South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate

22 March 1963

Myanmar	0–0	North Korea

Burma

2 April 1963

North Korea	1–0	Myanmar

North Korea

North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate

2 January 1964

Iraq	0–0	Iran

Iraq

22 March 1964

Iran	4–0	Iraq

Iran

Iran won 4–0 on aggregate

Round Two

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Korea	5–2	South Vietnam	3–0	2–2

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31 May 1964

South Korea	3–0	South Vietnam

South Korea

28 June 1964

South Vietnam	2–2	South Korea

South Vietnam

South Korea won 5–2 on aggregate, so South Korea qualified.

31 May 1964

North Korea	2–0	Thailand

Burma

28 June 1964

Thailand	0–5	North Korea

Burma

All games played in Burma, North Korea won 7–0 on aggregate, so North Korea qualified.

31 May 1964

Iran	3–0	India

Iran

28 June 1964

India	1–3	Iran

India

Iran won 6–1 on aggregate, so Iran qualified.

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