Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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]

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West Germany win 4–1 on aggregate.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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Americas

Round 1

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Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mexico	3-1	United States	2–0	1-1
Netherlands Antilles	1-6	Suriname	2-2	1-4
Colombia	3-7	Brazil	2-0	1-7
Chile	1-11	Argentina	1-5	0-6
Peru	9-2	Uruguay	6-0	3-2

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Mexico win 3-1 on aggregate.

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Suriname win 6-3 on aggregate.

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Brazil win 7-3 on aggregate.

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Argentina win 11-1 on aggregate.

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Peru win 9-2 on aggregate.

Round 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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Africa

Asia

Round 1

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Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Indonesia	w/o1	Australia	–	–
Afghanistan	w/o2	India	2-5	–
Thailand	2-6	Republic of China	1-3	1-3
Japan	1-23	South Korea	0-2	1-0

¹Australia withdrew.
²Afghanistan withdrew before the second match.
³Both matches played in Tokyo.

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India advance.

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Republic of China win 3-1 on aggregate.

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South Korea win 2-1 on aggregate.

Round 2

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Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of China	abd1	South Korea	1-2	abd
India	6-2	Indonesia	4-2	2-0

¹Both matches played in Taipei. Second match awarded to Republic of China.

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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.

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India win 6-2 on aggregate and qualify.

Middle East

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

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References

External links

• RSSSF