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's rules allowed only one German team to enter. After talks for a Unified Team broke down, the football federations and NOCs of West and East Germany agreed to organise a play-off between their teams. 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	3-6	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	2-7 2	India	2-5	0–2
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 leg.
³Both matches were 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	3-2 1	South Korea	1-2	2-0 2
India	6-2	Indonesia	4-2	2-0

¹Both matches played in Taipei.
² The match was abandoned in the 35th minute with the Republic of China leading 1-0 after the Korean players attacked the referee in response to a penalty being awarded against them. The match was awarded to the Republic of China 2-0.

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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	14	3	+7	8
Iraq	4	2	0	2	14	10	+4	4
Lebanon	4	0	0	4	0	15	−15	0

Lebanon withdrew after two matches: the remaining two matches were awarded to their opponent Turkey 2-0.

Turkey qualify.

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References

External links

• RSSSF