1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers |
International football competition
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 place, 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
First round play-off
in Turin, Italy
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
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
First round
Second round
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Hans Karlsson (
Sweden)
Second round play-off
in Warsaw, Poland
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduard Babauczek (
Austria)
United Team of 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 originally qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics, but were later disqualified for using professional players.
Poland were offered Italy's place, but declined due to a lack of preparation time.
Group 5
Preliminary round
First round
Second round
Czechoslovakia qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics: Greece were disqualified by their own federation on the morning of the first leg after it was discovered they had professional players.
South America
Source:
[1](Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
North and Central America
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
Curaçao | 2–4 | Suriname | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Final round
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 1964. Source:
[2] Africa
Group 1
First round
Second round
United Arab Republic qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Group 2
First round
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
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
Preliminary Round
1Republic of China were disqualified after they objected to playing at a neutral venue for the play-off and refused to travel.
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; therefore, South Korea advanced to Round One.
Referee: Fred Pratlett (Hong Kong)
Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.
Iran won 4–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: U Kyin Maung Aye (
Burma)
India won 12–3 on aggregate.
Round One
1Philippines, Indonesia and Lebanon withdrew.
South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate
North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jerome Pascoal D'Mello (
India)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jerome Pascoal D'Mello (
India)
Iran won 4–0 on aggregate
Round Two
South Korea won 5–2 on aggregate, so South Korea qualified.
All games played in Burma, North Korea won 7–0 on aggregate, so North Korea qualified.
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Yohan Mint (
Burma)
Iran won 6–1 on aggregate, so Iran qualified.
References
- ^ Games of the XVIII. Olympiad
- ^ CONCACAF
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