Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers
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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

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 play-off

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  United Team of Germany 0–1 1–3
Soviet Union 7–0 Finland
Serebrianikov 16', 46'
Kazakov 27', 39'
Biba 38'
Matveyev 61' (pen.), 89'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Stanislav Fenzl (Czechoslovakia)
Finland 0–4 Soviet Union
Report Serebrianikov 23'
Biba 25'
Kazakov 48'
Matveyev 75'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Bertil Lööf (Sweden)

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
United Team of Germany  2–2  Soviet Union 1–1 1–1
United Team of Germany 1–1 Soviet Union
Frenzel 10' Report Sevidov 88'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
Soviet Union 1–1 United Team of Germany
Kopayev 14' Report Kleiminger 62'
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Hans Karlsson (Sweden)

Second round play-off

in Warsaw, Poland

Team 1  Score  Team 2
United Team of Germany  4–1  Soviet Union
United Team of Germany 4–1 Soviet Union
Kleiminger 16'
Urbanczyk 39'
Vogel 82'
Fräßdorf 87'		 Report Serebrianikov 55'
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

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 were disqualified by their own federation on the morning of the first leg after it was discovered they had professional players.

South America

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: [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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 6
2  Suriname 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: [2]

Africa

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

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Korea  2–2 1  Republic of China 2–1 0–1
Malaysia  3–4  Thailand 1–1 2–3
Iran  4–2  Pakistan 4–1 0–1
Ceylon  3–12  India 3–5 0–7

1Republic of China were disqualified after they objected to playing at a neutral venue for the play-off and refused to travel.

South Korea 2–1 Republic of China
Attendance: 20,000
Republic of China 1–0 South Korea

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.

Malaysia 1–1 Thailand
Gabrielle 24' Panich 79'
Referee: Fred Pratlett (Hong Kong)
Thailand 3–2 Malaysia
Panikabutr 10'
Nilpirom 27', 59'		 Ambu 11'
Noordin 79'

Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.

Iran 4–1 Pakistan
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Khachator Hakat (Lebanon)
Pakistan 1–0 Iran
Lahore Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Liknakamik (Thailand)

Iran won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ceylon 3–5 India
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: I. Mansoor (Malaysia)
India 7–0 Ceylon
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: U Kyin Maung Aye (Burma)

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 – –
South Vietnam  2–1  Israel 0–1 2–0
Thailand  w/o 1  Indonesia – –
Myanmar  0–1  North Korea 0–0 0–1
Iraq  0–4  Iran 0–0 0–4
India  w/o 1  Lebanon – –

1Philippines, Indonesia and Lebanon withdrew.

South Vietnam 0–1 Israel
Report Reuven Young 20'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Greg da Silva (Malaysia)
Israel 0–2 South Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Văn Quảng 27'
Nguyễn Văn Ngôn 41'
Attendance: 36,937
Referee: Hakkı Gürüz (Turkey)

South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate

Myanmar 0–0 North Korea
North Korea 1–0 Myanmar

North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate

 Iran4–0Iraq 
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jerome Pascoal D'Mello (India)
 Iraq0–0Iran 
Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jerome Pascoal D'Mello (India)

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
North Korea  7–0  Thailand 2–0 5–0
Iran  6–1  India 3–0 3–1
South Korea 3–0 South Vietnam
Attendance: 20,000
South Vietnam 2–2 South Korea
Attendance: 30,000

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

North Korea 2–0 Thailand
Thailand 0–5 North Korea

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

Iran 3–0 India
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Qimaqchi (Iraq)
India 1–3 Iran
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Yohan Mint (Burma)

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

References

  1. ^ Games of the XVIII. Olympiad
  2. ^ CONCACAF

External links

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