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 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

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

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)

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
United Team of Germany	2–2	Soviet Union	1–1	1–1

31 May 1964

United Team of Germany	1–1	Soviet Union
Frenzel 10'	Report	Sevidov 88'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

7 June 1964

Soviet Union	1–1	United Team of Germany
Kopayev 14'	Report	Kleiminger 62'

Tsentralny Stadion imeni Lenina, Moscow

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

28 June 1964

United Team of 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)

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	3	3	0	13	2	+11	6
2	Suriname	3	2	1	5	5	0	4
3	United States	3	1	2	7	7	0	2
4	Panama	3	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.

27 November 1963

South Korea	2–1	Republic of China

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 20,000

7 December 1963

Republic of China	1–0	South Korea

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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.

12 October 1963

Malaysia	1–1	Thailand
Gabrielle 24'		Panich 79'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Fred Pratlett (Hong Kong)

16 November 1963

Thailand	3–2	Malaysia
Panikabutr 10' Nilpirom 27', 59'		Ambu 11' Noordin 79'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.

4 October 1963

Iran	4–1	Pakistan
Shahrokhi ?' Shirzadegan ?' Behzadi ?', ?'	Report	Abbas ?'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Khachator Hakat (Lebanon)

3 November 1963

Pakistan	1–0	Iran
Jahangir 70'	Report

Lahore Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Liknakamik (Thailand)

Iran won 4–2 on aggregate.

27 November 1963

Ceylon	3–5	India

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: I. Mansoor (Malaysia)

7 December 1963

India	7–0	Ceylon

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

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.

28 December 1963

South Vietnam	0–1	Israel
	Report	Reuven Young 20'

Republic Stadium, Saigon

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Greg da Silva (Malaysia)

17 March 1964

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

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 36,937

Referee: Hakkı Gürüz (Turkey)

South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate

22 March 1963

Myanmar	0–0	North Korea

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon

2 April 1963

North Korea	1–0	Myanmar

Girimri Stadium, Pyongyang

North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate

13 December 1963

Iran	4–0	Iraq

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Jerome Pascoal D'Mello (India)

3 January 1964

Iraq	0–0	Iran

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

31 May 1964

South Korea	3–0	South Vietnam

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 20,000

28 June 1964

South Vietnam	2–2	South Korea

Republic Stadium, Saigon

Attendance: 30,000

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

31 May 1964

North Korea	2–0	Thailand

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Burma

28 June 1964

Thailand	0–5	North Korea

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Burma

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

7 June 1964

Iran	3–0	India

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Qimaqchi (Iraq)

28 June 1964

India	1–3	Iran

Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Calcutta

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Yohan Mint (Burma)

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

References

External links

RSSSF

[1] Games of the XVIII. Olympiad

[2] CONCACAF

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