Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The final tournament had 16 spots.

Automatic qualification was granted to  Mexico as hosts, and  Hungary as title holder. The others were allocated as follows:

• Europe: 4 places, contested by 18 teams.
• South America: 2 places, contested by 8 teams.
• North and Central America: 2 places, contested by 12 teams.
• Africa: 3 places, contested by 15 teams.
• Asia: 3 places, contested by 11 teams.

All matches played in Japan.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	5	4	1	0	26	4	+22	9
South Korea	5	4	1	0	17	5	+12	9
Lebanon	5	2	1	2	18	9	+9	5
South Vietnam	5	2	1	2	14	5	+9	5
Taiwan	5	1	0	4	11	18	-7	2
Philippines	5	0	0	5	3	48	-45	0

27 September 1967

Japan	15–0	Philippines
Sugiyama 4' 75' Ogi 5' Kamamoto 15', 16', 26', 43', 64', 89' Miyamoto 20', 30', 40', 46' Watanabe 63' Kuwahara 78'

Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 12,000^[1]

Referee: Atef Sinan (Lebanon)

27 September 1967

South Korea	4–2	Taiwan

Tokyo, Japan

28 September 1967

Lebanon	11–1	Philippines
		Pacheco 17'

Tokyo, Japan

30 September 1967

Japan	4–0	Taiwan
Kamamoto 25' 67' 75' Ogi 59'

Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 7,181

Referee: Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam)

30 September 1967

South Korea	2–0	Lebanon

Tokyo, Japan

1 October 1967

South Vietnam	10–0	Philippines

Tokyo, Japan

3 October 1967

Taiwan	7–2	Philippines

Tokyo, Japan

3 October 1967

South Korea	3–0	South Vietnam

Tokyo, Japan

3 October 1967

Japan	3–1	Lebanon
Ogi 29' Kamamoto 49' Mori 84'		Altonian 24'

Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 2,693

Referee: Eriberto Cruz (Philippines)

7 October 1967

Japan	3–3	South Korea
Miyamoto 13' Sugiyama 37' Kamamoto 70'	Report	Lee Hoi-Taek 48' Huh Yoon-Jung 64' 68'

Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 45,789

Referee: Tang Sun Cheung (Taiwan)

7 October 1967

Lebanon	5–2	Taiwan

Tokyo, Japan

7 October 1967

South Vietnam	3–0	Taiwan

Tokyo, Japan

9 October 1967

Lebanon	1–1	South Vietnam

Tokyo, Japan

10 October 1967

South Korea	5–0	Philippines

Tokyo, Japan

10 October 1967

Japan	1–0	South Vietnam
Sugiyama 50'

Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 23,010

Referee: Tang Sun Cheung (Taiwan)

Japan qualify.

All matches played in Thailand:  Hong Kong,  Malaysia and  Pakistan withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	4	3	0	1	5	6	-1	6
Iraq	4	1	1	2	7	5	+2	3
Indonesia	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1	3

16 January 1968

Thailand	0–4	Iraq
		Dhiab 3', 33' Atta 26' Nouri 59'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 7,395

Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)

18 January 1968

Indonesia	2–1	Iraq
Hong 32' Sihasale 52'		Dhiab 54'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 5,067

Referee: Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore)

20 January 1968

Thailand	2–1	Iraq
Srisawat 23' Sornbutnark 62'		Dhiab 50'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 11,297

Referee: Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam)

Thailand	2–1	Indonesia

Thailand

22 January 1968

Iraq	1–1	Indonesia
Dhiab 60'		Soentoro 22'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 5,679

Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)

Thailand	1–0	Indonesia
Sornbutnark 10'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 12,000

Thailand qualify.

All matches played in Israel:  Myanmar,  India,  Iran and  North Korea withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	4
Ceylon	2	0	0	2	0	11	-11	0

17 March 1968

Israel	7–0	Ceylon
George Borba 1', 63' Mordechai Spiegler 11', 59', 85' W.N.C. Perera 30' (o.g.) Giora Spiegel 47'	Report

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Wanchai Suwaree (Thailand)

22 March 1968

Israel	4–0	Ceylon
Giora Spiegel 55' Rahamim Talbi 62' Shmuel Rosenthal 66' George Borba 77'	Report

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

Israel qualify.

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