Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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]

16 September 1959

East Germany	0–2	West Germany
		Fischer  53' (o.g.) Dörfel  83'

Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin

Attendance: 0

Referee: (Czechoslovakia)

23 September 1959

West Germany	2–1	East Germany
Thimm  33' Wilkening  65'		Schröter  14' (pen.)

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 0

Referee: Martens (Netherlands)

West Germany win 4–1 on aggregate.

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.

26 June 1959

Iceland	2–4	Denmark
Jónsson  46' Beck  81'		Hansen  18', 50' Madsen  27', 61'

Reykjavík

2 July 1959

Denmark	2–1	Norway
Enoksen  53' Madsen  56'		Pedersen  70'

Copenhagen

7 July 1959

Iceland	1–0	Norway
Jónsson  88'

Reykjavík

18 August 1959

Denmark	1–1	Iceland
Enoksen  81'		Teitsson  29'

Copenhagen

21 August 1959

Norway	2–1	Iceland
Backe  39' Kristiansen  52'		Steinsen  74'

Oslo

13 September 1959

Norway	2–4	Denmark
Sørensen  38' Kristiansen  56'		Nielsen  29' Enoksen  53', 88' Pedersen  64'

Oslo

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.

18 October 1959

Finland	1–3	Poland
Kankkonen  48'		Pol  3' Hachorek  58' Gawroński  81'

Helsinki

8 November 1959

Poland	6–2	Finland
Pol  14', 19', 44' Hachorek  43' Sytka  53' Szarzyński  79'		Österlund  7' Peltonen  20'

Chorzów

11 November 1959

West Germany	2–1	Finland
Dörfel  ?' Forss  ?' (o.g.)		Kankkonen  ?'

Siegen

24 November 1959

West Germany	0–3	Poland
		Hachorek  17' Baszkiewicz  29' Pol  63'

Essen

18 April 1960

Poland	3–1	West Germany
Zientara  23', 63' Lentner  53'		Walenciak  53'

Warsaw

18 May 1960

Finland	3–2	West Germany
Pahlman  3' Nevalainen  53' Peltonen  74'		Himmelmann  4' Rühl  72'

Helsinki

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.

27 June 1959

Soviet Union	1–1	Bulgaria
Korolenkov  68'		Milanov  26'

Moscow

19 July 1959

Soviet Union	2–0	Romania
Urin  11' Metreveli  61'

Moscow

2 August 1959

Romania	0–0	Soviet Union

Bucharest

13 September 1959

Bulgaria	1–0	Soviet Union
Kolev  11'

Sofia

8 November 1959

Romania	1–0	Bulgaria
Constantin  80'

Bucharest

1 May 1960

Bulgaria	2–1	Romania
Yordanov  2' Kovachev  20'		Tătaru  66'

Sofia

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.

18 October 1959

Israel	2–2	Yugoslavia
Stelmach  64', 73'		Kostić  7', 76'

Ramat Gan

15 November 1959

Yugoslavia	4–0	Greece
Mujić  34', 43' Mihajlović  45' Kostić  73'

Belgrade

6 March 1960

Israel	2–1	Greece
Menchel  50' Glazer  87'		Linoxilakis  6'

Ramat Gan

3 April 1960

Greece	2–1	Israel
Serafidhis  66', 80'		Glazer  60'

Athens

10 April 1960

Yugoslavia	1–2	Israel
Mujić  32'		Levi  2', 67'

Belgrade

24 April 1960

Greece	0–5	Yugoslavia
		Kostić  34' Žanetić  66' Takač  68' Galić  81' Knez  83'

Athens

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.

14 October 1959

Netherlands	0–0	Republic of Ireland

The Hague

21 November 1959

Great Britain	3–2	Republic of Ireland
Hasty  1', 35', 82'		M. Ahearne  60' M. Rice  80'

Hove

13 March 1960

Republic of Ireland	1–3	Great Britain
McGrath  58'		Coates  47' Brown  75' Harding  80'

Dublin

2 April 1960

Netherlands	1–5	Great Britain
Hainje  75'		Lewis  21', 83', 85' Lindsay  47' Brown  80'

Zwolle

13 April 1960

Great Britain	2–2	Netherlands
Brown  5' Lewis  60'		de Kleermaeker  70' Bouwman  75'

White Hart Lane, London

20 April 1960

Republic of Ireland	6–3	Netherlands
F. McCarthy  5' McGrath  14', 45' Hale  20', 81' van Ierland  ? ' (o.g.) (5-1)		Hainje  21' Bouwman  ?' (5-2) Slijkhuis  ?' (5-3)

Dublin

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.

11 November 1959

France	1–0	Luxembourg
Quédec  37'

Dijon

22 November 1959

Switzerland	1–2	France
Grand  43'		Quédec  19' Coinçon  87'

Lucerne

27 March 1960

Luxembourg	0–0	Switzerland

Luxembourg

10 April 1960

Luxembourg	5–3	France
Brenner  5' (pen.) Theis  7' Kunnert  14' Pilot  53' Konter  75'		Arab  15' Quédec  40', 55'

Luxembourg

13 April 1960

Switzerland	2–2	Luxembourg
Gottardi  18', 56'		Kunnert  72' Brenner  87'

Basel

1 May 1960

France	1–0	Switzerland
Aigony  37'

Chambéry

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.

7 October 1959

Austria	0–0	Czechoslovakia

Vienna

22 November 1959

Hungary	2–1	Austria
Albert  1' Várhidi  47' (pen.)		Kohlhauser  6'

Budapest

26 March 1960

Austria	0–4	Hungary
		Orosz  28' Albert  49', 65' Sátori  74'

Graz

6 April 1960

Czechoslovakia	1–2	Hungary
Obert  87'		Albert  ?', ?'

Brno

24 April 1960

Hungary	2–1	Czechoslovakia
Kovács Sátori		Bubník

Budapest

30 April 1960

Czechoslovakia	2–1	Austria
Kadraba  34' (44)		Skocik  58' (pen.)

Ústí nad Labem

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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

8 October 1959

Mexico	2–0	United States
Diez  14' Moreno  44'

Mexico City

22 November 1959

United States	1–1	Mexico
Looby  8'		Meza  85'

Los Angeles

Mexico win 3-1 on aggregate.

25 October 1959

Netherlands Antilles	2–2	Suriname
Jansen  3' Valerian  22'		Niekoop  12' Marcet  46'

Willemstad

29 November 1959

Suriname	4–1	Netherlands Antilles

Paramaribo

Suriname win 6-3 on aggregate.

20 December 1959

Colombia	2–0	Brazil
Home  34', 55'

Bogotá

27 December 1959

Brazil	7–1	Colombia
China  18', 22', 50' Manoelzinho  32', 57' Gérson  64'		Manjarrés  80'

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil win 7-3 on aggregate.

16 December 1959

Chile	1–5	Argentina
Fuentes  ?' (pen.)		Rodríguez Carlos Bilardo Bonanno Pérez

Santiago

22 December 1959

Argentina	6–0	Chile
Heredia Rodríguez Bonanno Basílico

Buenos Aires

Argentina win 11-1 on aggregate.

16 December 1959

Peru	6–0	Uruguay
? ? ? Altuna  46' Ramírez  70', 86'

Lima

22 December 1959

Uruguay	2–3	Peru

Montevideo

Peru win 9-2 on aggregate.

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	−13	0

Argentina, Peru and Brazil qualify.

16 April 1960

Argentina	6–2	Suriname
Oleniak  ?' Boerleider  ?' (o.g.) Rendo  51', 64' Desiderio  68', 87'		Niekoop  15' Foe A Man  40'

Lima

16 April 1960

Peru	1–0	Mexico
Gallardo  58'

Lima

19 April 1960

Brazil	2–1	Mexico
Bruno  1' China  26'		Álvarez  50'

Lima

19 April 1960

Peru	3–1	Suriname
Gallardo  62', 87' Altuna  79'		Niekoop  43'

Lima

21 April 1960

Mexico	4–0	Suriname
Ramírez  2' Mercado  39' Benítez  72' Álvarez  90'

Lima

21 April 1960

Argentina	3–1	Brazil
Desiderio Oleniak		Jaburu

Lima

24 April 1960

Peru	1–2	Argentina
Ramírez  81'		Desiderio  9', 88'

Lima

27 April 1960

Suriname	1–4	Brazil
Foe A Man  7'		Wooter  17' (o.g.) Maranhão  43' China  63' Jaburu  87'

Lima

27 April 1960

Mexico	1–3	Argentina
Álvarez  28'		De Ciancio  42' Oleniak  53' Rendo  75'

Lima

30 April 1960

Peru	2–0	Brazil
Gallardo Nieri

Lima

Team	Pld	GD	Pts
United Arab Republic	4	+6	7
Tunisia	4	−1	3
Sudan	4	−5	2

United Arab Republic and Tunisia qualify.

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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.

27 August 1959

Afghanistan	2–5	India
Ayubi Mosa		Banerjee Goswami Kempiah Rehmatullah Lahiri

Kabul

December 1959

India	w/o (2-0)	Afghanistan

 

India advance.

30 August 1959

Thailand	1–3	Republic of China

Bangkok

13 September 1959

Republic of China	3–1	Thailand

Taipei

Republic of China win 6-2 on aggregate.

13 December 1959

Japan	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Choi  51' Moon  65'

Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo

Attendance: 20,000

20 December 1959

South Korea	0–1	Japan
	Report	Ninomiya  70'

Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo

Attendance: 10,000

South Korea win 2-1 on aggregate.

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Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of China	3-21	South Korea	1-2	2-02
India	6-2	Indonesia	4-2	2-0

¹ Both matches played in Taipei.
² The match was abandoned in the 23rd minute with the Republic of China leading 1-0 after the Korean players and officials attacked the referee in response to a penalty being given against them; the match was awarded to the Republic of China 2-0.

25 April 1960

Republic of China	1–2	South Korea
Wong		Cha Choi  73'

Taipei

30 April 1960

South Korea	0–2	Republic of China
		Wong  16'

Taipei

Referee: John Petrie (England)

Republic of China awarded the tie, and qualified.

14 April 1960

India	4–2	Indonesia
Sundararaj  10', 63' Kannan  21' Balaram  73'		Suratmo  9' Timisela  84'

Calcutta

30 April 1960

Indonesia	0–2	India
		Goswami  78' Sundararaj  87'

Jakarta

India won 6-2 on aggregate and qualified.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	4	4	0	0	14	3	+11	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.

15 November 1959

Lebanon	0–3	Iraq
		Baba  2', 70' Abdullah  85'

Beirut

25 November 1959

Iraq	8–0	Lebanon
Baba  5', 27' Abdullah  17', 40', 50', 85' Salih  58', 88'

Baghdad

6 December 1959

Turkey	7–1	Iraq
Yalçınkaya  14', 72' Şensan  37', 61', 87' Güneş  54' Köken  74'		Baba  12'

Adana

13 December 1959

Iraq	2–3	Turkey
Baba  35', 52'		Güneş  20' Atakan  60' Yalçınkaya  65'

Baghdad

 

Turkey	2–0	Lebanon

 

 

Lebanon	0–2	Turkey