Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Albania  0–2  Bulgaria 0–1 0–1

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bulgaria  walkover  Luxembourg – –
Denmark  5–5  Romania 2–3 3–2

First round (tiebreaker)

in Turin, Italy

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Romania  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Denmark

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bulgaria  1–3  Romania 0–1 1–2

Romania qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

First round
Team 1 Agg. 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spain  1–5  Hungary 1–2 0–3

Hungary qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Germany  4–2  West Germany 3–0 1–2

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Soviet Union  11–0  Finland 7–0 4–0
Netherlands  1–4  East 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Germany  2–2  Soviet Union 1–1 1–1
East Germany 1–1 Soviet Union
Frenzel  10' Report Sevidov  88'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
Soviet Union 1–1 East Germany
Kopayev  14' Report Kleiminger  62'
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Hans Karlsson (Sweden)

Second round (tiebreaker)

in Warsaw, Poland

Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Germany  4–1  Soviet Union
East Germany 4–1 Soviet Union
Kleiminger  16'
Urbanczyk  39'
Vogel  82'
Fräßdorf  87'		 Report Serebrianikov  55'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduard Babauczek (Austria)

East Germany qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Turkey  3–9  Italy 2–2 1–7
Poland  bye – –

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Italy  4–0  Poland 3–0 1–0

Italy qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Later it was disqualified for using professional players. Poland were offered to take Italy's place but declined the offer.

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iceland  0–10  Great Britain 0–6 0–4

First round
Team 1 Agg. 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Czechoslovakia  walkover  Greece – –

Czechoslovakia qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Greece disqualified by their own federation for using professional players.

South America
Main article: 1964 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
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 to the phase indicated.

North and Central America
Main article: 1964 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Curaçao  2–4  Dutch Guiana 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  Dutch Guiana 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
Further information: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

First round
Team 1 Agg. 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. 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.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Liberia  4–6  Ghana 4–5 0–1
Dahomey  4–4 (t)  Tunisia 2–2 1–11–1

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana  3–2  Tunisia 2–0 1–2

Ghana qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Kenya  5–10  Ethiopia 4–3 1–7
Nigeria  4–4  Morocco 3–0 1–41–2

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  0–2  Morocco 0–1 0–1

Morocco qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Asia

Preliminary Round

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Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Korea  (w/o)1 2–2  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
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;  South Korea advanced to Round One

Malaysia 1–1 Thailand
Thailand 3–2 Malaysia

Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate

Iran 4–1 Pakistan
Pakistan 1–0 Iran

Iran won 4–2 on aggregate

Ceylon 3–5 India
India 7–0 Ceylon

India won 12–3 on aggregate

Round One

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Team 1 Agg. 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  20' Reuven Young
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Greg da Silva (Malaysia)
Israel 0–2 South Vietnam
Report  27' Nguyễn Văn Quảng
 41' Nguyễn Văn Ngôn
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

Iraq 0–0 Iran
Iran 4–0 Iraq

Iran won 4–0 on aggregate

Round Two

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Team 1 Agg. 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
South Vietnam 2–2 South Korea

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
India 1–3 Iran

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

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