1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers
International football competition
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
First round
First round play-off
in Turin , Italy
Second round
Romania qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics .
Group 2
First round
Second round
Team 1
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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
First round
Second round
Second round play-off
in Warsaw , Poland
United Team of Germany qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics .
Group 4
First round
Second round
Team 1
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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
First round
Second round
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
Source:
[1] (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
North and Central America
Preliminary round
Final round
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 1964. Source:
[2]
Africa
Group 1
First round
Second round
United Arab Republic qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics .
Group 2
First round
Second round
Team 1
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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
Second round
Morocco qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics .
Asia
Preliminary Round
1 Republic of China were disqualified after they objected to playing at a neutral venue for the play-off and refused to travel.
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.
Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.
Iran won 4–2 on aggregate.
India won 12–3 on aggregate.
Round One
1 Philippines, Indonesia and Lebanon withdrew.
South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate
North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate
Iran won 4–0 on aggregate
Round Two
South Korea won 5–2 on aggregate, so South Korea qualified.
All games played in Burma , North Korea won 7–0 on aggregate, so North Korea qualified.
Iran won 6–1 on aggregate, so Iran qualified.
References
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General Tournaments
Qualifications
Finals
Squads
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