The qualification for football tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Qualifications edit
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 edit
Group 1 edit
Preliminary round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Albania | 0–2 | Bulgaria | 0–1 | 0–1 |
First round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bulgaria | walkover | Luxembourg | – | – |
Denmark | 5–5 | Romania | 2–3 | 3–2 |
First round play-off edit
in Turin, Italy
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Romania | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Denmark |
Second round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bulgaria | 1–3 | Romania | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Romania qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Group 2 edit
First round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Hungary | 6–2 | Sweden | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Switzerland | 0–7 | Spain | 0–1 | 0–6 |
Second round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Spain | 1–5 | Hungary | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Hungary qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Group 3 edit
Preliminary round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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East Germany | 4–2 | West Germany | 3–0 | 1–2 |
First round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Soviet Union | 11–0 | Finland | 7–0 | 4–0 |
Netherlands | 1–4 | United Team of Germany | 0–1 | 1–3 |
Soviet Union | 7–0 | Finland |
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Serebrianikov 16', 46' Kazakov 27', 39' Biba 38' Matveyev 61' (pen.), 89' |
Report |
Finland | 0–4 | Soviet Union |
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Report | Serebrianikov 23' Biba 25' Kazakov 48' Matveyev 75' |
Second round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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United Team of Germany | 2–2 | Soviet Union | 1–1 | 1–1 |
United Team of Germany | 1–1 | Soviet Union |
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Frenzel 10' | Report | Sevidov 88' |
Soviet Union | 1–1 | United Team of Germany |
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Kopayev 14' | Report | Kleiminger 62' |
Second round play-off edit
in Warsaw, Poland
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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United Team of Germany | 4–1 | Soviet Union |
United Team of Germany | 4–1 | Soviet Union |
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Kleiminger 16' Urbanczyk 39' Vogel 82' Fräßdorf 87' |
Report | Serebrianikov 55' |
United Team of Germany qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Group 4 edit
First round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Turkey | 3–9 | Italy | 2–2 | 1–7 |
Poland | bye | – | – |
Second round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 edit
Preliminary round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Iceland | 0–10 | Great Britain | 0–6 | 0–4 |
First round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Czechoslovakia | 8–2 | France | 4–0 | 4–2 |
Great Britain | 3–5 | Greece | 2–1 | 1–4 |
Second round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
North and Central America edit
Preliminary round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Curaçao | 2–4 | Suriname | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Final round edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 |
2 | Suriname | 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 |
Africa edit
Group 1 edit
First round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Uganda | 2–7 | United Arab Republic | 1–4 | 1–3 |
Sudan | w/o | Rhodesia | – | – |
Second round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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United Arab Republic | 7–4 | Sudan | 4–1 | 3–3 |
United Arab Republic qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Group 2 edit
First round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Liberia | 4–6 | Ghana | 4–5 | 0–1 | |
Dahomey | 4–4 (t) | Tunisia | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Second round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ghana | 3–2 | Tunisia | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Ghana qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Group 3 edit
First round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Kenya | 5–10 | Ethiopia | 4–3 | 1–7 | |
Nigeria | 4–4 | Morocco | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
Second round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ethiopia | 0–2 | Morocco | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Morocco qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Asia edit
Preliminary Round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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.
South Korea | 2–1 | Republic of China |
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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 edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
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Report | Reuven Young 20' |
Israel | 0–2 | South Vietnam |
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Report | Nguyễn Văn Quảng 27' Nguyễn Văn Ngôn 41' |
South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate
North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate
Iran won 4–0 on aggregate
Round Two edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
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South Vietnam | 2–2 | South Korea |
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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.