The following lists are for team Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers.
Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers|
Dates | 22 March 1967 – 1 June 1968 |
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Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
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Matches played | 26 |
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Goals scored | 75 (2.88 per match) |
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Four groups of five teams compete in a home-and-away knockout stage. The winners of each group qualifies for the Summer Olympics football finals.
The following four teams from Europe qualified for the final tournament.
Team
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Qualified as
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Qualified on
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Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 2
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Spain |
Group 4 winners |
10 April 1968 |
3 (1920, 1924, 1928)
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Bulgaria |
Group 2 winners |
24 April 1968 |
4 (1924, 1952, 1956, 1960)
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France |
Group 3 winners |
12 May 1968 |
9 (1900, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1948, 1952, 1960)
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Czechoslovakia |
Group 1 winners |
1 June 1968 |
3 (1920, 1924, 1964)
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 Includes all participations by a competing nation at the Summer Olympics (clubs representing nations, olympic teams, full national teams, etc.).