Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
The men's qualification for association football tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the first edition of qualification rounds.
Qualifications
The final tournament had 16 spots reserved with 28 countries initially showing interest in the tournament.
Automatic qualification was granted to
Europe
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bulgaria |
5–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | |
Yugoslavia |
w/o1 | – | – | |
Hungary |
w/o2 | – | – | |
Soviet Union |
7-1 | 5-0 | 2-1 |
1 Romania withdrew.
2 East and West Germany competed together at the 1956 Olympics, thus the East German football team withdrew. However, a solely West German football team was fielded instead of a combined one.
Africa
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ethiopia |
3-9 | 1-4 | 2-5 |
Asia
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
South Vietnam |
9-5 | 5-2 | 4-3 | |
Iran |
w/d1 | – | – | |
India |
bye2 | – | – | |
Japan |
2-23 | 2-0 | 0-2 | |
China PR |
w/o4 | – | – | |
Indonesia |
w/o5 | – | – |
1 Both teams withdrew.
2 Both teams were awarded byes.
3 Both matches were played in Japan. Japan advanced on drawing of lots.
4 Philippines withdrew.
5 Republic of China withdrew.
Americas
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
United States |
w/o1 | – | – |
1 Mexico withdrew.
Before the official draw for the final tournament on September 1, 1956, Poland withdrew and was replaced by
Qualifying Matches
Both Bulgaria and Great Britain advanced.
Soviet Union |
5–0 | |
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Tatushin Ivanov Simonyan |
Report (ru) |
Israel |
1–2 | |
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Stelmach |
Report (ru) |
Soviet Union advanced.
Ethiopia |
1–4 | |
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Japan |
2–0 | |
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Uchino Iwabuchi |
Report |
Japan |
0–2 | |
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Report |
Japan advanced by the drawing of lots.
See also
Further reading
- Guinness Record of World Soccer, by Guy Oliver (1st ed., Guinness Publishing, 1992)
- The Times newspaper, various dates
References
- ↑ Francesco Liverani profile
External links
- Russell Gerrard. Games of the XVI Olympiad. Football Qualifying Tournament. RSSSF. 20 September 1998.