Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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:

South America

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

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

Group 1

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.

Group 2

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.

Group 3

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 refused to play in a neutral ground for play-off, so they withdrew.

South Korea 2–1 Republic of China

2–2 on aggregate. But  Republic of China refused to play in a neutral ground for play-off, so  South Korea advanced to Round One.

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 12–4 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, 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 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. ↑
  2. ↑ CONCACAF
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