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 time the qualifying round was done on a home-and-away basis.
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 As East and West Germany agreed to compete together at the 1956 Olympics, East Germany withdrew. However, a solely West German football team was fielded instead of a combined one.
Asia
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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South Vietnam |
9-5 | 5-2 | 4-3 | |
Iran |
n/p1 | – | – | |
India |
bye2 | – | – | |
Japan |
2-23 | 2-0 | 0-2 | |
China PR |
w/o4 | – | – | |
Indonesia |
w/o5 | – | – |
1 Both teams withdrew; the tie was scratched.
2 Due to the withdrawal of other teams, both teams qualified.
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 |
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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.
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.