Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The IOC's rules allowed only one German team to enter. After talks for a Unified Team broke down, the football federations and NOCs of West and East Germany agreed to organise a play-off between their teams. Both matches were agreed to be played without spectators, and the sites of the games were announced at short notice.[1]

16 September 1959

East Germany	0-2	West Germany
		Fischer  53' (o.g.) Dörfel  83'

Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin

Attendance: 0

Referee: (Czechoslovakia)

23 September 1959

West Germany	2-1	East Germany
Thimm  33' Wilkening  65'		Schröter  14' (pen.)

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 0

Referee: Martens (Netherlands)

West Germany win 4–1 on aggregate.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	4	3	1	0	11	6	+5	7
Iceland	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	3
Norway	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	2

Denmark qualify.

26 June 1959

Iceland	2-4	Denmark
Jónsson  46' Beck  81'		Hansen  18', 50' Madsen  27', 61'

Reykjavík

2 July 1959

Denmark	2-1	Norway
Enoksen  53' Madsen  56'		Pedersen  70'

Copenhagen

7 July 1959

Iceland	1-0	Norway
Jónsson  88'

Reykjavík

18 August 1959

Denmark	1-1	Iceland
Enoksen  81'		Teitsson  29'

Copenhagen

21 August 1959

Norway	2-1	Iceland
Backe  39' Kristiansen  52'		Steinsen  74'

Oslo

13 September 1959

Norway	2-4	Denmark
Sørensen  38' Kristiansen  56'		Nielsen  29' Enoksen  53', 88' Pedersen  64'

Oslo

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	8
West Germany	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	2
Finland	4	1	0	3	7	13	−6	2

Poland qualify.

18 October 1959

Finland	1-3	Poland
Kankkonen  48'		Pol  3' Hachorek  58' Gawroński  81'

Helsinki

8 November 1959

Poland	6-2	Finland
Pol  14', 19', 44' Hachorek  43' Sytka  53' Szarzyński  79'		Österlund  7' Peltonen  20'

Chorzów

11 November 1959

West Germany	2-1	Finland
Dörfel  ?' Forss  ?' (o.g.)		Kankkonen  ?'

Siegen

24 November 1959

West Germany	0-3	Poland
		Hachorek  17' Baszkiewicz  29' Pol  63'

Essen

18 April 1960

Poland	3-1	West Germany
Zientara  23', 63' Lentner  53'		Walenciak  53'

Warsaw

18 May 1960

Finland	3-2	West Germany
Pahlman  3' Nevalainen  53' Peltonen  74'		Himmelmann  4' Rühl  72'

Helsinki

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	5
Soviet Union	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	4
Romania	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	3

Bulgaria qualify.

27 June 1959

Soviet Union	1-1	Bulgaria
Korolenkov  68'		Milanov  26'

Moscow

19 July 1959

Soviet Union	2-0	Romania
Urin  11' Metreveli  61'

Moscow

2 August 1959

Romania	0-0	Soviet Union

Bucharest

13 September 1959

Bulgaria	1-0	Soviet Union
Kolev  11'

Sofia

8 November 1959

Romania	1-0	Bulgaria
Constantin  80'

Bucharest

1 May 1960

Bulgaria	2-1	Romania
Yordanov  2' Kovachev  20'		Tătaru  66'

Sofia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	4	2	1	1	12	4	+8	5
Israel	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	5
Greece	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9	2

Yugoslavia qualify.

18 October 1959

Israel	2-2	Yugoslavia
Stelmach  64', 73'		Kostić  7', 76'

Ramat Gan

15 November 1959

Yugoslavia	4-0	Greece
Mujić  34', 43' Mihajlović  45' Kostić  73'

Belgrade

6 March 1960

Israel	2-1	Greece
Menchel  50' Glazer  87'		Linoxilakis  6'

Ramat Gan

3 April 1960

Greece	2-1	Israel
Serafidhis  66', 80'		Glazer  60'

Athens

10 April 1960

Yugoslavia	1-2	Israel
Mujić  32'		Levi  2', 67'

Belgrade

24 April 1960

Greece	0-5	Yugoslavia
		Kostić  34' Žanetić  66' Takač  68' Galić  81' Knez  83'

Athens

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	4	3	1	0	13	6	+7	7
Republic of Ireland	4	1	1	2	9	9	0	3
Netherlands	4	0	2	2	6	13	−7	2

Great Britain qualify.

14 October 1959

Netherlands	0-0	Republic of Ireland

The Hague

21 November 1959

Great Britain	3-2	Republic of Ireland
Hasty  1', 35', 82'		M. Ahearne  60' M. Rice  80'

Hove

13 March 1960

Republic of Ireland	1-3	Great Britain
McGrath  58'		Coates  47' Brown  75' Harding  80'

Dublin

2 April 1960

Netherlands	1-5	Great Britain
Hainje  75'		Lewis  21', 83', 85' Lindsay  47' Brown  80'

Zwolle

13 April 1960

Great Britain	2-2	Netherlands
Brown  5' Lewis  60'		de Kleermaeker  70' Bouwman  75'

White Hart Lane, London

20 April 1960

Republic of Ireland	6-3	Netherlands
F. McCarthy  5' McGrath  14', 45' Hale  20', 81' van Ierland  ? ' (o.g.) (5-1)		Hainje  21' Bouwman  ?' (5-2) Slijkhuis  ?' (5-3)

Dublin

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	4	3	0	1	7	6	+1	6
Luxembourg	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	4
Switzerland	4	0	2	2	3	5	−2	2

France qualify.

11 November 1959

France	1-0	Luxembourg
Quédec  37'

Dijon

22 November 1959

Switzerland	1-2	France
Grand  43'		Quédec  19' Coinçon  87'

Lucerne

27 March 1960

Luxembourg	0-0	Switzerland

Luxembourg

10 April 1960

Luxembourg	5-3	France
Brenner  5' (pen.) Theis  7' Kunnert  14' Pilot  53' Konter  75'		Arab  15' Quédec  40', 55'

Luxembourg

13 April 1960

Switzerland	2-2	Luxembourg
Gottardi  18', 56'		Kunnert  72' Brenner  87'

Basel

1 May 1960

France	1-0	Switzerland
Aigony  37'

Chambéry

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	4	4	0	0	10	3	+7	8
Czechoslovakia	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Austria	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6	1

Hungary qualify.

7 October 1959

Austria	0-0	Czechoslovakia

Vienna

22 November 1959

Hungary	2-1	Austria
Albert  1' Várhidi  47' (pen.)		Kohlhauser  6'

Budapest

26 March 1960

Austria	0-4	Hungary
		Orosz  28' Albert  49', 65' Sátori  74'

Graz

6 April 1960

Czechoslovakia	1-2	Hungary
Obert  87'		Albert  ?', ?'

Brno

24 April 1960

Hungary	2-1	Czechoslovakia
Kovács Sátori		Bubník

Budapest

30 April 1960

Czechoslovakia	2-1	Austria
Kadraba  34' (44)		Skocik  58' (pen.)

Ústí nad Labem

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Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mexico	3-1	United States	2–0	1-1
Netherlands Antilles	3-6	Suriname	2-2	1-4
Colombia	3-7	Brazil	2-0	1-7
Chile	1-11	Argentina	1-5	0-6
Peru	9-2	Uruguay	6-0	3-2

8 October 1959

Mexico	2-0	United States
Diez  14' Moreno  44'

Mexico City

22 November 1959

United States	1-1	Mexico
Looby  8'		Meza  85'

Los Angeles

Mexico win 3-1 on aggregate.

25 October 1959

Netherlands Antilles	2-2	Suriname
Jansen  3' Valerian  22'		Niekoop  12' Marcet  46'

Willemstad

29 November 1959

Suriname	4-1	Netherlands Antilles

Paramaribo

Suriname win 6-3 on aggregate.

20 December 1959

Colombia	2-0	Brazil
Home  34', 55'

Bogotá

27 December 1959

Brazil	7-1	Colombia
China  18', 22', 50' Manoelzinho  32', 57' Gérson  64'		Manjarrés  80'

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil win 7-3 on aggregate.

16 December 1959

Chile	1-5	Argentina
Fuentes  ?' (pen.)		Rodríguez Carlos Bilardo Bonanno Pérez

Santiago

22 December 1959

Argentina	6-0	Chile
Heredia Rodríguez Bonanno Basílico

Buenos Aires

Argentina win 11-1 on aggregate.

16 December 1959

Peru	6-0	Uruguay
? ? ? Altuna  46' Ramírez  70', 86'

Lima

22 December 1959

Uruguay	2-3	Peru

Montevideo

Peru win 9-2 on aggregate.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	0	14	5	+9	8
Peru	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	6
Brazil	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	4
Mexico	4	1	0	3	6	6	0	2
Suriname	4	0	0	4	4	17	−13	0

Argentina, Peru and Brazil qualify.

16 April 1960

Argentina	6-2	Suriname
Oleniak  ?' Boerleider  ?' (o.g.) Rendo  51', 64' Desiderio  68', 87'		Niekoop  15' Foe A Man  40'

Lima

16 April 1960

Peru	1-0	Mexico
Gallardo  58'

Lima

19 April 1960

Brazil	2-1	Mexico
Bruno  1' China  26'		Álvarez  50'

Lima

19 April 1960

Peru	3-1	Suriname
Gallardo  62', 87' Altuna  79'		Niekoop  43'

Lima

21 April 1960

Mexico	4-0	Suriname
Ramírez  2' Mercado  39' Benítez  72' Álvarez  90'

Lima

21 April 1960

Argentina	3-1	Brazil
Desiderio Oleniak		Jaburu

Lima

24 April 1960

Peru	1-2	Argentina
Ramírez  81'		Desiderio  9', 88'

Lima

27 April 1960

Suriname	1-4	Brazil
Foe A Man  7'		Wooter  17' (o.g.) Maranhão  43' China  63' Jaburu  87'

Lima

27 April 1960

Mexico	1-3	Argentina
Álvarez  28'		De Ciancio  42' Oleniak  53' Rendo  75'

Lima

30 April 1960

Peru	2-0	Brazil
Gallardo Nieri

Lima

Team	Pld	GD	Pts
United Arab Republic	4	+6	7
Tunisia	4	−1	3
Sudan	4	−5	2

United Arab Republic and Tunisia qualify.

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Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Indonesia	w/o1	Australia	–	–
Afghanistan	2-7 2	India	2-5	0–2
Thailand	2-6	Republic of China	1-3	1-3
Japan	1-23	South Korea	0-2	1-0

¹Australia withdrew.
²Afghanistan withdrew before the second leg.
³Both matches were played in Tokyo.

27 August 1959

Afghanistan	2-5	India
Ayubi Mosa		Banerjee Goswami Kempiah Rehmatullah Lahiri

Kabul

December 1959

India	w/o (2-0)	Afghanistan

 

India advance.

30 August 1959

Thailand	1-3	Republic of China

Bangkok

13 September 1959

Republic of China	3-1	Thailand

Taipei

Republic of China win 3-1 on aggregate.

13 December 1959

Japan	0-2	South Korea
	Report	Choi  51' Moon  65'

Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo

Attendance: 20,000

20 December 1959

South Korea	0-1	Japan
	Report	Ninomiya  70'

Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo

Attendance: 10,000

South Korea win 2-1 on aggregate.

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Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of China	3-21	South Korea	1-2	2-02
India	6-2	Indonesia	4-2	2-0

¹ Both matches played in Taipei.
² The match was abandoned in the 23rd minute with the Republic of China leading 1-0 after the Korean players and officials attacked the referee in response to a penalty being given against them; the match was awarded to the Republic of China 2-0.

25 April 1960

Republic of China	1-2	South Korea
Wong		Cha Choi  73'

Taipei

30 April 1960

South Korea	0-2	Republic of China

Taipei

Referee: John Petrie (England)

Republic of China awarded the tie, and qualified.

14 April 1960

India	4-2	Indonesia
Sundararaj  10', 63' Kannan  21' Balaram  73'		Suratmo  9' Timisela  84'

Calcutta

30 April 1960

Indonesia	0-2	India
		Goswami  78' Sundararaj  87'

Jakarta

India won 6-2 on aggregate and qualified.