Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates26 June 1959 – 18 May 1960
Teams44
Tournament statistics
Matches played101
Goals scored138 (1.37 per match)
← 1956
1964 →

This is the overview of the qualification for the football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Total
times
qualified 		Current
consecutive
appearances 		Previous best
performance
 Italy Hosts 15 June 1955 1 1 Gold medal (1936)
 Denmark Europe Group 1 winners 21 August 1959 1 1 Silver medal (1908, 1912)
 Poland Europe Group 2 winners 24 November 1959 2 1 Fourth place (1936)
 Turkey Middle East winners 24 November 1959 2 1 Quarter-finals (1948, 1948)
 Great Britain Europe Group 5 winners 2 April 1960 2 4 Gold medal (1900, 1908, 1912)
 United Arab Republic Africa second round winners 3 April 1960 2 1 Fourth place (1928)
 Hungary Europe Group 7 winners 6 April 1960 2 1 Gold medal (1952)
 Tunisia Africa second round runners-up 17 April 1960 1 1 –
 Yugoslavia Europe Group 4 winners 24 April 1960 2 3 Silver medal (1948, 1952, 1956)
 Argentina Americas second round winners 24 April 1960 1 1 Silver medal (1928)
 Peru Americas second round runners-up 24 April 1960 1 1 Quarter-finals (1936)
 Brazil Americas second round third place 27 April 1960 1 1 –
 Taiwan Asia second round winner 30 April 1960 1 1 –
 India Asia second round winner 30 April 1960 2 3 Fourth place (1956)
 Bulgaria Europe Group 3 winners 1 May 1960 2 1 Bronze medal (1956)
 France Europe Group 6 winners 1 May 1960 1 1 Silver medal (1900)

Qualification process

Summary of qualification

Region Available slots in finals Teams started Teams eliminated Teams qualified Qualifying start date Qualifying end date
Africa 2 9 7 2 1 November 1959 22 April 1960
Americas 3 10 7 3 8 October 1959 30 April 1960
Asia 2 8 6 2 27 August 1959 30 April 1960
Europe 7 22 15 7 26 June 1959 1 May 1960
Middle East 1 3 2 1 15 November 1959 15 December 1959
Total 15 52 37 15 26 June 1959 1 May 1960

Format

The formats of the qualifying competitions depended on each region (see below). Each round was played in either of the following formats:

  • League format, in which more than two teams formed groups to play home-and-away round-robin matches, or single round-robin matches hosted by one of the participating teams or on neutral territory.
  • Knockout format, in which two teams played home-and-away two-legged matches or single-legged matches.

Tiebreakers

  1. Points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored

Europe

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers

Final positions (final round)

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Denmark 4 7
2  Iceland 4 3
3  Norway 4 2
Source: RSSSF
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Poland 4 8
2  West Germany 4 2
3  Finland 4 2
Source: RSSSF
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Bulgaria 4 5
2  Soviet Union 4 4
3  Romania 4 3
Source: RSSSF
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Yugoslavia 4 5
2  Israel 4 5
3  Greece 4 2
Source: RSSSF
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Great Britain 4 7
2  Republic of Ireland 4 3
3  Netherlands 4 2
Source: RSSSF
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  France 4 6
2  Luxembourg 4 4
3   Switzerland 4 2
Source: RSSSF
Group 7
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Hungary 4 8
2  Czechoslovakia 4 3
3  Austria 4 1
Source: RSSSF

Americas

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers
  • First round: 10 teams played home-and-away over two legs. The five winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: 5 teams which advanced from the first round play round-robin matches. The top three teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Final positions (second round)

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers – Second round

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Argentina 4 8
2  Peru (H) 4 6
3  Brazil 4 4
4  Mexico 4 2
5  Suriname 4 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Africa

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers
  • First round: Three groups of three teams played home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group advances to the second round.
  • Second round: Three teams which advanced from the first round play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Final positions (second round)

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Second round
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  United Arab Republic 4 7
2  Tunisia 4 3
3  Sudan 4 2
Source: RSSSF

Asia

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
  • First round: Eight teams played home-and-away over two legs. The four winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: Four teams from the first round played home-and-away over two legs. The two winners qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Second round

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Second round


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
India  6–2  Indonesia 4–2 2–0
Taiwan  2–2  South Korea 1–2 1–0[note 1]

Middle East

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Middle East Qualifiers

The three teams played a home-and-away round-robin tournament.

Final positions

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Turkey 4 8
2  Iraq 4 4
3  Lebanon 4 0
Source: RSSSF

Notes

  1. ^ The tie was awarded to Taiwan, due to South Korea being disqualified as the second leg being abandoned at 23rd minute, with Taiwan winning 1–0, as South Korea players attacked referee John Petrie after he awarded a penalty to Taiwan.[1]

References

  1. ^ "KOREANS ATTACK SOCCER REFEREE". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1 May 1960. p. 13.