The 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from June 1962 to April 1964 to determine the four

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member men's national teams which would participate in the 1964 European Nations' Cup final tournament.

Qualified teams

Format

The qualification was a

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where the teams would play a

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on a home-and-away basis. If the aggregate scores were level at the end of the tie, a third leg was played at a neutral venue to decide the winners. It consisted of a preliminary round, a round of 16, and a quarter-final round. The four quarter-final winners would qualify for the tournament proper; one of those four countries would then be chosen to host it.

Preliminary round

Austria, Luxembourg, and the Soviet Union received byes to the round of 16.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

1964 European Nations' Cup
at UEFA.com {{UEFA European Football Championship Qualifying UEFA European Championship qualifying European Nations European Nations