The qualification for
football tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Qualifications
The final tournament had 16 spots.
Automatic qualification was granted to as hosts, and as title holder. The others were allocated as follows:
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Europe
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: ''5 places'', contested by 21 teams.
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
: ''2 places'', contested by 7 teams.
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North and Central America: ''1 places'', contested by 5 teams.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
: ''3 places'', contested by 11 teams.
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Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
: ''3 places'', contested by 13 teams.
Europe
Group 1
Preliminary round
First round
First round play-off
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Turin
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, Italy''
Second round
''Romania qualified for the
1964 Summer Olympics
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Group 2
First round
Second round
''Hungary qualified for the
1964 Summer Olympics
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Group 3
Preliminary round
First round
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Second round
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Second round play-off
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Warsaw
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, Poland''
''United Team of Germany qualified for the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
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Group 4
First round
Second round
''Italy'' originally qualified for the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
, but were later disqualified for using professional players.
''Poland'' were offered Italy's place, but declined due to a lack of preparation time.
Group 5
Preliminary round
First round
Second round
''Czechoslovakia qualified for the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
'': Greece were disqualified by their own federation on the morning of the first leg after it was discovered they had professional players.
South America
North and Central America
Preliminary round
Final round
Africa
Group 1
First round
Second round
''United Arab Republic qualified for the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
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Group 2
First round
Second round
''Ghana qualified for the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
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Group 3
First round
Second round
''Morocco qualified for the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
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Asia
Preliminary Round
1Republic of China were disqualified after they objected to playing at a neutral venue for the play-off and refused to travel.
2–2 on aggregate.
As objected to playing at a neutral venue for the play-off and refused to travel, they were disqualified; therefore, advanced to Round One.
Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.
Iran won 4–2 on aggregate.
India won 12–3 on aggregate.
Round One
1Philippines, Indonesia and Lebanon withdrew.
South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate
North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate
Iran won 4–0 on aggregate
Round Two
South Korea won 5–2 on aggregate, so South Korea qualified.
All games played in
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
, North Korea won 7–0 on aggregate, so North Korea qualified.
Iran won 6–1 on aggregate, so Iran qualified.
References
External links
RSSSF
{{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification
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Olympics qualificaition
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