The Asian section of the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Italy, for national teams that are members of Asia.

Entrants

Eight national teams initially entered qualification, but

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withdrew, leaving seven teams entering qualification.

Format

* 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.

First round

Second round

Qualified teams

The following two teams from the Asian qualified for the final tournament.

Notes

References

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