Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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

Qualifications[edit]

The final tournament had 16 spots.

Automatic qualification was granted to Italy as hosts. The others were allocated as follows:

Europe: 7 places, contested by 22 teams (including Israel).
Americas: 3 places, contested by 10 teams.
Africa: 2 places, contested by 9 teams (including Malta).
Asia: 2 places, contested by 8 teams.
Middle East: 1 place, contested by 3 teams (including Turkey).

Europe[edit]

Americas[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.

Round 2[edit]

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Africa[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	+2	5
Morocco	4	+1	5
Malta	4	−3	2

Group 2[edit]

Team	Pld	GD	Pts
United Arab Republic	4	+6	6
Ghana	4	+2	4
Nigeria	4	−8	2

Group 3[edit]

Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Sudan	4	+4	7
Ethiopia	4	−1	4
Uganda	4	−3	1

Round 2[edit]

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

United Arab Republic and Tunisia qualify.

Asia[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Indonesia	w/o¹	Australia	–	–
Afghanistan	2–5 ²	India	2–5	w/o
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 due to the lack of a suitable stadium in South Korea.

27 August 1959

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

Kabul

December 1959

India	w/o	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 6–2 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.

Round 2[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 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
		Wong 16'

Taipei

Referee: John Petrie (England)

Republic of China 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.

Middle East[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	4	4	0	14	3	+11	8
Iraq	4	2	2	14	10	+4	4
Lebanon	4	0	4	0	15	−15	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Lebanon withdrew after two matches: the remaining two matches were awarded to their opponent Turkey 2–0.

Turkey qualify.

15 November 1959

Lebanon	0–3	Iraq
		Baba 2', 70' Abdullah 85'

Beirut

25 November 1959

Iraq	8–0	Lebanon
Baba 5', 27' Abdullah 17', 40', 50', 85' Salih 58', 88'

Baghdad

6 December 1959

Turkey	7–1	Iraq
Yalçınkaya 14', 72' Şensan 37', 61', 87' Güneş 54' Köken 74'		Baba 12'

Adana

13 December 1959

Iraq	2–3	Turkey
Baba 35', 52'		Güneş 20' Atakan 60' Yalçınkaya 65'

Baghdad

Turkey	2–0	Lebanon

Lebanon	0–2	Turkey

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