Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers

Tournament details
Teams	62 (from 5 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	95
Goals scored	324 (3.41 per match)
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The qualification for football tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

The final tournament had 16 spots.

Automatic qualification was granted to  Japan as hosts, and  Yugoslavia as title holder. The others were allocated as follows:

• Europe: 5 places, contested by 21 teams.
• South America: 2 places, contested by 7 teams.
• North and Central America: 1 place, contested by 5 teams.
• Africa: 3 places, contested by 11 teams.
• Asia: 3 places, contested by 13 teams.

Five groups of three to five teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Romania	3–1	Bulgaria	2–1	1–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spain	1–5	Hungary	1–2	0–3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
East Germany	2–2	Soviet Union	1–1	1–1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
East Germany	4–1	Soviet Union

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Italy	4–0	Poland	3–0	1–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Czechoslovakia	w/o	Greece	—	—

Seven CONMEBOL teams played in a league of round-robin matches. The top team qualified for the Summer Olympics. The next two teams advanced to a second place play-off, due to them both finishing the same on points, goal difference and goals scored.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Argentina	5	10
2	Brazil	3	5
3	Peru	4	5
4	Colombia	6	4
5	Uruguay	5	3
6	Chile	4	3
7	Ecuador	5	2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Brazil	4–0	Peru

• Preliminary round: Two teams play a two-legged home-and-away match. The winner advanced to the actual tournament.
• Final round: Four CONCACAF teams played in a round-robin tournament. The top team qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Mexico (H, C)	3	6
2	Suriname	3	4
3	United States	3	2
4	Panama	3	0

Three groups of four teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
United Arab Republic	7–4	Sudan	4–1	3–3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ghana	3–2	Tunisia	2–0	1–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	0–2	Morocco	0–1	0–1

Three groups of five or six teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Korea	5–2	South Vietnam	3–0	2–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
North Korea	7–0	Thailand	2–0	5–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iran	6–1	India	3–0	3–1

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