European Football Championship 1964 / qualification

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In qualifying for the 1964 European Football Championship , 29 national teams took part, which played out four finalists according to the knockout system . The host of the main tournament - Spain - was drawn from among these .

Four of UEFA's 33 member associations at the time did not register. Cyprus missed registration on time due to civil war . Finland did not want to participate for financial reasons and the Scottish Football Association was in a state of upheaval. The Federal Republic of Germany had no interest in sport. As in 1958/1960, national coach Sepp Herberger found this competition to be a "pure waste of time".

Preliminary round

Three teams got bye tickets for the round of 16: the Soviet Union as current European champions as well as Austria and Luxembourg according to the lottery procedure.

The first legs took place from June 21 to December 2, 1962, the second legs from September 2, 1962 to March 31, 1963.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Norway	1: 3	Sweden	0: 2	1: 1
Denmark	9: 2	Malta	6: 1	3: 1
Ireland	5: 3	Iceland	4: 2	1: 1
England	3: 6	France	1: 1	2: 5
Poland	0: 4	Northern Ireland	0: 2	0: 2
Spain	7: 3	Romania	6-0	1: 3
Yugoslavia	4: 2	Belgium	3: 2	1-0
Bulgaria	4: 4	Portugal	3: 1	1: 3
Hungary	4: 2	Wales	3: 1	1: 1
Netherlands	4: 2	Switzerland	3: 1	1: 1
GDR	3: 2	Czechoslovakia	2: 1	1: 1
Italy	7-0	Turkey	6-0	1-0
Albania	*	Greece
Luxembourg		bye
Austria		bye
Soviet Union		bye

^*Greece refused to play against Albania. Both countries were still at war at the time. Accordingly, Greece was eliminated from the tournament and Albania moved on to the next round.

Playoff

The game took place in Rome on January 23, 1963.

	Result
Bulgaria	1-0	Portugal

Round of 16

The first legs took place from May 30 to October 19, 1963, the second legs from September 18 to November 10, 1963.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Spain	2: 1	Northern Ireland	1: 1	1-0
Yugoslavia	2: 3	Sweden	0-0	2: 3
Denmark	4: 1	Albania	4-0	0: 1
Netherlands	2: 3	Luxembourg	1: 1	1: 2
Austria	2: 3	Ireland	0-0	2: 3
Bulgaria	2: 3	France	1-0	1: 3
Soviet Union	3: 1	Italy	2-0	1: 1
GDR	4: 5	Hungary	1: 2	3: 3

Quarter finals

The first legs took place from December 4, 1963 to May 13, 1964, the second legs from December 10, 1963 to May 27, 1964.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Luxembourg	5: 5	Denmark	3: 3	2: 2
Spain	7: 1	Ireland	5: 1	2-0
France	2: 5	Hungary	1: 3	1: 2
Sweden	2: 4	Soviet Union	1: 1	1: 3

Playoff

The game took place in Amsterdam on December 18, 1963.

	Result
Denmark	1-0	Luxembourg

Web links

• Information about the 1964 tournament on uefa.com
• Details on rsssf.com