1956 Summer Olympics / Soccer - Round of 16

Games of the round of 16 of the 1956 Olympic football tournament .
The winners qualified for the quarter-finals.
In the event of a tie after extra time, a replay was played.

Game cancellations

Only three out of eight games were played. The games that were not played were:

United States	-	Yugoslavia
Bulgaria	-	Egypt
People's Republic of China	-	Turkey
South Vietnam	-	Indonesia
India	-	Hungary

The teams in bold made it to the quarter-finals. Egypt did not take part due to the Suez crisis . China canceled because the Republic of China had also been admitted to the games. Hungary stayed away from the Games because of the invasion of the Soviet Union . Turkey and South Vietnam canceled for financial reasons. The game between the USA and Yugoslavia was moved to the quarter-finals.

Soviet Union - Germany 2: 1 (1: 0)

Soviet Union		Germany
	November 24, 1956 at 2:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 11,999 Referee: Robert Mann ( United Kingdom )
	Lev Yashin - Nikolai Tishchenko , Mikhail Ogonkow - Alexei Paramonow , Anatoly Bashashkin , Igor Netto - Boris Tatuschin , Anatoly Issajew , Eduard Strelzow , Valentin Ivanov , Vladimir Ryschkin Trainer: Gavriil Katschalin	Albert Görtz - Willi Gerdau , Hermann Höfer - Karl Hoffmann , Rudolf Hoffmann , Fritz Semmelmann - Matthias Mauritz , Rolf Geiger , Herbert Schäfer , Johann Zeitler , Ernst-Günter Habig Trainer: Sepp Herberger
	1: 0 Issajew (23rd) 2: 0 Strelzow (86th)	2: 1 Habig (89.)
	Warning: Ivanov

United Kingdom - Thailand 9: 0 (4: 0)

United Kingdom		Thailand
	November 26, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 3,693 Referee: Nikolai Latyshev ( Soviet Union )
	Harold Sharratt - Donald Stoker , Leslie Farrer - Lawrence Topp , Stanley Prince , Henry Dodkins - Jim Lewis , John Hardisty , Jack Laybourne , George Bromilow , Charles Twissell	Kasem Baikam - Prateep Chermudhai , Surapong Chutimawong - Prasan Suvannasith , Nophon Hayachanta , Wanchai Suvaree - Sukit Chitranukhroh , Laevivathana Milinthachinda , Bumphen Luttimol , Suchart Mutugun , Samruay Chaiyonk
	1-0 Twissell (12th) 2-0 Twissell (20th) 3-0 Lewis (21st) Penalty 4-0 Laybourne (30th) 5-0 Bromilow (75th) 6-0 Bromilow (78th) 7th : 0 Laybourne (82.) 8: 0 Laybourne (85.) 9: 0 Topp (90.)

Australia - Japan 2: 0 (1: 0)

Australia		Japan
	November 27, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 3,568 Referee: Reginald Lund ( New Zealand )
	Ronald Lord - Bob Bignall , John Pettigrew - George Arthur , Cliff Sander , Bruce Morrow - Frank Loughran , Jack Lennard , Graham McMillan , Edward Arthur Smith , Alwyn Warren Trainers: Richard Telfer	Yoshio Furukawa - Ryūzō Hiraki , Yasuo Takamori - Hiroaki Satō , Michihiro Ozawa , Waichirō Ōmura - Masanori Tokita , Masao Uchino , Shigeo Yaegashi , Tadao Kobayashi , Isao Iwabuchi Trainer: Takenokoshi Shigemaru
	1-0 McMillan (26th) Penalty 2-0 Loughran (61st)

Web links

• SportsReference Football Round of 16
• Official Report, page 463
• FIFA Archives