1964 Summer Olympics / Football / Qualification

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Qualification for the 1964 Olympic football tournament in Tokyo .

Qualified teams

5 to Europe	Romania	Hungary	Germany ( 1 )	Italy ( 2 )	Czechoslovakia
2 to South America	Argentina	Brazil
1 to North and Central America	Mexico
3 to Africa	United Arab Emirates	Ghana	Morocco
3 to Asia	South Korea	North Korea ( 3 )	Iran
Defending champion:	Yugoslavia			Host:	Japan

¹ Germany took part as an all-German team , for which the GDR selection prevailed against the DFB amateur selection in the domestic German qualification and ultimately won bronze for Germany. ² Italy was disqualified for using professional players. Poland declined the offer to replace Italy. ³ North Korea withdrew from the tournament despite having qualified.

Europe

The winners from the five groups played in the knockout system qualified for the final round.

Group 1

Opening round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Albania	-	Bulgaria	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2

1 round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Bulgaria	-	Luxembourg	n / p ( 3 )	n / p ( 3 )	n / p ( 3 )
Denmark	-	Romania	2: 3	3: 2	5: 5 ( 4 )

³ Luxembourg resigned. ⁴ Romania won the play-off in Turin 2-1 aet.

2nd round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Bulgaria	-	Romania	0: 1	1: 2	1: 3

Group 2

1 round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Hungary	-	Sweden	4-0	2: 2	6: 2
Switzerland	-	Spain	0: 1	0: 6	0: 7

2nd round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Spain	-	Hungary	1: 2	0: 3	1: 5

Group 3

German domestic qualification

Germany took part as an all-German team , for which internal German qualifying competitions were held. Since Bundesliga professionals were not allowed to start, the DFB sent the amateur selection.

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
German Democratic Republic	-	DFB amateur selection	3-0	1: 2	4: 2

1 round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Soviet Union	-	Finland	7-0	4-0	11: 0
Netherlands	-	Germany	0: 1	1: 3	1: 4

2nd round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Germany	-	Soviet Union	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2 ( 5 )

⁵ The GDR selection representing Germany won the playoff in Warsaw 4-1.

Group 4

1 round

Poland qualified for the 2nd round by a bye.

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Turkey	-	Italy	2: 2	1: 7	3: 9

2nd round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Italy ( 2 )	-	Poland	3-0	1-0	4-0

Group 5

Opening round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Iceland	-	United Kingdom	0: 6	0: 4	0:10

1 round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Czechoslovakia	-	France	4-0	4: 2	8: 2
United Kingdom	-	Greece	2: 1	1: 4	3: 5

2nd round

pairing			First leg	Return leg	total
Czechoslovakia	-	Greece	n / p ( 6 )	n / p ( 6 )	n / p ( 6 )

⁶ The round did not even take place because of a voluntary disclosure from Greece for the use of professional players. Czechoslovakia was thus qualified.

South America

North and Central America

Asia

Africa