1972 Summer Olympics / Football / Qualification

The qualifying games for the 1972 Summer Olympics took place from February 7, 1971 to June 3, 1972. 82 countries from five confederations took part.

The 82 teams were divided among the five confederations as follows:

• 22 teams from Europe
• 10 teams from South America
• 13 teams from North and Central America
• 17 teams from Asia
• 20 teams from Africa

Qualified teams

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Since defending champions Hungary and organizers BR Germany were directly qualified and the Olympic finals were held with 16 teams, 14 free final round places were available for the remaining 82 teams; went away

4 to Europe	Soviet Union	Poland	GDR	Denmark
2 to South America	Brazil	Colombia
2 to North and Central America	Mexico	United States
3 to Asia	Malaysia	Burma	Iran
3 to Africa	Morocco	Ghana	Sudan
	Defending champion:	Hungary	Host:	BR Germany

European Zone / UEFA

The game was played in four groups (3 groups with 6 teams and 1 group with 4 teams). The four group winners, who were determined in two rounds, qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games

Group 1

Participants: Iceland , France , Soviet Union , Netherlands , Luxembourg and Austria       

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
May 12, 1971	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	France	0-0	0: 1	0: 1
June 16, 1971	Paris
2nd June 1971	Moscow	Soviet Union	-	Netherlands	4-0	0-0	4-0
June 16, 1971	Rotterdam
April 4th 1971	Esch	Luxembourg	-	Austria	1-0	2: 3	3: 3
5th May 1971	Grieskirchen
Playoff:
May 30, 1971	Marburg	Austria	-	Luxembourg	2-0

2nd round

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	4th	4th	0	0	013: 200	+11	08-00
2.	France	4th	2	0	2	010: 900	+1	04: 40
3.	Austria	4th	0	0	4th	001:130	−12	00: 80

Game results

October 12, 1971	Lwow	Soviet Union	-	Austria	4-0
3rd November 1971	Yerevan	Soviet Union	-	France	5: 1
18th November 1971	Vienna	Austria	-	Soviet Union	0: 1
December 8, 1971	Paris	France	-	Austria	5: 1
April 12, 1972	Mannersdorf	Austria	-	France	0: 3
May 25, 1972	Paris	France	-	Soviet Union	1: 3

Group 2

Participants: Poland , Greece , Bulgaria , United Kingdom , Spain and Turkey       

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
May 26, 1971	Poses	Poland	-	Greece	7-0	1-0	8-0
June 9, 1971	Larisa
March 24, 1971	London	United Kingdom	-	Bulgaria	1-0	0: 5	1: 5
5th May 1971	Sofia
5th May 1971	Salamanca	Spain	-	Turkey	3-0	1-0	4-0
May 19, 1971	Ankara

2nd round

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Poland	4th	3	0	1	008: 300	+5	06: 20
2.	Bulgaria	4th	2	1	1	014:100	+4	05: 30
3.	Spain	4th	0	1	3	006:150	−9	01: 70

Game results

November 10, 1971	Gijón	Spain	-	Poland	0: 2
November 24, 1971	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Spain	8: 3
April 16, 1972	Stara Sagora	Bulgaria	-	Poland	3: 1
April 26, 1972	Szczecin	Poland	-	Spain	2-0
May 7, 1972	Warsaw	Poland	-	Bulgaria	3-0
May 31, 1972	Burgos	Spain	-	Bulgaria	3: 3

Group 3

Participants: Yugoslavia , Ireland , Finland , Malta , GDR and Italy       

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
April 2nd 1971	Ballybofey	Ireland	-	Yugoslavia	0: 1	0: 2	0: 3
June 9, 1971	Rijeka
		Finland	-	Malta	( Malta withdrew )
May 1, 1971	Dresden	GDR	-	Italy	4-0	1-0	5-0
20th May 1971	Terni

2nd round

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	2	1	1	0	002-000	+2	03: 10
2.	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	000: 200	−2	01: 30
3.	Finland	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00-00

Game results

17th November 1971	Rostock	GDR	-	Yugoslavia	2-0
April 26, 1972	Prilep	Yugoslavia	-	GDR	0-0
		( Finland withdrew )

Group 4

Participants: Romania , Albania , Denmark and Switzerland     

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
April 18th 1971	Bucharest	Romania	-	Albania	2: 1	2: 1	4: 2
May 26, 1971	Tirana
April 21, 1971	Vevey	Switzerland	-	Denmark	2: 1	0: 4	2: 5
5th May 1971	Copenhagen

2nd round

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Denmark	2	2	0	0	005: 300	+2	04-00
2.	Romania	2	0	0	2	003: 500	−2	00: 40

Game results

October 10, 1971	Copenhagen	Denmark	-	Romania	2: 1
May 21, 1972	Bucharest	Romania	-	Denmark	2: 3

South American Zone / CONMEBOL

In Colombia the qualification of the South American zone for the Olympic soccer tournament took place. A preliminary round was played in two groups of five teams. The top two teams in each group qualified for the continental finals. In the final round, the two participants for the 1972 Summer Olympics were determined.

Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games

Group 1

Tournament in Cali and Medellín

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	4th	2	2	0	004: 200	+2	06: 20
2.	Argentina	4th	1	3	0	005: 300	+2	05: 30
3.	Bolivia	4th	1	2	1	005: 500	± 0	04: 40
4th	Ecuador	4th	0	3	1	004: 500	−1	03: 50
5.	Chile	4th	0	2	2	001: 400	−3	02: 60

Game results

November 26, 1971	Cali	Brazil	-	Ecuador	1: 1
November 26, 1971	Cali	Chile	-	Bolivia	1: 1
November 28, 1971	Cali	Ecuador	-	Argentina	2: 2
November 28, 1971	Cali	Brazil	-	Bolivia	2: 1
November 30, 1971	Cali	Brazil	-	Argentina	0-0
November 30, 1971	Cali	Chile	-	Ecuador	0-0
2nd December 1971	Cali	Argentina	-	Chile	2-0
2nd December 1971	Cali	Bolivia	-	Ecuador	2: 1
5th December 1971	Medellin	Brazil	-	Chile	1-0
5th December 1971	Medellin	Argentina	-	Bolivia	1: 1

Group 2

Tournament in Bogotá

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Peru	4th	3	1	0	007: 200	+5	07: 10
2.	Colombia	4th	2	2	0	005: 200	+3	06: 20
3.	Paraguay	4th	1	2	1	006: 400	+2	04: 40
4th	Uruguay	4th	1	1	2	004: 400	± 0	03: 50
5.	Venezuela	4th	0	0	4th	001:110	−10	00: 80

Game results

November 26, 1971	Peru	-	Venezuela	3-0
November 26, 1971	Colombia	-	Uruguay	2: 1
November 28, 1971	Peru	-	Paraguay	2: 1
November 28, 1971	Colombia	-	Venezuela	2-0
1st December 1971	Uruguay	-	Paraguay	1: 1
1st December 1971	Colombia	-	Peru	1: 1
3rd December 1971	Peru	-	Uruguay	1-0
3rd December 1971	Venezuela	-	Paraguay	1: 4
5th December 1971	Venezuela	-	Uruguay	0: 2
5th December 1971	Colombia	-	Paraguay	0-0

CONMEBOL finals

Final tournament in Bogotá

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	05: 10
2.	Colombia	3	0	3	0	002: 200	± 0	03: 30
3.	Argentina	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02: 40
4th	Peru	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02: 40

Game results

December 8, 1971	Brazil	-	Colombia	1: 1
December 8, 1971	Peru	-	Argentina	1: 1
December 10, 1971	Brazil	-	Argentina	1-0
December 10, 1971	Peru	-	Colombia	0-0
December 12, 1971	Brazil	-	Peru	1-0
December 12, 1971	Colombia	-	Argentina	1: 1

North, Central American and Caribbean Zones / CONCACAF

A preliminary round was played with four groups. The respective group winners qualified for the continental finals. In this, the teams played the two participants for the 1972 Summer Olympics with home and away games.

Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games

Group 1

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	4th	3	0	1	006: 100	+5	06: 20
2.	Canada	4th	2	1	1	005: 200	+3	05: 30
3.	Bermuda	4th	0	1	3	001: 900	−8	01: 70
4th	Cuba	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00-00

Game results

May 23, 1971	Hamilton	Bermuda	-	Mexico	0: 2
May 30, 1971	Hamilton	Bermuda	-	Canada	0: 3
June 8th 1971	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Canada	1-0
June 13, 1971	Toronto	Canada	-	Bermuda	1: 1
18th June 1971	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Bermuda	3-0
August 24, 1971	Vancouver	Canada	-	Mexico	1-0
		( Cuba withdrew )

Group 2

Tournament in Guatemala City

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Guatemala	4th	2	1	1	009: 500	+4	05: 30
2.	Suriname	4th	2	1	1	007: 600	+1	05: 30
3.	Panama	4th	1	0	3	006:110	−5	02: 60

Game results

April 18th 1971	Guatemala	-	Panama	4: 1
April 22, 1971	Suriname	-	Panama	3-0
April 25, 1971	Guatemala	-	Suriname	2: 2
April 27, 1971	Panama	-	Suriname	4: 1
April 30, 1971	Suriname	-	Guatemala	1-0
May 2nd 1971	Panama	-	Guatemala	1: 3

Group 3

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	4th	2	2	0	008: 300	+5	06: 20
2.	El Salvador	4th	2	2	0	009: 400	+5	06: 20
3.	Barbados	4th	0	0	4th	003:130	−10	00: 80

Game results

18th July 1971	Miami Beach	United States	-	El Salvador	1: 1
July 21, 1971	Bridgetown	Barbados	-	El Salvador	0: 3
July 25, 1971	Miami Beach	United States	-	Barbados	3-0
July 28, 1971	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	Barbados	4: 2
15th August 1971	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	United States	1: 1
22nd August 1971	Bridgetown	Barbados	-	United States	1: 3
Playoff:
19th September 1971	Kingston	United States	-	El Salvador	1: 1 a.d. 5: 4 a.d.

Group 4

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jamaica	2	1	1	0	003: 200	+1	03: 10
2.	Netherlands Antilles	2	0	1	1	002: 300	−1	01: 30
3.	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00-00

Game results

May 29, 1971	Kingston	Jamaica	-	Netherlands Antilles	2: 1
July 24, 1971	Curacao	Netherlands Antilles	-	Jamaica	1: 1
		( Costa Rica withdrew )

CONCACAF finals

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	6th	3	2	1	011: 500	+6	08: 40
2.	United States	6th	2	3	1	010: 900	+1	07: 50
3.	Guatemala	6th	2	1	3	006: 800	−2	05: 70
4th	Jamaica	6th	1	2	3	003: 800	−5	04: 80

Game results

January 16, 1972	Kingston	Jamaica	-	United States	1: 1
January 23, 1972	Guadalajara	Mexico	-	United States	1: 1
__. April 1972	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Jamaica	4-0
__. April 1972	Guatemala City	Guatemala	-	Jamaica	1-0
April 16, 1972	Guatemala City	Guatemala	-	United States	3: 2
April 25, 1972	Miami Beach	United States	-	Guatemala	2: 1
__. May 1972	Kingston	Jamaica	-	Guatemala	0-0
__. May 1972	Kingston	Jamaica	-	Mexico	1-0
May 10, 1972	San Francisco	United States	-	Mexico	2: 2
__. May 1972	Guatemala City	Guatemala	-	Mexico	1: 3
May 14, 1972	St. Louis	United States	-	Jamaica	2: 1
__. June 1972	Toluca	Mexico	-	Guatemala	1-0

Asian Zone / AFC

The game was played in three groups (2 groups with 6 teams and 1 group with 5 teams). The respective group winners qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games

Group 1

Tournament in Seoul

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Malaysia	4th	4th	0	0	012: 000	+12	08-00
2.	South Korea	4th	3	0	1	016: 200	+14	06: 20
3.	Japan	4th	2	0	2	014: 700	+7	04: 40
4th	Philippines	4th	1	0	3	004:190	−15	02: 60
5.	Taiwan	4th	0	0	4th	001:190	−18	00: 80

Game results

23rd September 1971	Japan	-	Malaysia	0: 3
September 25, 1971	Republic of China	-	Philippines	0: 3
September 25, 1971	South Korea	-	Malaysia	0: 1
September 27, 1971	Malaysia	-	Republic of China	3-0
September 27, 1971	Japan	-	Philippines	8: 1
29th September 1971	Republic of China	-	Japan	1: 5
29th September 1971	South Korea	-	Philippines	6-0
2nd October 1971	Malaysia	-	Philippines	5-0
2nd October 1971	South Korea	-	Japan	2: 1
4th October 1971	South Korea	-	Republic of China	8-0

Group 2

Tournament in Rangoon

Group allocation games

March 21, 1972	(A) Indonesia	-	(B) Thailand	4-0
March 21, 1972	(B) Burma	-	(A) India	4: 3
March 22, 1972	(A) Israel	-	(B) Ceylon	3-0

Group A

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Israel	2	2	0	0	002-000	+2	04-00
2.	Indonesia	2	1	0	1	004: 300	+1	02: 20
3.	India	2	0	0	2	002: 500	−3	00: 40

Game results

March 25, 1972	Indonesia	-	India	4: 2
March 28, 1972	Israel	-	India	1-0
March 30, 1972	Israel	-	Indonesia	1-0

Group B

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Burma	2	2	0	0	012: 100	+11	04-00
2.	Thailand	2	1	0	1	005: 700	−2	02: 20
3.	Ceylon	2	0	0	2	001:100	−9	00: 40

Game results

March 24, 1972	Burma	-	Ceylon	5: 1
March 26, 1972	Thailand	-	Ceylon	5-0
March 29, 1972	Burma	-	Thailand	7-0

Semifinals

April 1, 1972	Israel	-	Thailand	0: 0 n.V. , 2: 4 n.e.
April 2, 1972	Burma	-	Indonesia	3-0

final

April 4th 1972

Burma

-

Thailand

1-0

Group 3

Participants: North Korea , Syria , Iraq , Lebanon , Iran and Kuwait       

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
May 28, 1971	Pyongyang	North Korea	-	Syria	0-0	1-0	1-0
June 1, 1971	Pyongyang
June 20, 1971	Beirut	Lebanon	-	Iraq	1-0	0: 1	1: 1
July 14, 1971	Baghdad
Playoff:
19th September 1971	Istanbul	Iraq	-	Lebanon	2: 1
Bye:		Iran and Kuwait

2nd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
3rd December 1971	Tehran	Iran	-	Kuwait	2-0	2-0	4-0
__. January 1972	Athens
November 28, 1971	Pyongyang	North Korea	-	Iraq	3-0	0: 1	3: 1
__. January 1972	Baghdad

3rd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
__. May 1972	Pyongyang	North Korea	-	Iran	0-0	0-0	0-0
__. May 1972	Tehran
Playoff:
3rd June 1972	Rawalpindi	North Korea	-	Iran	0: 2

African Zone / CAF

The game was played in three groups (2 groups of 6 teams and 1 group of 8 teams). The respective group winners, who were determined in two rounds, qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games

Group 1

Participants: Tunisia , Egypt , Mali , Algeria , Morocco and Niger       

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
March 7, 1971	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Egypt	3-0	0: 2	3: 2
April 2nd 1971	Cairo
March 14, 1971	Bamako	Mali	-	Algeria	1-0	2: 2 a.d.	3: 2
April 11, 1971	Algiers
March 28, 1971	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Niger	5: 2	3: 1	8: 3
April 25, 1971	Niamey

2nd round

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Morocco	4th	2	2	0	009: 500	+4	06: 20
2.	Tunisia	4th	1	2	1	007: 500	+2	04: 40
3.	Mali	4th	1	0	3	004:100	−6	02: 60

Game results

April 23, 1972	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Morocco	3: 3
April 30, 1972	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Mali	2: 1
May 7, 1972	Bamako	Mali	-	Tunisia	2-0
May 14, 1972		Morocco	-	Tunisia	0-0
May 21, 1972		Mali	-	Morocco	1: 4
May 28, 1972		Tunisia	-	Mali	4-0

Group 2

Participants: Togo , Guinea , Cameroon , Gabon , Senegal , Nigeria , Ghana and Liberia         

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
7th February 1971	Lomé	Togo	-	Guinea	1: 1	5: 4	6: 5
February 28, 1971	Conakry
May 30, 1971	Libreville	Gabon	-	Cameroon	2: 3	( Gabon waived )
3rd April 1971	Lagos	Nigeria	-	Senegal	1: 1	1: 2	2: 3
April 18th 1971	Dakar
March 21, 1971	Accra	Ghana	-	Liberia	2: 1	1-0	3: 1
17th April 1971	Monrovia

2nd round

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ghana	6th	3	2	1	007: 300	+4	08: 40
2.	Cameroon	6th	3	2	1	007: 700	± 0	08: 40
3.	Senegal	6th	2	2	2	008: 600	+2	06: 60
4th	Togo	6th	0	2	4th	003: 900	−6	02:10

Game results

April 23, 1972		Ghana	-	Togo	1: 1
April 23, 1972		Senegal	-	Cameroon	1: 1
April 30, 1972	Lomé	Togo	-	Senegal	1: 3
April 30, 1972	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Ghana	0: 3
May 7, 1972	Accra	Ghana	-	Senegal	1-0
May 7, 1972		Togo	-	Cameroon	1: 2
May 14, 1972		Togo	-	Ghana	0: 2
May 14, 1972		Cameroon	-	Senegal	3: 2
May 21, 1972		Senegal	-	Togo	0-0
May 21, 1972		Ghana	-	Cameroon	0-0
May 28, 1972	Dakar	Senegal	-	Ghana	2-0
May 28, 1972	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Togo	1-0

Group 3

Participants: Ethiopia , Zambia , Sudan , Uganda , Madagascar and Malawi       

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
May 16, 1971	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Zambia	6: 3	1-0	7: 3
May 30, 1971	Lusaka
4th June 1971	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Uganda	4-0	1: 1	5: 1
June 19, 1971	Kampala
April 11, 1971	Blantyre	Malawi	-	Madagascar	1: 2	2: 4	3: 6
May 9, 1971	Antananarivo

2nd round

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sudan	4th	3	1	0	008: 200	+6	07: 10
2.	Ethiopia	4th	2	1	1	007: 600	+1	05: 30
3.	Madagascar	4th	0	0	4th	003:100	−7	00: 80

Game results

April 23, 1972	Antananarivo	Madagascar	-	Ethiopia	1: 2
April 30, 1972		Ethiopia	-	Sudan	2: 2
May 7, 1972		Sudan	-	Madagascar	3-0
May 14, 1972		Ethiopia	-	Madagascar	3: 2
May 21, 1972		Sudan	-	Ethiopia	1-0
May 28, 1972		( Madagascar waived )	-	Sudan	0: 2

Regulations

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} If two or more teams in a group / subgroup have the same number of points and the same goal difference after all games have ended, one or more play-offs will be played in a neutral country.

literature

• The new football week . Fuwo . Sportverlag, ISSN  0323-8407 (issues for the 1971–1972 season).

Web links

• Games of the XX. Olympiad: Football Qualifying Tournament (Munchen, Germany, 1972) ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved March 13, 2012.