Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
Tournament details
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored61 (3.05 per match)
← 1960
1968 →

The Asian section of the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Japan, for national teams that are members of Asia.[1]

Format

Five to six teams played home-and-away knockout matches over two legs each in three groups. The three winners of each group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Group 1

Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 1


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Preliminary round
South Korea  2–2  Taiwan 2–1 0–1
Preliminary round play-off
South Korea  w/o[note 1]  Taiwan
First round
South Korea  w/o[note 2]  Philippines — —
South Vietnam  2–1  Israel 0–1 2–0
Second round
South Korea  5–2  South Vietnam 3–0 2–2

Group 2

Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 2


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Preliminary round
Malaysia  3–4  Thailand 1–1 2–3
First round
Burma  0–1  North Korea 0–0 0–1
Thailand  w/o[note 3]  Indonesia — —
Second round
North Korea  7–0  Thailand 2–0 5–0

Group 3

Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 3


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Preliminary round
Iran  4–2  Pakistan 4–1 0–1
Ceylon  3–12  India 3–5 0–7
First round
Iran  4–0  Iraq 4–0 0–0
India  w/o[note 4]  Lebanon — —
Second round
Iran  6–1  India 3–0 3–1

Qualified teams

The following three teams from Asia qualified for the final tournament.[2]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
in the Summer Olympics
 Japan Hosts 26 May 1959 2 (1936, 1956)
 Iran Group 3 winners 21 June 1964 0
 South Korea Group 1 winners 28 June 1964 1 (1948)
 North Korea Group 2 winners 28 June 1964 0

Notes

  1. ^ The play-off was awarded to South Korea, as Taiwan were disqualified due to objecting to playing at a neutral venue and refused to travel.
  2. ^ Philippines withdrew.
  3. ^ Indonesia withdrew.
  4. ^ Lebanon withdrew.

References

  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament Amlast". RSSSF. 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "The first ever Iranian football achievement: Tokyo 1964 Olympics". teammelli.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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