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Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 3

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The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Africa Group 3 was one of the three African groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Japan. Group 3 consisted of four teams: Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Morocco qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Ethiopia 2–0 on aggregate in the second round.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First round
Kenya  5–10  Ethiopia 4–3 1–7
Nigeria  4–4  Morocco 3–0 1–4
First round play-off
Morocco  2–1  Nigeria
Second round
Ethiopia  0–2  Morocco 0–1 0–1

First round

Kenya 4–3 Ethiopia
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Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi
Ethiopia 7–1 Kenya
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Haillé Selassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Ethiopia won 10–5 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Nigeria 3–0 Morocco
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Surulere Stadium, LagosAttendance: 40,000
Morocco 4–1 Nigeria
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Stade d'Honneur, CasablancaAttendance: 15,000

Nigeria and Morocco tied 4–4 on aggregate and advanced to a play-off.

Play-off

Morocco 2–1 Nigeria
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Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: 5,000

Morocco won the play-off and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Ethiopia 0–1 Morocco
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Haillé Selassié Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 35,000
Morocco 1–0 Ethiopia
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Stade d'Honneur, CasablancaAttendance: 10,000

Morocco won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

  1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): AFRICA". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.
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