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

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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
International football competition

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.

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  Taiwan
First round
South Korea  w/o  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  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  Lebanon
Second round
Iran  6–1  India 3–0 3–1

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
in the Summer Olympics
 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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