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The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 5 was one of the five European 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 5 consisted of five teams: Czechoslovakia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Czechoslovakia qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after a walkover against Greece in the second round.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Preliminary round
Iceland  0–10  Great Britain 0–6 0–4
First round
Czechoslovakia  8–2  France 4–0 4–2
Great Britain  3–5  Greece 2–1 1–4
Second round
Czechoslovakia  w/o  Greece — —

Preliminary round

Iceland 0–6 Great Britain
Report
Laugardalsvöllur, ReykjavíkAttendance: 7,755Referee: Erling Rolf Olsen (Norway)
Great Britain 4–0 Iceland
Report
Plough Lane, LondonAttendance: 3,500Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

First round

Czechoslovakia 4–0 France
Report
France 2–4 Czechoslovakia
Report

Czechoslovakia won 8–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Great Britain 2–1 Greece
Report
Stamford Bridge, LondonAttendance: 5,589Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
Greece 4–1 Great Britain
Report
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Neo FaliroAttendance: 28,000Referee: Menahem Ashkenazi (Israel)

Greece won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Czechoslovakia w/o Greece
Report
Greece w/o Czechoslovakia
Report

Czechoslovakia won on walkover and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

  1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): EUROPE". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.
  2. "Iceland vs Great Britain* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. "Great Britain* vs Iceland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. "Great Britain* vs Greece international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. "Greece vs Great Britain* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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