For second time qualificaions were arranged for Football Olympic Tournament. Teams were distrubuted in Groups in Geographical basis.
Zones - not true continental. _ Europe (7): Denmark, Poland, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Great Britain, France, Hungary. _ America (3): Argentina, Peru, Brazil. _ Africa (2): Egypt, Tunisia. _ Asia (2): Taiwan, India. _ Middle East (1): Turkey.
Group 1 p w d l gf ga 1. Denmark 7 3 1 0 11: 6 2. Iceland 3 1 1 2 5: 7 3. Norway 2 1 0 3 5: 8
Team Denm Icel Norw Denmark --- 1:1 2:1 Iceland 2:4 --- 1:0 Norway 2:4 2:1 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 26.06.59 Iceland 2-4 Denmark 0-2 Reykjavik.0-1 Jens Peter Hansen 18'; 0-2 Ole Madsen 27'; 1-2 Sveinn Jonsson 46'; 1-3 Jens Peter Hansen 50'; 1-4 Ole Madsen 61'; 2-4 Thorolfur Beck 81' 02.07.59 Denmark 2-1 Norway 0-0 Copenhagen. 1-0 Henning Enoksen 53'; 2-0 Ole Madsen 56'; 2-1 Rolf Birger Pedersen 70' 07.07.59 Iceland 1-0 Norway 0-0 Reykjavik. Rikhardur Jonsson 88' 18.08.59 Denmark 1-1 Iceland 0-1 Copenhagen. 0-1 Sveinn Teitsson 29'; 1-1 Hennning Enoksen 81' 21.08.59 Norway 2-1 Iceland 1-0 Oslo. 1-0 Rolf Bjoern Backe 38'; 2-0 Kjell Kristiansen 52'; 2-1 Oern Steinsen 74' 13.09.59 Norway 2-4 Denmark 1-1 Oslo. 0-1 Harald Nielsen 29'; 1-1 Age Leif Soerensen 38'; 1-2 Henning Enoksen 53'; 2-2 Kjell Kristiansen 56'; 2-3 Poul Pedersen 64'; 2-4 Henning Enoksen 88'
Group 2 p w d l gf ga 1. Poland 8 4 0 0 15: 4 2. West Germany 2 1 0 3 5: 10 3. Finland 2 1 0 3 7: 13
Team Pola West Finl Poland --- 3:1 6:2 West Germany 0:3 --- 2:1 Finland 1:3 3:2 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 18.10.59 Finland 1-3 Poland 0-1 Helsinki. 0-1 Ernest Pol 3'; 1-1 Hannu Kankkonen 48'; 1-2 Stanislaw Hachorek 58'; 1-3 Jan Gawronski 81' 08.11.59 Poland 6-2 Finland 4-2 Chorzow. 0-1 Tor Oesterlund 7'; 1-1 2-1 Ernest Pol 14' 19'; 2-2 Juhani Peitonen 20'; 3-2 Stanislaw Hachorek 43'; 4-2 Ernest Pol 44'; 5-2 Andrzej Sytka 53'; 6-2 Zbigniew Szarzynski 79' 11.11.59 West Germany 2-1 Finland Siegen. FRG: Gert Doerfel, Rainer Forss OG; FIN: Hannu Kankkonen. 24.11.59 West Germany 0-3 Poland 0-2 Essen. 0-1 Stanislaw Hachorek 17'; 0-2 Krzysztof Baszkiewicz 29'; 0-3 Ernest Pol 63' 18.04.59 Poland 3-1 West Germany 1-0 Warszawa. 1-0 Edmund Zientara 23'; 2-? Roman Lentner 53'; ?-1 Gustav Walenciak 53'; 2-2 Ruhl 72'; 3-2 Peitonen 74' 18.05.60 Finland 3-2 West Germany 1-1 Helsinki.1-0 Kai Pahlman 3'; 1-1 Himmeiman 4'; 2-1 Unto Nevalainen 53'; 2-2 Carl-Heinz Ruehl 72'; 3-2 Juhani Peitonen 74'
German qualification - to determine wihich German team will play in main qualification after IOC allowed only one German team to enter. The idea of unified team dissmissed. The games were kept secretive and no spectators were present, exept a few journalists and officials.
date team 1 score team 2 HT East Germany 1-4 West Germany 16.09.59 East Gemrnay 0-2 West Germany 0-0 East Berlin.0-1 Dietrich Fischer 53'og; 0-2 Gert Doerfel 83' 23.09.59 West Germany 2-1 East Germany 1-1 Dusseldorf.0-1 Guenter Schroter 14'pen.; 1-1 Joachim Thimm 33'; 2-1 Heinz Wilkening 65'
Group 3 p w d l gf ga 1. Bulgaria 5 2 1 1 4: 3 2. Soviet Union 4 1 2 1 3: 2 3. Romania 3 1 1 2 2: 4
Team Bulg Sovi Roma Bulgaria --- 1:0 2:1 Soviet Union 1:1 --- 2:0 Romania 1:0 0:0 ---
East Europe Group. In this Group were 1st and 3rd from Melbourne Olympic Games Men 1956 .
date team 1 score team 2 HT att. 27.06.59 Soviet Union 1-1 Bulgaria 0-1 102000 Moskva.0-1 Dimitar Milanov 26'; 1-1 Valeriy Korolenkov 68' 19.07.59 Soviet Union 2-0 Romania 1-0 102000 Moskva.1-0 Valeriy Urin 11'; 2-0 Slava Metreveli 61' 07.08.59 Romania 0-0 Soviet Union 0-0 80000 Bucuresti. 13.09.59 Bulgaria 1-0 Soviet Union 1-0 45000 Sofia.1-0 Ivan Kolev 11' 08.11.59 Romania 1-0 Bulgaria 0-0 80000 Bucuresti.1-0 Gheorghe Constantin 80' 01.05.60 Bulgaria 2-1 Romania 2-0 55000 Sofia.1-0 Dimitar Iordanov 2'; Nikola Kovachev 20'; 2-1 Nicolae Tataru 66'
Group 4 p w d l gf ga 1. Yugoslavia 5 2 1 1 12: 4 2. Israel 5 2 1 1 7: 6 3. Greece 2 1 0 3 3: 12
Team Yugo Isra Gree Yugoslavia --- 1:2 4:0 Israel 2:2 --- 2:1 Greece 0:5 2:1 ---
South East Europe Group. From this Group emerged eventual Winner of Roma Olympic Games Men 1960 .
date team 1 score team 2 HT 21.10.59 Israel 2-2 Yugoslavia 0-1 Ramat Gan. 0-1 Borivoje Kostic 7'; 1-1 2-1 Nahum Stelmach 64' 73'; 2-2 Borivoje Kostic 76' 15.11.59 Yugoslavia 4-0 Greece 3-0 Beograd. 1-20 2-0 Muhamed Mujic 34' 43'; 3-0 Branislav Mihajlovic 45'; 4-0 Borivoje Kostic 73' 06.03.60 Israel 2-1 Greece 0-1 Ramat Gan. 0-1 Kostas Linoxilakis 6'; 1-1 Avraham Menchel 50'; 2-1 Yeohoshua Glazer 87' 03.04.06 Greece 2-1 Israel 0-0 Athens. 0-1 Yehoshua Glazer 60'; 1-1 2-1 Kharalambos Serafidhis 66' 80' 10.04.60 Yugoslavia 1-2 Israel 1-1 Beograd. 0-1 Rafi Levi 2'; 1-1 Muhamed Mujic 32'; 1-2 Rafi Levi 67' 24.04.60 Greece 0-5 Yugoslavia 0-1 Athens. 0-1 Borivoje Kostic 34'; 0-2 Ante Zanetic 66'; 0-3 Silvester Takac 68'; 0-4 Milan Galic 81'; 0-5 Tomislav Knez 83'
Group 5 p w d l gf ga 1. Great Britain 7 3 1 0 13: 6 2. Ireland 3 1 1 2 9: 9 3. Netherlands 2 0 2 2 6: 13
Team GrBr Irel Neth Great Britain --- 3:2 2:2 Ireland 1:3 --- 6:3 Netherlands 1:5 0:0 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 14.10.59 Netherlands 0-0 Ireland 0-0 The Hague. 21.11.59 Great Britain 3-2 Ireland 2-0 Hove. 1-0 2-0 Paddy Hasty 1' 35'; 2-1 M. Ahearne 60'; 2-2 M. Rice 80'; 3-2 Paddy Hasty 82' 13.03.60 Ireland 1-3 Great Britain 0-0 Dublin. 0-1 Arnold Coates 47'; 1-1 Mick McGrath 58'; 1-2 Bobby Brown 75'; 1-3 Tony Harding 80' 02.04.60 Netherlands 1-5 Great Britain 0-1 Zwolle. 0-1 Jim Lewis 21'; 0-2 Hugh Lindsay 47'; 1-1 Bart Hainje 75'; 1-3 Bobby Brown 80'; 1-4 1-5 Jim Lewis 83' 85' 13.04.60 Great Britain 2-2 Netherlands 1-0 White Hart Lane, London. 1-0 Bobby Brown 5'; 2-0 Jim Lewis 60'; 2-1 Leo de Kleermaeker 70'; 2-2 Paul Bouwman 75' 20.04.60 Ireland 6-3 Netherlands 4-1 Dublin. 1-0 F. McCarthy 5'; 2-0 Mick McGrath 14'; 3-0 Alfie Hale 20'; 3-1 Bart Hainje 21'; 4-1 Mick McGrath 45'; 5-1 Frits van Ierland --'OG; 5-2 Paul Bouwman --'; 5-3 Theo Slijkhuis --'; 6-3 Alfie Hale 81'
Group 6 p w d l gf ga 1. France 6 3 0 1 7: 6 2. Luxembourg 4 1 2 1 7: 6 3. Switzerland 2 0 2 2 3: 5
Team Fran Luxe Swit France --- 1:0 1:0 Luxembourg 5:3 --- 0:0 Switzerland 1:2 2:2 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 11.11.59 France 1-0 Luxembourg 1-0 Dijon. Yvon Quedec 37' 22.11.59 Switzerland 1-2 France 1-1 Luzern. Yvon Quedec 19'; 1-1 Jean-Paul Grand 43'; 1-2 Gerard Coincon 87' 27.03.60 Luxembourg 0-0 Switzerland 0-0 Luxembourg. 10.04.60 Luxembourg 5-3 France 3-2 Luxembourg. 1-0 Ernest Brenner 5'pen.; 2-0 Marcel Theis 7'; 3-0 Joseph Kunnert 14'; 3-1 Ahmed Arab 15'; 3-2 Yvon Quedec 40'; 4-2 Louis Pilot 53'; 4-3 Yvon Quedec 55'; 5-3 Francois Konter 75' 13.04.60 Switzerland 2-2 Luxembourg 1-0 Basel. 1-0 2-0 Vittore Gottardi 18' 56'; 2-1 Joseph Kunnert 72'; 2-2 Ernest Brenner 87' 01.05.60 France 1-0 Switzerland 1-0 Chambery. 1-0 Aigony 37'
Group 7 p w d l gf ga 1. Hungary 8 4 0 0 10: 3 2. Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 2 4: 5 3. Austria 1 0 1 3 2: 8
Team Hung Czec Aust Hungary --- 2:1 2:1 Czechoslovakia 1:2 --- 2:1 Austria 0:4 0:0 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 07.10.59 Austria 0-0 Czechoslovakia 0-0 Wien. 22.11.59 Hungary 2-1 Austria 1-1 Budapest. 1-0 Florian Albert 1'; 1-1 Oskar Kohlhauser 6'; 2-1 Pal Varhidi 47'pen. 26.03.60 Austria 0-4 Hungary 0-1 Graz. 0-1 PAl Orosz 28'; 0-2 0-3 Florian Albert 49' 65'; 0-4 Imre Satori 74' 06.04.60 Czechoslovakia 1-2 Hungary Brno. 0-1 0-2 Florian Albert --' --'; 1-2 Jozeg Obert 87' 24.04.60 Hungary 2-1 Czechoslovakia Budapest. HUN: Frenc Kovacs, Imre Satori ; TCH: Vlastimil Bubnik. 30.04.60 Czechoslovakia 2-1 Austria 2-0 Usti nad Labem. 1-0 2-0 Josef Kadraba 34' 44'?; 2-1 Walter Skocik 58'pen.
Argentina, Peru and Brazil qualified to Olympic Games Men 1960 .
Final Group America p w d l gf ga 1. Argentina 8 4 0 0 14: 5 2. Peru 6 3 0 1 7: 3 3. Brazil 4 2 0 2 7: 7 4. Mexico 2 1 0 3 6: 6 5. Suriname 0 0 0 4 4: 17
Team Arge Peru Braz Mexi Suri Argentina --- 2:1 3:1 3:1 6:2 Peru --- 2:0 1:0 3:1 Brazil --- 2:1 4:1 Mexico --- 4:0 Suriname ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT played in Lima, Peru. 16.04.60 Argentina 6-2 Suriname 2-2 16.04.60 Peru 1-0 Mexico 0-0 19.04.60 Brazil 2-1 Mexico 2-0 19.04.60 Peru 3-1 Suriname 0-1 21.04.60 Mexico 4-0 Suriname 2-0 21.04.60 Argentina 3-1 Brazil 24.04.60 Argentina 2-1 Peru 1-0 27.04.60 Brazil 4-1 Suriname 2-1 27.04.60 Argentina 3-1 Mexico 1-1 30.04.60 Peru 2-0 Brazil
Elimination Round America. Winners to Final Group America . date team 1 score team 2 HT aggr. 16.12.59 Chile 1-5 Argentina 1-11 22.12.59 Argentina 6-0 Chile 19.12.59 Peru 6-0 Uruguay 9-3 22.12.59 Uruguay 2-3 Peru 20.12.59 Colombia 2-0 Brazil 1-0 3-7 27.12.59 Brazil 7-1 Colombia 3-0 08.10.59 Mexico 2-0 United States 2-0 3-1 22.11.59 United States 1-1 Mexico 1-0 25.10.59 Neth. Antilles 2-2 Suriname 2-1 3-6 29.11.59 Suriname 4-1 Neth. Antilles
Egypt and Tunisia qualified to Olympic Games Men 1960 . Egypt played under the name United Arab Republic.
Team Egyp Tuni Suda Egypt --- 3:1 3:0 Tunisia 0:0 --- 2:0 Sudan 0:1 1:0 ---
date venue team 1 score team 2 HT 14.02.60 Khartoum Sudan 1-0 Tunisia 19.02.60 Cairo Egypt 3-1 Tunisia 0-0 26.02.60 Khartoum Sudan 0-1 Egypt 03.04.60 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Egypt 17.04.60 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Sudan 22.04.60 Cairo Egypt 3-0 Sudan
Group 1a p w d l gf ga 1. Tunisia 5 2 1 1 5: 3 2. Morocco 5 2 1 1 7: 6 3. Malta 2 0 2 2 3: 6
Team Tuni Moro Malt Tunisia --- 2:0 2:0 Morocco 3:1 --- 2:1 Malta 0:0 2:2 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 01.11.59 Malta 0-0 Tunisia Gzira 08.11.59 Malta 2-2 Morocco Gzira 15.11.59 Tunisia 2-0 Morocco Tunis 06.12.59 Tunisia 2-0 Malta 0-0 Tunis 13.12.59 Morocco 2-1 Malta Casablanca 27.12.59 Morocco 3-1 Tunisia Casablanca
Group 2a p w d l gf ga 1. Egypt 6 3 0 1 11: 5 2. Ghana 4 2 0 2 8: 6 3. Nigeria 2 1 0 3 6: 14
Team Egyp Ghan Nige Egypt --- 2:1 3:0 Ghana 2:0 --- 4:1 Nigeria 2:6 3:1 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 10.10.59 Nigeria 3-1 Ghana Lagos 25.10.59 Ghana 4-1 Nigeria Accra 13.11.59 Egypt 2-1 Ghana Cairo 06.12.59 Ghana 2-0 Egypt Accra 13.12.59 Nigeria 2-6 Egypt Lagos 01.01.60 Egypt 3-0 Nigeria Cairo
Group 3a p w d l gf ga 1. Sudan 7 3 1 0 6: 2 2. Ethiopia 4 1 2 1 5: 6 3. Uganda 1 0 1 3 2: 5
Team Suda Ethi Ugan Sudan --- 3:1 1:0 Ethiopia 1:1 --- 1:1 Uganda 0:1 1:2 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 14.11.59 Uganda 1-2 Ethiopia Kampala 23.11.59 Sudan 3-1 Ethiopia Khartoum 09.12.59 Sudan 1-0 Uganda Khartoum 13.12.59 Ethiopia 1-1 Uganda Addis Ababa 20.12.59 Ethiopia 1-1 Sudan Addis Ababa 03.01.60 Uganda 0-1 Sudan Kampala
Taiwan and India qualified to Olympic Games Men 1960 . Taiwan played under the name Republic of China.
Elimination Games date team 1 score team 2 HT aggr. Round 2 - Winners to Olympic Games Men 1960 . Taiwan 2-2 South Korea. South Korea disqualified. 25.04.60 Taiwan 1-2 South Korea 2-2 Taipei (TPE). 01.05.60 South Korea 0-1 Taiwan Taipei (TPE). match abandoned when Korean players attacked the referee after awarding a penalty to Taiwan. India 6-2 Indonesia. 14.04.60 India 4-2 Indonesia 2-1 6-2 Calcutta. 0-1 Suratmo 9'; 1-1 Sundararaj 10'; 2-1 Kannan 21'; 4-1 Sundararaj 63'; 4-1 Balaram 73' 30.04.60 Indonesia 0-2 India 0-0 Jakarata. 0-1 Goswami 78'; 0-2 Sundararaj 87' Round 1 - Winners to Round 2. Thailand 2-6 Taiwan. 30.08.59 Thailand 1-3 Taiwan 2-6 Bangkok. 13.09.59 Taiwan 3-1 Thailand Taipei. Japan 1-2 South Korea. 13.12.59 Japan 0-2 South Korea 1-2 Tokyo. 0-1 Choi 51'; 0-2 Moon 65' 20.12.59 South Korea 0-1 Japan Tokyo (JPN). 0-1 Ninomiya 70' Afghanistan 2-5 India. 27.08.59 Afghanistan 2-5 India 2-5 Kabul. AFG: Ayubi, Mosa ; IND: Banerjee, Goswami, Kempiah, Rehmatullah, Lahiri. --.12.59 India wo Afghanistan Indonesia wo Australia. Indonesia wo Australia Australia withdrew.
Final Ranking p w d l gf ga 1. Taiwan 6 3 0 1 8: 4 1. India 6 3 0 0 11: 4 3. South Korea 4 2 0 2 4: 3 3. Indonesia 0 0 0 2 2: 6 5. Japan 2 1 0 1 1: 2 5. Thailand 0 0 0 2 2: 6 5. Afghanistan 0 0 0 1 2: 5 -. Australia DNS
Turkey qualified to Olympic Games Men 1960 .
Group p w d l gf ga 1. Turkey 4 2 0 0 10: 3 2. Iraq 4 2 0 2 14: 10 3. Lebanon 0 0 0 2 0: 11
Team Turk Iraq Leba Turkey --- 7:1 Iraq 2:3 --- 8:0 Lebanon 0:3 ---
date team 1 score team 2 HT 15.11.59 Lebanon 0-3 Iraq 0-1 25.11.59 Iraq 8-0 Lebanon 4-0 06.12.59 Turkey 7-1 Iraq 2-1 13.12.59 Iraq 2-3 Turkey 1-1 Lebanon withdrew for the matches against Turkey.
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