Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification


The qualification for football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Qualifications

The final tournament had 16 spots.
Automatic qualification was granted to as hosts. The others were allocated as follows:

Preliminary round

The IOC's rules allowed only one German team to enter. After talks for a Unified Team broke down,
the football federations and NOCs of West and East Germany agreed to organise a play-off between their teams. Both matches were agreed to be played without spectators, and the sites of the games were announced at short notice.
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West Germany win 4–1 on aggregate.

Group 1


Denmark qualify.
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Group 2


Poland qualify.
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Group 3


Bulgaria qualify.
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Group 4


Yugoslavia qualify.
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Group 5


Great Britain qualify.
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Group 6


France qualify.
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Group 7


Hungary qualify.
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Americas

Round 1

Round 2

Argentina, Peru and Brazil qualify.
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Africa

Round 1

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Round 2

United Arab Republic and Tunisia qualify.

Asia

Round 1

Round 2

Middle East

Lebanon withdrew after two matches: the remaining two matches were awarded to their opponent Turkey 2-0.
Turkey qualify.
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