Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Group 2 explained

Group 2 of the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 26 August to 1 September 1960.^{[1] [2]} The group consisted of Italy, Great Britain, Brazil and Taiwan. The top team, Italy, advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams

Team	Region	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
				style=white-space:nowrap				Europe	Hosts	15 June 1955	8th		data-sort-value="8"	Gold medal (1936)
style=white-space:nowrap		Europe	Europe Group 5 winners	2 April 1960	9th		data-sort-value="8"	Gold medal (1900, 1908, 1912)
style=white-space:nowrap		Americas	Americas second round third place	27 April 1960	2nd		data-sort-value="4"	Quarter-finals (1952)
style=white-space:nowrap		Asia	Asia second round winner	30 April 1960	1st	–	data-sort-value="1"	–

Standings

In the semi-finals, the winners of Group 2, Italy, advanced to play the winner of Group 1, Yugoslavia.

Matches

All times listed are local, CET (UTC+1).

Italy vs Taiwan

width=25 ! width=25 1 Luciano Alfieri 2 Gilberto Noletti 3 Mario Trebbi 4 Giorgio Ferrini 5 Sandro Salvadore 6 Giovanni Trapattoni 7 Gianni Rivera 8 Giovanni Fanello 9 Ugo Tomeazzi 10 Giacomo Bulgarelli 11 Luciano Magistrelli Substitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Tarcisio Burgnich Giancarlo Cella Armando Favalli Ambrogio Pelagalli Orazio Rancati Giorgio Rossano Paride Tumburus Manager: Giuseppe Viani

width=25 ! width=25 1 Lau Kin-chung 5 Kwok Kam-hung 6 Chan Fai Hung 7 Law Pak 8 Lau Tim 9 Lam Sheung Yee 10 Kwok Yau 11 Wong Chi-keung 13 Chow Shiu-hung 16 Yiu Cheuk Yin 17 Mok Chun Wah Substitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Yee Lau Kwok Tai Lo Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Man Wai Wong Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi Dor Manager: Lee Wai Tong

Assistant referees Suhli Garan (Turkey) Piero Angelini (France)

Brazil vs Great Britain

width=25 ! width=25 1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 3 Rubens 4 Décio 5 Dary 6 Wanderley 9 China 10 Gérson 11 Waldir 15 Roberto Dias 18 Paulo Ferreira Substitutions: Brandão Maranhão Edmar Gil Jonas Jurandir Chiquinho Manager: Vicente Feola

width=25 ! width=25 1 Mike Pinner 2 Tommy Thompson 3 David Holt 4 Ron McKinven 5 Leslie Brown 6 Roy Sleap 7 Jim Lewis 8 Bobby Brown 9 Paddy Hasty 10 Hugh Lindsay 11 John Devine Substitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates Hugh Forde Michael Greenwood Terence Howard Billy Neil John Wakefield Manager: Norman Creek

Assistant referees István Zsolt (Hungary) Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt)

Brazil vs Taiwan

width=25 ! width=25 1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 6 Dary 7 Wanderley 10 Gérson 11 Waldir 14 Jurandir 15 Roberto Dias 16 Maranhão 18 Paulo Ferreira 19 Chiquinho Substitutions: Brandão China Décio Edmar Gil Jonas Rubens Manager: Vicente Feola

width=25 ! width=25 1 Lau Kin-chung 2 Law Pak 3 Kwok Kam-hung 4 Chan Fai Hung 5 Lau Tim 6 Lam Sheung Yee 7 Wong Chi-keung 8 Kwok Yau 9 Chow Shiu-hung 10 Yiu Cheuk Yin 11 Mok Chun Wah Substitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Kwok Tai Lo Yee Lau Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Man Wai Wong Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi Dor Manager: Lee Wai Tong

Assistant referees Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt) Bahri Ben Saïd (Tunisia)

Italy vs Great Britain

width=25 ! width=25 1 Luciano Alfieri 3 Mario Trebbi 5 Sandro Salvadore 6 Giovanni Trapattoni 7 Gianni Rivera 9 Ugo Tomeazzi 10 Giacomo Bulgarelli 13 Tarcisio Burgnich 15 Paride Tumburus 18 Giorgio Rossano 19 Giancarlo Cella Substitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Giovanni Fanello Armando Favalli Giorgio Ferrini Luciano Magistrelli Gilberto Noletti Ambrogio Pelagalli Orazio Rancati Manager: Giuseppe Viani

width=25 ! width=25 1 Mike Pinner 2 Billy Neil 3 David Holt 4 Ron McKinven 5 Leslie Brown 6 Roy Sleap 7 Jim Lewis 8 Bobby Brown 9 Paddy Hasty 10 Hugh Lindsay 11 John Devine Substitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates Hugh Forde Michael Greenwood Terence Howard Tommy Thompson John Wakefield Manager: Norman Creek

Assistant referees Suhli Garan (Turkey) Bahri Ben Saïd (Tunisia)

Italy vs Brazil

width=25 ! width=25 1 Luciano Alfieri 3 Mario Trebbi 4 Giorgio Ferrini 5 Sandro Salvadore 6 Giovanni Trapattoni 7 Gianni Rivera 8 Giovanni Fanello 13 Tarcisio Burgnich 15 16 Orazio Rancati 18 Giorgio Rossano Substitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Giacomo Bulgarelli Giancarlo Cella Armando Favalli Luciano Magistrelli Gilberto Noletti Ambrogio Pelagalli Ugo Tomeazzi Manager: Giuseppe Viani

width=25 ! width=25 1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 3 Rubens 4 Décio 5 Roberto Dias 6 Dary 7 Wanderley 8 Paulo Ferreira 9 China 10 Gérson 11 Waldir Substitutions: Brandão Chiquinho Maranhão Edmar Gil Jonas Jurandir Manager: Vicente Feola

Assistant referees Raymond Morgan (Canada) Leo Helge (Denmark)

Great Britain vs Taiwan

width=25 ! width=25 1 Mike Pinner 2 Michael Greenwood 3 David Holt 4 Ron McKinven 5 Leslie Brown 6 Hugh Forde 7 Jim Lewis 8 Bobby Brown 9 Paddy Hasty 10 Hugh Lindsay 11 Terence Howard Substitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates John Devine Billy Neil Roy Sleap Tommy Thompson John Wakefield Manager: Norman Creek

width=25 ! width=25 1 Lau Kin-chung 2 Law Pak 3 Kwok Yau 4 Chan Fai Hung 5 Lau Tim 6 Man Wai Wong 7 Wong Chi-keung 8 Lam Sheung Yee 9 Chow Shiu-hung 10 Yiu Cheuk Yin 11 Mok Chun Wah Substitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Kwok Kam-hung Yee Lau Kwok Tai Lo Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi Dor Manager: Lee Wai Tong

Assistant referees E. Elrich Bahri Ben Saïd (Netherlands Antilles)

See also

• Italy at the Olympics
• Great Britain at the Olympics
• Brazil at the Olympics
• Chinese Taipei at the Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic Games 1960 » Group 2. worldfootball.net. 28 July 2024.
2. Web site: XVII. Olympiad Rome 1960 Football Tournament. Reyes. Macario. RSSSF. 20 June 2019.

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