Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification explained

Tourney Name:Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers
Dates:26 June 1959 – 18 May 1960
Num Teams:44
Prevseason:1956
Nextseason:1964

This is the overview of the qualification for the football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams

Teamdata-sort-type="text"Method of
qualification
data-sort-type="date"Date of
qualification
Total
times
qualified
Current
consecutive
appearances
data-sort-type="number"Previous best
performance
data-sort-value="a"Hosts 15 June 1955 1 1 data-sort-value="8"Gold medal (1936)
data-sort-value="b"Europe Group 1 winners 21 August 1959 1 1 data-sort-value="7"Silver medal (1908, 1912)
data-sort-value="b"Europe Group 2 winners 24 November 1959 2 1 data-sort-value="5"Fourth place (1936)
data-sort-value="b"Middle East winners 24 November 1959 2 1 data-sort-value="4"Quarter-finals (1948, 1948)
data-sort-value="b"Europe Group 5 winners 2 April 1960 2 4 data-sort-value="8"Gold medal (1900, 1908, 1912)
data-sort-value="b"Africa second round winners 3 April 1960 2 1 data-sort-value="5"Fourth place (1928)
data-sort-value="b"Europe Group 7 winners 6 April 1960 2 1 data-sort-value="8"Gold medal (1952)
data-sort-value="b"Africa second round runners-up 17 April 1960 1 1 data-sort-value="1"
data-sort-value="b"Europe Group 4 winners 24 April 1960 2 3 data-sort-value="7"Silver medal (1948, 1952, 1956)
data-sort-value="b"Americas second round winners 24 April 1960 1 1 data-sort-value="6"Silver medal (1928)
data-sort-value="b"Americas second round runners-up 24 April 1960 1 1 data-sort-value="4"Quarter-finals (1936)
data-sort-value="b"Americas second round third place 27 April 1960 1 1 data-sort-value="1"
data-sort-value="b"Asia second round winner 30 April 1960 1 1 data-sort-value="1"
data-sort-value="b"Asia second round winner 30 April 1960 2 3 data-sort-value="5"Fourth place (1956)
data-sort-value="b"Europe Group 3 winners 1 May 1960 2 1 data-sort-value="6"Bronze medal (1956)
data-sort-value="b"Europe Group 6 winners 1 May 1960 1 1 data-sort-value="7"Silver medal (1900)

Qualification process

Summary of qualification

width=100Regionwidth=80Available slots width=80Teams startedwidth=80Teams eliminatedwidth=80Teams qualifiedwidth=130Qualifying start datewidth=130Qualifying end date
2 9 7 2 1 November 1959 22 April 1960
3 10 7 3 8 October 1959 30 April 1960
2 8 6 2 27 August 1959 30 April 1960
7 22 15 7 26 June 1959 1 May 1960
1 3 2 1 15 November 1959 15 December 1959
Total 15 52 37 15 26 June 1959 1 May 1960

Format

The formats of the qualifying competitions depended on each region (see below). Each round was played in either of the following formats:

Tiebreakers

  1. Points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored

Europe

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers.

Final positions (final round)

Americas

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers.

Final positions (second round)

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers – Second round.

Africa

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers.

Final positions (second round)

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Second round.

Asia

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers.

Second round

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Second round.

Middle East

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Middle East Qualifiers.

The three teams played a home-and-away round-robin tournament.

Final positions

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