| Tourney Name: | 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers |
| Num Teams: | 69 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Prevseason: | 1964 |
| Nextseason: | 1972 |
The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification was the qualifying process which decide the 14 teams that would join hosts Mexico and holders Hungary, who received an automatic spot, at the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Total times qualified | Last time qualified | Current consecutive appearances | Previous best performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="a" | Hosts | 18 October 1963 | 2 | 2 | data-sort-value="2" | First round (1928, 1948, 1964) | |||
| data-sort-value="b" | Holders | 23 October 1964 | 2 | 3 | data-sort-value="8" | Gold medal (1952, 1964) | |||
| data-sort-value="c" | Asia Group 1 winners | 10 October 1967 | 3 | 2 | data-sort-value="3" | Quarter-finals (1964) | |||
| data-sort-value="c" | Asia Group 2 winners | 22 January 1968 | 2 | 1 | data-sort-value="3" | First round (1956) | |||
| data-sort-value="c" | Asia Group 3 winners | 22 March 1968 | 1 | — | 1 | data-sort-value="1" | — | ||
| data-sort-value="c" | Europe Group 4 winners | 1 April 1968 | 1 | — | 1 | data-sort-value="1" | — | ||
| data-sort-value="c" | CONMEBOL final group winners | 9 April 1968 | 3 | 3 | data-sort-value="3" | Quarter-finals (1952) | |||
| data-sort-value="c" | CONMEBOL final group runners-up | 9 April 1968 | 1 | — | 1 | data-sort-value="1" | — | ||
| data-sort-value="c" | Europe Group 2 winners | 24 April 1968 | 3 | 1 | data-sort-value="6" | Bronze medal (1956) | |||
| data-sort-value="c" | Africa Group 2 winners | 4 May 1968 | 1 | — | 1 | data-sort-value="1" | — | ||
| data-sort-value="c" | Europe Group 3 winners | 12 May 1968 | 2 | 1 | data-sort-value="7" | Silver medal (1900) | |||
| data-sort-value="c" | CONCACAF final round winner | 26 May 1968 | 1 | — | 1 | data-sort-value="1" | — | ||
| data-sort-value="c" | Europe Group 1 winners | 1 June 1968 | 2 | 2 | data-sort-value="7" | Silver medal (1964) | |||
| data-sort-value="c" | CONCACAF final round winner | 2 June 1968 | 1 | — | 1 | data-sort-value="1" | — | ||
| data-sort-value="c" | Africa Group 1 winners | 30 June 1968 | 1 | — | 1 | data-sort-value="1" | — | ||
| data-sort-value="c" | Africa Group 3 winners | 30 June 1968 | 2 | 1 | data-sort-value="2" | First round (1964) |
| width=100 | Region | width=80 | Available slots | width=80 | Teams started | width=80 | Teams eliminated | width=80 | Teams qualified | width=130 | Qualifying start date | width=130 | Qualifying end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 27 September 1967 | 22 March 1968 | ||||||||
| 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 April 1967 | 30 June 1968 | ||||||||
| 4 or 5 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 22 March 1967 | 1 June 1968 | ||||||||
| 2 or 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 21 May 1967 | 2 June 1968 | ||||||||
| 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 March 1968 | 9 April 1968 | ||||||||
| Total | 16 | 69 | 55 | 16 | 22 March 1967 | 30 June 1968 |
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers.
Four groups of five teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 1.
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 2.
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 3.
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 4.
See main article: 1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
See main article: 1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group.
See main article: 1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Three groups of five to six teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 1.
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 2.
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 3.
See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers.
Three groups of six teams played single round-robin matches. The winner of each group qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.