Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
The qualification for football tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Qualifications
The final tournament had 16 spots.
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Japan as hosts, and 
Yugoslavia as title holder. The others were allocated as follows:
- Europe: 5 places, contested by 21 teams.
- South America: 2 places, contested by 7 teams.
- North and Central America: 1 places, contested by 5 teams.
- Africa: 3 places, contested by 11 teams.
- Asia: 3 places, contested by 13 teams.
North and Central America
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Curaçao  |
2–4 |  Dutch Guiana |
2–1 | 0–3 |
Final round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .png){kind=small} Mexico |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 |
| 2 | Dutch Guiana |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Panama |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 |
Africa
Asia
Preliminary Round
|} |} |} |}| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
South Korea  (w/o)1 |
2–2 |  Republic of China |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Malaysia  |
3–4 |  Thailand |
1–1 | 2–3 |
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4–2 |  Pakistan |
4–1 | 0–1 |
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4–12 |  India |
3–5 | 1–7 |
1Republic of China refused to play in a neutral ground for play-off, so they withdrew.
2–2 on aggregate. But Republic of China refused to play in a neutral ground for play-off, so South Korea advanced to Round One.
Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate
Iran won 4–2 on aggregate
India won 12–4 on aggregate
Round One
|} |} |} |} |} |}| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea |
w/o 1 |  Philippines |
– | – |
South Vietnam  |
2–1 |  Israel |
0–1 | 2–0 |
| Thailand |
w/o 1 |  Indonesia |
– | – |
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0–1 |  North Korea |
0–0 | 0–1 |
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0–4 | Iran |
0–0 | 0–4 |
| India |
w/o 1 |  Lebanon |
– | – |
1Philippines, Indonesia, Lebanon withdrew.
South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate
North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate
Iran won 4–0 on aggregate
Round Two
|} |} |}| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea |
5–2 | South Vietnam |
3–0 | 2–2 |
| North Korea |
7–0 | Thailand |
2–0 | 5–0 |
| Iran |
6–1 | India |
3–0 | 3–1 |
South Korea won 5–2 on aggregate, so South Korea qualified.
All games played in Burma, North Korea won 7–0 on aggregate, so North Korea qualified.
Iran won 6–1 on aggregate, so Iran qualified.
References
External links
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