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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Second round

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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Second round
Tournament details
Dates14–30 April 1960
Teams4
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Simon Sundararaj
(3 goals)

The Asian second round of 1960 Summer Olympics football qualification was played from 14 to 30 April 1960.[1]

Qualified teams

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Bolded teams qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
India  6–2  Indonesia 4–2 2–0
Taiwan  2–2  South Korea 1–2 1–0[note 1]

Matches

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India 4–2 Indonesia
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Indonesia 0–2 India
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Indonesia won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.


Taiwan 1–2 South Korea
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South Korea 0–1
Abandoned[note 1]
 Taiwan
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Attendance: 19,000

Taiwan won through South Korea's disqualification and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Goalscorers

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There were 12 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The tie was awarded to Taiwan, due to South Korea being disqualfied as the second leg being abandoned at 23rd minute, with Taiwan winning 1–0, as South Korea players attacked referee John Petrie after he awarded a penalty to Taiwan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Roma, Italy, 1960): ASIA". RSSSF. 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "KOREANS ATTACK SOCCER REFEREE". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1 May 1960. p. 13.