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Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 3

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The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Africa Group 3 was one of the three African groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Japan.[1] Group 3 consisted of four teams: Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Morocco qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Ethiopia 2–0 on aggregate in the second round.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya  5–10  Ethiopia 4–3 1–7
Nigeria  4–4  Morocco 3–0 1–4
Kenya 4–3 Ethiopia
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Ethiopia 7–1 Kenya
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Ethiopia won 10–5 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Nigeria 3–0 Morocco
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Attendance: 40,000
Morocco 4–1 Nigeria
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Attendance: 15,000

Nigeria and Morocco tied 4–4 on aggregate and advanced to a play-off.

Play-off

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Morocco  2–1  Nigeria
Morocco 2–1 Nigeria
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Attendance: 5,000

Morocco won the play-off and advanced to the second round.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  0–2  Morocco 0–1 0–1
Ethiopia 0–1 Morocco
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Morocco 1–0 Ethiopia
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Attendance: 10,000

Morocco won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): AFRICA". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.