Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
Tournament details
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	61 (3.05 per match)
	← 1960 1968 →

The Asian section of the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Japan, for national teams that are members of Asia.^[1]

Format

Five to six teams played home-and-away knockout matches over two legs each in three groups. The three winners of each group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Group 1

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Korea	2–2	Taiwan	2–1	0–1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
South Korea	w/o^{[note 1]}	Taiwan

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Korea	w/o^{[note 2]}	Philippines	—	—
South Vietnam	2–1	Israel	0–1	2–0

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Korea	5–2	South Vietnam	3–0	2–2

Group 2

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malaysia	3–4	Thailand	1–1	2–3

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Burma	0–1	North Korea	0–0	0–1
Thailand	w/o^{[note 3]}	Indonesia	—	—

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
North Korea	7–0	Thailand	2–0	5–0

Group 3

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iran	4–2	Pakistan	4–1	0–1
Ceylon	3–12	India	3–5	0–7

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iran	4–0	Iraq	4–0	0–0
India	w/o^{[note 4]}	Lebanon	—	—

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iran	6–1	India	3–0	3–1

Qualified teams

The following three teams from Asia qualified for the final tournament.^[2]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics
Iran	Group 3 winners	21 June 1964	0
South Korea	Group 1 winners	28 June 1964	1 (1948)
North Korea	Group 2 winners	28 June 1964	0

Notes

^ The play-off was awarded to South Korea, as Taiwan were disqualified due to objecting to playing at a neutral venue and refused to travel.
^ Philippines withdrew.
^ Indonesia withdrew.
^ Lebanon withdrew.

References

^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament Amlast". RSSSF. 12 May 2021.
^ "The first ever Iranian football achievement: Tokyo 1964 Olympics". teammelli.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

[KORvTAI-2] The play-off was awarded to South Korea, as Taiwan were disqualified due to objecting to playing at a neutral venue and refused to travel.

[KORvPHI-3] Philippines withdrew.

[THAvIDN-4] Indonesia withdrew.

[INDvLBN-5] Lebanon withdrew.

[1] "Games of the XVII. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament Amlast". RSSSF. 12 May 2021.

[6] "The first ever Iranian football achievement: Tokyo 1964 Olympics". teammelli.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

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