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

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.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
First round
Kenya	5–10	Ethiopia	4–3	1–7
Nigeria	4–4	Morocco	3–0	1–4
First round play-off
Morocco	2–1	Nigeria
Second round
Ethiopia	0–2	Morocco	0–1	0–1

First round

12 October 1963

Kenya	4–3	Ethiopia
Nicodemus 7' Sungura 9' Kajo 30' Arudhi 70'	Report	Gerile ?', 80' G. Wolde ?'

Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi

13 November 1963

Ethiopia	7–1	Kenya
Abdo 2' Worku 10', 24', 37', 56', 70' Araya ?'	Report	Kajo ?'

Haillé Selassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Ethiopia won 10–5 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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16 November 1963

Nigeria	3–0	Morocco
Ekpe ?', ?' Hamilton ?'	Report

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 40,000

8 March 1964

Morocco	4–1	Nigeria
Lamari 42', 89' Owowon 59' (o.g.) Bendayane 66'	Report	Hamilton 35'

Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca

Attendance: 15,000

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

Play-off

28 March 1964

Morocco	2–1	Nigeria
Bamous ?' ?'	Report	?'

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: 5,000

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

Second round

10 May 1964

Ethiopia	0–1	Morocco
	Report	Bendayan 80'

Haillé Selassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 35,000

24 May 1964

Morocco	1–0	Ethiopia
Bouachra 75'	Report

Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca

Attendance: 10,000

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

References

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