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

Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Preliminary round
South Korea	2–2	Taiwan	2–1	0–1
Preliminary round play-off
South Korea	w/o[note 1]	Taiwan
First round
South Korea	w/o[note 2]	Philippines	—	—
South Vietnam	2–1	Israel	0–1	2–0
Second round
South Korea	5–2	South Vietnam	3–0	2–2

Group 2

Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Preliminary round
Malaysia	3–4	Thailand	1–1	2–3
First round
Burma	0–1	North Korea	0–0	0–1
Thailand	w/o[note 3]	Indonesia	—	—
Second round
North Korea	7–0	Thailand	2–0	5–0

Group 3

Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Preliminary round
Iran	4–2	Pakistan	4–1	0–1
Ceylon	3–12	India	3–5	0–7
First round
Iran	4–0	Iraq	4–0	0–0
India	w/o[note 4]	Lebanon	—	—
Second round
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

1. 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.
2. Philippines withdrew.
3. Indonesia withdrew.
4. Lebanon withdrew.

References

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