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

The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Asia Group 3 was one of the three Asian 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 six teams: Ceylon, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Iran qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating India 6–1 on aggregate in the second round.^[2]

Summary

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 1]	Lebanon	—	—
Second round
Iran	6–1	India	3–0	3–1

Preliminary round

4 October 1963

Iran	4–1	Pakistan
Shahrokhi ?' Shirzadegan ?' Behzadi ?', ?'	Report	Abbas ?'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Khachator Hakat (Lebanon)

3 November 1963

Pakistan	1–0	Iran
Jahangir 70'	Report

Lahore Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Liknakamik (Thailand)

Iran won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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27 November 1963

Ceylon	3–5	India
	Report

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: I. Mansoor (Malaysia)

7 December 1963

India	7–0	Ceylon
	Report

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: U Kyin Maung Aye (Burma)

India won 12–3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

13 December 1963

Iran	4–0	Iraq
	Report

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Jerome Pascoal D'Mello (India)

3 January 1964

Iraq	0–0	Iran
	Report

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jerome Pascoal D'Mello (India)

Iran won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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India	Cancelled	Lebanon
	Report

Lebanon	Cancelled	India
	Report

India won on walkover and advanced to the second round.^{[note 1]}

Second round

7 June 1964

Iran	3–0	India
	Report

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Qimaqchi (Iraq)

28 June 1964

India	1–3	Iran
	Report

Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Calcutta

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Yohan Mint (Burma)

Iran won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Notes

1. Lebanon withdrew.

References

1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): AFRICA". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.
2. "The first ever Iranian football achievement: Tokyo 1964 Olympics". teammelli.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.