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

The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 3 was one of the five European 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 five teams: East Germany, Finland, Netherlands, Soviet Union and West Germany. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. East Germany qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Soviet Union 4–1 via a play-off in the second round.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Preliminary round
East Germany	4–2	West Germany	3–0	1–2
First round
Soviet Union	11–0	Finland	7–0	4–0
Netherlands	1–4	East Germany	0–1	1–3
Second round
East Germany	2–2	Soviet Union	1–1	1–1
Second round play-off
East Germany	4–1	Soviet Union

Preliminary round

East Germany	3–0	West Germany
	Report

West Germany	2–1	East Germany
	Report

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

First round

22 July 1963

18:30 UTC+3

Soviet Union	7–0	Finland
Serebrianikov 16', 46' Kazakov 27', 39' Biba 38' Matveyev 61' (pen.), 89'	Report

Central Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 48,000^[2]

Referee: Milan Fencl (Czechoslovakia)

1 August 1963

19:00 UTC+2

Finland	0–4	Soviet Union
	Report	Serebrianikov 23' Biba 25' Kazakov 48' Matveyev 75'

Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 6,485^[3]

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Soviet Union won 11–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Netherlands	0–1	East Germany
	Report

East Germany	3–1	Netherlands
	Report

East Germany won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

31 May 1964

East Germany	1–1	Soviet Union
Frenzel 10'	Report	Sevidov 88'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

7 June 1964

Soviet Union	1–1	East Germany
Kopayev 14'	Report	Kleiminger 62'

Tsentralny Stadion imeni Lenina, Moscow

Attendance: 82,000

Referee: Hans Karlsson (Sweden)

Play-off

28 June 1964

East Germany	4–1	Soviet Union
Kleiminger 16' Urbanczyk 39' Vogel 82' Fräßdorf 87'	Report	Serebrianikov 55'

Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Eduard Babauczek (Austria)

East Germany won the play-off and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): EUROPE". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.
2. "Soviet Union* vs Finland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
3. "Finland vs Soviet Union* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 29 August 2024.