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The 1964 European Nations' Cup round of 16 was the second round of the qualifying competition for the 1964 European Nations' Cup. It was contested by the thirteen winners from the preliminary round, along with Austria, Luxembourg and the Soviet Union, who had received a bye. The winners of each of eight home-and-away ties progressed to the quarter-finals. The matches were played in 1963.

Qualification

Each tie winner progressed to the round of 16. The round of 16 was played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the round of 16 would go through to the quarter-finals.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spain	2–1	Northern Ireland	1–1	1–0
Yugoslavia	2–3	Sweden	0–0	2–3
Denmark	4–1	Albania	4–0	0–1
Netherlands	2–3	Luxembourg	1–1	1–2
Austria	2–3	Republic of Ireland	0–0	2–3
Bulgaria	2–3	France	1–0	1–3
Soviet Union	3–1	Italy	2–0	1–1
East Germany	4–5	Hungary	1–2	3–3

Matches

The eight matches took place over two legs, taking place in 1963.

30 May 1963

Spain	1–1	Northern Ireland
Amancio 60'	Report	W. Irvine 76'

San Mamés, Bilbao

Attendance: 27,960

Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

30 October 1963

Northern Ireland	0–1	Spain
	Report	Gento 66'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 45,809

Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Spain won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

19 June 1963

Yugoslavia	0–0	Sweden
	Report

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 45,098

Referee: Karl Kainer (Austria)

18 September 1963

Sweden	3–2	Yugoslavia
Persson 30', 60' Bild 72'	Report	Zambata 21' Galić 64'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 20,774

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Sweden won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

29 June 1963

Denmark	4–0	Albania
Petersen 18' (pen.) O. Madsen 25' Clausen 36' Enoksen 49'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 26,640

Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

30 October 1963

Albania	1–0	Denmark
Pano 3'	Report

Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 27,765

Referee: Joseph M. Cassar Naudi (Malta)

Denmark won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

11 September 1963

20:00 UTC+1

Netherlands	1–1	Luxembourg
Nuninga 5'	Report	May 33'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 36,523

Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)

30 October 1963

20:15 UTC+1

Luxembourg	2–1	Netherlands
Dimmer 20', 67'	Report	Kruiver 35'

Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam

Attendance: 42,385

Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Luxembourg won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

25 September 1963

Austria	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 26,741

Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

13 October 1963

Republic of Ireland	3–2	Austria
Cantwell 45', 89' (pen.) Fogarty 66'	Report	Koleznik 38' Flögel 85'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 39,963

Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

Republic of Ireland won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

29 September 1963

Bulgaria	1–0	France
Diev 24'	Report

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,947

Referee: Faruk Talu (Turkey)

26 October 1963

France	3–1	Bulgaria
Goujon 44', 81' Herbin 78'	Report	Yakimov 75'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 32,233

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

France won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

13 October 1963

19:00 UTC+3

Soviet Union	2–0	Italy
Ponedelnik 22' Chislenko 42'	Report

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 102,358

Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

10 November 1963

14:30 UTC+1

Italy	1–1	Soviet Union
Rivera 89'	Report	Gusarov 33'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 69,567

Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Soviet Union won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

19 October 1963

14:30 UTC+1

East Germany	1–2	Hungary
Nöldner 51'	Report	Bene 18' Rákosi 88'

Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin

Attendance: 33,383

Referee: Pyotr Belov (USSR)

3 November 1963

14:00 UTC+1

Hungary	3–3	East Germany
Bene 7' Sándor 17' Solymosi 51' (pen.)	Report	Heine 12' R. Ducke 26' Erler 81'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 35,382

Referee: Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

Hungary won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Goalscorers

There were 41 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

References

"1964 European Nations' Cup". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
"1964 European Nations' Cup". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.