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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers

The Americas section of the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Italy, for national teams that are members of North America and South America.[1]

Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates8 October 1959 – 30 April 1960
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored84 (4.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Mario Desiderio (5 goals)
← 1956
1964 →

Entrants

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Ten national teams entered qualification.

Format

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  • First round: 10 teams played home-and-away over two legs. The five winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: 5 teams which advanced from the first round play round-robin matches. The top three teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico   3–1   United States 2–0 1–1
Netherlands Antilles   3–6   Suriname 2–2 1–4
Colombia   3–7   Brazil 2–0 1–7
Chile   1–11   Argentina 1–5 0–6
Peru   9–2   Uruguay 6–0 3–2
Mexico  2–0  United States
Diez   14'
Moreno   44'
United States  1–1  Mexico
Looby   8' Meza   85'

Mexico win 3–1 on aggregate.

Netherlands Antilles  2–2  Suriname
Jansen   3'
Valerian   22'		 Niekoop   12'
Marcet   46'
Suriname  4–1  Netherlands Antilles

Suriname win 6–3 on aggregate.

Colombia  2–0  Brazil
Home   34', 55'
Brazil  7–1  Colombia
China   18', 22', 50'
Manoelzinho   32', 57'
Gérson   64'		 Manjarrés   80'

Brazil win 7–3 on aggregate.

Chile  1–5  Argentina
Fuentes   ?' (pen.) Rodríguez  
Carlos Bilardo  
Bonanno    
Pérez  
Argentina  6–0  Chile
Heredia  
Rodríguez  
Bonanno    
Basílico    

Argentina win 11–1 on aggregate.

Peru  6–0  Uruguay
?  
?  
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Altuna   46'
Ramírez   70', 86'
Uruguay  2–3  Peru

Peru win 9–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 4 4 0 0 14 5 +9 8 Qualification for 1960 Summer Olympics
2   Peru (H) 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3   Brazil 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 4
4   Mexico 4 1 0 3 6 6 0 2
5   Suriname 4 0 0 4 4 17 −13 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Argentina  6–2  Suriname
Oleniak   ?'
Boerleider   ?' (o.g.)
Rendo   51', 64'
Desiderio   68', 87'		 Niekoop   15'
Foe A Man   40'
Peru  1–0  Mexico
Gallardo   58'
Brazil  2–1  Mexico
Bruno   1'
China   26'		 Álvarez   50'
Peru  3–1  Suriname
Gallardo   62', 87'
Altuna   79'		 Niekoop   43'
Mexico  4–0  Suriname
Ramírez   2'
Mercado   39'
Benítez   72'
Álvarez   90'
Argentina  3–1  Brazil
Desiderio    
Oleniak  		 Jaburu  
Peru  1–2  Argentina
Ramírez   81' Desiderio   9', 88'
Suriname  1–4  Brazil
Foe A Man   7' Wooter   17' (o.g.)
Maranhão   43'
China   63'
Jaburu   87'
Mexico  1–3  Argentina
Álvarez   28' De Ciancio   42'
Oleniak   53'
Rendo   75'
Peru  2–0  Brazil
Gallardo  
Nieri  

Qualified teams

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The following three teams from the Americas qualified for the final tournament.[2]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
in the Summer Olympics
  Argentina Second round winners 24 April 1960 1 (1928)
  Peru Second round runners-up 24 April 1960 1 (1936)
  Brazil Second round third place 27 April 1960 1 (1952)

Goalscorers

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There were 84 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match.

Two own goals were scored throughout the tournament.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ Lugo, Erik; Mendoza, Eduardo (6 April 2023). "Games of the XVII. Olympiad 1960 - Football Qualifying Tournament Americas". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics". olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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