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

The Asian 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 Asia.[1]

Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates27 August 1959 – 30 April 1960
Teams7
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored29 (3.22 per match)
1956
1964

Entrants

edit

Eight national teams initially entered qualification, but Australia withdrew, leaving seven teams entering qualification.

Entered qualification Withdrew before playing

Format

edit
  • First round: Eight teams played home-and-away over two legs. The four winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: Four teams from the first round played home-and-away over two legs. The two winners qualified for the Summer Olympics.

First round

edit


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia   w/o[note 1]   Indonesia
Afghanistan   w/o[note 2]   India 2–5
Thailand   2–6   Taiwan 1–3 1–3
Japan   1–2   South Korea 0–2 1–0

Second round

edit


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
India   6–2   Indonesia 4–2 2–0
Taiwan   2–2   South Korea 1–2 1–0[note 3]

Qualified teams

edit

The following two teams from the Asian qualified for the final tournament.[4]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
in the Summer Olympics
  Taiwan Second round winners 30 April 1960 2 (1936, 1936)
  India Second round runners-up 30 April 1960 2 (1948, 1956)

Notes

edit
  1. ^ The tie was awarded to Indonesia, as Australia withdrew due to expensive travels.[2]
  2. ^ The tie was awarded to India, as Afghanistan withdrew prior to the second leg.
  3. ^ The tie was awarded to Taiwan, due to South Korea being disqualfied as the second leg being abandoned at 23rd minute, with Taiwan winning 1–0, as South Korea players attacked referee John Petrie after he awarded a penalty to Taiwan.[3]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament Amlast". RSSSF. 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ Barr, Alex (14 September 1959). "Australia Out of Olympic Soccer". The Age. p. 11.
  3. ^ "KOREANS ATTACK SOCCER REFEREE". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1 May 1960. p. 13.
  4. ^ "Men Football XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 Qualifications – Asia". todor66.com. Retrieved 20 July 2024.