This is the overview of the qualification for the football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Qualified teams TeamMethod ofqualificationDate ofqualificationTotaltimesqualifiedCurrentconsecutiveappearancesPrevious bestperformance Hosts 15 June 1955 1 1 Gold medal (1936) Europe Group 1 winners 21 August 1959 1 1 Silver medal (1908, 1912) Europe Group 2 winners 24 November 1959 2 1 Fourth place (1936) Middle East winners 24 November 1959 2 1 Quarter-finals (1948, 1948) Europe Group 5 winners 2 April 1960 2 4 Gold medal (1900, 1908, 1912) Africa second round winners 3 April 1960 2 1 Fourth place (1928) Europe Group 7 winners 6 April 1960 2 1 Gold medal (1952) Africa second round runners-up 17 April 1960 1 1 – Europe Group 4 winners 24 April 1960 2 3 Silver medal (1948, 1952, 1956) Americas second round winners 24 April 1960 1 1 Silver medal (1928) Americas second round runners-up 24 April 1960 1 1 Quarter-finals (1936) Americas second round third place 27 April 1960 1 1 – Asia second round winner 30 April 1960 1 1 – Asia second round winner 30 April 1960 2 3 Fourth place (1956) Europe Group 3 winners 1 May 1960 2 1 Bronze medal (1956) Europe Group 6 winners 1 May 1960 1 1 Silver medal (1900)
Qualification process Africa: 2 Americas: 3 Asia: 2 Europe: 7 Middle East: 1 Hosts: 1
Summary of qualification RegionAvailable slots Teams startedTeams eliminatedTeams qualifiedQualifying start dateQualifying end date Africa 2 9 7 2 1 November 1959 22 April 1960 Americas 3 10 7 3 8 October 1959 30 April 1960 Asia 2 8 6 2 27 August 1959 30 April 1960 Europe 7 22 15 7 26 June 1959 1 May 1960 Middle East 1 3 2 1 15 November 1959 15 December 1959 Total 15 52 37 15 26 June 1959 1 May 1960
Format The formats of the qualifying competitions depended on each region (see below). Each round was played in either of the following formats: League format, in which more than two teams formed groups to play home-and-away round-robin matches, or single round-robin matches hosted by one of the participating teams or on neutral territory. Knockout format, in which two teams played home-and-away two-legged matches or single-legged matches.
Tiebreakers Points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference Overall goals scored
Europe
Final positions (final round) Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6Group 7
Americas
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.
Final positions (second round)
Africa
First round: Three groups of three teams played home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group advances to the second round. Second round: Three teams which advanced from the first round play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.
Final positions (second round)
Asia
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.
Second round
Middle East
The three teams played a home-and-away round-robin tournament.
Final positions
Notes
References
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