Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for football tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Qualifications
The final tournament had 16 spots.

Automatic qualification was granted to 🇯🇵 japan as hosts, and  as title holder. The others were allocated as follows:


 * Europe: 5 places, contested by 21 teams.
 * South America: 2 places, contested by 7 teams.
 * North and Central America: 1 place, contested by 5 teams.
 * Africa: 3 places, contested by 11 teams.
 * Asia: 3 places, contested by 13 teams.

Preliminary round

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First round

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First round play-off
in Turin, Italy


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Second round
Romania qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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First round

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Second round
Hungary qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Preliminary round

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First round

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Second round

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Second round play-off
in Warsaw, Poland


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United Team of Germany qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

First round

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Second round
Italy originally qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics, but were later disqualified for using professional players.
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Poland were offered Italy's place, but declined due to a lack of preparation time.

Preliminary round

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First round

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Second round
Czechoslovakia qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics: Greece were disqualified by their own federation on the morning of the first leg after it was discovered they had professional players.
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Preliminary round

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First round

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Second round
United Arab Republic qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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First round

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Second round
Ghana qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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First round

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Second round
Morocco qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Preliminary Round
1Republic of China were disqualified after they objected to playing at a neutral venue for the play-off and refused to travel.
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2–2 on aggregate. As objected to playing at a neutral venue for the play-off and refused to travel, they were disqualified; therefore, 🇰🇷 south korea advanced to Round One.

Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.

Iran won 4–2 on aggregate.

India won 12–3 on aggregate.

Round One
1Philippines, Indonesia and Lebanon withdrew.
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South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate

North Korea won 1–0 on aggregate

Iran won 4–0 on aggregate

Round Two

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South Korea won 5–2 on aggregate, so South Korea qualified.

All games played in Burma, North Korea won 7–0 on aggregate, so North Korea qualified.

Iran won 6–1 on aggregate, so Iran qualified.