Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for football tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Qualifications
The final tournament had 16 spots.

Automatic qualification was granted to 🇲🇽 mexico as hosts, and 🇭🇺 hungary as title holder. The others were allocated as follows:


 * Europe: 4 places, contested by 18 teams.
 * South America: 2 places, contested by 8 teams.
 * North and Central America: 2 places, contested by 12 teams.
 * Africa: 3 places, contested by 15 teams.
 * Asia: 3 places, contested by 11 teams.

Group 1
All matches played in Japan.

Japan qualify.

Group 2
All matches played in Thailand: 🇭🇰 hong kong, and 🇵🇰 pakistan withdrew.

Thailand qualify.

Group 3
All matches played in Israel:, 🇮🇳 india, 🇮🇷 iran and 🇰🇵 north korea withdrew.

Israel qualify.