Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 8 October 1959 – 30 April 1960 |
Teams | 10 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 84 (4.2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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]
Entrants
[edit]Ten national teams entered qualification.
Format
[edit]- 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
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mexico ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Netherlands Antilles ![]() | 3–6 | ![]() | 2–2 | 1–4 |
Chile ![]() | 1–11 | ![]() | 1–5 | 0–6 |
Peru ![]() | 9–2 | ![]() | 6–0 | 3–2 |
Colombia ![]() | 3–7 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–7 |
Second round
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 8 | Qualification for 1960 Summer Olympics |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 |
Qualified teams
[edit]The following three teams from the Americas qualified for the final tournament.[2]
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics |
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![]() | Second round winners | 24 April 1960 | 1 (1928) |
![]() | Second round runners-up | 24 April 1960 | 1 (1936) |
![]() | Second round third place | 27 April 1960 | 1 (1952) |
Goalscorers
[edit]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
Nonô (against Peru)
Rudolfo Dirksz (against Netherlands Antilles)
References
[edit]- ^ Lugo, Erik; Mendoza, Eduardo (6 April 2023). "Games of the XVII. Olympiad 1960 - Football Qualifying Tournament Americas". RSSSF.
- ^ "Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics". olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 July 2024.