1960 World Men's Military Cup

1960 World Men's Military Cup
Tournament details
Host country France
City Oran
Dates 15–22 May
Teams 4
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Belgium (4th title)
Runners-up  Turkey
Third place  Greece
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 13 (2.17 per match)

The 1960 World Men's Military Cup was the fifteenth edition of the World Military Cup, the football military championship of the world. It was hosted by Oran, French Algeria. The format of competition was a championship in the final tournament.

Qualification

Qualification stage

Group A

December 17, 1959
Netherlands  1 − 4  France

January 7, 1960
France  1 − 4  Luxembourg

February 7, 1960
France  1 − 1  Netherlands
..., Lorient

February 21, 1960
Luxembourg  1 − 1  France

... ..., 1960
Luxembourg  4 − 3  Netherlands

... ..., 1960
Netherlands  3 − 0  Luxembourg

Group B


Belgium  5 − 2  Portugal


Portugal  2 − 0  Belgium

Group C

January 17, 1960
Turkey  1 − 1 United Arab Republic United Arab Republic
..., Ankara

Marsh 4, 1960
United Arab Republic United Arab Republic 0 − 0  Turkey
..., Cairo

Group D

January 27, 1960
Greece  1 − 0  Italy
..., Athens

Marsh 19, 1960
Italy  1 − 1  Greece
..., Brescia

Qualified teams

Final Tournament

Venues

The tournament was held in Stade Henri Fouquès-Duparc. With a capacity of 40 000 spectators, it was at this time the biggest stadium of the French Algeria. Now it's called Stade Ahmed Zabana.

Oran
Stade Henri Fouquès-Duparc
Capacity: 40,000

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belgium 312043+14
 Turkey 31111103
 Greece 31115503
 France 302134−12

May 15, 1960
France  1 − 1  Belgium

May 15, 1960
Turkey  1 − 0  Greece

May 19, 1960
Belgium  2 − 2  Greece

May 19, 1960
France  0 − 0  Turkey

May 22, 1960
Greece  3 − 2  France

May 22, 1960
Belgium  1 − 0  Turkey

Champion

 1960 World Military Cup Winners 

Belgium
Fourth title

External links

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