Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The men's qualification for association football tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the first edition of qualification rounds.

Qualifications

The final tournament had 16 spots reserved with 28 countries initially showing interest in the tournament.

Automatic qualification was granted to  Australia (host),  Poland,  Turkey, and  Germany (originally as West Germany).

Europe

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Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bulgaria  5–3  Great Britain 2–0 3–3
Yugoslavia  w/o1  Romania – –
Hungary  w/o2  East Germany – –
Soviet Union  7-1  Israel 5-0 2-1

1 Romania withdrew.
2 East and West Germany competed together at the 1956 Olympics, thus the East German football team withdrew. However, a solely West German football team was fielded instead of a combined one.

Africa

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  3-9  Egypt 1-4 2-5

Asia

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Vietnam  9-5  Cambodia 5-2 4-3
Iran  w/d1  Afghanistan – –
India  bye2  Thailand – –
Japan  2-23  South Korea 2-0 0-2
China PR  w/o4  Philippines – –
Indonesia  w/o5  Republic of China – –

1 Both teams withdrew.
2 Both teams were awarded byes.
3 Both matches were played in Japan. Japan advanced on drawing of lots.
4 Philippines withdrew.
5 Republic of China withdrew.

Americas

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
United States  w/o1  Mexico – –

1 Mexico withdrew.

Before the official draw for the final tournament on September 1, 1956, Poland withdrew and was replaced by  Great Britain. After the draw Hungary withdrew as well. Its place was offered to South Korea, however they declined as well. The People's Republic of China and Egypt withdrew their whole Olympic teams in protest. South Vietnam and Turkey also withdrew.

Qualifying Matches

23 October 1955
Bulgaria  2–0  Great Britain

12 May 1956
Great Britain  3–3  Bulgaria

Both Bulgaria and Great Britain advanced.

11 July 1956
Soviet Union  5–0  Israel
Tatushin  2'
Ivanov  26', 71'
Simonyan  45', 78' 		Report (ru)
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales)

31 July 1956
Israel  1–2  Soviet Union
Stelmach  64' Report (ru)  59' Tatushin
 79' Ilyin
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani[1] (Italy)

Soviet Union advanced.

11 July 1956
Ethiopia  1–4  Egypt

31 July 1956
Egypt  5–2  Ethiopia

3 June 1956
South Vietnam  5–2  Cambodia

10 June 1956
Cambodia  3–4  South Vietnam

3 June 1956
Japan  2–0  South Korea

10 June 1956
Japan  0–2  South Korea

Japan advanced by the drawing of lots.

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Francesco Liverani profile

External links

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