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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers – First round

Tournament details
Dates	8 October – 27 December 1959
Teams	10
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	46 (4.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roberto Bonanno (4 goals)

The Americas first round of 1960 Summer Olympics football qualification was played from 8 October to 27 December 1959.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mexico	3–1	United States	2–0	1–1
Netherlands Antilles	3–6	Suriname	2–2	1–4
Chile	1–11	Argentina	1–5	0–6
Peru	9–2	Uruguay	6–0	3–2
Colombia	3–7	Brazil	2–0	1–7

Matches

Mexico	2–0	United States
Díez 14' Moreno 44'	Report

United States	1–1	Mexico
Murophy 8'	Report	Meza 80'

Mexico won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Netherlands Antilles	2–2	Suriname
Jansen 3' Valerian 22'	Report	Niekoop 12' Marcet 46'

Suriname	4–1	Netherlands Antilles
Lagadeau 20' Foe A Man 25' Beltrand 50' (o.g.) Niekoop ?'	Report	Dirksz 89'

Suriname won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Chile	1–5	Argentina
Fuentes 57' (pen.)	Report	Bilardo 2' Bonanno 21', 63' Pérez 65' Rodríguez 80'

Argentina	6–0	Chile
Bonanno 4', 85' Heredia 32' Basílico 42', 72' Rodríguez 75'	Report

Argentina won 11–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Peru	6–0	Uruguay
Pasache 6', 23' Nieri 27' Altuna 46' Ramírez 66', 86'	Report

Uruguay	2–3	Peru
Moreno 2' Mocchi 74' (pen.)	Report	Altuna 20', 45' (pen.) Nieri 65'

Peru won 9–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Colombia	2–0	Brazil
Home 34', 55'	Report

Brazil	7–1	Colombia
China 18', 22', 50' Manoelzinho 32', 57' Germano 34' Lombana 64' (o.g.)	Report	Manjarres 80'

Brazil won 7–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Goalscorers

There were 46 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4.6 goals per match.

4 goals

• Roberto Bonanno

3 goals

• China
• Gerardo Altuna

2 goals

• Domingo Rodríguez
• Germano
• Manoelzinho
• Fernando Home
• Miguel Ángel Basílico
• Arnold Niekoop
• Nicolás Nieri
• Luis Pasache
• Alberto Ramírez

1 goal

• Carlos Bilardo
• Héctor Heredia
• Raúl Pérez
• Héctor Fuentes
• Manuel Manjarres
• Jorge Díez
• Fernando Meza
• Agustín Moreno
• Rudolfo Dirksz
• Julio Jansen
• Romualdo Valerian
• Hilario Beltrand
• August Foe A Man
• Leo Marcet
• Jules Lagadeau
• Roberto Mocchi
• Miguel Moreno
• Ed Murphy

1 own goal

• Héctor Lombana (against Brazil)

References

1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Roma, Italy, 1960): Americas". RSSSF. 12 May 2021.
2. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad 1960 - Football Qualifying Tournament Americas: First Stage". RSSSF. 6 April 2023.

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