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Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 3

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The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 3 was one of the five European groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Japan. Group 3 consisted of five teams: East Germany, Finland, Netherlands, Soviet Union and West Germany. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. East Germany qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Soviet Union 4–1 via a play-off in the second round.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Preliminary round
East Germany  4–2  West Germany 3–0 1–2
First round
Soviet Union  11–0  Finland 7–0 4–0
Netherlands  1–4  East Germany 0–1 1–3
Second round
East Germany  2–2  Soviet Union 1–1 1–1
Second round play-off
East Germany  4–1  Soviet Union

Preliminary round

East Germany 3–0 West Germany
Report
West Germany 2–1 East Germany
Report

East Germany won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

Soviet Union 7–0 Finland
Report
Central Stadium, KievAttendance: 48,000Referee: Milan Fencl (Czechoslovakia)
Finland 0–4 Soviet Union
Report
Helsingin Olympiastadion, HelsinkiAttendance: 6,485Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Soviet Union won 11–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Netherlands 0–1 East Germany
Report
East Germany 3–1 Netherlands
Report

East Germany won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

East Germany 1–1 Soviet Union
Report
Zentralstadion, LeipzigAttendance: 80,000Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
Soviet Union 1–1 East Germany
Report
Tsentralny Stadion imeni Lenina, MoscowAttendance: 82,000Referee: Hans Karlsson (Sweden)

Play-off

East Germany 4–1 Soviet Union
Report
Stadion Dziesięciolecia, WarsawAttendance: 25,000Referee: Eduard Babauczek (Austria)

East Germany won the play-off and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

  1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): EUROPE". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.
  2. "Soviet Union* vs Finland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. "Finland vs Soviet Union* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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