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Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 3

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The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 3 was one of the four European groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1968 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Mexico. Group 3 consisted of five teams: Austria, Finland, France, Netherlands, Switzerland. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. France qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Austria 4–2 on aggregate in the final round.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First round
Finland  1–0  Netherlands 0–0 1–0
Second round
Austria  4–2   Switzerland 4–1 0–1
Finland  2–4  France 1–1 1–3
Final round
France  4–2  Austria 3–1 1–1

First round

Finland 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, HelsinkiAttendance: 19,181Referee: Anvar Zverev (Soviet Union)
Netherlands 0–1 Finland
Report
Nieuw Monnikenhuize, ArnhemAttendance: 5,000Referee: Hubert Berguet (Belgium)

Finland won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Austria 4–1  Switzerland
Switzerland 1–0 Austria

Austria won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.

Finland 1–1 France
Report
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, HelsinkiAttendance: 7,691Referee: Alexandru Pîrvu (Romania)
France 3–1 Finland
Report
Attendance: 5,702Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)

France won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.

Final round

France 3–1 Austria
Austria 1–1 France

France won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

  1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Mexico City, Mexico, 1968): EUROPE". RSSSF. 21 October 2021.
  2. "Finland vs Netherlands* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  3. "Netherlands* vs Finland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. "Finland vs France* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  5. "France* vs Finland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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