XII Olympic Football Tournament (Qualifying Stage)

(From 22-03-1967 to 30-06-1968)


 

EUROPE

(From 22-03-1967 to 1-06-1968)

 

 

GROUP 1

FIRST ROUND

Soviet Union - Albania

(w.o.)

SECOND ROUND

28-07-67

4-08-67

Poland - Soviet Union

0-1 (0-0)

2-1 (1-0)

Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia

(w.o.)

FINAL

21-05-68

1-06-68

Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia

3-2 (1-0)

3-0 (2-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Czechoslovakia.

 

GROUP 2

FIRST ROUND

22-03-67

14-06-67

Greece - GDR

0-5 (0-2)

5-0 (3-0)

SECOND ROUND

12-10-67

22-11-67

Turkey - Bulgaria

2-3 (xxx)

3-0 (0-0)

18-11-67

6-12-67

GDR - Romania

1-0 (0-0)

0-1 (0-1)

FINAL

10-04-68

24-04-68

Bulgaria - GDR

4-1 (1-0)

3-2 (3-1)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Bulgaria.

 

GROUP 3

FIRST ROUND

24-05-67

14-06-67

Finland - Netherlands

0-0 (0-0)

0-1 (0-0)

SECOND ROUND

15-10-67

29-10-67

Finland - France

1-1 (1-1)

3-1 (1-1)

15-10-67

5-11-67

Switzerland - Austria

1-0 (xxx)

4-1 (xxx)

FINAL

1-05-68

12-05-68

France - Austria

3-1 (xxx)

1-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: France.

 

GROUP 4

FIRST ROUND

31-05-67

22-06-67

Iceland - Spain

1-1 (0-0)

5-3 (2-1)

SECOND ROUND

25-10-67

8-11-67

FRG - Great Britain

0-2 (xxx)

0-1 (xxx)

Spain - Italy

(w.o.)

FINAL

27-03-68

10-04-68

Spain - Great Britain

1-0 (1-0)

0-0 (0-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Spain.

 

 

 

SOUTH AMERICA

(From 19-03-1968 to 9-04-1968)

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP 1 (Colombia)

 

GROUP 2 (Colombia)

19-03-68

Brazil - Paraguay (Medellín)

0-0 (0-0)

19-03-68

Colombia - Ecuador (Bogotá)

1-0 (xxx)

xxx

Chile - Venezuela

1-0 (xxx)

xxx

Uruguay - Peru

0-0 (0-0)

24-03-68

Brazil - Venezuela (Barranquilla)

3-0 (xxx)

22-03-68

Colombia - Peru (Bogotá)

2-1 (xxx)

xxx

Paraguay - Chile

1-0 (xxx)

xxx

Uruguay - Ecuador

2-0 (xxx)

27-03-68

Brazil - Chile (Medellín)

0-0 (0-0)

27-03-68

Colombia - Uruguay (Bogotá)

1-1 (xxx)

xxx

Paraguay - Venezuela

3-0 (xxx)

xxx

Peru - Ecuador

1-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: Paraguay, Brazil.

QUALIFIED: Colombia, Uruguay.

 

 

FINAL STAGE (Bogotá, Colombia)

30-03-68

Brazil - Uruguay

1-2 (xxx)

2-04-68

Colombia - Paraguay

4-2 (xxx)

5-04-68

Colombia - Uruguay

2-0 (xxx)

6-04-68

Brazil - Paraguay

1-0 (w.o.)

xxx

Uruguay - Paraguay

3-3 (xxx)

9-04-68

Brazil - Colombia

3-0 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Brazil, Colombia.

 

 

 

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA

(From 21-05-1967 to 2-06-1968)

 

 

GROUP 1

FIRST ROUND

21-05-67

27-05-67

Bermuda - USA

1-1 (xxx)

0-1 (xxx)

21-05-67

27-05-67

Dominican Republic - Haiti

0-8 (xxx)

6-0 (xxx)

SECOND ROUND

8-10-67

9-12-67

Costa Rica - Haiti

3-1 (xxx)

3-2 (xxx)

5-03-68

7-03-68

Guatemala - Bermuda

1-1 (xxx)

0-0 (0-0)

Tie-Break

xxx

Guatemala - Bermuda

2-0 (xxx)

FINAL

26-05-68

2-06-68

Guatemala - Costa Rica

1-0 (xxx)

3-2 (xxx)*

* Guatemala qualified on a coin toss.

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Guatemala.

 

GROUP 2

FIRST ROUND

21-05-67

27-05-67

Trinidad & Tobago - Dutch Guyana

1-0 (xxx)

5-2 (xxx)*

21-06-67

24-06-67

Canada - Cuba

1-1 (xxx)

2-1 (xxx)

El Salvador - Honduras

(w.o.)

* Dutch Guyana won the playoff, but later withdrew and Trinidad & Tobago qualified instead.

SECOND ROUND

5-03-68

7-03-68

El Salvador - Cuba

3-0 (xxx)

1-2 (xxx)

5-03-68

7-03-68

Dutch Antilles - Trinidad & Tobago

3-0 (xxx)

4-0 (xxx)

FINAL

10-03-68

12-03-68

El Salvador - Trinidad & Tobago

2-0 (xxx)

1-2 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: El Salvador.

 

 

 

AFRICA

(From 9-04-1967 to 30-06-1968)

 

 

GROUP 1

FIRST ROUND

21-04-67

24-09-67

Libya - Niger

2-0 (xxx)

2-2 (xxx)

18-06-67

9-07-67

Gabon - Guinea

0-0 (0-0)

6-1 (xxx)

SECOND ROUND

Guinea - UAR

(w.o.)

12-11-67

26-11-67

Libya - Algeria

1-2 (xxx)

1-1 (xxx)

FINAL

26-06-68

30-06-68

Guinea - Algeria

3-2 (xxx)

2-2 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Guinea.

 

GROUP 2

FIRST ROUND

Nigeria - Uganda

(w.o.)

9-04-67

16-04-67

Malagasy Republic - Tanzania

4-2 (xxx)

0-2 (xxx)

SECOND ROUND

5-11-67

19-11-67

Nigeria - Sudan

1-0 (xxx)

2-1 (xxx)*

10-12-67

17-12-67

Malagasy Republic - Ethiopia

1-0 (xxx)

8-3 (xxx)

* Nigeria qualified on a coin toss.

FINAL

20-04-68

4-05-68

Nigeria - Ethiopia

3-1 (xxx)

0-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Nigeria.

 

GROUP 3

FIRST ROUND

Cameroon - Mali

(w.o.)

SECOND ROUND

5-11-67

26-11-67

Morocco - Tunisia

1-1 (xxx)

0-0 (xxx)*

13-12-67

17-12-67

Cameroon - Ghana

1-0 (xxx)

3-2 (xxx)**

* Morocco qualified on a coin toss.

** A tie-break was scheduled, but Cameroon withdrew before it was played.

FINAL

9-06-68

30-06-68

Morocco - Ghana

1-1 (xxx)

1-2 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Morocco.

 

 

 

ASIA

(From 27-09-1967 to 22-03-1968)

 

 

GROUP 1 (Tokyo, Japan)

27-09-67

South Korea - Taiwan

4-2 (xxx)

27-09-67

Japan - Philippines

15-0 (9-0)

28-09-67

Lebanon - Philippines

11-1 (xxx)

30-09-67

Japan - Taiwan

4-0 (1-0)

1-10-67

South Korea - Lebanon

2-0 (xxx)

1-10-67

South Vietnam - Taiwan

3-0 (xxx)

3-10-67

Taiwan - Philippines

7-2 (xxx)

3-10-67

Japan - Lebanon

3-1 (1-1)

3-10-67

South Korea - South Vietnam

3-0 (xxx)

7-10-67

Japan - South Korea

3-3 (2-0)

7-10-67

Lebanon - Taiwan

5-2 (xxx)

7-10-67

South Vietnam - Philippines

10-0 (xxx)

9-10-67

Lebanon - South Vietnam

1-1 (xxx)

10-10-67

Japan - South Vietnam

1-0 (0-0)

10-10-67

South Korea - Philippines

5-0 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Japan.

 

GROUP 2 (Bangkok, Thailand)

(Hong Kong, Malaysia and Pakistan withdrew)

12-01-68

Iraq - Thailand

4-0 (3-0)

14-01-68

Thailand - Indonesia

1-0 (xxx)

16-01-68

Indonesia - Iraq

2-1 (1-0)

18-01-68

Indonesia - Thailand

1-2 (xxx)

20-01-68

Thailand - Iraq

2-1 (1-0)

22-01-68

Iraq - Indonesia

1-1 (1-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Thailand.

 

GROUP 3 (Tel Aviv, Israel)

(Burma, India, Iran and North Korea withdrew)

17-03-68

Israel - Ceylon

7-0 (3-0)

22-03-68

Ceylon - Israel

0-4 (0-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Israel.

 

 

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