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

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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates8 October 1959 – 30 April 1960
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored84 (4.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Mario Desiderio (5 goals)
1956
1964

The Americas section of the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Italy, for national teams that are members of North America and South America.[1]

Entrants

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Ten national teams entered qualification.

Format

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  • First round: 10 teams played home-and-away over two legs. The five winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: 5 teams which advanced from the first round play round-robin matches. The top three teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

First round

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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

Second round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 4 4 0 0 14 5 +9 8 Qualification for 1960 Summer Olympics
2  Peru (H) 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Brazil 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 4
4  Mexico 4 1 0 3 6 6 0 2
5  Suriname 4 0 0 4 4 17 −13 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams

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The following three teams from the Americas qualified for the final tournament.[2]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
in the Summer Olympics
 Argentina Second round winners 24 April 1960 1 (1928)
 Peru Second round runners-up 24 April 1960 1 (1936)
 Brazil Second round third place 27 April 1960 1 (1952)

Goalscorers

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There were 84 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match.

Two own goals were scored throughout the tournament.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ Lugo, Erik; Mendoza, Eduardo (6 April 2023). "Games of the XVII. Olympiad 1960 - Football Qualifying Tournament Americas". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics". olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 July 2024.