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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
Colombia  3–7  Brazil 2–0 1–7
Chile  1–11  Argentina 1–5 0–6
Peru  9–2  Uruguay 6–0 3–2
Mexico 2–0 United States
Diez 14'
Moreno 44'
United States 1–1 Mexico
Looby 8' Meza 85'

Mexico win 3–1 on aggregate.

Netherlands Antilles Netherlands2–2Netherlands Suriname
Jansen 3'
Valerian 22'		 Niekoop 12'
Marcet 46'
Suriname Netherlands4–1 Netherlands Antilles

Suriname win 6–3 on aggregate.

Colombia 2–0 Brazil
Home 34', 55'
Brazil 7–1 Colombia
China 18', 22', 50'
Manoelzinho 32', 57'
Gérson 64'		 Manjarrés 80'

Brazil win 7–3 on aggregate.

Chile 1–5 Argentina
Fuentes ?' (pen.) Rodríguez
Carlos Bilardo
Bonanno
Pérez
Argentina 6–0 Chile
Heredia
Rodríguez
Bonanno
Basílico

Argentina win 11–1 on aggregate.

Peru 6–0 Uruguay
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Altuna 46'
Ramírez 70', 86'
Uruguay 2–3 Peru

Peru win 9–2 on aggregate.

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
Argentina 6–2Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Suriname
Oleniak ?'
Boerleider ?' (o.g.)
Rendo 51', 64'
Desiderio 68', 87'		 Niekoop 15'
Foe A Man 40'
Peru 1–0 Mexico
Gallardo 58'
Brazil 2–1 Mexico
Bruno 1'
China 26'		 Álvarez 50'
Peru 3–1Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Suriname
Gallardo 62', 87'
Altuna 79'		 Niekoop 43'
Mexico 4–0Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Suriname
Ramírez 2'
Mercado 39'
Benítez 72'
Álvarez 90'
Argentina 3–1 Brazil
Desiderio
Oleniak 		Jaburu
Peru 1–2 Argentina
Ramírez 81' Desiderio 9', 88'
Suriname Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)1–4 Brazil
Foe A Man 7' Wooter 17' (o.g.)
Maranhão 43'
China 63'
Jaburu 87'
Mexico 1–3 Argentina
Álvarez 28' De Ciancio 42'
Oleniak 53'
Rendo 75'
Peru 2–0 Brazil
Gallardo
Nieri

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.
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