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Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 1

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The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Asia Group 1 was one of the three Asian groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Japan.[1] Group 1 consisted of five teams: Israel, Philippines, South Korea, South Vietnam and Taiwan. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. South Korea qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating South Vietnam 5–2 on aggregate in the second round.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Korea  2–2  Taiwan 2–1 0–1
South Korea 2–1 Taiwan
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Attendance: 20,000

South Korea and Taiwan tied 2–2 on aggregate and advanced to a play-off.

Play-off

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
South Korea  w/o[note 1]  Taiwan

South Korea won on walkover and advanced to the first round.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Korea  w/o[note 2]  Philippines
South Vietnam  2–1  Israel 0–1 2–0

South Korea won on walkover and advanced to the second round.


South Vietnam 0–1 Israel
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Attendance: 25,000
Israel 0–2 South Vietnam
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Attendance: 36,937

South Vietnam won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Korea  5–2  South Vietnam 3–0 2–2
South Korea 3–0 South Vietnam
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Attendance: 20,000
South Vietnam 2–2 South Korea
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Attendance: 30,000

South Korea won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The play-off was awarded to South Korea, as Taiwan were disqualified due to objecting to playing at a neutral venue and refused to travel.
  2. ^ Philippines withdrew.

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): AFRICA". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.