Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers explained

Tourney Name:	Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
Num Teams:	7
Matches:	9
Goals:	29
Prevseason:	1956
Nextseason:	1964

The Asian 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 Asia.^[1]

Entrants

Eight national teams initially entered qualification, but Australia withdrew, leaving seven teams entering qualification.

Format

• First round: Eight teams played home-and-away over two legs. The four winners advanced to the second round.
• Second round: Four teams from the first round played home-and-away over two legs. The two winners qualified for the Summer Olympics.

First round

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – First round.

Second round

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Second round.

Qualified teams

The following two teams from the Asian qualified for the final tournament.^[2]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics
	Second round winners		2 (1936, 1936)
	Second round runners-up		2 (1948, 1956)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Games of the XVII. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament Amlast. RSSSF. 12 May 2021.
2. Web site: Men Football XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 Qualifications – Asia. todor66.com. 20 July 2024.