Tourney Name: | Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers |
Num Teams: | 10 |
Matches: | 20 |
Goals: | 84 |
Top Scorer: | Mario Desiderio (5 goals) |
Prevseason: | 1956 |
Nextseason: | 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]
Ten national teams entered qualification.
See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers – First round.
See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers – Second round.
The following three teams from the Americas qualified for the final tournament.[2]
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics |
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Second round winners | 1 (1928) | |||
Second round runners-up | 1 (1936) | |||
Second round third place | 1 (1952) |