1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying

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1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
Tournament details
Dates28 September 1958 – 29 May 1960
Teams17
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored91 (3.79 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Titus Buberník
Flag of France.svg Just Fontaine
(5 goals each)
1964 →

This article describes the qualifying procedure for the 1960 European Nations' Cup, the inaugural edition of the European Nations' Cup tournament, now known as the UEFA European Championship. [1]

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Qualified teams

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  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
TeamQualified asQualified on
Flag of France.svg  France (host) Quarter-finals winner27 March 1960
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Quarter-finals winner22 May 1960
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Quarter-finals winner [A] 28 May 1960
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Quarter-finals winner29 May 1960
  1. ↑ Won by walkover after the withdrawal of Spain.

Format

The qualification was a knockout tournament where the teams would play a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis. If the aggregate scores were level at the end of the tie, a third leg was played at a neutral venue to decide the winners. It consisted of a preliminary round, a round of 16, and a quarter-final round. The four quarter-final winners would qualify for the tournament proper; one of those four countries would then be chosen to host it.

17 teams entered the competition; notable absences included West Germany, Italy and England. Two of the entrants, Czechoslovakia and the Republic of Ireland, were selected to play the preliminary round. The winner of that fixture would join the remaining 15 teams in the round of 16.

In fact, a few matches of the round of 16 took place before the preliminary round matches. The first European Nations' Cup qualifying match was played on 28 September 1958 between the Soviet Union and Hungary. The first goal was scored by Anatoli Ilyin of the Soviet Union four minutes into that game. On 3 December 1958, Greece became the first team to be eliminated from the European Nations' Cup after losing 8–2 on aggregate to France.

Preliminary round

Czechoslovakia and the Republic of Ireland were randomly selected to face each other in the preliminary round. The other 15 countries received byes to the round of 16.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg2–4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2–0 0–4

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg4–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3–1 1–0
France  Flag of France.svg8–2Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 7–1 1–1
Romania  Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg3–2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3–0 0–2
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0–1 2–5
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg3–1Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 2–0 1–1
East Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–5Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 0–2 2–3
Poland  Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg2–7Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 2–4 0–3
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg3–7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2–2 1–5

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
France  Flag of France.svg9–4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5–2 4–2
Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svg3–6Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2–1 1–5
Romania  Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg0–5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 0–2 0–3
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg w/o [note 1] Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Canc. Canc.

Goalscorers

There were 91 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.79 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ↑ Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their quarter-final, so Spain were disqualified and the Soviet Union were awarded a walkover victory.

References

  1. ↑ Garin, Erik; Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (10 June 2011). "European Championship 1960". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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