| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 28 September 1958 – 29 May 1960 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 91 (3.79 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Titus Buberník  Just Fontaine (5 goals each) |
| UEFA European Qualifiers |
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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]
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on |
|---|---|---|
| France (host) | Quarter-finals winner | 27 March 1960 |
 Yugoslavia | Quarter-finals winner | 22 May 1960 |
 Soviet Union | Quarter-finals winner [upper-alpha 1] | 28 May 1960 |
| Czechoslovakia | Quarter-finals winner | 29 May 1960 |
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.
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Republic of Ireland  | 2–4 | Czechoslovakia | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 4–1 |  Hungary | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| France | 8–2 |  Greece | 7–1 | 1–1 |
Romania  | 3–2 |  Turkey | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Norway  | 2–6 |  Austria | 0–1 | 2–5 |
| Yugoslavia | 3–1 |  Bulgaria | 2–0 | 1–1 |
East Germany  | 2–5 |  Portugal | 0–2 | 2–3 |
Poland  | 2–7 |  Spain | 2–4 | 0–3 |
Denmark  | 3–7 | Czechoslovakia | 2–2 | 1–5 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9–4 | Austria | 5–2 | 4–2 |
| Portugal | 3–6 | Yugoslavia | 2–1 | 1–5 |
| Romania | 0–5 | Czechoslovakia | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Soviet Union | w/o [note 1] | Spain | Canc. | Canc. |
There were 91 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.79 goals per match.
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Walter Horak Rudolf Pichler Erich Probst Karl Skerlan 
Todor Diev Ladislav Kačáni Josef Masopust Ladislav Pavlovič Imrich Stacho Bent Hansen John Kramer Poul Pedersen Horst Kohle Gerhard Vogt Stéphane Bruey François Heutte Jean-Jacques Marcel Bernard Rahis Elias Yfantis János Göröcs Lucjan Brychczy Ernest Pohl Santana Noel Cantwell Liam Tuohy Gheorghe Constantin Constantin Dinulescu Nicolae Oaidă Anatoli Ilyin Valentin Ivanov Slava Metreveli Yuriy Voynov Enric Gensana Francisco Gento Zvezdan Čebinac Muhamed Mujić Dragoslav Šekularac Lazar Tasić 1 own goal
Roger Marche (against Greece)
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