Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers

Last updated

Men's European Qualifier
Tournament details
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored16 (4 per match)
1960

The Men's European Football Qualifiers for the 1956 Summer Olympics were the first qualification tournament for the European football teams. [1]

Beside the hosting Australian team, the International Olympic Committee reserved direct spots for 3 European teams including Poland, Turkey and West Germany. In addition, it provided 4 more spots which were contested among 8 teams including the reigning Olympic champions Hungary.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg5–3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2–03–3
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svgw/o1Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Hungary  Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svgw/o2Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5–02–1

1 Romania withdrew.
2 As East and West Germany agreed to compete together at the 1956 Olympics, East Germany withdrew. However, after an agreement for a combined football team fell through, a solely West German one was fielded.

23 October 1955 1956 Olympics – Qualifying Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg2–0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Sofia, Bulgaria
Stefanov Soccerball shade.svg30'
Yanev Soccerball shade.svg61'
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (Italy)
12 May 1956 1956 Olympics – Qualifying Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–3
(3–5 agg.)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria London, UK
Hardisty Soccerball shade.svg12', 62'
Lewis Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)
Report Milanov Soccerball shade.svg28'
Prince Soccerball shade.svg32' (o.g.)
Dimitrov Soccerball shade.svg66'
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (Italy)
Note: Britain lost 5–3 on aggregate, but earned a reprieve to compete in Melbourne [2]

Both Bulgaria and Great Britain advanced.


Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg5–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Tatushin Soccerball shade.svg2'
Ivanov Soccerball shade.svg26', 71'
Simonyan Soccerball shade.svg45', 78'
Report (ru)
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Stelmach Soccerball shade.svg64' Report (ru) Tatushin Soccerball shade.svg59'
Ilyin Soccerball shade.svg79'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani [3] (Italy)

Soviet Union advanced.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1964 AFC Asian Cup</span> International football competition

The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964.

A total of 37 teams entered the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Switzerland, as the hosts, and Uruguay, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1956–57 European Cup</span> 2nd season of the UEFA club football tournament

The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won for the second time by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on 30 May 1957.

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.

The Israel women's national football team represents Israel in international women's football. The Israel women's national football team was established in 1997. Women's football in Israel was developed as an upside down pyramid by first opening the national team and then after 2 years opening the first women's football league in Israel. Women's Football in Israel is struggling to develop because it is lacking investment.

In Group E of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament, Croatia secured qualification to the finals on 17 November 2007 following Israel's 2–1 win against Russia, becoming the seventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Russia secured qualification to the tournament finals on 21 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Andorra, and Croatia's 3–2 win against England, becoming the fourteenth and last team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

The association football tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was won by the Soviet Union.

The five teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Spain qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Austria advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Turkey. Spain dominated the group, with six wins out of eight, and only two away draws to mar the record. Second place, however, was not decided until the last minute of the last match: Austria had a three-point advantage, but Israel led 1-0 which would have brought them level in the group standings, and had a superior goal difference which would have seen them into second place, but Austria scored an injury-time equalizer to earn a draw and retain their second position.

The qualification matches for Group 6 of the European zone (UEFA) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament took place between May 1992 and November 1993. The teams competed on a home-and-away basis with the winner and runner-up claiming 2 of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The group consisted of Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Israel, and Sweden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Soviet Union Olympic football team</span> National football team from 1952 to 1992

The Soviet Union Olympic football team was the national Olympic football team of the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1992. The team participated in all of the qualification football tournaments for Summer Olympics. Until 1992, when age restrictions were officially introduced, the Soviet Union used the first team both in qualification tournaments and finals except for 1960 and 1964 when the second national team was used for the qualification tournaments.

The 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round was the first round of qualification for the final tournament of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Malta. Fifty-two teams entering in this round were drawn into 13 groups of four teams, where they played each other in a single round-robin mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. The 13 group winners, 13 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the elite round, the second round of qualification.

The men's qualification for association football tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the first time the qualifying round was done on a home-and-away basis.

The qualification for football tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Group 5 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, and Russia. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Israel at the AFC Asian Cup</span>

Israel competed at the AFC Asian Cup four times. In 1956 and 1960 Israel finished second, in 1964 they finished first, and in 1968 they finished third. In 1972 Israel qualified for the tournament as hosts but later had to withdraw.

Group 5 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Germany, Israel, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Azerbaijan, and Kosovo. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone: Scotland, Sweden, Portugal, Northern Ireland and Israel. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming that spot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship</span> International football competition

The 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 19th UEFA European Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Israel was hosting the tournament. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.

The Men's European Football Qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics consisted of two stages, the first single elimination tournament and then group stage.

References