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

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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Second round
Tournament details
Dates14–30 April 1960
Teams4
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of India.svg Simon Sundararaj
(3 goals)

The Asian second round of 1960 Summer Olympics football qualification was played from 14 to 30 April 1960. [1]

Contents

Qualified teams

Bolded teams qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
India  Flag of India.svg6–2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 4–2 2–0
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg2–2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1–2 1–0 [note 1]

Matches

India  Flag of India.svg4–2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Report
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg0–2Flag of India.svg  India
Report

Indonesia won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.


Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg1–2Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
Report
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg0–1
Abandoned [note 1]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Report
Attendance: 19,000

Taiwan won through South Korea's disqualification and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 The tie was awarded to Taiwan, due to South Korea being disqualfied as the second leg being abandoned at 23rd minute, with Taiwan winning 1–0, as South Korea players attacked referee John Petrie after he awarded a penalty to Taiwan. [2]

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