Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers

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Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates22 March 1967 – 1 June 1968
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored75 (2.88 per match)
← 1964
1972 →

The European section of the 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Mexico, for football teams from Europe. Four slots in the final tournament were available for European teams.

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Format

Four groups of five teams compete in a home-and-away knockout stage. The winners of each group qualifies for the Summer Olympics football finals.

Group 1

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
First round
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg w/o Flag of Albania.svg  Albania — —
Second round
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0–1 1–2
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg w/o Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia — —
Final round
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg3–5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3–2 0–3

Group 2

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
First round
Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg0–10Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 0–5 0–5
Second round
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg2–6Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2–3 0–3
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg2–0Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1–0 1–0
Final round
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg6–4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4–1 2–3

Group 3

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
First round
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0–0 1–0
Second round
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg4–2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 4–1 0–1
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–4Flag of France.svg  France 1–1 1–3
Final round
France  Flag of France.svg4–2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3–1 1–1

Group 4

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
First round
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg4–6Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1–1 3–5
Second round
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0–2 1–0
Spain  Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg w/o Flag of Italy.svg  Italy — —
Final round
Spain  Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg1–0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1–0 0–0

Qualified teams

The following four teams from Europe qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 1 2
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Group 4 winners10 April 19683 (1920, 1924, 1928)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Group 2 winners24 April 19684 (1924, 1952, 1956, 1960)
Flag of France.svg  France Group 3 winners12 May 19689 (1900, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 , 1928, 1948, 1952, 1960)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Group 1 winners1 June 19683 (1920, 1924, 1964)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 Includes all participations by a competing nation at the Summer Olympics (clubs representing nations, olympic teams, full national teams, etc.).

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