The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification was the qualifying process which decide the 14 teams that would join hosts Mexico and holders Hungary, who received an automatic spot, at the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament.
Qualified teams
TeamMethod ofqualificationDate ofqualificationTotaltimesqualifiedLasttimequalifiedCurrentconsecutiveappearancesPrevious bestperformance Hosts 18 October 1963 2 1964 2 First round (1928, 1948, 1964) Holders 23 October 1964 2 1964 3 Gold medal (1952, 1964) Asia Group 1 winners 10 October 1967 3 1964 2 Quarter-finals (1964) Asia Group 2 winners 22 January 1968 2 1956 1 First round (1956) Asia Group 3 winners 22 March 1968 1 — 1 — Europe Group 4 winners 1 April 1968 1 — 1 — CONMEBOL final group winners 9 April 1968 3 1964 3 Quarter-finals (1952) CONMEBOL final group runners-up 9 April 1968 1 — 1 — Europe Group 2 winners 24 April 1968 3 1960 1 Bronze medal (1956) Africa Group 2 winners 4 May 1968 1 — 1 — Europe Group 3 winners 12 May 1968 2 1960 1 Silver medal (1900) CONCACAF final round winner 26 May 1968 1 — 1 — Europe Group 1 winners 1 June 1968 2 1964 2 Silver medal (1964) CONCACAF final round winner 2 June 1968 1 — 1 — Africa Group 1 winners 30 June 1968 1 — 1 — Africa Group 3 winners 30 June 1968 2 1964 1 First round (1964) Notes:
Qualification process Africa: 3 Asia: 3 Europe: 4 North America: 2 South America: 2 Hosts: 1 Holders: 1
Summary of qualification RegionAvailable slots Teams startedTeams eliminatedTeams qualifiedQualifying start dateQualifying end dateAfrica 3 17 14 3 27 September 1967 22 March 1968Asia 3 11 8 3 9 April 1967 30 June 1968Europe 4 or 5 20 16 5 22 March 1967 1 June 1968North America 2 or 3 13 11 3 21 May 1967 2 June 1968South America 2 8 6 2 19 March 1968 9 April 1968 Total 16 69 55 16 22 March 1967 30 June 1968
Europe
Four groups of five teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
South America
Group stage: Two groups of four teams played single round-robin matches, the top two teams of each group advanced to the final group. Final group: Four teams played single round-robin matches, the top two teams qualified for the Summer Olympics.
Final positions (final group)
North and Central America
First round: 10 teams played home-and-away over two legs. The five winners advanced to the second round. Second round: 8 teams played home-and-away over two legs (5 which advanced from the first round, 3 automatically entered). The four winners advanced to the second round. Final round: 4 teams played home-and-away over two legs. The two winners qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Final round
Africa
Three groups of five to six teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Asia
Three groups of six teams played single round-robin matches. The winner of each group qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Final positions Group 1Group 2Group 3
References
External links RSSSF