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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers

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The Americas section of the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Italy, for national teams that are members of North America and South America.[1]

Dates8 October 1959 – 30 April 1960
Teams10
Matchesplayed20
Goals scored84 (4.2 per match)
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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates8 October 1959 – 30 April 1960
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored84 (4.2 per match)
Top scorerArgentina Mario Desiderio (5 goals)
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Entrants

Ten national teams entered qualification.

Format

  • First round: 10 teams played home-and-away over two legs. The five winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: 5 teams which advanced from the first round play round-robin matches. The top three teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

First round

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico  3–1  United States 2–0 1–1
Netherlands Antilles  3–6  Suriname 2–2 1–4
Chile  1–11  Argentina 1–5 0–6
Peru  9–2  Uruguay 6–0 3–2
Colombia  3–7  Brazil 2–0 1–7
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Matches

More information Mexico, 2–0 ...
Mexico 2–0 United States
  • Díez 14'
  • Moreno 44'
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Referee: Alvar Macis (Costa Rica)
More information United States, 1–1 ...
United States 1–1 Mexico
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  • Meza 80'
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Mexico won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

More information Netherlands Antilles, 2–2 ...
Netherlands Antilles 2–2 Suriname
  • Jansen 3'
  • Valerian 22'
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  • Niekoop 12'
  • Marcet 46'
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Rifstadion, Willemstad
Referee: Harry Letnom (Suriname)
More information Suriname, 4–1 ...
Suriname 4–1 Netherlands Antilles
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  • Dirksz 89'
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Referee: Benito Jackson (Venezuela)

Suriname won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

More information Chile, 1–5 ...
Chile 1–5 Argentina
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Referee: Luis Ventre (Chile)
More information Argentina, 6–0 ...
Argentina 6–0 Chile
  • Bonnano 4', 85'
  • Heredia 32'
  • Basílico 42', 72'
  • Rodríguez 75'
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Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Argentina won 11–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

More information Peru, 6–0 ...
Peru 6–0 Uruguay
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Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
More information Uruguay, 2–3 ...
Uruguay 2–3 Peru
  • Moreno 2'
  • Mocchi 74' (pen.)
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Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

Peru won 9–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

More information Colombia, 2–0 ...
Colombia 2–0 Brazil
  • Home 34', 55'
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Referee: Rodrigo Miranda (Mexico)
More information Brazil, 7–1 ...
Brazil 7–1 Colombia
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  • Manjarres 80'
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Referee: Juan Brozzi (Argentina)

Brazil won 7–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 4 4 0 0 14 5 +9 8 Qualification for 1960 Summer Olympics
2  Peru (H) 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Brazil 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 4
4  Mexico 4 1 0 3 6 6 0 2
5  Suriname 4 0 0 4 4 17 −13 0
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Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches

More information Argentina, 6–2 ...
Argentina 6–2 Suriname
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Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
More information Peru, 1–0 ...
Peru 1–0 Mexico
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Referee: Juan Brozzi (Argentinaa)
More information Mexico, 1–2 ...
Mexico 1–2 Brazil
  • Benítez 50'
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  • Bruno 1', 25'
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Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
More information Peru, 3–1 ...
Peru 3–1 Suriname
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  • Niekoop 43'
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More information Mexico, 4–0 ...
Mexico 4–0 Suriname
  • Ramírez 1'
  • Mercado 41'
  • Benítez 71'
  • Álvarez 89'
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Referee: Juan Brozzi (Argentina)
More information Argentina, 3–1 ...
Argentina 3–1 Brazil
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  • Jaburu 65'
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Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
More information Argentina, 2–1 ...
Argentina 2–1 Peru
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Referee: Carlos Robles (Costa Rica)
More information Suriname, 1–4 ...
Suriname 1–4 Brazil
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Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
More information Mexico, 1–3 ...
Mexico 1–3 Argentina
  • Álvarez 31'
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Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
More information Peru, 2–0 ...
Peru 2–0 Brazil
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Referee: Juan Brozzi (Argentina)

Qualified teams

The following three teams from the Americas qualified for the final tournament.[2]

More information Team, Qualified as ...
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
in the Summer Olympics
 ArgentinaSecond round winners24 April 19601 (1928)
 PeruSecond round runners-up24 April 19601 (1936)
 BrazilSecond round third place27 April 19601 (1952)
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Goalscorers

There were 84 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match.

Two own goals were scored throughout the tournament.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Brazil national football team Nonô (against Peru)
  • Suriname national football team Rudolfo Dirksz (against Netherlands Antilles)

References

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