Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
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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.
Dates22 March 1967 – 1 June 1968
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed26
Goals scored75 (2.88 per match)
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | ||||
Soviet Union  |
w/o |  Albania |
— | — |
| Second round | ||||
Poland  |
1–3 | Soviet Union |
0–1 | 1–2 |
Czechoslovakia  |
w/o |  Yugoslavia |
— | — |
| Final round | ||||
| Soviet Union |
3–5 | Czechoslovakia |
3–2 | 0–3 |
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Qualified teams
The following four teams from Europe qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spain | Group 4 winners | 10 April 1968 | 3 (1920, 1924, 1928) |
 Bulgaria | Group 2 winners | 24 April 1968 | 4 (1924, 1952, 1956, 1960) |
 France | Group 3 winners | 12 May 1968 | 9 (1900, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1948, 1952, 1960) |
| Czechoslovakia | Group 1 winners | 1 June 1968 | 3 (1920, 1924, 1964) |
- 1 Bold 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.).