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Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 1

The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 1 was one of the five European groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Japan.[1] Group 1 consisted of five teams: Albania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Luxembourg and Romania. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Romania qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Bulgaria 3–1 on aggregate in the second round.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Albania   0–2   Bulgaria 0–1 0–1
Albania  0–1  Bulgaria
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  • Dimitrov   37'
Attendance: 15,000[2]
Bulgaria  1–0  Albania
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Attendance: 25,200[3]

Bulgaria won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bulgaria   w/o   Luxembourg — —
Denmark   5–5   Romania 2–3 3–2
Bulgaria  Cancelled  Luxembourg
Luxembourg  Cancelled  Bulgaria

Bulgaria won on walkover and advanced to the second round.

Denmark  2–3  Romania
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Attendance: 34,000[4]
Romania  2–3  Denmark
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Attendance: 60,000[5]

Play-off

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Denmark   1–2 (a.e.t.)   Romania
Denmark  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Romania
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Attendance: 3,000[6]

Romania won the play-off and advanced to the second round.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Romania   3–1   Bulgaria 2–1 1–0
Romania  2–1  Bulgaria
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Attendance: 50,000[7]
Bulgaria  0–1  Romania
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Attendance: 50,000[8]

Romania won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Goalscorers

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There were 19 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): EUROPE". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Albania vs Bulgaria international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria vs Albania international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Denmark vs Romania* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Romania* vs Denmark international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Denmark vs Romania* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Romania* vs Bulgaria international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Bulgaria vs Romania* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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