1964 European Nations' Cup round of 16

The 1964 European Nations' Cup round of 16 was the second round of the qualifying competition for the 1964 European Nations' Cup. It was contested by the thirteen winners from the preliminary round, along with Austria, Luxembourg and the Soviet Union, who had received a bye. The winners of each of eight home-and-away ties progressed to the quarter-finals. The matches were played in 1963.

Qualification

Each tie winner progressed to the round of 16. The round of 16 was played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the round of 16 would go through to the quarter-finals.

Summary

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|ESP|1945}} || 2–1 | {{fb|NIR}} || 1–1 | 1–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|YUG}} || 2–3 | {{fb|SWE}} || 0–0 | 2–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|DEN}} || 4–1 | {{fb|ALB|1946}} || 4–0 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|NED}} || 2–3 | {{fb|LUX}} || 1–1 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|AUT}} || 2–3 | {{fb|IRL}} || 0–0 | 2–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|BUL|1948}} || 2–3 | {{fb|FRA}} || 1–0 | 1–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|URS}} || 3–1 | {{fb|ITA}} || 2–0 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|GDR}} || 4–5 | {{fb|HUN}} || 1–2 | 3–3 }}

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Matches

The eight matches took place over two legs, taking place in 1963.

{{Football box

|id=Spain v Northern Ireland

| date = 30 May 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|NIR}}

| goals1 = Amancio {{goal|60}}

| goals2 = W. Irvine {{goal|76}}

| stadium = San Mamés, Bilbao

| attendance = 27,960

| referee = Cesare Jonni (Italy)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3968--spain-vs-northern-ireland/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id=Northern Ireland v Spain

| date = 30 October 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|NIR}}

| score = 0–1

| team2 = {{fb|ESP|1945}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Gento {{goal|66}}

| stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast

| attendance = 45,809

| referee = Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3979--northern-ireland-vs-spain/ Report]

}}

Spain won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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{{Football box

|id=Yugoslavia v Sweden

| date = 19 June 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

| score = 0–0

| team2 = {{fb|SWE}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stadion JNA, Belgrade

| attendance = 45,098

| referee = Karl Kainer (Austria)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3969--yugoslavia-vs-sweden/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Yugoslavia

| date = 18 September 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}

| score = 3–2

| team2 = {{fb|YUG}}

| goals1 = Persson {{goal|30||60}}
Bild {{goal|72}}

| goals2 = Zambata {{goal|21}}
Galić {{goal|64}}

| stadium = Malmö Stadion, Malmö

| attendance = 20,774

| referee = Jack Taylor (England)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3972--sweden-vs-yugoslavia/ Report]

}}

Sweden won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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{{Football box

|id=Denmark v Albania

| date = 29 June 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}

| score = 4–0

| team2 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}

| goals1 = Petersen {{goal|18|pen.}}
O. Madsen {{goal|25}}
Clausen {{goal|36}}
Enoksen {{goal|49}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

| attendance = 26,640

| referee = Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3970--denmark-vs-albania/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id=Albania v Denmark

| date = 30 October 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ALB|1946}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|DEN}}

| goals1 = Pano {{goal|3}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana

| attendance = 27,765

| referee = Joseph M. Cassar Naudi (Malta)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3980--albania-vs-denmark/ Report]

}}

Denmark won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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{{Football box

|id=Netherlands v Luxembourg

| date = 11 September 1963

| time = 20:00 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|LUX}}

| goals1 = Nuninga {{goal|5}}

| goals2 = May {{goal|33}}

| stadium = Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

| attendance = 36,523

| referee = Arthur Blavier (Belgium)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/63503--netherlands-vs-luxembourg/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id=Luxembourg v Netherlands

| date = 30 October 1963

| time = 20:15 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}

| score = 2–1

| team2 = {{fb|NED}}

| goals1 = Dimmer {{goal|20||67}}

| goals2 = Kruiver {{goal|35}}

| stadium = Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam

| attendance = 42,385

| referee = Marcel Bois (France)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/63504--luxembourg-vs-netherlands/ Report]

}}

Luxembourg won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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{{Football box

|id=Austria v Republic of Ireland

| date = 25 September 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}

| score = 0–0

| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Praterstadion, Vienna

| attendance = 26,741

| referee = Gyula Gere (Hungary)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3973--austria-vs-republic-of-ireland/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id=Republic of Ireland v Austria

| date = 13 October 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}

| score = 3–2

| team2 = {{fb|AUT}}

| goals1 = Cantwell {{goal|45||89|pen.}}
Fogarty {{goal|66}}

| goals2 = Koleznik {{goal|38}}
Flögel {{goal|85}}

| stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin

| attendance = 39,963

| referee = Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3976--republic-of-ireland-vs-austria/ Report]

}}

Republic of Ireland won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v France

| date = 29 September 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1948}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|FRA}}

| goals1 = Diev {{goal|24}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

| attendance = 25,947

| referee = Faruk Talu (Turkey)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3974--bulgaria-vs-france/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id=France v Bulgaria

| date = 26 October 1963

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}

| score = 3–1

| team2 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}

| goals1 = Goujon {{goal|44||81}}
Herbin {{goal|78}}

| goals2 = Yakimov {{goal|75}}

| stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

| attendance = 32,233

| referee = José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3978--france-vs-bulgaria/ Report]

}}

France won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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{{Football box

|id=Soviet Union v Italy

| date = 13 October 1963

| time = 19:00 UTC+3

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URS}}

| score = 2–0

| team2 = {{fb|ITA}}

| goals1 = Ponedelnik {{goal|22}}
Chislenko {{goal|42}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

| attendance = 102,358

| referee = Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3975--ussr-vs-italy/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id=Italy v Soviet Union

| date = 10 November 1963

| time = 14:30 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|URS}}

| goals1 = Rivera {{goal|89}}

| goals2 = Gusarov {{goal|33}}

| stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Rome

| attendance = 69,567

| referee = Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3983--italy-vs-ussr/ Report]

}}

Soviet Union won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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{{Football box

|id=East Germany v Hungary

| date = 19 October 1963

| time = 14:30 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GDR}}

| score = 1–2

| team2 = {{fb|HUN}}

| goals1 = Nöldner {{goal|51}}

| goals2 = Bene {{goal|18}}
Rákosi {{goal|88}}

| stadium = Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin

| attendance = 33,383

| referee = Pyotr Belov (USSR)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3977--german-dem-rep-vs-hungary/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id=Hungary v East Germany

| date = 3 November 1963

| time = 14:00 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN}}

| score = 3–3

| team2 = {{fb|GDR}}

| goals1 = Bene {{goal|7}}
Sándor {{goal|17}}
Solymosi {{goal|51|pen.}}

| goals2 = Heine {{goal|12}}
R. Ducke {{goal|26}}
Erler {{goal|81}}

| stadium = Népstadion, Budapest

| attendance = 35,382

| referee = Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/3982--hungary-vs-german-dem-rep/ Report]

}}

Hungary won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Goalscorers

{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying|round=first}}

References

{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/1964/|title=1964 European Nations' Cup|publisher=UEFA|access-date=13 August 2014}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tables/64e.html|title=1964 European Nations' Cup|publisher=rsssf.com|access-date=13 August 2014}}
{{cite book |first=J. |last=Robinson |title=The European Football Championships 1958-1996|publisher=Soccer Book Publishing |year=1996 |isbn=0-947808-69-8}}