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Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification#Group 1

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers

| dates = {{nowrap|22 March 1967 – 30 June 1968}}

| num_teams = 69

| confederations = 5

| matches = {{#expr: 22 +23 +26 +21 +18}}

| goals = {{#expr: 69 +116 +75 +59 +40}}

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| updated =

| prevseason = 1964

| nextseason = 1972

}}

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

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class="wikitable sortable col3right col4center col5center col6center"
scope="col" |Team

! scope="col" data-sort-type="text"|Method of
qualification

! scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date of
qualification

! scope="col" |Total
times
qualified

! scope="col" |Last
time
qualified

! scope="col" |Current
consecutive
appearances

! scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Previous best
performance{{efn|Includes all participations by a competing nation at the Summer Olympics (clubs representing nations, olympic teams, full national teams, etc.)}}

{{fbu|23|MEX}}data-sort-value="a"|Hosts18 October 1963219642data-sort-value="2"|First round (1928, 1948, 1964)
{{fbu|21|HUN}}data-sort-value="b"|Holders23 October 1964219643data-sort-value="8"|Gold medal (1952, 1964)
{{fb|JPN|1870}}data-sort-value="c"|Asia Group 1 winners10 October 1967319642data-sort-value="3"|Quarter-finals (1964)
{{fb|THA}}data-sort-value="c"|Asia Group 2 winners22 January 1968219561data-sort-value="3"|First round (1956)
{{fb|ISR}}data-sort-value="c"|Asia Group 3 winners22 March 19681—1data-sort-value="1"|—
{{fbu|23|ESP|1945}}data-sort-value="c"|Europe Group 4 winners1 April 19681—1data-sort-value="1"|—
{{fbu|23|BRA}}data-sort-value="c"|CONMEBOL final group winners9 April 1968319643data-sort-value="3"|Quarter-finals (1952)
{{fbu|23|COL}}data-sort-value="c"|CONMEBOL final group runners-up9 April 19681—1data-sort-value="1"|—
{{fb|BUL}}data-sort-value="c"|Europe Group 2 winners24 April 1968319601data-sort-value="6"|Bronze medal (1956)
{{fb|NGR}}data-sort-value="c"|Africa Group 2 winners4 May 19681—1data-sort-value="1"|—
{{fbo|FRA}}data-sort-value="c"|Europe Group 3 winners12 May 1968219601data-sort-value="7"|Silver medal (1900)
{{fb|SLV}}data-sort-value="c"|CONCACAF final round winner26 May 19681—1data-sort-value="1"|—
{{fbo|TCH}}data-sort-value="c"|Europe Group 1 winners1 June 1968219642data-sort-value="7"|Silver medal (1964)
{{fb|GUA}}data-sort-value="c"|CONCACAF final round winner2 June 19681—1data-sort-value="1"|—
{{fb|GUI}}data-sort-value="c"|Africa Group 1 winners30 June 19681—1data-sort-value="1"|—
{{fb|MAR}}{{efn|Morocco withdrew due to refusing to play against Israel in the final tournament, and were replaced by Ghana.}}data-sort-value="c"|Africa Group 3 winners30 June 1968219641data-sort-value="2"|First round (1964)

Notes:

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Qualification process

  • Africa: 3
  • Asia: 3
  • Europe: 4
  • North America: 2
  • South America: 2
  • Hosts: 1
  • Holders: 1

=Summary of qualification=

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width=100|Region

!width=80|Available slots {{nowrap|in finals}}

!width=80|Teams started

!width=80|Teams eliminated

!width=80|Teams qualified

!width=130|Qualifying start date

!width=130|Qualifying end date

Africa31714327 September 196722 March 1968
Asia311839 April 196730 June 1968
Europe4 or 52016522 March 19671 June 1968
North America2 or 31311321 May 19672 June 1968
South America286219 March 19689 April 1968
Total || 16 || 69 || 55 || 16 || 22 March 1967 || 30 June 1968

Europe

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers}}

Four groups of five teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.

=Group 1=

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 1}}

{{#lst:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 1|Summary}}

=Group 2=

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 2}}

{{#lst:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 2|Summary}}

=Group 3=

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 3}}

{{#lst:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 3|Summary}}

=Group 4=

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 4}}

{{#lst:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 4|Summary}}

South America

{{main|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament}}

  • 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)=

{{main|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group}}

{{:1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group}}

North and Central America

{{main|1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament}}

  • 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=

{{:1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament}}

Africa

{{Further|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers}}

Three groups of five to six teams with group winners qualifying for the Summer Olympics finals.

=Group 1=

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 1}}

{{#lst:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 1|Summary}}

=Group 2=

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 2}}

{{#lst:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 2|Summary}}

=Group 3=

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 3}}

{{#lst:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 3|Summary}}

Asia

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers}}

Three groups of six teams played single round-robin matches. The winner of each group qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

=Final positions=

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!align="center"|Group 1

!align="center"|Group 2

!align="center"|Group 3

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|align="left"|{{:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}

|align="left"|{{:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}

|align="left"|{{:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 3|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}

References

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External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1968q.html RSSSF]

{{Qualification for the 1968 Summer Olympics Football tournament}}

{{Football at the Summer Olympics}}

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Qualification

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