Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates9 April 1967 – 30 June 1968
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored116 (5.04 per match)
1964
1972

The Asian 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 Asia. Three slots in the final tournament were available for Asian teams.

Groups

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 5 4 1 0 26 4 +22 9 Qualification for 1968 Summer Olympics
2  South Korea 5 4 1 0 17 5 +12 9
3  Lebanon 5 2 1 2 18 9 +9 5
4  South Vietnam 5 2 1 2 14 5 +9 5
5  Taiwan 5 1 0 4 11 18 −7 2
6  Philippines 5 0 0 5 3 48 −45 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand (H) 4 3 0 1 5 6 −1 6 Qualification for 1968 Summer Olympics
2  Iraq 4 1 1 2 7 5 +2 3
3  Indonesia 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
5  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel (H) 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 4 Qualification for 1968 Summer Olympics
2  Ceylon 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
3  Burma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
4  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams

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The following three teams from Asia qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 2
 Japan Group 1 winners 10 October 1967 3 (1936, 1956, 1964)
 Thailand Group 2 winners 22 January 1968 1 (1956)
 Israel Group 3 winners 22 March 1968 0 (debut)
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.).

References

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