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Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers

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Men's European Qualifier
Tournament details
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored16 (4 per match)
1960

The Men's European Football Qualifiers for the 1956 Summer Olympics were the first qualification tournament for the European football teams.[1]

Beside the hosting Australian team, the International Olympic Committee reserved direct spots for 3 European teams including Poland, Turkey and West Germany. In addition, it provided 4 more spots which were contested among 8 teams including the reigning Olympic champions Hungary.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bulgaria  5–3  Great Britain 2–0 3–3
Yugoslavia  w/o1  Romania
Hungary  w/o2  East Germany
Soviet Union  7–1  Israel 5–0 2–1

1 Romania withdrew.
2 As East and West Germany agreed to compete together at the 1956 Olympics, East Germany withdrew. However, after an agreement for a combined football team fell through, a solely West German one was fielded.

23 October 1955 1956 Olympics – Qualifying Bulgaria  2–0  Great Britain Sofia, Bulgaria
Stefanov 30'
Yanev 61'
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (Italy)
12 May 1956 1956 Olympics – Qualifying Great Britain  3–3
(3–5 agg.)
 Bulgaria London, UK
Hardisty 12', 62'
Lewis 77' (pen.)
Report Milanov 28'
Prince 32' (o.g.)
Dimitrov 66'
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (Italy)
Note: Britain lost 5–3 on aggregate, but earned a reprieve to compete in Melbourne[2]

Both Bulgaria and Great Britain advanced.


Soviet Union 5–0 Israel
Tatushin 2'
Ivanov 26', 71'
Simonyan 45', 78'
Report (ru)
Attendance: 54,000
Israel 1–2 Soviet Union
Stelmach 64' Report (ru) Tatushin 59'
Ilyin 79'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani[3] (Italy)

Soviet Union advanced.

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