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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Middle East Qualifiers

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Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates15 November – 13 December 1959
Teams3
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored24 (6 per match)

The Middle East section of the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Italy, for national teams that are members of the Middle East.[1]

Entrants

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Three national teams entered qualification.

Format

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The three teams played a home-and-away round-robin tournament.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 4 4 0 0 10 3 +7 8 Qualification for 1960 Summer Olympics — 7–1 –
2  Iraq 4 2 0 2 14 10 +4 4 2–3 — 8–0
3  Lebanon 4 0 0 4 0 11 −11 0 Withdrew – 0–3 —
Source: RSSSF

Matches

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Lebanon 0–3 Iraq
Baba 2', 70'
Abdullah 85'
Iraq 8–0 Lebanon
Baba 5', 27'
Abdullah 17', 40', 50', 85'
Salih 58', 88'
Turkey 7–1 Iraq
Yalçınkaya 14', 72'
Şensan 37', 61', 87'
Güneş 54'
Köken 74'		 Baba 12'
Iraq 2–3 Turkey
Baba 35', 52' Güneş 20'
Atakan 60'
Yalçınkaya 65'
Turkey w/o[note 1] Lebanon
 
Lebanon w/o[note 1] Turkey
 

Qualified team

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The following team from the Middle East qualified for the final tournament.[2]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
in the Summer Olympics
 Turkey Winners 30 April 1960 5 (1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Lebanon withdrew after two matches, as the remaining two matches were awarded to their opponent Turkey.

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament – Near East". RSSSF. 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Men Football XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 Qualifications – Middle East". todor66.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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