1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying

The 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from June 1962 to April 1964 to determine the four UEFA member men's national teams which would participate in the 1964 European Nations' Cup final tournament.[1]

1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
Tournament details
Dates21 June 1962 – 27 May 1964
Teams28[note 1]
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored158 (3.16 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ole Madsen (11 goals)
UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship

Qualified teams
Euro 1964 qualifiers
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Withdrew before playing any matches
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
 DenmarkQuarter-final winner18 December 19630 (debut)
 Spain (host)Quarter-final winner8 April 19640 (debut)
 HungaryQuarter-final winner23 May 19640 (debut)
 Soviet UnionQuarter-final winner27 May 19641 (1960)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year.

Format

The qualification was a knockout tournament where the teams would play a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis. If the aggregate scores were level at the end of the tie, a third leg was played at a neutral venue to decide the winners. It consisted of a preliminary round, a round of 16, and a quarter-final round. The four quarter-final winners would qualify for the tournament proper; one of those four countries would then be chosen to host it.

Preliminary round
Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying preliminary round

Austria, Luxembourg, and the Soviet Union received byes to the round of 16.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legReplay
Norway  1–3  Sweden 0–2 1–1
Greece  w/o[note 2]  Albania Canc. Canc.
Denmark  9–2  Malta 6–1 3–1
Republic of Ireland  5–3  Iceland 4–2 1–1
England  3–6  France 1–1 2–5
Poland  0–4  Northern Ireland 0–2 0–2
Spain  7–3  Romania 6–0 1–3
Yugoslavia  4–2  Belgium 3–2 1–0
Bulgaria  5–4  Portugal 3–1 1–3 1–0
Hungary  4–2  Wales 3–1 1–1
Netherlands  4–2   Switzerland 3–1 1–1
East Germany  3–2  Czechoslovakia 2–1 1–1
Italy  7–0  Turkey 6–0 1–0

Round of 16
Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup round of 16
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spain  2–1  Northern Ireland 1–1 1–0
Yugoslavia  2–3  Sweden 0–0 2–3
Denmark  4–1  Albania 4–0 0–1
Netherlands  2–3  Luxembourg 1–1 1–2
Austria  2–3  Republic of Ireland 0–0 2–3
Bulgaria  2–3  France 1–0 1–3
Soviet Union  3–1  Italy 2–0 1–1
East Germany  4–5  Hungary 1–2 3–3

Quarter-finals
Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legReplay
Luxembourg  5–6  Denmark 3–3 2–2 0–1
Spain  7–1  Republic of Ireland 5–1 2–0
France  2–5  Hungary 1–3 1–2
Sweden  2–4  Soviet Union 1–1 1–3

Goalscorers

There were 158 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 3.16 goals per match.

11 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes
  1. A total of 29 teams initially entered the competition, but Greece later withdrew after refusing to play Albania.
  2. Greece withdrew from the competition after they were drawn against Albania in the preliminary round, so Albania were awarded a walkover victory.

References
  1. Garin, Erik; Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (31 January 2007). "European Championship 1964". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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