Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 1

The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 1 was one of the four European groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1968 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Mexico.[1] Group 1 consisted of five teams: Albania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Czechoslovakia qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Soviet Union 5–3 on aggregate in the final round.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
First round
Soviet Union	w/o	Albania	—	—
Second round
Poland	1–3	Soviet Union	0–1	1–2
Czechoslovakia	w/o	Yugoslavia	—	—
Final round
Soviet Union	3–5	Czechoslovakia	3–2	0–3

First round

Soviet Union	Cancelled	Albania

Albania	Cancelled	Soviet Union

Soviet Union won on walkover and advanced to the second round.

Second round

28 July 1967

17:00 UTC+1

Poland	0–1	Soviet Union
	Report	Chislenko 59'

Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

Attendance: 50,000[2]

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

4 August 1967

19:00 UTC+3

Soviet Union	2–1	Poland
Chislenko 3' Banishevskiy 59'	Report	Lubański 64' (pen.)

Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 90,000[3]

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Soviet Union won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.

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Czechoslovakia	Cancelled	Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia	Cancelled	Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia won on walkover and advanced to the final round.

Final round

21 May 1968

19:30 UTC+3

Soviet Union	3–2	Czechoslovakia
Khurtsilava 45' Chislenko 85' Anichkin 87'	Report	Čapkovič 51' Štrunc 73'

Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 92,000[4]

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

1 June 1968

17:00 UTC+1

Czechoslovakia	3–0	Soviet Union
Pollák 20' Pivarník 25' Čapkovič 72'	Report

Stadion Balazy, Ostrava

Attendance: 20,000[5]

Referee: John Gow (Wales)

Czechoslovakia won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

3 goals

• Igor Chislenko

2 goals

• Ján Čapkovič

1 goal

• Ján Pivarník
• Jaroslav Pollák
• Stanislav Štrunc
• Włodzimierz Lubański
• Anatoliy Banishevskiy
• Murtaz Khurtsilava
• Viktor Anichkin

References

1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Mexico City, Mexico, 1968): EUROPE". RSSSF. 21 October 2021.
2. "Poland vs Soviet Union international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
3. "Soviet Union vs Poland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
4. "Soviet Union vs Czechoslovakia* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
5. "Czechoslovakia* vs Soviet Union international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 October 2024.