1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying

1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying

Tournament details
Dates	21 June 1962 – 27 May 1964
Teams	28[note 1]
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	158 (3.16 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ole Madsen (11 goals)
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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]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[A]
Denmark	Quarter-final winner	18 December 1963	0 (debut)
Spain (host)	Quarter-final winner	8 April 1964	0 (debut)
Hungary	Quarter-final winner	23 May 1964	0 (debut)
Soviet Union	Quarter-final winner	27 May 1964	1 (1960)

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

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay
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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay
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

References

External links

• 1964 European Nations' Cup at UEFA.com