1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 28 September 1958 – 29 May 1960 |
Teams | 17 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 91 (3.79 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (5 goals each) |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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This article describes the qualifying procedure for the 1960 European Nations' Cup, the inaugural edition of the European Nations' Cup tournament, now known as the UEFA European Championship.[1]
Qualified teams
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Team | Qualified as | Qualified on |
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Quarter-finals winner | 27 March 1960 |
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Quarter-finals winner | 22 May 1960 |
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Quarter-finals winner[A] | 28 May 1960 |
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Quarter-finals winner | 29 May 1960 |
- ^ Won by walkover after the withdrawal of Spain.
Format
[edit]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.
17 teams entered the competition; notable absences included West Germany, Italy and England. Two of the entrants, Czechoslovakia and the Republic of Ireland, were selected to play the preliminary round. The winner of that fixture would join the remaining 15 teams in the round of 16.
In fact, a few matches of the round of 16 took place before the preliminary round matches. The first European Nations' Cup qualifying match was played on 28 September 1958 between the Soviet Union and Hungary. The first goal was scored by Anatoli Ilyin of the Soviet Union four minutes into that game. On 3 December 1958, Greece became the first team to be eliminated from the European Nations' Cup after losing 8–2 on aggregate to France.
Preliminary round
[edit]Czechoslovakia and the Republic of Ireland were randomly selected to face each other in the preliminary round. The other 15 countries received byes to the round of 16.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Republic of Ireland ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–4 |
Round of 16
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Soviet Union ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–0 |
France ![]() |
8–2 | ![]() |
7–1 | 1–1 |
Romania ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–2 |
Norway ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
0–1 | 2–5 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–1 |
East Germany ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
0–2 | 2–3 |
Poland ![]() |
2–7 | ![]() |
2–4 | 0–3 |
Denmark ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–5 |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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France ![]() |
9–4 | ![]() |
5–2 | 4–2 |
Portugal ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–5 |
Romania ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–3 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
w/o[note 1] | ![]() |
Canc. | Canc. |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 91 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.79 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Walter Horak
Rudolf Pichler
Erich Probst
Karl Skerlan
Todor Diev
Ladislav Kačáni
Josef Masopust
Ladislav Pavlovič
Imrich Stacho
Bent Hansen
John Kramer
Poul Pedersen
Horst Kohle
Gerhard Vogt
Stéphane Bruey
François Heutte
Jean-Jacques Marcel
Bernard Rahis
Elias Yfantis
János Göröcs
Lucjan Brychczy
Ernest Pohl
Santana
Noel Cantwell
Liam Tuohy
Gheorghe Constantin
Constantin Dinulescu
Nicolae Oaidă
Anatoli Ilyin
Valentin Ivanov
Slava Metreveli
Yuriy Voynov
Enric Gensana
Francisco Gento
Zvezdan Čebinac
Muhamed Mujić
Dragoslav Šekularac
Lazar Tasić
1 own goal
Roger Marche (against Greece)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their quarter-final, so Spain were disqualified and the Soviet Union were awarded a walkover victory.
References
[edit]- ^ Garin, Erik; Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (10 June 2011). "European Championship 1960". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links
[edit]- 1960 European Nations' Cup at UEFA.com