Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 2

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The 1960 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 2 was one of the seven European groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics finals tournament in Italy.^[1] Group 2 consisted of three teams: Finland, Poland and West Germany. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, Poland, qualified directly for the Summer Olympics football finals.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	8	Qualification for 1960 Summer Olympics		—	3–1	6–2
2	West Germany	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	2			0–3	—	2–1
3	Finland	4	1	0	3	7	13	−6	2			1–3	3–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Matches

18 October 1959

14:00 UTC+2

Finland	1–3	Poland
Kankkonen 48'	Report	Pol 3' Hachorek 58' Gawroński 81'

Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 10,818^[2]

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

8 November 1959

12:00 UTC+1

Poland	6–2	Finland
Pol 14', 19', 44' Hachorek 43' Sykta 53' Szarzyński 79'	Report	Österlund 7' Peltonen 20'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 22,000^[3]

Referee: Werner Bergmann (East Germany)

11 November 1959

14:30 UTC+1

West Germany	2–1	Finland
Forss 4' (o.g.) Dörfel 55'	Report	Kankkonen 85'

Leimbachstadion, Siegen

Attendance: 22,000^[4]

Referee: Antonín Vrbovec (Czechoslovakia)

24 November 1959

West Germany	0–3	Poland
	Report	Hachorek 17' Baszkiewicz 29' Pol 63'

18 April 1960

Poland	3–1	West Germany
Zientara 23', 63' Lentner 53'	Report	Walenciak 71'

18 May 1960

18:30 UTC+2

Finland	3–2	West Germany
Pahlman 3' Nevalainen 53' Peltonen 74'	Report	Himmelmann 4' Rühl 72'

Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 7,578^[5]

Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden)

Goalscorers

There were 27 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.

5 goals

Ernest Pohl

3 goals

Stanisław Hachorek

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Rainer Forss (against West Germany)

References

↑ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Roma, Italy, 1960): EUROPE". RSSSF. 12 May 2021.
↑ "Finland v Poland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
↑ "Poland v Finland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
↑ "West Germany* vs Finland international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
↑ "Iceland vs Denmark international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

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