Games of the XXIV. Olympiad

Football Qualifying Tournament

(Seoul, South Korea, 1988)

The 16 participants to consist of:

EUROPE

Group 1 [West Germany]

Preliminary Round
12-11-86 Cyprus           1-2 Greece
10-12-86 Greece           2-0 Cyprus

Final Round
18- 4-87 Romania          1-0 West Germany       1.WEST GERMANY     8  5  2  1 16- 4 12
20- 5-87 Greece           0-5 Denmark            2.Denmark          8  5  1  2 23- 5 11
20- 5-87 Romania          0-0 Poland             3.Poland           8  4  2  2 11-10 10
16- 6-87 Denmark          8-0 Romania            4.Romania          8  2  1  5  5-17  5
 3- 9-87 Romania          1-2 Denmark            5.Greece           8  1  0  7  4-23  2
22- 9-87 West Germany     3-0 Greece
13-10-87 West Germany     5-1 Poland
28-10-87 Poland           awd Denmark            [awarded 2-0, originally 0-2, see note]
18-11-87 Denmark          0-1 West Germany
 2-12-87 Greece           0-1 Poland
12-12-87 Greece           0-2 West Germany
16- 3-88 Poland           5-1 Greece
30- 3-88 West Germany     1-1 Denmark
30- 3-88 Poland           1-0 Romania
13- 4-88 Romania          0-1 Greece
20- 4-88 Denmark          4-0 Greece
27- 4-88 Poland           1-1 West Germany
18- 5-88 Denmark          3-0 Poland
18- 5-88 Greece           2-3 Romania
31- 5-88 West Germany     3-0 Romania
Note: Poland - Denmark originally ended 0-2, but Denmark fielded an ineligible
      player (Per Frimann), and thus Poland won the game by the default score 
      of 2-0.

Group 2 [Italy]

  -12-86 Netherlands      0-1 East Germany       1.ITALY            8  5  3  0 11- 1 13
  - 2-87 Italy            1-0 Portugal           2.East Germany     8  4  3  1 12- 5 11
25- 2-87 Portugal         1-1 Netherlands        3.Portugal         8  2  4  2  4- 6  8
25- 3-87 East Germany     0-0 Italy              4.Netherlands      8  1  3  4  6-12  5
15- 4-87 Italy            2-0 Iceland            5.Iceland          8  1  1  6  5-14  3
29- 4-87 Portugal         0-0 East Germany
26- 5-87 Iceland          2-2 Netherlands
 2- 9-87 Iceland          2-0 East Germany
22- 9-87 East Germany     4-2 Netherlands
 7-10-87 Portugal         2-1 Iceland
18-11-87 Italy            1-1 East Germany
24- 2-88 Portugal         0-0 Italy
 9- 3-88 Netherlands      0-1 Italy
29- 3-88 Netherlands      0-0 Portugal
13- 4-88 Italy            3-0 Netherlands
13- 4-88 East Germany     3-0 Portugal
27- 4-88 Netherlands      1-0 Iceland
30- 4-88 East Germany     3-0 Iceland
24- 5-88 Iceland          0-1 Portugal
29- 5-88 Iceland          0-3 Italy

Group 3 [Sweden]

19-11-86 Spain            1-1 Sweden             1.SWEDEN           8  6  1  1 13- 6 13
19-11-86 Ireland          1-2 Hungary            2.Hungary          8  5  1  2 13- 8 11
 4- 2-87 Ireland          2-2 Spain              3.Spain            8  1  4  3  9-12  6
28- 4-87 France           0-2 Hungary            4.Ireland          8  1  3  4 10-12  5
 5- 5-87 Sweden           1-0 Ireland            5.France           8  1  3  4  9-16  5
13- 5-87 Hungary          2-1 Spain
 3- 6-87 Hungary          2-1 Sweden
16- 6-87 Sweden           4-2 France
12- 8-87 France           1-1 Ireland
26- 8-87 Ireland          0-1 Sweden
 9- 9-87 Sweden           1-0 Hungary
23- 9-87 Sweden           2-0 Spain
13-10-87 Spain            1-2 France
18-11-87 Spain            1-0 Hungary
18-11-87 Ireland          3-0 France
23- 3-88 France           1-1 Spain
27- 4-88 Hungary          2-2 France
 4- 5-88 Hungary          3-1 Ireland
18- 5-88 Spain            2-2 Ireland
25- 5-88 France           1-2 Sweden

Group 4 [Soviet Union]

Preliminary Round
10- 9-86 Liechtenstein    0-10 Switzerland
23- 9-86 Switzerland      9-0 Liechtenstein

Final Round
14-10-86 Norway           0-0 Soviet Union       1.SOVIET UNION     8  6  2  0 12- 2 14
 8-11-86 Switzerland      1-0 Norway             2.Bulgaria         8  4  2  2 13- 5 10
 3-12-86 Turkey           3-2 Switzerland        3.Switzerland      8  2  3  3  8-10  7
15- 4-87 Turkey           0-2 Soviet Union       4.Norway           8  0  5  3  1- 7  5
16- 4-87 Switzerland      1-1 Bulgaria           5.Turkey           8  1  2  5  5-15  4
 6- 5-87 Norway           1-1 Turkey
 7- 5-87 Bulgaria         0-1 Soviet Union
26- 5-87 Norway           0-0 Bulgaria
12- 8-87 Soviet Union     1-0 Norway
26- 8-87 Norway           0-0 Switzerland
 7-10-87 Switzerland      2-0 Turkey
28-10-87 Switzerland      2-4 Soviet Union
14-11-87 Bulgaria         4-0 Norway
18-11-87 Turkey           0-0 Norway
 9-12-87 Turkey           0-3 Bulgaria
 6- 4-88 Bulgaria         2-0 Switzerland
 6- 4-88 Soviet Union     2-0 Turkey
27- 4-88 Soviet Union     2-0 Bulgaria
 6- 5-88 Soviet Union     0-0 Switzerland
25- 5-88 Bulgaria         3-1 Turkey

Group 5 [Yugoslavia]

14-10-86 Finland          0-2 Belgium            1.YUGOSLAVIA       8  6  1  1 17- 5 13
29-10-86 Czechoslovakia   2-0 Belgium            2.Czechoslovakia   8  6  0  2 10- 3 12
18-11-86 Belgium          2-3 Austria            3.Belgium          8  3  1  4  8-13  7
14- 4-87 Austria          2-0 Czechoslovakia     4.Austria          8  2  0  6  7-11  4
12- 5-87 Finland          2-1 Austria            5.Finland          8  2  0  6  5-15  4
 3- 6-87 Austria          0-1 Yugoslavia
10- 6-87 Finland          0-2 Czechoslovakia
26- 8-87 Yugoslavia       2-1 Austria
 2- 9-87 Yugoslavia       5-0 Finland
23- 9-87 Czechoslovakia   2-0 Finland
24- 9-87 Belgium          2-2 Yugoslavia
 7-10-87 Belgium          0-2 Czechoslovakia
28-10-87 Czechoslovakia   1-0 Yugoslavia
28-10-87 Belgium          1-0 Finland
11-11-87 Austria          0-1 Belgium
 2-12-87 Yugoslavia       4-0 Belgium
12- 4-88 Czechoslovakia   1-0 Austria
27- 4-88 Yugoslavia       1-0 Czechoslovakia
18- 5-88 Finland          1-2 Yugoslavia
31- 5-88 Austria          0-2 Finland

SOUTH AMERICA

[tournament in Bolivia]

Group 1 (in Santa Cruz)

18- 4-87 Colombia         1-0 Peru               1.Colombia         4  3  1  0  4- 0  7
18- 4-87 Brazil           3-1 Paraguay           2.Brazil           4  1  2  1  5- 5  4
20- 4-87 Uruguay          1-0 Peru               3.Paraguay         4  2  0  2  4- 4  4
20- 4-87 Colombia         2-0 Brazil             4.Uruguay          4  1  2  1  2- 2  4
22- 4-87 Paraguay         2-0 Peru               5.Peru             4  0  1  3  1- 5  1
22- 4-87 Colombia         0-0 Uruguay
24- 4-87 Colombia         1-0 Paraguay
24- 4-87 Brazil           1-1 Uruguay
26- 4-87 Paraguay         1-0 Uruguay
26- 4-87 Brazil           1-1 Peru

Group 2 (in Cochabamba)

19- 4-87 Argentina        1-1 Chile              1.Argentina        4  2  2  0  6- 1  6
19- 4-87 Bolivia          3-0 Venezuela          2.Bolivia          4  3  0  1  5- 3  6
21- 4-87 Argentina        0-0 Ecuador            3.Chile            4  2  1  1  6- 4  5
21- 4-87 Bolivia          1-0 Chile              4.Ecuador          4  1  1  2  2- 3  3
23- 4-87 Chile            2-1 Ecuador            5.Venezuela        4  0  0  4  1- 9  0
23- 4-87 Argentina        2-0 Venezuela
25- 4-87 Chile            3-1 Venezuela
25- 4-87 Bolivia          1-0 Ecuador
27- 4-87 Ecuador          1-0 Venezuela
27- 4-87 Argentina        3-0 Bolivia

Final Group (in La Paz) [Brazil, Argentina]

29- 4-87 Brazil           0-2 Argentina          1.BRAZIL           3  2  0  1  4- 4  4
29- 4-87 Bolivia          2-1 Colombia           2.ARGENTINA        3  1  1  1  2- 1  3
 1- 5-87 Brazil           2-1 Colombia           3.Bolivia          3  1  1  1  3- 3  3
 1- 5-87 Argentina        0-0 Bolivia            4.Colombia         3  1  0  2  3- 4  2
 3- 5-87 Argentina        0-1 Colombia
 3- 5-87 Brazil           2-1 Bolivia

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Round 1

Group A

Preliminary Round

25- 1-87 Bahamas          1-3 Guyana
22- 2-87 Guyana           3-0 Bahamas

26- 4-87 Antigua          1-1 Dominican Rep.
 3- 5-87 Dominican Rep.   0-0 Antigua            (Dominican Republic on away goals rule)

22- 3-87 Barbados         0-0 Jamaica
 5- 4-87 Jamaica          0-1 Barbados

Surinam withdrew
Trinidad and Tobago had a walkover

First Round

31- 5-87 Guyana           4-0 Dominican Rep.
 7- 6-87 Dominican Rep.   1-2 Guyana

10- 5-87 Trinidad/Tobago  2-0 Barbados
24- 5-87 Barbados         1-1 Trinidad and Tobago

Group B

23- 5-87 Canada           2-0 USA
30- 5-87 USA              3-0 Canada

 1- 4-87 Bermuda          2-1 Mexico
24- 5-87 Mexico           6-0 Bermuda

Group C

19- 4-87 Panama           1-1 El Salvador
14- 5-87 El Salvador      3-2 Panama

17- 5-87 Honduras         1-2 Guatemala
31- 5-87 Guatemala        2-2 Honduras

Second Round [USA, Guatemala]

Group 1

 5- 9-87 USA              4-1 Trinidad/Tobago    1.USA              4  4  0  0 13- 4  8
20- 9-87 Trinidad/Tobago  0-1 USA                2.Trinidad/Tobago  3  1  0  2  2- 5  2
18-10-87 El Salvador      2-4 USA                3.El Salvador      3  0  0  3  3- 9  0
15- 5-88 El Salvador      0-1 Trinidad and Tobago
25- 5-88 USA              4-1 El Salvador
29- 5-88 Trinidad/Tobago  n/p El Salvador

Group 2

18-10-87 Guatemala        6-0 Guyana             1.Mexico           4  4  0  0 16- 1  8
25-10-87 Guyana           0-3 Guatemala          2.Guatemala        4  2  0  2 10- 5  4
 2-12-87 Guyana           0-9 Mexico             3.Guyana           4  0  0  4  0-20  0
         Mexico           2-0 Guyana
 3- 2-88 Mexico           2-1 Guatemala
14- 2-88 Guatemala        0-3 Mexico
Note: Mexico - Guyana awarded 2-0 to Mexico.
      Home matches of Guyana played in Guatemala City & Los Angeles.

Mexico withdrew from final tournament and were replaced by Guatemala.

AFRICA

Preliminary Round

16-11-86 Rwanda           2-5 Malawi
30-11-86 Malawi           3-0 Rwanda

Madagascar withdrew
Botswana had a walkover

Mauritius withdrew
Swaziland had a walkover

First Round

13- 6-87 Botswana         0-4 Zambia
21- 6-87 Zambia           3-0 Botswana

27- 6-87 Egypt            4-0 Kenya
12- 7-87 Kenya            1-3 Egypt

28- 6-87 Ghana            2-0 Senegal
11- 7-87 Senegal          0-1 Ghana

28- 6-87 Liberia          2-1 Nigeria
11- 7-87 Nigeria          4-1 Liberia

27- 6-87 Malawi           1-1 Cameroon
12- 7-87 Cameroon         3-0 Malawi

16- 5-87 Sierra Leone     1-0 Tunisia
31- 5-87 Tunisia          2-0 Sierra Leone

 7- 6-87 Swaziland        0-2 Zimbabwe
21- 6-87 Zimbabwe         6-1 Swaziland

28- 6-87 Sudan            1-1 Algeria
10- 7-87 Algeria          3-1 Sudan

27- 6-87 Uganda           4-1 Mozambique
12- 7-87 Mozambique       1-2 Uganda

Guinea withdrew
Ivory Coast had a walkover

Ethiopia withdrew
Libya had a walkover

Gambia withdrew
Morocco had a walkover

Second Round

 4-10-87 Ghana            0-0 Cameroon
14-11-87 Cameroon         2-2 Ghana           (Ghana on away goals rule)

 1-11-87 Ivory Coast      0-0 Morocco
15-11-87 Morocco          2-1 Ivory Coast

 4-10-87 Tunisia          0-0 Egypt
13-11-87 Egypt            0-1 Tunisia

 3-10-87 Uganda           2-1 Zambia
15-11-87 Zambia           5-0 Uganda

 4-10-87 Zimbabwe         0-0 Nigeria
17-10-87 Nigeria          2-0 Zimbabwe

Libya withdrew
Algeria had a walkover

Third Round [Nigeria, Tunisia, Zambia]

15- 1-88 Algeria          1-0 Nigeria
30- 1-88 Nigeria          2-0 Algeria

17- 1-88 Tunisia          1-0 Morocco
30- 1-88 Morocco          2-2 Tunisia

17- 1-88 Zambia           2-0 Ghana
31- 1-88 Ghana            1-0 Zambia

ASIA

West Asia

First Round

Group 1 (played in Riyadh)

16- 4-87 Bahrain          2-0 Oman               1.Saudi Arabia    4   4  0  0  8- 1  8
18- 4-87 Saudi Arabia     1-0 Oman               2.Bahrain         4   1  0  3  4- 6  2
20- 4-87 Saudi Arabia     2-0 Bahrain            3.Oman            4   1  0  3  2- 7  2
22- 4-87 Oman             2-1 Bahrain
24- 4-87 Oman             0-3 Saudi Arabia
26- 4-87 Bahrain          1-2 Saudi Arabia

Group 2

27- 3-87 Iraq             1-1 UAE                1.Iraq            4   3  1  0  8- 2  7
 3- 4-87 Jordan           1-1 UAE                2.UAE             4   1  2  1  5- 5  4
10- 4-87 UAE              3-0 Jordan             3.Jordan          4   0  1  3  2- 8  1
17- 4-87 Jordan           1-2 Iraq
24- 4-87 Iraq             2-0 Jordan
 1- 5-87 UAE              0-3 Iraq
Note: Home matches of Iraq played in Kuwait.

Group 3 (in Qatar)

[South Yemen withdrew]
17- 4-87 Qatar            2-0 Syria
24- 4-87 Syria            1-0 Qatar

Group 4 (in Qatar)

[North Yemen withdrew]
27- 2-87 Iran             2-1 Kuwait
 7- 3-87 Kuwait           1-0 Iran               (Kuwait on away goals rule)
Note: Both matches played in Doha, Qatar.

Second round [Iraq]

 4-12-87 Saudi Arabia     0-0 Iraq               1.IRAQ             6  3  2  1 10- 5  8
 4-12-87 Qatar            0-0 Kuwait             2.Kuwait           6  2  3  1  3- 2  7
11-12-87 Qatar            1-3 Iraq               3.Qatar            6  1  3  2  4- 8  5
11-12-87 Kuwait           1-0 Saudi Arabia       4.Saudi Arabia     6  0  4  2  2- 4  4
18-12-87 Kuwait           2-1 Iraq
18-12-87 Saudi Arabia     1-1 Qatar
 1- 1-88 Iraq             1-1 Saudi Arabia
 1- 1-88 Kuwait           0-0 Qatar
 8- 1-88 Iraq             4-1 Qatar
 8- 1-88 Saudi Arabia     0-0 Kuwait
15- 1-88 Iraq             1-0 Kuwait
15- 1-88 Qatar            1-0 Saudi Arabia
Note: Home matches of Iraq played in Muscat, Oman.

East Asia

First round

Group 1

[India withdrew]
Pakistan         2-2 Nepal
25- 4-87 Nepal            1-0 Pakistan
28- 4-87 Note: Both matches played in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Group 2

[North Korea withdrew]
14- 3-87 Malaysia         0-1 Thailand
18- 3-87 Thailand         2-2 Malaysia
Note: Both matches played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Group 3

[Brunei withdrew]
 4- 4-87 Singapore        2-0 Indonesia          1.Japan            4  4  0  0  7- 1  8
 8- 4-87 Japan            3-0 Indonesia          2.Singapore        4  1  0  3  3- 4  2
12- 4-87 Japan            1-0 Singapore          3.Indonesia        4  1  0  3  3- 8  2
  - 4-87 Indonesia        2-1 Singapore
  - 4-87 Singapore        0-1 Japan
26- 4-87 Indonesia        1-2 Japan

Group 4

 3- 4-87 Philippines      0-5 Hong Kong          1.China            4  3  1  0 20- 0  7
 6- 4-87 Hong Kong        ppd Philippines        2.Hong Kong        4  2  1  1 12- 1  5
10- 4-87 Philippines      0-9 China              3.Philippines      4  0  0  4  0-31  0
13- 4-87 China           10-0 Philippines        
19- 4-87 Hong Kong        0-0 China
14- 5-87 Hong Kong        7-0 Philippines
20- 5-87 China            1-0 Hong Kong
Note: All matches of Philippines played away from home.

Second round [China]

 2- 9-87 Thailand         0-0 Japan              1.CHINA            6  5  0  1 25- 1 10
15- 9-87 Nepal            0-5 Japan              2.Japan            6  4  1  1 16- 2  9
18- 9-87 Japan            9-0 Nepal              3.Thailand         6  2  1  3  5- 5  5
23- 9-87 Nepal            0-8 China              4.Nepal            6  0  0  6  1-39  0
26- 9-87 Japan            1-0 Thailand
26- 9-87 China           12-0 Nepal
 1-10-87 Thailand         3-0 Nepal
 4-10-87 Nepal            1-2 Thailand
 4-10-87 China            0-1 Japan
11-10-87 Thailand         0-1 China
18-10-87 China            2-0 Thailand
28-10-87 Japan            0-2 China
Note: All matches of Nepal played away from home.

OCEANIA

First Round

Group 1

[Papua/New Guinea withdrew]
15-11-87 Taiwan           0-3 Australia
28- 2-88 Australia        3-0 Taiwan

Group 2

[Fiji withdrew]
 7-11-87 Western Samoa    0-7 New Zealand
13-11-87 New Zealand     12-0 Western Samoa

Losers' playoff for a place in second round
 2- 3-88 Taiwan           5-0 Western Samoa

Second round [Australia]

[tournament in Australia (first six matches) and New Zealand]
 6- 3-88 Taiwan           0-1 New Zealand        1.AUSTRALIA        6  4  2  0 12- 4 10
 7- 3-88 Australia        2-0 Israel             2.Israel           6  4  1  1 17- 3  9
 9- 3-88 Israel           2-0 New Zealand        3.New Zealand      6  2  1  3  5- 7  5
 9- 3-88 Australia        3-2 Taiwan             4.Taiwan           6  0  0  6  3-23  0
13- 3-88 Israel           5-1 Taiwan
13- 3-88 Australia        3-1 New Zealand
20- 3-88 Israel           0-0 Australia
20- 3-88 New Zealand      2-0 Taiwan
23- 3-88 Taiwan           0-9 Israel
23- 3-88 New Zealand      1-1 Australia
27- 3-88 Taiwan           0-3 Australia
27- 3-88 New Zealand      0-1 Israel



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Authors: Lars Aarhus and Mikael Jönsson
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