Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 3

The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification – Asia Group 3 was one of the three Asian groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1968 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Mexico. Group 3 consisted of two teams: Ceylon and Israel, whilst four other teams withdrew; Burma, India, Iran, North Korea. The teams played against each other in a round-robin format. The group winners, Israel, qualified directly for the Summer Olympics football finals.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel (H)	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	4	Qualification for 1968 Summer Olympics
2	Ceylon	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0
3	Burma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
4	India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches

17 March 1968

Israel	7–0	Ceylon
Botba 1', 63' Spiegler 11', 59', 85' Perera 30' (o.g.) Spiegel 47'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Wanchai Suwaree (Thailand)

22 March 1968

Israel	4–0	Ceylon
Giora Spiegel 55' Rahamim Talbi 62' Shmuel Rosenthal 66' George Borba 77'	Report

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)