The Men's African Qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics tournament began in November 1959 and ended in April 1960.^[1]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5	Advance to second round		—	2–0	2–0
2	Morocco	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	5			3–1	—	2–1
3	Malta	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2			0–0	2–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Republic	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	6	Advance to second round		—	2–1	3–0
2	Ghana	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	4			2–0	—	4–1
3	Nigeria	4	1	0	3	6	14	−8	2			2–6	2–6	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sudan	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to second round		—	3–1	1–0
2	Ethiopia	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	4			1–1	—	1–1
3	Uganda	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1			0–1	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Republic	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Qualification for 1960 Summer Olympics		—	3–1	3–0
2	Tunisia	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3			0–0	—	2–0
3	Sudan	4	1	0	3	1	6	−5	2			0–1	1–0	—