Qualification

The qualification procedure for the UEFA Euro 1960 was a knockout tournament where teams would play two games on a home and away basis. If the aggregate scores were level after the tie, a third neutral venue would be used to decide the winners.

17 teams entered the competition. Two of the teams were selected to play the preliminary round. The winner would advance to the round of 16 along with the other 15 teams. The winners of the Round of 16 would play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the quarter-finals would advance to the final tournament, and the host would be selected among the four winners. A few of the round of 16 matches were played before the preliminary round match.

Rounds
Note: The team in bold is the team that won the game.

Preliminary round

 * Republic of Ireland vs Czechoslovakia (2-4)

Round of 16

 * Soviet Union vs Hungary (4-1)
 * France vs Greece (8-2)
 * Romania vs Turkey (3-2)
 * Norway vs Austria (2-6)
 * Yugoslavia vs Bulgaria (3-1)
 * East Germany vs Portugal (2-5)
 * Poland vs Spain (2-7)
 * Denmark vs Czechoslovakia (3-7)

Quarter-finals

 * France vs Austria (9-4)
 * Portugal vs Yugoslavia (3-6)
 * Romania vs Czechoslovakia (0-5)
 * Soviet Union automatically qualified for the final tournament after Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for the first leg of their quarter-final.

Result
This is a list of all of the countries that qualified for the Euro 1960:
 * France
 * Yugoslavia
 * Czechoslovakia
 * Soviet Union