There were two
teams representing the whole of Ireland in the 1950 World Cup qualifying
competition; one was the Belfast-based Irish Football Association, and the
other was the Dublin-based Football Association of Ireland. For the 1954
World Cup qualifying competition, the former became Northern Ireland and the
latter became the Republic of Ireland.
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland competed as a combined team at the Olympic Games, whilst
the four home nations of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland) competed as individual countries in the World Cup and
European Nations Cup (Euro).
West Germany sent a
team to represent the whole of Germany at the Olympic Games of 1952 and
1956. For the 1960 qualifying competition a play-off was held to decide
which team would represent Germany. West Germany defeated the German
Democratic Republic (East Germany), but ultimately did not qualify for the
Games.
Key: DNQ = Did Not
Qualify, dsq = Disqualified, Prelim = Preliminary, QF = Quarter-finals, rej
= Application Rejected, rnd = Round, RU = Runners-up, wdn
= Withdrawn.