1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 19 October 1960 - 29 November 1961 |
Teams | 32[1] (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 216 (4.24 per match) |
Attendance | 2,252,076 (44,158 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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The European section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification functioned as the qualifiers for the 1962 World Cup, which took place in Chile. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format
[edit]The 30 teams were divided into 10 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows:
- Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
- Group 7 had 5 teams. The teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
- Group 9 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
- Group 10 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Groups
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | — |
Source: FIFA[2]
- Switzerland won a playoff on a neutral ground.
Group 2
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground | — | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
Source: FIFA[3]
- Bulgaria won a playoff on a neutral ground.
Group 3
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 8 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 | 3–4 | — | 2–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — |
Source: FIFA[4]
Group 4
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | 0–3 | — | – | ||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |
Source: FIFA[5]
Group 5
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 8 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 5–2 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Source: FIFA[6]
Group 6
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 7 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | 1–1 | — | 6–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 2 | 0–9 | 4–2 | — |
Source: FIFA[7]
Group 7
[edit]First Round | Second Round | Final Round | |||||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 6 | 7 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Group 8
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 6 | Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground | — | 4–0 | 7–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 | 3–2 | — | 4–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |
Source: FIFA[8]
- Czechoslovakia won a playoff on a neutral ground.
Group 9
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advanced to the CAF–UEFA play-off | — | 1–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | 1–2 | — |
Source: FIFA[9]
Group 10
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advanced to the UEFA–AFC play-off | — | 2–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | 1–1 | — |
Source: FIFA[10]
Inter-confederation play-offs
[edit]CAF v UEFA
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–2 | |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | 0–1 | — |
Source: RSSSF[11]
UEFA v AFC
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 5–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | 1–3 | — |
Source: RSSSF[11]
Qualified teams
[edit]The following 10 countries qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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![]() | Group 1 winners | 12 November 1961 | 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954) |
![]() | Group 2 winners | 16 December 1961 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Group 3 winners | 22 October 1961 | 4 (19342, 19382, 1954, 1958) |
![]() | Group 4 winners | 22 October 1961 | 4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958) |
![]() | Group 5 winners | 12 November 1961 | 1 (1958) |
![]() | Group 6 winners | 25 October 1961 | 3 (1950, (1954, 1958) |
![]() | Group 7 winners | 4 November 1961 | 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954) |
![]() | Group 8 winners | 29 November 1961 | 4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958) |
![]() | CAF-UEFA playoff winners | 23 November 1961 | 2 (1934, 1950) |
![]() | UEFA-AFC playoff winners | 26 November 1961 | 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- 2Competed as Germany
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 216 goals scored in 51 matches, for an average of 4.24 goals per match.
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Hristo Iliev
Dimitar Yakimov
Michalis Shialis
Dieter Erler
Ray Pointer
Bobby Smith
Kai Pahlman
Jacques Faivre
János Göröcs
Károly Sándor
Henk Groot
Tonny van der Linden
Jimmy McIlroy
Jim McLaughlin
José Águas
David Herd
Denis Law
Alex Young
Valentin Bubukin
Mikheil Meskhi
Slava Metreveli
Viktor Ponedelnik
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Agne Simonsson
Robert Ballaman
Heinz Schneiter
Dragoslav Šekularac
- 1 goal
Roger Claessen
Paul van Himst
Marcel Paeschen
Todor Diev
Ivan Petkov Kolev
Petar Velichkov
Jiří Hledík
Josef Jelínek
Josef Kadraba
Josef Masopust
Peter Ducke
John Connelly
Ron Flowers
Johnny Haynes
Dennis Viollet
Mohammed Awad
Luciano Vassalo
Sauli Pietiläinen
Lucien Cossou
Jean-Jacques Marcel
Roger Piantoni
Ernest Schultz
Joseph Ujlaki
Flórián Albert
Máté Fenyvesi
Tivadar Monostori
Ernő Solymosi
Amby Fogarty
Johnny Giles
Joe Haverty
Boaz Kofman
Shlomo Nahari
Reuven Young
José Altafini
Antonio Angelillo
Francisco Lojacono
Camille Dimmer
Nicolas Hoffmann
Bjørn Borgen
Eldar Hansen
Roald Jensen
Lucjan Brychczy
Jan Szmidt
Mário Coluna
Eusébio
Gennadi Gusarov
Aleksei Mamykin
Valery Voronin
Enrique Collar
Marcelino
Joaquín Peiró
Alfonso Rodríguez Salas
Luis del Sol
Torbjörn Jonsson
Norbert Eschmann
Rolf Wüthrich
Aydın Yelken
Ivor Allchurch
Phil Woosnam
Helmut Haller
Richard Kreß
Zvezdan Čebinac
Dražan Jerković
Tomislav Kaloperović
Bora Kostić
Petar Radaković
- 1 own goal
Fernand Brosius (playing against Portugal)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Romania withdrew without playing any matches
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ a b "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.