1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner France qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  France 4 3 1 0 19 4 4.750 7 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup 6–3 8–0
2  Belgium 4 2 1 1 16 11 1.455 5 0–0 8–3
3  Iceland 4 0 0 4 6 26 0.231 0 1–5 2–5
Source: FIFA[1]

Matches[edit]

France 6 – 3 Belgium
Cisowski 13', 15', 44', 72', 88'
Vincent 18'
Report Houf 16'
Willems 61', 67'
Attendance: 46,049
Referee: Clough (England)

France 8 – 0 Iceland
C. Oliver 6', 11'
Vincent 29', 83'
Dereuddre 36'
Piantoni 45', 81'
Brahimi 49'
Report
Attendance: 15,080
Referee: Ellis (England)

Belgium 8 – 3 Iceland
Orlans 4', 57'
Piters 11'
Vandenberg 12'
Mees 22', 26'
Coppens 42', 44' (pen.)
Report Þórðarson 33', 77'
R. Jónsson 81'
Attendance: 6,792
Referee: Blitgen (Luxembourg)

Iceland 1 – 5 France
Þ. Jónsson 64' Report Cisowski 29', 32'
Ujlaki 48', 66'
Wisnieski 53'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

Iceland 2 – 5 Belgium
R. Jónsson 1'
Þ. Jónsson 65'
Report Van Herpe 9'
Willems 40'
Vandenberg 64', 81', 89'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

Belgium 0 – 0 France
Report
Attendance: 56,497
Referee: Helge (Denmark)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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