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1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

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1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates21 August 1960 – 16 December 1961
Teams56 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played92
Goals scored325 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czechoslovakia Andrej Kvašňák
(7 goals)
← 1958
1966 →

A total of 56 teams entered the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Chile, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds varied by confederation.[1] The winners of the four weakest continental zones: North America (NAFC), Central America and Caribbean (CCCF), Africa (CAF) and Asia (AFC), were not guaranteed direct spots in the final tournament. Instead, they entered a play-off against a team from either Europe (UEFA) or South America (CONMEBOL), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.

Format

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The 16 spots available in the 1962 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:

  • Europe (UEFA): 8 direct places + 2 spots in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against teams from CAF and AFC), contested by 30 teams (including Israel and Ethiopia).
  • South America (CONMEBOL): 5 direct places + 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from CCCF/NAFC); 2 direct places went to automatic qualifiers Chile and Brazil, while the other 3.5 places were contested by 7 teams.
  • North, Central America and Caribbean (CCCF/NAFC): 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from CONMEBOL), contested by 8 teams.
  • Africa (CAF): 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from UEFA), contested by 6 teams.
  • Asia (AFC): 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from UEFA), contested by 3 teams.

A total of 49 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 92 qualifying matches were played, and 325 goals were scored (an average of 3.53 per match).

Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.

Confederation qualification

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AFC

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

There would be only one round of play. The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  South Korea 2 4
2  Japan 2 0
3  Indonesia 0 0
Source: RSSSF[2]

CAF

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

There would be two rounds of play:

  • First round: The 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
  • Final round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

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Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Sudan and the United Arab Republic both withdrew; the Group was scratched.[3]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Morocco 2 2
2  Tunisia 2 2
Source: RSSSF[2]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Ghana 2 3
2  Nigeria 2 1
Source: RSSSF[2]

Second round

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Second round

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Morocco 2 3
2  Ghana 2 1
Source: RSSSF[2]

CCCF and NAFC

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)

There would be two rounds of play:

  • First Round: The remaining 7 teams (Canada withdrew before the matches began) were divided into 3 groups of 2 or 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from Northern America and Mexico, Group 2 with teams from Central America and Group 3 with teams from Caribbean). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
  • Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

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Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Mexico 2 3
2  United States 2 1
Source: FIFA[4]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Costa Rica 4 5
2  Honduras 4 5
3  Guatemala 4 2
Source: FIFA[4]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Netherlands Antilles 2 3
2  Suriname 2 1
Source: FIFA[4]

Second round

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Second round

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Mexico 4 5
2  Costa Rica 4 4
3  Netherlands Antilles 4 3
Source: FIFA[4]

CONMEBOL

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Among the 7 teams, Paraguay were drawn to play in the CONMEBOL / CCCF / NAFC Intercontinental Play-off. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Argentina 2 4
2  Ecuador 2 0
Source: FIFA[5]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Uruguay 2 3
2  Bolivia 2 1
Source: FIFA[6]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Colombia 2 3
2  Peru 2 1
Source: FIFA[7]

UEFA

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
  • 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. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
  • 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. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Sweden 4 6
2   Switzerland 4 6
3  Belgium 4 0
Source: FIFA[8]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  France 4 6
2  Bulgaria 4 6
3  Finland 4 0
Source: FIFA[9]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  West Germany 4 8
2  Northern Ireland 4 2
3  Greece 4 2
Source: FIFA[10]
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Hungary 4 7
2  Netherlands 3 2
3  East Germany 3 1
Source: FIFA[11]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Soviet Union 4 8
2  Turkey 4 4
3  Norway 4 0
Source: FIFA[12]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  England 4 7
2  Portugal 4 3
3  Luxembourg 4 2
Source: FIFA[13]
Group 8 Group 9 Group 10
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 4 6
2  Scotland 4 6
3  Republic of Ireland 4 0
Source: FIFA[14]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Spain 2 3
2  Wales 2 1
Source: FIFA[15]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Yugoslavia 2 3
2  Poland 2 1
Source: FIFA[16]
Group 7
First Round Second Round Final Round
 Italy w/o
 Romania (withdrew)
 Italy 4 6 10
 Israel 2 0 2
 Ethiopia 0 2 2
 Israel 1 6 7  Israel 1 3 4
 Cyprus 1 1 2

Inter-confederation play-offs

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

In each play-off, the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

CAF v UEFA

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF–UEFA play-off)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Morocco
1  Spain 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 3–2
2  Morocco 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF[2]

UEFA v AFC

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia South Korea
1  Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 4 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 5–1
2  South Korea 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0 1–3 —
Source: RSSSF[2]

CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL

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Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Paraguay
1  Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 1–0
2  Paraguay 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF[2]

Qualified teams

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FIFA World Cup qualification 1962
Qualifying countries
Team Date of qualification Finals appearance Streak Last appearance
 Argentina 17 December 1960 4th 2 1958
 Brazil (defending champions) 29 June 1958 7th 7 1958
 Bulgaria 16 December 1961 1st 1 —
 Chile (hosts) 11 June 1956 3rd 1 1950
 Colombia 7 May 1961 1st 1 —
 Czechoslovakia 29 November 1961 5th 3 1958
 England 25 October 1961 4th 4 1958
 Hungary 10 September 1961 5th 3 1958
 Italy 4 November 1961 5th 1 1954
 Mexico 5 November 1961 5th 4 1958
 Spain 23 November 1961 3rd 1 1950
  Switzerland 12 November 1961 5th 1 1954
 Uruguay 30 July 1961 4th 1 1954
 Soviet Union 12 November 1961 2nd 2 1958
 West Germany 22 October 1961 5th 3 1958
 Yugoslavia 26 November 1961 5th 4 1958

Goalscorers

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7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

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  • For the second World Cup in a row, no teams from Africa or Asia qualified.

References

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  1. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-04. Sudan and Egypt tried to rearrange their qualifying games to avoid the monsoon season. FIFA did not permit this, however, and both teams withdrew.
  4. ^ a b c d "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
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