1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

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 were quite confusing. Moreover, 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, each of them had to enter a play-off against a team from either Europe (UEFA) or South America (CONMEBOL), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.

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.

Europe

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.

UEFA Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Sweden	6	4	3	1	10	3	+7
1=	Switzerland	6	4	3	1	9	9	0
3	Belgium	0	4	0	4	3	10	−7

19 October 1960	Sweden	2 – 0	Belgium	Stockholm, Sweden
	Börjesson Brodd	Report		Referee: Wharton (Scotland)

20 November 1960	Belgium	2 – 4	Switzerland	Brussels, Belgium
	Paeschen Van Himst	Report	Antenen Schneiter	Referee: Seipelt (Austria)

20 May 1961	Switzerland	2 – 1	Belgium	Lausanne, Switzerland
	Ballaman	Report	Claessen	Referee: Dorogi (Hungary)

28 May 1961	Sweden	4 – 0	Switzerland	Stockholm, Sweden
	Jonsson 8' Börjesson 15', 75' Simonsson 70'	Report		Referee: Scares (Portugal)

4 October 1961	Belgium	0 – 2	Sweden	Brussels, Belgium
		Report	Brodd 70', 78'	Referee: Guerra (Portugal)

29 October 1961	Switzerland	3 – 2	Sweden	Bern, Switzerland
	Antenen 8' Wüthrich 68' Eschmann 81'	Report	Simonsson 2' Brodd 79'	Referee: Aston (England)

Sweden and Switzerland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

12 November 1961	Switzerland	2 – 1	Sweden	West Berlin
	Schneiter 65' Antenen 76'	Report	Brodd 20'	Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

Switzerland qualified for FIFA World Cup 1962 in Chile

UEFA Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	France	6	4	3	1	10	3	+7
1=	Bulgaria	6	4	3	1	6	4	+2
3	Finland	0	4	0	4	3	12	−9

25 September 1960	Finland	1 – 2	France	Helsinki, Finland
	Pahlman 36' (pen.)	Report	Wisnieski 63' Ujlaki 83'	Referee: Malka (West Germany)

11 December 1960	France	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Colombes, France
	Wisnieski 48' Marcel 58' Cossou 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 40,690 Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

16 June 1961	Finland	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Helsinki, Finland
		Report	Iliev Kolev (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 11,977 Referee: Latishev (Soviet Union)

28 September 1961	France	5 – 1	Finland	Paris, France
	Faivre 6', 41' Wisnieski 12' Piantoni 79' Schultz 86'	Report	Pahlman 44'	Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)

29 October 1961	Bulgaria	3 – 1	Finland	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Diev Velichkov Yakimov	Report	Pietiläinen	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Baçar (Turkey)

12 November 1961	Bulgaria	1 – 0	France	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Iliev 89'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Fend (Czechoslovakia)

Bulgaria and France finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

16 December 1961	Bulgaria	1 – 0	France	Milan, Italy
	Yakimov 47'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,740 Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

Bulgaria qualified for FIFA World Cup 1962 in Chile

UEFA Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	West Germany	8	4	4	0	11	5	+6
2	Northern Ireland	2	4	1	3	7	8	−1
3	Greece	2	4	1	3	3	8	−5

26 October 1960	Northern Ireland	3 – 4	West Germany	Belfast, Northern Ireland
	McAdams 27' 51' 90'	Report	Brülls 7' Seeler 53' Dörfel 55' 79'	Referee: Horn (Netherlands)

20 November 1960	Greece	0 – 3	West Germany	Athens, Greece
		Report	Dörfel 8' Brülls 31' Haller 42'	Referee: Ehrlich (Yugoslavia)

3 May 1961	Greece	2 – 1	Northern Ireland	Athens, Greece
	Papaemmanouil	Report	McIlroy	Referee: Priesner (Israel)

10 May 1961	West Germany	2 – 1	Northern Ireland	West Berlin
	Kreß 29' Brülls 58'	Report	McIlroy 69'	Referee: Lindberg (Sweden)

17 October 1961	Northern Ireland	2 – 0	Greece	Belfast, Northern Ireland
	McLaughlin	Report		Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

22 October 1961	West Germany	2 – 1	Greece	Augsburg, West Germany
	Seeler 5' 27'	Report	Papaemmanouil 59'	Referee: Nilsen (Norway)

West Germany qualified.

UEFA Group 4

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hungary	7	4	3	1	0	11	5	+6
2	Netherlands	2	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3
3	East Germany	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3

16 April 1961	Hungary	2 – 0	East Germany	Budapest, Hungary
	Albert 12' Göröcs 52'	Report		Referee: Takov (Bulgaria)

30 April 1961	Netherlands	0 – 3	Hungary	Rotterdam, Netherlands
		Report	Fenyvesi 22' Sándor 24' Tichy 36'	Referee: Kingston (Wales)

14 May 1961	East Germany	1 – 1	Netherlands	Leipzig, East Germany
	Erler 79'	Report	Groot 63'	Referee: Jörgensen (Denmark)

10 September 1961	East Germany	2 – 3	Hungary	East Berlin
	Erler 53' P. Ducke 87'	Report	Solymosi 43' Sándor 75' Tichy 78'	Referee: Lukianov (Soviet Union)

1 October 1961

Netherlands

Not Played^[1]

East Germany

Netherlands

22 October 1961	Hungary	3 – 3	Netherlands	Budapest, Hungary
	Göröcs 19' Monostori 21' Tichy 80'	Report	Van de Linden 8' 14' Groot 56'	Referee: Phillips (Scotland)

Hungary qualified.

UEFA Group 5

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Soviet Union	8	4	4	0	11	3	+8
2	Turkey	4	4	2	2	4	4	0
3	Norway	0	4	0	4	3	11	−8

1 June 1961	Norway	0 – 1	Turkey	Oslo, Norway
		Report	Metin 16'	Referee: Hansen (Denmark)

18 June 1961	Soviet Union	1 – 0	Turkey	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Voronin 20'	Report		Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)

1 July 1961	Soviet Union	5 – 2	Norway	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Metreveli 14' Ponedelnik 26' Bubukin 32', 66' Meschi 53'	Report	Borgen 64' E. Hansen 87'	Referee: Kowal (Poland)

23 August 1961	Norway	0 – 3	Soviet Union	Oslo, Norway
		Report	Ponedelnik 48' Meschi 49' Metreveli 76'	Referee: Meighan (Republic of Ireland)

29 October 1961	Turkey	2 – 1	Norway	Istanbul, Turkey
	Aydin 60' Metin 72'	Report	Jensen	Referee: Popa (Romania)

12 November 1961	Turkey	1 – 2	Soviet Union	Istanbul, Turkey
	Metin 78'	Report	Gusarow 12' Mamykin 18'	Referee: Verner (Israel)

Soviet Union qualified.

UEFA Group 6

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	England	7	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14
2	Portugal	3	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2
3	Luxembourg	2	4	1	0	3	5	21	−16

19 October 1960	Luxembourg	0 – 9	England	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Report	Charlton Greaves Smith Haynes	Referee: Martens (Netherlands)

19 March 1961	Portugal	6 – 0	Luxembourg	Lisbon, Portugal
	Yaúca Aguas Brosius (o.g.) Coluna	Report		Referee: Mellet (Switzerland)

21 May 1961	Portugal	1 – 1	England	Lisbon, Portugal
	Aguas	Report	Flowers	Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

28 September 1961	England	4 – 1	Luxembourg	London, England
	Charlton Pointer Viollet	Report	Dimmer	Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

8 October 1961	Luxembourg	4 – 2	Portugal	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
	Schmit N. Hoffmann	Report	Eusébio Yauca	Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

25 October 1961	England	2 – 0	Portugal	London, England
	Connelly Pointer	Report		Referee: Bois (France)

England qualified.

UEFA Group 7

First round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Israel	3	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5
2	Cyprus	1	2	0	1	1	2	7	−5

13 November 1960	Cyprus	1 – 1	Israel	Nicosia, Cyprus
	Shialis	Report	Kofman 31'	Referee: Bajić (Yugoslavia)

27 November 1960	Israel	6 – 1	Cyprus	Tel-Aviv, Israel
	Levi 14', 30', 66' Stelmach 61', 88' Nahari 34'	Report	Shialis	Referee: Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Israel advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Italy	advanced
—	Romania	withdrew

Romania withdrew, so Italy advanced to the Final Round automatically.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Israel	4	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
2	Ethiopia	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2

14 March 1961	Israel	1 – 0	Ethiopia	Tel-Aviv, Israel
	Glazer 69'			Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

19 March 1961	Israel	3 – 2	Ethiopia	Haifa, Israel
	Glazer 27', 77' Stelmach 59'		Mengistu Tesfaye	Referee: Pósa (Hungary)

Israel advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Italy	4	2	2	0	0	10	2	+8
2	Israel	0	2	0	0	2	2	10	−8

15 October 1961	Israel	2 – 4	Italy	Tel-Aviv, Israel
	Stelmach 15' Young 38'	Report	Lojacono 53' (pen.) Altafini 79' Corso 87', 90'	Referee: Takow (Bulgaria)

4 November 1961	Italy	6 – 0	Israel	Turin, Italy
	Sivori 16', 52', 65', 88' Corso 59' Angelillo 69'	Report		Referee: Asensi Martin (Spain)

Italy qualified.

UEFA Group 8

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Czechoslovakia	6	4	3	1	16	5	+11
1=	Scotland	6	4	3	1	10	7	+3
3	Republic of Ireland	0	4	0	4	3	17	−14

3 May 1961	Scotland	4 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Glasgow, Scotland
	Brand Herd	Report	Haverty	Referee: Guigue (France)

7 May 1961	Republic of Ireland	0 – 3	Scotland	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
		Report	Young Brand	Referee: Grandain (Belgium)

14 May 1961	Czechoslovakia	4 – 0	Scotland	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
	Pospíchal Kadraba Kvašňák	Report		Referee: Steiner (Austria)

29 September 1961	Scotland	3 – 2	Czechoslovakia	Glasgow, Scotland
	Law St. John	Report	Kvašňák Scherer	Referee: Gulliksen (Norway)

8 October 1961	Republic of Ireland	1 – 3	Czechoslovakia	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Giles	Report	Kvašňák Scherer	Referee: Holland (England)

29 October 1961	Czechoslovakia	7 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Prague, Czechoslovakia
	Kvašňák Scherer Jelínek Masopust Pospíchal	Report	Fogarty	Referee: Lundell (Sweden)

Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

29 November 1961	Czechoslovakia	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Scotland	Brussels, Belgium
	Hledík 70' Scherer 84' Pospíchal 95' Kvašňák 101'	Report	St. John 38', 71'	Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

Czechoslovakia qualified.

UEFA Group 9

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Spain	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
2	Wales	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1

19 April 1961	Wales	1 – 2	Spain	Cardiff, Wales
	Woosnam	Report	Di Stéfano Foncho	Referee: Reymaeckers (Belgium)

18 May 1961	Spain	1 – 1	Wales	Madrid, Spain
	Peiró	Report	Allchurch	Referee: Horn (Netherlands)

Spain advanced to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

UEFA Group 10

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
2	Poland	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1

4 June 1961	Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Poland	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Kaloperović 42' (pen.) Kostić 49'	Report	Brychczy 65'	Referee: Stathatos (Greece)

25 June 1961	Poland	1 – 1	Yugoslavia	Chorzów, Poland
	J. Schmidt 29'	Report	Galić 2'	Referee: Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Yugoslavia advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

South America

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.

CONMEBOL Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Argentina	4	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8
2	Ecuador	0	2	0	0	2	3	11	−8

4 December 1960	Ecuador	3 – 6	Argentina	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Spencer 81' Raffo 83', 85'		Corbatta Pando Ramaciotti San Filippo Sosa	Referee: Robles (Chile)

17 December 1960	Argentina	5 – 0	Ecuador	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Corbatta Pando San Filippo Sosa			Referee: Robles (Chile)

Argentina qualified.

CONMEBOL Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
2	Bolivia	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1

15 July 1961	Bolivia	1 – 1	Uruguay	La Paz, Bolivia
	Alcócer 54'		L. Cubilla 23'	Referee: Robles (Chile)

30 July 1961	Uruguay	2 – 1	Bolivia	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Cabrera 3' Escalada 39'		Camacho 65'	Referee: Robles (Chile)

Uruguay qualified.

CONMEBOL Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Colombia	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
2	Peru	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

30 April 1961	Colombia	1 – 0	Peru	Bogotá, Colombia
	Gonzalez			Referee: Praddaude (Argentina)

7 May 1961	Peru	1 – 1	Colombia	Lima, Peru
	Delgado 3'		Aceros	Referee: Marino (Uruguay)

Colombia qualified.

North, Central America and Caribbean

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.

CCCF/NAFC First Round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Mexico	3	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3
2	United States	1	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3
—	Canada	withdrew

6 November 1960	United States	3 – 3	Mexico	Los Angeles, United States
	Bicek 31' Zerhusen 58' Fister 85'		Mercado 8' Reyes 17', 21'	Referee: Kulai (Canada)

13 November 1960	Mexico	3 – 0	United States	Mexico City, Mexico
	Mercado 5' Reyes 35' Diaz 38'			Referee: Sanchez (Honduras)

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Costa Rica	5	4	2	1	1	13	8	+5
1=	Honduras	5	4	2	1	1	5	7	−2
3	Guatemala	2	4	0	2	2	7	10	−3

21 August 1960	Costa Rica	3 – 2	Guatemala	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Feo Ulloa			Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

28 August 1960	Guatemala	4 – 4	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Jimenez Ulloa	Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

4 September 1960	Honduras	2 – 1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Suazo 10' Leaky 21'		Rodriguez	Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

11 September 1960	Costa Rica	5 – 0	Honduras	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Jimenez Ulloa Rodriguez			Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

25 September 1960	Honduras	1 – 1	Guatemala	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Suazo 59'			Referee: Mendez (El Salvador)

2 October 1960	Guatemala	0 – 2 (w/o)	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Forfeited^[2]

Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

14 January 1961	Costa Rica	1 – 0	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Rodriguez			Referee: Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico)

Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Netherlands Antilles	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
2	Suriname	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

2 October 1960	Suriname	1 – 2	Netherlands Antilles	Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana
				Referee: Orrego (Colombia)

27 November 1960	Netherlands Antilles	0 – 0	Suriname	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
				Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Netherlands Antilles advanced to the Final Round.

CCCF/NAFC Final Round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Mexico	5	4	2	1	1	11	2	+9
2	Costa Rica	4	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2
3	Netherlands Antilles	3	4	1	1	2	2	13	−11

22 March 1961	Costa Rica	1 – 0	Mexico	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Goban 51'			Referee: Queiroz (Brazil)

29 March 1961	Costa Rica	6 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Ulloa Feo Goban Monge Rodriguez			Referee: Tejada Burga (Peru)

5 April 1961	Mexico	7 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Mexico City, Mexico
	F. Flores 28', 52', 64' Reyes 45', 75' Palmer 65', 80'			Referee: Morgan (Canada)

12 April 1961	Mexico	4 – 1	Costa Rica	Mexico City, Mexico
	F. Flores 11' Cardenas 31' C. utierrez 77' Mercado 87'		Ulloa 54'	Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

23 April 1961	Netherlands Antilles	2 – 0	Costa Rica	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
				Referee: Trapota López (Venezuela)

21 May 1961	Netherlands Antilles	0 – 0	Mexico	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
				Referee: Goldstein (United States)

Mexico advanced to the CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Africa

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.

CAF First Round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
—	United Arab Republic	withdrew
—	Sudan	withdrew

United Arab Republic and Sudan both withdrew as FIFA refused to allow them to rearrange their games to avoid the monsoon season.[1]

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Morocco	2	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
1=	Tunisia	2	2	1	0	1	3	3	0

30 October 1960	Morocco	2 – 1	Tunisia	Casablanca, Morocco
	Khail 33' Azhar 60'		Meddeb 43'	Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)

13 November 1960	Tunisia	2 – 1	Morocco	Tunis, Tunisia
	Chetali 47' Tlamcani 60'		Chicha 64'	Referee: Steiner (Austria)

Morocco and Tunisia finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

22 January 1961	Morocco	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia	Palermo, Italy
	Azhar 36'		Kerrit 89'	Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

Morocco advanced to the Final Round by winning a coin toss.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Ghana	3	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3
2	Nigeria	1	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3

28 August 1960	Ghana	4 – 1	Nigeria	Accra, Ghana
	Acquah 18' Boateng 44' Fynn 54' Salisu 55'		Fayemi 50'	Referee: Holland (England)

10 September 1960	Nigeria	2 – 2	Ghana	Lagos, Nigeria
	Emenako 28' Fayemi 75' (pen.)			Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

Ghana advanced to the Final Round.

CAF Final Round

Only 2 teams competed due to the withdrawals of both teams in Group 1.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Morocco	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
2	Ghana	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1

2 April 1961	Ghana	0 – 0	Morocco	Accra, Ghana
				Referee: Helmy (Egypt)

28 May 1961	Morocco	1 – 0	Ghana	Casablanca, Morocco
	Khalli			Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)

Morocco advanced to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

Asia

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.

AFC Final Round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	South Korea	4	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
2	Japan	0	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
—	Indonesia	withdrew

6 November 1960	South Korea	2 – 1	Japan	Seoul, Korea Republic
				Referee: Kim Duck-Chun (Korea Republic)

11 June 1961	Japan	0 – 2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
				Referee: Pratlett (Hong Kong)

Korea Republic advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Intercontinental Play-offs

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

UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Spain	4	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
2	Morocco	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2

12 November 1961	Morocco	0 – 1	Spain	Casablanca, Morocco
			del Sol 80'	Referee: Mellet (Switzerland)

23 November 1961	Spain	3 – 2	Morocco	Madrid, Spain
	Marcelino 12' Di Stéfano 44' Collar 58'		Riahi 40' Abdallah 64'	Referee: Jonni (Italy)

Spain qualified.

UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Yugoslavia	4	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
2	South Korea	0	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6

8 October 1961	Yugoslavia	5 – 1	South Korea	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Sekularac Čebinac Galić Radakovic		Chang Sun-Chen	Referee: Ioannidis (Greece)

26 November 1961	South Korea	1 – 3	Yugoslavia	Seoul, Korea Republic
	Ju Pang-Sun		Galić Jerkovic	Referee: Mak Xeun Fei (Hong Kong)

Yugoslavia qualified.

CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Intercontinental Play-off

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Mexico	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
2	Paraguay	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1

29 October 1961	Mexico	1 – 0	Paraguay	Mexico City, Mexico
	Reyes 20'			Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)

5 November 1961	Paraguay	0 – 0	Mexico	Asunción, Paraguay
				Referee: Vaga Albergati (Uruguay)

Mexico qualified.

Qualified teams

Team	Finals Appearance	Streak	Last Appearance
Argentina	4th	2	1958
Brazil (c)	7th	7	1958
Bulgaria	1st	1	–
Chile (h)	3rd	1	1950
Colombia	1st	1	–
Czechoslovakia	5th	3	1958
England	4th	4	1958
Hungary	5th	3	1958
Italy	5th	1	1954
Mexico	5th	4	1958
Spain	3rd	1	1950
Switzerland	5th	1	1954
Uruguay	4th	1	1954
Soviet Union	2nd	2	1958
West Germany	5th	3	1958
Yugoslavia	5th	4	1958

(h) - qualified automatically as host nation

(c) - qualified automatically as defending champions

Notes

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

References

^ Netherlands v. East Germany was not played as due to visa problems; the East German players were not allowed to enter the Netherlands. Hungary was already de-facto qualified with three wins, and no other date was arranged.
^ FIFA awarded Honduras a 2-0 win because Guatemala forfeited.

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[1] Netherlands v. East Germany was not played as due to visa problems; the East German players were not allowed to enter the Netherlands. Hungary was already de-facto qualified with three wins, and no other date was arranged.

[2] FIFA awarded Honduras a 2-0 win because Guatemala forfeited.

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