1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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 53' Brodd 74'	Report		Referee: Wharton (Scotland)

20 November 1960	Belgium	2–4	Switzerland	Brussels, Belgium
	Van Himst 24' Paeschen 80'	Report	Antenen 21', 48', 78' Schneiter 44'	Referee: Seipelt (Austria)

20 May 1961	Switzerland	2–1	Belgium	Lausanne, Switzerland
	Ballaman 8', 16'	Report	Claessen 83'	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, West Germany
	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 Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 40,690 Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

16 June 1961	Finland	0–2	Bulgaria	Helsinki, Finland
		Report	Iliev 33' Kolev 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 11,977 Referee: Latyshev (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
	Yakimov 28' Diev 34' Velichkov 86'	Report	Pietiläinen 10'	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 which 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 8', 64'	Report	McIlroy 81'	Referee: Priesner (Israel)

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

17 October 1961	Northern Ireland	2–0	Greece	Belfast, Northern Ireland
	McLaughlin 28', 57'	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, East Germany
	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	Oktay 16'	Stadium: Ullevaal 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' Meskhi 53'	Report	Borgen 64' E. Hansen 87'	Referee: Kowal (Poland)

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

29 October 1961	Turkey	2–1	Norway	Istanbul, Turkey
	Yelken 60' Oktay 72'	Report	Jensen 59'	Referee: Popa (Romania)

12 November 1961	Turkey	1–2	Soviet Union	Istanbul, Turkey
	Oktay 78'	Report	Gusarov 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 3', 7', 66' Greaves 16', 83', 85' Smith 22', 46' Haynes 61'	Referee: Martens (Netherlands)

19 March 1961	Portugal	6–0	Luxembourg	Lisbon, Portugal
	Águas 32' Yaúca 49', 53', 61' Brosius 83' (o.g.) Coluna 85'	Report		Referee: Mellet (Switzerland)

21 May 1961	Portugal	1–1	England	Lisbon, Portugal
	Águas 59'	Report	Flowers 82'	Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

28 September 1961	England	4–1	Luxembourg	London, England
	Pointer 35' Viollet 37' Charlton 45', 76'	Report	Dimmer 69'	Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

8 October 1961	Luxembourg	4–2	Portugal	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
	Schmit 27', 53', 56' N. Hoffmann 84'	Report	Eusébio 84' Yaúca 89'	Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

25 October 1961	England	2–0	Portugal	London, England
	Connelly 5' Pointer 9'	Report		Referee: Bois (France)

England qualified.

UEFA Group 7

First round

13 November 1960	Cyprus	1–1	Israel	Nicosia, Cyprus
	Shialis 29'	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 89' (pen.)	Referee: Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Israel advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

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

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'		Awad 31' Vassalo 64'	Referee: Pósa (Hungary)

Israel advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

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.

First Round		Second Round		Final



Italy	-

bye	-
		Italy	-

		Romania	withdrew
Romania	-

bye	-
				Italy	4 6

				Israel	2 0
Ethiopia	-

bye	-
		Ethiopia	0 2

		Israel	1 3
Israel	1 6

Cyprus	1 1

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 14', 40' Herd 59', 85'	Report	Haverty 52'	Referee: Guigue (France)

7 May 1961	Republic of Ireland	0–3	Scotland	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
		Report	Young 4', 16' Brand 86'	Referee: Grandain (Belgium)

14 May 1961	Czechoslovakia	4–0	Scotland	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
	Pospíchal 8', 85' Kvašňák 13' (pen.) Kadraba 40'	Report		Referee: Steiner (Austria)

29 September 1961	Scotland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	Glasgow, Scotland
	St. John 21' Law 62', 83'	Report	Kvašňák 6' Scherer 51'	Referee: Gulliksen (Norway)

8 October 1961	Republic of Ireland	1–3	Czechoslovakia	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Giles 40'	Report	Scherer 3' Kvašňák 61', 69'	Referee: Holland (England)

29 October 1961	Czechoslovakia	7–1	Republic of Ireland	Prague, Czechoslovakia
	Kvašňák 8', 36' Scherer 24', 75' Jelínek 30' Pospíchal 59' Masopust 61'	Report	Fogarty 56'	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

First Round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Spain	advanced
—	Denmark	withdrew

Second Round

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
—	Austria	withdrew

19 April 1961	Wales	1–2	Spain	Cardiff, Wales
	Woosnam 7'	Report	Rodríguez 21' Di Stéfano 78'	Referee: Reymaeckers (Belgium)

18 May 1961	Spain	1–1	Wales	Madrid, Spain
	Peiró 55'	Report	Allchurch 69'	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
—	Iceland	Withdrew

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
	Szmidt 29'	Report	Galić 2'	Referee: Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

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

Inter-confederation play-offs

CAF v UEFA

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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]

Goalscorers

7 goals

Andrej Kvašňák

5 goals

Yngve Brodd

Charles Antenen

4 goals

Milan Galić

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Fernand Brosius (playing against Portugal)

Notes

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

External links

RSSSF.com

[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.

[RSSSF_62-2] "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

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