1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification 21 August 1960 – 16 December 1961 56 6 92 323 TCH 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.http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) 2010-06-10 FIFA 2022-06-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100602004441/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf 2010-06-02 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 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 323 goals were scored (an average of 3.51 per match). Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. Confederation qualification AFC 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. y n CAF 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 Group 1Group 2Group 3Sudan and the United Arab Republic both withdrew; the Group was scratched.http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) 2010-06-10 FIFA 2022-06-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100602004441/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf 2010-06-02 Sudan and Egypt tried to rearrange their qualifying games to avoid the monsoon season. FIFA did not permit this, however, and both teams withdrew.Group 2 y nGroup 3 y n Second round Second roundSecond round y n CCCF and NAFC 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 due to scheduling constraintshttps://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-canada-pulls-out-of-1/20900536/ World Soccer Cup Schedule Too Tough 31 May 1960 21 June 2026 Nanaimo Daily News (archived on Newspapers.com)) 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 Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 1 y nGroup 2 y nGroup 3 y n Second round Second roundSecond round y n CONMEBOL 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Among the 7 teams, Paraguay were drawn to play in the CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL 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 1Group 2Group 3Group 1 y nGroup 2 y nGroup 3 y n UEFA 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 1Group 2Group 3y ny ny nGroup 4Group 5Group 6y ny ny nGroup 8Group 9Group 10y ny ny n Group 7Bracket Inter-confederation play-offs 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 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF–UEFA play-off) playoff1 UEFA v AFC 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off) playoff2 CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off) playoff3 Qualified teams thumb|500px|FIFA World Cup qualification 1962 thumb|500px|Qualifying countries TeamDate of qualificationFinals appearanceStreakLast appearanceARG17 December 19604th21958BRA 1960 (defending champions)29 June 19587th71958BUL 194816 December 19611st1—CHI (hosts)11 June 19563rd11950COL7 May 19611st1—TCH29 November 19615th31958ENG25 October 19614th41958HUN10 September 19615th31958ITA4 November 19615th11954MEX 19345 November 19615th41958ESP 194523 November 19613rd11950SUI12 November 19615th11954URU30 July 19614th11954URS 195512 November 19612nd21958FRG22 October 19615th31958YUG26 November 19615th41958 Goalscorers 7 goals 20em TCH Andrej Kvašňák 6 goals 20em CRC Juan Ulloa MEX 1934 Salvador Reyes Monteón 5 goals 20em TCH Adolf Scherer ENG Bobby Charlton SWE Yngve Brodd SUI Charles Antenen 4 goals 20em CRC Rubén Jiménez CRC Marvin Rodríguez TCH Tomáš Pospíchal GUA Francisco López Contreras ISR Nahum Stelmach ITA Omar Sivori MEX 1934 Francisco Flores POR Yaúca KOR 1949 Chung Soon-cheon YUG Milan Galić 3 goals 20em ARG Oreste Omar Corbatta ENG Jimmy Greaves FRA 1794 Maryan Wisnieski GHA Edward Acquah GRE old Andreas Papaemmanouil HUN Lajos Tichy ISR Yehoshua Glazer ISR Shlomo Levi ITA Mario Corso LUX Ady Schmit MEX 1934 Sigfrido Mercado MAR Abdallah Azhar NIR Billy McAdams SCO Ralph Brand SCO Ian St. John SWE Rune Börjesson TUR Metin Oktay FRG Albert Brülls FRG Gert Dörfel FRG Uwe Seeler 2 goals 20em ARG Martín Pando ARG José Francisco Sanfilippo ARG Rubén Héctor Sosa BUL 1948 Hristo Iliev BUL 1948 Dimitar Yakimov CRC Manrique Quesada CYP 1960 Michalis Shialis GDR Dieter Erler ECU Carlos Alberto Raffo ENG Ray Pointer ENG Bobby Smith FIN Kai Pahlman FRA 1794 Jacques Faivre GUA Augusto Espinoza HON 1949 Carlos Humberto Suazo HUN János Göröcs HUN Károly Sándor MEX 1934 Eduardo González Palmer MAR Mohamed Khalfi NED Henk Groot NED Tonny van der Linden ANT 1959 Eduvigis Rudolfo Dirksz ANT 1959 Edwin Miliano Loran NGA Dejo Fayemi NIR Jimmy McIlroy NIR Jim McLaughlin POR José Águas SCO David Herd SCO Denis Law SCO Alex Young KOR 1949 Yoo Pan-soon URS 1955 Valentin Bubukin URS 1955 Mikheil Meskhi URS 1955 Slava Metreveli URS 1955 Viktor Ponedelnik ESP 1945 Alfredo Di Stéfano SWE Agne Simonsson SUI Robert Ballaman SUI Heinz Schneiter YUG Dragoslav Šekularac 1 goal 20em ARG Ricardo José Maria Ramaciotti BEL Roger Claessen BEL Paul Van Himst BEL Marcel Paeschen BOL civil Máximo Alcócer BOL civil Wilfredo Camacho BUL 1948 Todor Diev BUL 1948 Ivan Petkov Kolev BUL 1948 Petar Velichkov COL Eusebio Escobar COL Héctor Garzon González CRC Carlos Vivo Goban CRC Álvaro Grant MacDonald CRC Jorge Hernán Monge CRC Walter Pearson CRC Francisco Rojas CRC Rigoberto Rojas TCH Jiří Hledík TCH Josef Jelínek TCH Josef Kadraba TCH Josef Masopust GDR Peter Ducke ECU Alberto Spencer ENG John Connelly ENG Ron Flowers ENG Johnny Haynes ENG Dennis Viollet ETH 1897 Mohammed Awad ETH 1897 Luciano Vassalo FIN Sauli Pietiläinen FRA 1794 Lucien Cossou FRA 1794 Jean-Jacques Marcel FRA 1794 Roger Piantoni FRA 1794 Ernest Schultz FRA 1794 Joseph Ujlaki GHA Edward Boateng GHA Aggrey Fynn GHA Mohamadu Salisu GUA Fred Masella HON 1949 Ronald Leaky HUN Flórián Albert HUN Máté Fenyvesi HUN Tivadar Monostori HUN Ernő Solymosi IRL Amby Fogarty IRL Johnny Giles IRL Joe Haverty ISR Boaz Kofman ISR Shlomo Nahari ISR Reuven Young ITA José Altafini ITA Antonio Angelillo ITA Francisco Lojacono JPN 1870 Koji Sasaki LUX Camille Dimmer LUX Nicolas Hoffmann MEX 1934 Raúl Cárdenas MEX 1934 Isidoro Díaz MEX 1934 Crescencio Gutiérrez MAR Lahcen Chicha MAR Sellam Riahi NGA Godwin Emenako NOR Bjørn Borgen NOR Eldar Hansen NOR Roald Jensen PER Faustino Delgado POL Lucjan Brychczy POL Jan Szmidt POR Mário Coluna POR Eusébio URS 1955 Gennadi Gusarov URS 1955 Aleksei Mamykin URS 1955 Valery Voronin ESP 1945 Enrique Collar ESP 1945 Marcelino ESP 1945 Joaquín Peiró ESP 1945 Alfonso Rodríguez Salas ESP 1945 Luis del Sol NGY August Foe a Man SWE Torbjörn Jonsson SUI Norbert Eschmann SUI Rolf Wüthrich TUN 1959 Abdelmajid Chetali TUN 1959 Brahim Kerrit TUN 1959 Rached Meddeb TUN 1959 Abdelmajid Tlemçani TUR Aydın Yelken USA Helmut Bicek USA Carl Fister USA Al Zerhusen URU Ángel Cabrera URU Luis Cubilla URU Guillermo Escalada WAL Ivor Allchurch WAL Phil Woosnam FRG Helmut Haller FRG Richard Kreß YUG Zvezdan Čebinac YUG Dražan Jerković YUG Tomislav Kaloperović YUG Bora Kostić YUG Petar Radaković 1 own goal 20em ECU 1900 Romulo Gómez (playing against Argentina) LUX Fernand Brosius (playing against Portugal) Notes For the second World Cup in a row, no teams from Africa or Asia qualified. References External links FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1962 World Cup Qualification RSSSF – 1962 World Cup Qualification Qualification Category:FIFA World Cup qualification