1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Football tournament 1962 FIFA World Cup May 2021 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points and advanced to a play-off on neutral ground to decide who would qualify. The winner (Czechoslovakia) qualified for the seventh FIFA World Cup held in Chile. Standings main WDL Q TCH TCH SCO SCO IRL IRL 3 0 1 16 5 3 0 1 10 7 0 0 4 3 17 WC WC blue1 Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground y flag 4–0 7–1 3–2 4–1 1–3 0–3 2 1 0 complete FIFAhttp://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D21/preliminaries/preliminary%3D16/index.html 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries 2007-11-26 FIFA 2022-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030755/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=16/index.html 2007-11-26 Matches Scotland v Republic of Ireland 3 May 1961 SCO 4–1 Report IRL Brand 14 40Herd 59 85 Haverty 52 Glasgow, Scotland 46,696 Guigue (France) Republic of Ireland v Scotland 7 May 1961 IRL 0–3 Report SCO Young 4 16Brand 86 Dublin, Ireland Dalymount Park 45,000 Grandain (Belgium) Czechoslovakia v Scotland 14 May 1961 TCH 4–0 Report SCO Pospíchal 8 85Kadraba 40Kvašňák 15 pen. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 50,000 Steiner (Austria) Scotland v Czechoslovakia 29 September 1961 SCO 3–2 Report TCH Law 62 83St. John 20 Kvašňák 6Scherer 51 Glasgow, Scotland 51,590 Gulliksen (Norway) Republic of Ireland v Czechoslovakia 8 October 1961 IRL 1–3 Report TCH Giles 41 Scherer 2Kvašňák 61 69 Dublin, Ireland Dalymount Park 40,000 Holland (England) Czechoslovakia v Republic of Ireland 29 October 1961 TCH 7–1 Report IRL Kvašňák 9 37Scherer 24 75Jelínek 31Masopust 62Pospíchal 58 Fogarty 57 Prague, Czechoslovakia 30,000 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 TCH 4 – 2(a.e.t.) Report SCO Hledík 70Scherer 84Pospíchal 95Kvašňák 101 St. John 38 71 Brussels, Belgium 6,000 Versyp (Belgium) References External links FIFA official page RSSSF – 1962 World Cup Qualification Allworldcup 8 Category:1960–61 in Czechoslovak football Qual Category:1960–61 in Scottish football Category:1961–62 in Scottish football Category:1960–61 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:1961–62 in Republic of Ireland association football