1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)

June 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC) 1962 21 August 1960 – 21 May 1961 7 16 57 CRC Juan Ulloa (6 goals) 1958 1966 FIFA The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, for national teams which are members of the CCCF and NAFC. Seven teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the inter-confederation play-offs against a CONMEBOL team. Format The qualification structure was as follows: First round: Seven teams were divided into three groups (one group of three teams and two groups of two teams) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group advanced to the second round. Second round: Three teams which had advanced from the first round played home-and-away round-robin matches in one group. The group winner qualified for the CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off. Entrants Eight national teams from the region initially entered qualification, though Canada later withdrew.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) 10 June 2010 FIFA 6 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20100602004441/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf 2 June 2010 Note: Bolded teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. ZoneEntrantsWithdrewNorth American Football Confederation(NAFC)MEX 1934 USACAN 1957Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol(CCCF)CRC GUA HON 1949 ANT 1959 NGY First round Group 1 main WDL Group 1 Q MEX MEX 1934 USA USA 1 1 0 6 3 0 1 1 3 6 SR #ffebad Advance to second round y flag 3–3 3–0 2 complete FIFAhttp://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries 27 November 2007 FIFA 16 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html 26 November 2007 United States v Mexico 3 November 1960 USA 3–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html MEX 1934 Bicek 31 pen. Fister 58 Zerhusen 84 Mercado 8 Reyes 17 21 Los Angeles, United States 8,000 Kulai (Canada) Mexico v United States 6 November 1960 MEX 1934 3–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html USA Mercado 5 Reyes 35 Díaz 38 Mexico City, Mexico 80,000 Sanchez (Honduras) Group 2 main WDL Group 2 Q CRC CRC HON HON 1949 GUA GUA 2 1 1 13 8 2 1 1 5 7 0 2 2 7 10 As Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide the group winners. Costa Rica won the match 1–0 to win the group. CRC SR #ffebad Advance to second round y flag 5-0 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–4 0–2 2 complete FIFA Costa Rica v Guatemala 21 August 1960 CRC 3–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html GUA Rojas 28 Ulloa 52 58 Espinoza 1 Masella 35 San Jose, Costa Rica Sundheim (Colombia) Guatemala v Costa Rica 28 August 1960 GUA 4–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html CRC López 13 49 79 Espinoza 63 Jiménez 18 57 Ulloa 35 81 Guatemala City, Guatemala Sundheim (Colombia) Honduras v Costa Rica 4 September 1960 HON 1949 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html CRC Suazo 10 Leaky 21 Rodríguez 46 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 10,730 Sundheim (Colombia) Costa Rica v Honduras 11 September 1960 CRC 5–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html HON 1949 Jiménez 31 34 Ulloa 42 Rodríguez 69 Pearson 85 San Jose, Costa Rica 40,000 Sundheim (Colombia) Honduras v Guatemala 25 September 1960 HON 1949 1–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html GUA Suazo 59 López 28 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8,087 Mendez (El Salvador) Guatemala v Honduras 2 October 1960 GUA 0–2 Awardednote FIFA awarded Honduras a 2–0 walkover win as Guatemala forfeited the match. https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html HON 1949 Guatemala City, Guatemala Play-off Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the second round. Costa Rica v Honduras (replay) 14 January 1961 CRC 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html HON 1949 Rodríguez 29 Guatemala City, Guatemala 23,340 Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico) Group 3 main WDL Group 3 Q ANT ANT 1959 NGY NGY 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 SR #ffebad Advance to second round y flag 1–2 0–0 2 complete FIFA Suriname v Netherlands Antilles 2 October 1960 NGY 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html ANT 1959 Foe a Man 45 Dirksz 21 45 Paramaribo, Suriname Orrego (Colombia) Netherlands Antilles v Suriname 27 November 1960 ANT 1959 0–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html NGY Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Yamasaki (Peru) Second round main WDL Second round Q MEX MEX 1934 CRC CRC ANT ANT 1959 2 1 1 11 2 2 0 2 8 6 1 1 2 2 13 IP blue1 Advance to CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off y flag 4-1 7–0 1–0 6–0 0–0 2–0 2 complete FIFA Costa Rica v Mexico 22 March 1961 CRC 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html MEX 1934 Goban 51 San Jose, Costa Rica Queiroz (Brazil) Costa Rica v Netherlands Antilles 29 March 1961 CRC 6–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html ANT 1959 Ulloa 12 Quesada 28 89 Rojas 33 Rodríguez 42 Monge 50 San Jose, Costa Rica Tejada Burga (Peru) Mexico v Netherlands Antilles 5 April 1961 MEX 1934 7–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html ANT 1959 Flores 28 52 64 Reyes 45 75 González 65 80 Mexico City, Mexico Morgan (Canada) Mexico v Costa Rica 12 April 1961 MEX 1934 4–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html CRC Flores 11 Cárdenas 31 Gutiérrez 77 Mercado 87 Grant 54 Mexico City, Mexico Sundheim (Colombia) Netherlands Antilles v Costa Rica 23 April 1961 ANT 1959 2–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html CRC Loran 30 34 Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Trapote López (Venezuela) Netherlands Antilles v Mexico 21 May 1961 ANT 1959 0–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030800/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=19/index.html MEX 1934 Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Goldstein (United States) Inter-confederation play-offs 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off) playoff3 Qualified teams The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup MEX CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off winners 5 November 1961 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958) Goalscorers 57 16 The inter-confederation play-offs are not included in this count. CRC Juan Ulloa MEX 1934 Salvador Reyes Monteón CRC Rubén Jiménez CRC Marvin Rodríguez GUA Pinula Contreras MEX 1934 Francisco Flores MEX 1934 Sigfrido Mercado CRC Manrique Quesada GUA Augusto Espinoza HON 1949 Carlos Humberto Suazo MEX 1934 Eduardo González Palmer ANT 1959 Eduvigis Rudolfo Dirksz ANT 1959 Edwin Miliano Loran CRC Carlos Vivo Goban CRC Álvaro Grant CRC Jorge Monge CRC Walter Pearson CRC Francisco Rojas CRC Rigoberto Rojas GUA Fred Masella HON 1949 Ronald Leaky MEX 1934 Raúl Cárdenas MEX 1934 Isidoro Díaz MEX 1934 Crescencio Gutiérrez NGY August Foe a Man USA Helmut Bicek USA Carl Fister USA Al Zerhusen Notes note References External links FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1962 World Cup Qualification RSSSF – 1962 World Cup Qualification CONCACAF Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) Category:Mexico at the 1962 FIFA World Cup Category:1960 in North American football Category:1961 in North American football