1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Football tournament May 2021 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification 1958 FIFA World Cup May 2009 The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Poland and the Soviet Union finished level on points; a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner, the Soviet Union, qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden. Table main WDL Q yes URS URS POL POL 1928 FIN FIN 3 0 1 16 3 3 0 1 9 5 0 0 4 2 19 As the Soviet Union and Poland finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine the group winner. The Soviet Union won the play-off 2–0 to win the group. URS WC green1 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup y flag 3-0 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–10 1–3 2 1 0 complete FIFAhttp://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D15/preliminaries/preliminary%3D10/index.html 1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries 28 March 2013 FIFA 12 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20130328033947/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=15/preliminaries/preliminary=10/index.html 28 March 2013 Matches Soviet Union v Poland 23 June 1957 URS 3 – 0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/ussr-v-poland-23-june-1957-226924/ POL 1928 Tatushin 9Simonyan 55Ilyin 77 Moscow, Soviet Union Lenin Central Stadium 102,000 Clough (England) Finland v Poland 5 July 1957 FIN 1 – 3 https://www.11v11.com/matches/finland-v-poland-05-july-1957-226931/ POL 1928 Vanhanen 72 Jankowski 19 56 65 Helsinki, Finland Helsingin Olympiastadion 9,137 Nilsen (Norway) Soviet Union v Finland 27 July 1957 URS 2 – 1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/ussr-v-finland-27-july-1957-226942/ FIN Voinov 23Netto 62 Lahtinen 42 Moscow, Soviet Union Dynamo Stadium 50,000 Mayer (Austria) Finland v Soviet Union 15 August 1957 FIN 0 – 10 https://www.11v11.com/matches/finland-v-ussr-15-august-1957-226945/ URS Netto 6Simonyan 9 13 31Isayev 12 20Streltsov 29 49Ilyin 60 87 Helsinki, Finland Helsingin Olympiastadion 18,154 A. Asmussen (Denmark) Poland v Soviet Union 20 October 1957 POL 1928 2 – 1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/poland-v-ussr-20-october-1957-226999/ URS Cieślik 43 50 Ivanov 80 Chorzów, Poland Stadion Śląski 93,000 Clough (England) Poland v Finland 3 November 1957 POL 1928 4 – 0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/poland-v-finland-03-november-1957-227012/ FIN Gawlik 2Brychczy 4 48Jankowski 60 Warsaw, Poland Stadion Dziesięciolecia 90,000 Dusch (West Germany) Play-off Poland and the USSR finished level on points; a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.Jensen Neil The Summer of Total Football: The 1974 World Cup 2024-06-03 Pitch Publishing Limited 978-1-80150-830-8 en 24 November 1957 URS 2 – 0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/poland-v-ussr-24-november-1957-227025/ POL 1928 Streltsov 31Fedosov 75 Leipzig, East Germany Zentralstadion 100,000 Clough (England) References External links FIFA official page RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification Allworldcup 6 Category:1957 in Soviet football Category:1957 in Polish football Category:1957 in Finnish football Category:Soviet Union at the 1958 FIFA World Cup