1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 30 September 1956 - 5 February 1958 27 1 54 228 2784921 ENG Tommy Taylor [8 goals] 1954 1962 FIFA Listed below are the dates and results for the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification. Format Sweden, the hosts of the World Cup, and West Germany, the defending champions, qualified automatically for the final tournament. The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners qualifying. One runner-up was randomly drawn for the CAF/AFC-UEFA play-off. East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union took part for the first time. Albania were the only UEFA member not to enter. Summary #ccffcc Winner of each group qualified directly for the 1958 FIFA World Cup #BBF3FF Team was drawn randomly to play in the AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off #ffcccc Other teams were eliminated Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9ENGFRAHUNTCHAUTURS 1955YUGNIRSCO IRL BEL BUL 1971WAL 1953 NED POL 1927 ROU 1952 ITA ESP 1945 DEN ISL NOR GDR 1949 LUX FIN GRE old POR SUI Groups Group 1 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 Group 2 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 Group 3 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 Group 4 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 Group 5 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 Group 6 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 Group 7 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 Group 8 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 Group 9 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9 Inter-confederation play-off 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off) Qualified Teams The following 12 countries qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 SWE A Hosts 23 June 1950 2 3 (1934, 1938, 1950) West Germany A Defending champions 4 July 1954 2 3 (19342, 19382, 1954) ENG B Group 1 winners 19 May 1957 2 (1950, 1954) FRA 1794 C Group 2 winners 27 October 1957 4 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954) HUN D Group 3 winners 10 November 1957 1 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) TCH E Group 4 winners 27 October 1957 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) AUT F Group 5 winners 29 September 1957 2 (1934, 1954) USSR G Group 6 winners 24 November 1957 0 (debut) YUG H Group 7 winners 17 November 1957 2 3 (1930, 1950, 1954) NIR H Group 8 winners 15 January 1958 2 0 (debut) SCO I Group 9 winners 24 November 1957 1 (1954) WAL 1953 PO1 AFC/CAF-UEFA play-off winners 5 February 1958 1 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. 2Competed as Germany Goalscorers 8 goals 20em yes ENG Tommy Taylor 7 goals 20em yes FRA Thadée Cisowski 5 goals 20em yes SCO Jackie Mudie 4 goals 20em yes BEL Paul Vandenberg TCH Tadeusz Kraus ENG John Atyeo HUN Ferenc Machos POL Edward Jankowski URS 1955 Nikita Simonyan ESP 1945 Ladislao Kubala 3 goals 20em yes AUT Gerhard Hanappi BEL Maurice Willems BUL 1948 Hristo Iliev FRA Jean Vincent IRL Dermot Curtis NED Abe Lenstra NED Noud van Melis URS 1955 Anatoli Ilyin URS 1955 Eduard Streltsov WAL 1953 Des Palmer YUG Muhamed Mujić 2 goals 20em yes AUT Hans Buzek AUT Theodor Wagner BEL Henri Coppens BEL Victor Mees BEL Richard Orlans BUL 1948 Georgi Dimitrov BUL 1948 Panayot Panayotov DEN Ove Bech Nielsen GDR 1949 Günther Wirth ENG Duncan Edwards FRA Célestin Oliver FRA Roger Piantoni FRA Joseph Ujlaki HUN Lajos Csordás HUN Nándor Hidegkuti ISL Ríkharður Jónsson ISL Þórður Jónsson ISL Þórður Þórðarson ITA Guido Gratton NED Cor van der Gijp NIR Jimmy McIlroy NOR Harald Hennum POL Lucjan Brychczy POL Gerard Cieślik POR Manuel Vasques ROU 1952 Alexandru Ene URS 1955 Anatoli Isayev URS 1955 Igor Netto ESP 1945 Estanislao Basora ESP 1945 Alfredo di Stéfano ESP 1945 Luis Suárez Miramontes SUI Josef Hügi SUI Roger Vonlanthen WAL 1953 Ivor Allchurch WAL 1953 Cliff Jones YUG Miloš Milutinović 1 goal 20em yes AUT Robert Dienst AUT Walter Haummer AUT Karl Koller AUT Ernst Kozlicek AUT Helmut Senekowitsch AUT Karl Stotz AUT Otto Walzhofer BEL André van Herpe BEL Denis Houf BEL André Piters BUL 1948 Spiro Debarski BUL 1948 Todor Diev BUL 1948 Ivan Petkov Kolev BUL 1948 Krum Yanev TCH Vlastimil Bubník TCH Pavol Molnár TCH Anton Moravčík TCH Ladislav Novák DEN Aage Rou Jensen DEN John Jensen GDR 1949 Manfred Kaiser GDR 1949 Helmut Müller GDR 1949 Willy Tröger ENG Johnny Haynes FIN Olavi Lahtinen FIN Mauri Vanhanen FRA Said Brahimi FRA René Dereuddre FRA Maryan Wisnieski GRE old Kostas Nestoridis GRE old Vaggelis Panakis HUN József Bozsik HUN Károly Sándor HUN Lajos Tichy IRL George Cummins IRL Johnny Gavin IRL Alf Ringstead ITA Sergio Cervato ITA Dino da Costa ITA Gino Pivatelli LUX Jean-Pierre Fiedler LUX Johnny Halsdorf LUX Léon Letsch NED Toon Brusselers NED Coen Dillen NED Kees Rijvers NED Servaas Wilkes NIR Billy Bingham NIR Tommy Casey NIR Wilbur Cush NIR Billy Simpson NOR Kjell Kristiansen POL Ginter Gawlik POR Matateu POR António Dias Teixeira ROU 1952 Cornel Cacoveanu ROU 1952 Titus Ozon ROU 1952 Iosif Petschovsky ROU 1952 Nicolae Tătaru SCO John Hewie SCO Tommy Ring SCO Archie Robertson SCO Alex Scott SCO Gordon Smith URS 1955 Genrich Fedosov URS 1955 Valentin Kozmich Ivanov URS 1955 Boris Tatushin URS 1955 Yuri Voinov ESP 1945 Miguel González ESP 1945 Enrique Mateos SUI Robert Ballaman SUI Ferdinando Riva WAL 1953 Dave Bowen WAL 1953 Mel Charles WAL 1953 Roy Vernon YUG Dobrosav Krstić YUG Aleksandar Petaković 1 own goal 20em yes NOR Edgar Falch (playing against Hungary) WAL 1953 Ray Daniel (playing against Czechoslovakia) See also 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification References External links RSSSF.com UEFA 1958 Category:1956 in European men's continental football Category:1957 in European men's continental football Category:1958 in European men's continental football Category:1956 in European men's international football Category:1957 in European men's international football Category:1958 in European men's international football