1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 19 October 1960 - 29 November 1961 30Romania withdrew without playing any matches 2 51 216 2252076 TCH Andrej Kvašňák (7 goals) 1958 1966 FIFA The European section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification functioned as the qualifiers for the 1962 World Cup, which took place in Chile. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification. In addition to 29 UEFA teams, 1 CAF team (Ethiopia) competed in the UEFA section. Format 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. 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. This was a special group which included two UEFA countries located geographically in Asia (Cyprus and Israel) and one CAF country located in Africa (Ethiopia), in addition to two European UEFA teams (Romania who withdrew without playing any games, and Italy who won the group.) 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. 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. Groups Group 1 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 Switzerland won a playoff on a neutral ground. Group 2 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 Bulgaria won a playoff on a neutral ground. Group 3 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 Group 4 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 Group 5 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 Group 6 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 Group 7 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 Bracket Group 8 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 Czechoslovakia won a playoff on a neutral ground. Group 9 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9 Group 10 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 10 Inter-confederation play-offs 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs) 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 Qualified teams The following 10 countries qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 SUI B Group 1 winners 12 November 1961 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954) BUL 1947 C Group 2 winners 16 December 1961 0 (debut) FRG D Group 3 winners 22 October 1961 1 4 (19342, 19382, 1954, 1958) HUN E Group 4 winners 22 October 1961 4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958) USSR F Group 5 winners 12 November 1961 1 (1958) ENG G Group 6 winners 25 October 1961 3 (1950, (1954, 1958) ITA H Group 7 winners 4 November 1961 2 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954) TCH I Group 8 winners 29 November 1961 2 4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958) ESP 1945 J CAF-UEFA playoff winners 23 November 1961 2 (1934, 1950) YUG K UEFA-AFC playoff winners 26 November 1961 1 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. 2Competed as Germany Goalscorers 216 51 7 goals 20em yes TCH Andrej Kvašňák 5 goals 20em yes TCH Adolf Scherer ENG Bobby Charlton SWE Yngve Brodd SUI Charles Antenen 4 goals 20em yes TCH Tomáš Pospíchal ISR Nahum Stelmach ITA Omar Sivori POR Yaúca YUG Milan Galić 3 goals 20em yes ENG Jimmy Greaves FRA Maryan Wisnieski GRE old Andreas Papaemmanouil HUN Lajos Tichy ISR Yehoshua Glazer ISR Shlomo Levi ITA Mario Corso LUX Ady Schmit 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 yes BUL 1948 Hristo Iliev BUL 1948 Dimitar Yakimov CYP Michalis Shialis GDR Dieter Erler ENG Ray Pointer ENG Bobby Smith FIN Kai Pahlman FRA Jacques Faivre HUN János Göröcs HUN Károly Sándor NED Henk Groot NED Tonny van der Linden NIR Jimmy McIlroy NIR Jim McLaughlin POR José Águas SCO David Herd SCO Denis Law SCO Alex Young 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 yes BEL Roger Claessen BEL Paul Van Himst BEL Marcel Paeschen BUL 1948 Todor Diev BUL 1948 Ivan Petkov Kolev BUL 1948 Petar Velichkov TCH Jiří Hledík TCH Josef Jelínek TCH Josef Kadraba TCH Josef Masopust GDR Peter Ducke ENG John Connelly ENG Ron Flowers ENG Johnny Haynes ENG Dennis Viollet ETH 1897 Mohammed Awad ETH 1897 Luciano Vassalo FIN Sauli Pietiläinen FRA Lucien Cossou FRA Jean-Jacques Marcel FRA Roger Piantoni FRA Ernest Schultz FRA Joseph Ujlaki 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 LUX Camille Dimmer LUX Nicolas Hoffmann NOR Bjørn Borgen NOR Eldar Hansen NOR Roald Jensen 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 SWE Torbjörn Jonsson SUI Norbert Eschmann SUI Rolf Wüthrich TUR Aydın Yelken 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 yes LUX Fernand Brosius (playing against Portugal) Notes External links RSSSF.com UEFA 1962 Category:1960 in European men's international football Category:1961 in European men's international football