1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

Appearance move to sidebar hide 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	21 August 1960 – 16 December 1961
Teams	56 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	325 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andrej Kvašňák (7 goals)

A total of 56 teams entered the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Chile, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds varied by confederation. The winners of the four weakest continental zones: North America (NAFC), Central America and Caribbean (CCCF), Africa (CAF) and Asia (AFC), were not guaranteed direct spots in the final tournament. Instead, they entered a play-off against a team from either Europe (UEFA) or South America (CONMEBOL), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.

Format

The 16 spots available in the 1962 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:

• Europe (UEFA): 8 direct places + 2 spots in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against teams from CAF and AFC), contested by 30 teams (including Israel and Ethiopia).
• South America (CONMEBOL): 5 direct places + 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from CCCF/NAFC); 2 direct places went to automatic qualifiers Chile and Brazil, while the other 3.5 places were contested by 7 teams.
• North, Central America and Caribbean (CCCF/NAFC): 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from CONMEBOL), contested by 8 teams.
• Africa (CAF): 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from UEFA), contested by 6 teams.
• Asia (AFC): 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from UEFA), contested by 3 teams.

A total of 49 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 92 qualifying matches were played, and 325 goals were scored (an average of 3.53 per match).

Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.

Confederation qualification

AFC

There would be only one round of play. The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	South Korea	2	4
2	Japan	2	0
3	Indonesia	0	0

Source: RSSSF

CAF

There would be two rounds of play:

• First round: The 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Final round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Sudan and the United Arab Republic both withdrew; the Group was scratched.	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Morocco 2 2 2  Tunisia 2 2 Source: RSSSF	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Ghana 2 3 2  Nigeria 2 1 Source: RSSSF

Second round

Second round
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Morocco 2 3 2  Ghana 2 1 Source: RSSSF

CCCF and NAFC

There would be two rounds of play:

• First Round: The remaining 7 teams (Canada withdrew before the matches began) were divided into 3 groups of 2 or 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from Northern America and Mexico, Group 2 with teams from Central America and Group 3 with teams from Caribbean). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Mexico 2 3 2  United States 2 1 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Costa Rica 4 5 2  Honduras 4 5 3  Guatemala 4 2 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Netherlands Antilles 2 3 2  Suriname 2 1 Source: FIFA

Second round

Second round
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Mexico 4 5 2  Costa Rica 4 4 3  Netherlands Antilles 4 3 Source: FIFA

CONMEBOL

Among the 7 teams, Paraguay were drawn to play in the CONMEBOL / CCCF / NAFC Intercontinental Play-off. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Argentina 2 4 2  Ecuador 2 0 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Uruguay 2 3 2  Bolivia 2 1 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Colombia 2 3 2  Peru 2 1 Source: FIFA

UEFA

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. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
• 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.
• 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. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
• 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. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Sweden 4 6 2   Switzerland 4 6 3  Belgium 4 0 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  France 4 6 2  Bulgaria 4 6 3  Finland 4 0 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  West Germany 4 8 2  Northern Ireland 4 2 3  Greece 4 2 Source: FIFA
Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Hungary 4 7 2  Netherlands 3 2 3  East Germany 3 1 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Soviet Union 4 8 2  Turkey 4 4 3  Norway 4 0 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  England 4 7 2  Portugal 4 3 3  Luxembourg 4 2 Source: FIFA
Group 8	Group 9	Group 10
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Czechoslovakia 4 6 2  Scotland 4 6 3  Republic of Ireland 4 0 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Spain 2 3 2  Wales 2 1 Source: FIFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Yugoslavia 2 3 2  Poland 2 1 Source: FIFA

Group 7
First Round Second Round Final Round  Italy w/o  Romania (withdrew)  Italy 4 6 10  Israel 2 0 2  Ethiopia 0 2 2  Israel 1 6 7  Israel 1 3 4  Cyprus 1 1 2

Inter-confederation play-offs

In each play-off, the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

CAF v UEFA

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	4	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	3–2
2	Morocco	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0			0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

UEFA v AFC

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	4	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	5–1
2	South Korea	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0			1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0
2	Paraguay	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1			0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Qualified teams

FIFA World Cup qualification 1962 Qualifying countries

Team	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Streak	Last appearance
Argentina	17 December 1960	4th	2	1958
Brazil (defending champions)	29 June 1958	7th	7	1958
Bulgaria	16 December 1961	1st	1	–
Chile (hosts)	11 June 1956	3rd	1	1950
Colombia	7 May 1961	1st	1	–
Czechoslovakia	29 November 1961	5th	3	1958
England	25 October 1961	4th	4	1958
Hungary	10 September 1961	5th	3	1958
Italy	4 November 1961	5th	1	1954
Mexico	5 November 1961	5th	4	1958
Spain	23 November 1961	3rd	1	1950
Switzerland	12 November 1961	5th	1	1954
Uruguay	30 July 1961	4th	1	1954
Soviet Union	12 November 1961	2nd	2	1958
West Germany	22 October 1961	5th	3	1958
Yugoslavia	26 November 1961	5th	4	1958

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Andrej Kvašňák

6 goals

• Juan Ulloa
• Salvador Reyes Monteón

5 goals

• Adolf Scherer
• Bobby Charlton
• Yngve Brodd
• Charles Antenen

4 goals

• Rubén Jiménez
• Marvin Rodríguez
• Tomáš Pospíchal
• Francisco López Contreras
• Nahum Stelmach
• Omar Sivori
• Francisco Flores
• Yaúca
• Chung Soon-Cheon
• Milan Galić

3 goals

• Oreste Omar Corbatta
• Jimmy Greaves
• Maryan Wisnieski
• Edward Acquah
• Andreas Papaemmanouil
• Lajos Tichy
• Yehoshua Glazer
• Shlomo Levi
• Mario Corso
• Ady Schmit
• Sigfrido Mercado
• Abdallah Azhar
• Billy McAdams
• Ralph Brand
• Ian St. John
• Rune Börjesson
• Metin Oktay
• Albert Brülls
• Gert Dörfel
• Uwe Seeler

2 goals

• Martín Pando
• José Francisco Sanfilippo
• Rubén Héctor Sosa
• Hristo Iliev
• Dimitar Yakimov
• Manrique Quesada
• Rigoberto Rojas
• Michalis Shialis
• Dieter Erler
• Carlos Alberto Raffo
• Ray Pointer
• Bobby Smith
• Kai Pahlman
• Jacques Faivre
• Augusto Espinoza
• Carlos Humberto Suazo
• János Göröcs
• Károly Sándor
• Eduardo González Palmer
• Mohamed Khalfi
• Henk Groot
• Tonny van der Linden
• Eduvigis Rudolfo Dirksz
• Edwin Miliano Loran
• Dejo Fayemi
• Jimmy McIlroy
• Jim McLaughlin
• José Águas
• David Herd
• Denis Law
• Alex Young
• Yoo Pan-Soon
• Valentin Bubukin
• Mikheil Meskhi
• Slava Metreveli
• Viktor Ponedelnik
• Alfredo Di Stéfano
• Agne Simonsson
• Robert Ballaman
• Heinz Schneiter
• Dragoslav Šekularac

1 goal

• Ricardo José Maria Ramaciotti
• Roger Claessen
• Paul van Himst
• Marcel Paeschen
• Máximo Alcócer
• Wilfredo Camacho
• Todor Diev
• Ivan Petkov Kolev
• Petar Velichkov
• Eusebio Escobar
• Héctor Garzon González
• Carlos Vivo Goban
• Álvaro Grant MacDonald
• Jorge Hernán Monge
• Walter Pearson
• Jiří Hledík
• Josef Jelínek
• Josef Kadraba
• Josef Masopust
• Peter Ducke
• Alberto Pedro Spencer
• John Connelly
• Ron Flowers
• Johnny Haynes
• Dennis Viollet
• Mohammed Awad
• Luciano Vassalo
• Sauli Pietiläinen
• Lucien Cossou
• Jean-Jacques Marcel
• Roger Piantoni
• Ernest Schultz
• Joseph Ujlaki
• Edward Boateng
• Aggrey Fynn
• Mohamadu Salisu
• Fred Masella
• Ronald Leaky
• Flórián Albert
• Máté Fenyvesi
• Tivadar Monostori
• Ernő Solymosi
• Amby Fogarty
• Johnny Giles
• Joe Haverty
• Boaz Kofman
• Shlomo Nahari
• Reuven Young
• José Altafini
• Antonio Angelillo
• Francisco Lojacono
• Koji Sasaki
• Camille Dimmer
• Nicolas Hoffmann
• Raúl Cárdenas
• Isidoro Díaz
• Crescencio Gutiérrez
• Lahcen Chicha
• Sellam Riahi
• Godwin Emenako
• Bjørn Borgen
• Eldar Hansen
• Roald Jensen
• Faustino Delgado
• Lucjan Brychczy
• Jan Szmidt
• Mário Coluna
• Eusébio
• Gennadi Gusarov
• Aleksei Mamykin
• Valery Voronin
• Enrique Collar
• Marcelino
• Joaquín Peiró
• Alfonso Rodríguez Salas
• Luis del Sol
• August Foe a Man
• Torbjörn Jonsson
• Norbert Eschmann
• Rolf Wüthrich
• Abdelmajid Chetali
• Brahim Kerrit
• Rached Meddeb
• Abdelmajid Tlemçani
• Aydın Yelken
• Helmut Bicek
• Carl Fister
• Al Zerhusen
• Ángel Cabrera
• Luis Alberto Cubilla
• Guillermo Escalada
• Ivor Allchurch
• Phil Woosnam
• Helmut Haller
• Richard Kreß
• Zvezdan Čebinac
• Dražan Jerković
• Tomislav Kaloperović
• Bora Kostić
• Petar Radaković

1 own goal

• Romulo Gómez (playing against Argentina)
• Fernand Brosius (playing against Portugal)

Notes

• For the second World Cup in a row, no teams from Africa or Asia qualified.

References

1. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
2. ^ a b c d e f g "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
3. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-04. Sudan and Egypt tried to rearrange their qualifying games to avoid the monsoon season. FIFA did not permit this, however, and both teams withdrew.
4. ^ a b c d "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
5. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
6. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
7. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
8. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
9. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
10. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
11. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
12. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
13. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
14. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
15. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
16. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-25.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qualification for the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

• FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1962 World Cup Qualification
• RSSSF – 1962 World Cup Qualification

v t e 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
« 1958 1966 »
AFC	Qualification
CAF	Qualification
CCCF/NAFC	First round Second round
CONMEBOL	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
UEFA	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10
Play-offs	CAF v UEFA UEFA v AFC CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL

v t e FIFA World Cup
Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA)
Tournaments	Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea / Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 Canada / Mexico / United States 2026 Morocco / Portugal / Spain 20301 Saudi Arabia 2034
Qualification	19302 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Finals	1930 1934 1938 19503 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Squads	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Final draw	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Broadcasters	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bids	2014 2018 2022 2026 2030 2034
Officials	2010 2014 2018 2022
Team appearances	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA
Overall records	Player records winners top appearances red cards Goalscorer records top finals hat-tricks own goals Manager records winners all appearances Match records opening penalty shoot-outs
Miscellaneous	Awards Balls Controversies Economics Fan Festival Films History Mascots Music Notable matches qualifying Referees Stadiums finals Trophy Video games World Champions Cup
1 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games 2 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. 3 No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. Category Commons

v t e 1960 in Japanese football
« 19591961 »
Cup competitions Men Emperor's Cup (Final) Related to national teams Men FIFA World Cup qualification v t e 1961 in Japanese football  « 19601962 »  Cup competitions Men Emperor's Cup (Final) Related to national teams Men FIFA World Cup qualification