1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

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.

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)

As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds were quite confusing. Moreover, 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, each of them had to enter a play-off against a team from either Europe (UEFA) or South America (CONMEBOL), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.

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.

Europe

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.
• 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.

UEFA Group 1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Switzerland	4	3	0	1	9	9	0	6
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	Belgium	4	0	0	4	3	10	−7	0

Sweden  v  Belgium

19 October 1960	Sweden	2–0	Belgium	Stockholm, Sweden
	Börjesson  53' Brodd  74'	Report		Referee: Wharton (Scotland)

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Belgium  v   Switzerland

20 November 1960	Belgium	2–4	Switzerland	Brussels, Belgium
	Van Himst  24' Paeschen  80'	Report	Antenen  21', 48', 78' Schneiter  44'	Referee: Seipelt (Austria)

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Switzerland   v  Belgium

20 May 1961	Switzerland	2–1	Belgium	Lausanne, Switzerland
	Ballaman  8', 16'	Report	Claessen  83'	Referee: Dorogi (Hungary)

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Sweden  v   Switzerland

28 May 1961	Sweden	4–0	Switzerland	Stockholm, Sweden
	Jonsson  8' Börjesson  15', 75' Simonsson  70'	Report		Referee: Scares (Portugal)

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Belgium  v  Sweden

4 October 1961	Belgium	0–2	Sweden	Brussels, Belgium
		Report	Brodd  70', 78'	Referee: Guerra (Portugal)

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Switzerland   v  Sweden

29 October 1961	Switzerland	3–2	Sweden	Bern, Switzerland
	Antenen  8' Wüthrich  68' Eschmann  81'	Report	Simonsson  2' Brodd  79'	Referee: Aston (England)

Sweden and Switzerland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Switzerland   v  Sweden

12 November 1961	Switzerland	2–1	Sweden	West Berlin, West Germany
	Schneiter  65' Antenen  76'	Report	Brodd  20'	Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

Switzerland qualified

UEFA Group 2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bulgaria	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	6
2	France	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	Finland	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0

Finland  v  France

25 September 1960	Finland	1–2	France	Helsinki, Finland
	Pahlman  36' (pen.)	Report	Wisnieski  63' Ujlaki  83'	Referee: Malka (West Germany)

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France  v  Bulgaria

11 December 1960	France	3–0	Bulgaria	Colombes, France
	Wisnieski  48' Marcel  58' Cossou  80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 40,690 Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

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Finland  v  Bulgaria

16 June 1961	Finland	0–2	Bulgaria	Helsinki, Finland
		Report	Iliev  33' Kolev  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 11,977 Referee: Latyshev (Soviet Union)

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France  v  Finland

28 September 1961	France	5–1	Finland	Paris, France
	Faivre  6', 41' Wisnieski  12' Piantoni  79' Schultz  86'	Report	Pahlman  44'	Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)

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Bulgaria  v  Finland

29 October 1961	Bulgaria	3–1	Finland	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Yakimov  28' Diev  34' Velichkov  86'	Report	Pietiläinen  10'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Baçar (Turkey)

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Bulgaria  v  France

12 November 1961	Bulgaria	1–0	France	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Iliev  89'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Fend (Czechoslovakia)

Bulgaria and France finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Bulgaria  v  France

16 December 1961	Bulgaria	1–0	France	Milan, Italy
	Yakimov  47'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,740 Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

Bulgaria qualified

UEFA Group 3

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Germany	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	8
2	Northern Ireland	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	2
3	Greece	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	2

Northern Ireland  v  West Germany

26 October 1960	Northern Ireland	3–4	West Germany	Belfast, Northern Ireland
	McAdams  27', 51', 90'	Report	Brülls  7' Seeler  53' Dörfel  55', 79'	Referee: Horn (Netherlands)

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Greece  v  West Germany

20 November 1960	Greece	0–3	West Germany	Athens, Greece
		Report	Dörfel  8' Brülls  31' Haller  42'	Referee: Ehrlich (Yugoslavia)

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Greece  v  Northern Ireland

3 May 1961	Greece	2–1	Northern Ireland	Athens, Greece
	Papaemmanouil  8', 64'	Report	McIlroy  81'	Referee: Priesner (Israel)

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West Germany  v  Northern Ireland

10 May 1961	West Germany	2–1	Northern Ireland	West Berlin, West Germany
	Kreß  29' Brülls  58'	Report	McIlroy  69'	Referee: Lindberg (Sweden)

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Northern Ireland  v  Greece

17 October 1961	Northern Ireland	2–0	Greece	Belfast, Northern Ireland
	McLaughlin  28', 57'	Report		Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

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West Germany  v  Greece

22 October 1961	West Germany	2–1	Greece	Augsburg, West Germany
	Seeler  5', 27'	Report	Papaemmanouil  59'	Referee: Nilsen (Norway)

West Germany qualified

UEFA Group 4

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	4	3	1	0	11	5	+6	7
2	Netherlands	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
3	East Germany	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Hungary  v  East Germany

16 April 1961	Hungary	2–0	East Germany	Budapest, Hungary
	Albert  12' Göröcs  52'	Report		Referee: Takov (Bulgaria)

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Netherlands  v  Hungary

30 April 1961	Netherlands	0–3	Hungary	Rotterdam, Netherlands
		Report	Fenyvesi  22' Sándor  24' Tichy  36'	Referee: Kingston (Wales)

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East Germany  v  Netherlands

14 May 1961	East Germany	1–1	Netherlands	Leipzig, East Germany
	Erler  79'	Report	Groot  63'	Referee: Jörgensen (Denmark)

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East Germany  v  Hungary

10 September 1961	East Germany	2–3	Hungary	East Berlin, East Germany
	Erler  53' P. Ducke  87'	Report	Solymosi  43' Sándor  75' Tichy  78'	Referee: Lukianov (Soviet Union)

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Netherlands  v  East Germany

1 October 1961

Netherlands

Not played[1]

East Germany

Netherlands

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Hungary  v  Netherlands

22 October 1961	Hungary	3–3	Netherlands	Budapest, Hungary
	Göröcs  19' Monostori  21' Tichy  80'	Report	Van de Linden  8', 14' Groot  56'	Referee: Phillips (Scotland)

Hungary qualified

UEFA Group 5

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	8
2	Turkey	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	4
3	Norway	4	0	0	4	3	11	−8	0

Norway  v  Turkey

1 June 1961	Norway	0–1	Turkey	Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway
		Report	Oktay  16'	Referee: Hansen (Denmark)

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Soviet Union  v  Turkey

18 June 1961	Soviet Union	1–0	Turkey	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Voronin  20'	Report		Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)

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Soviet Union  v  Norway

1 July 1961	Soviet Union	5–2	Norway	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Metreveli  14' Ponedelnik  26' Bubukin  32', 66' Meskhi  53'	Report	Borgen  64' E. Hansen  87'	Referee: Kowal (Poland)

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Norway  v  Soviet Union

23 August 1961	Norway	0–3	Soviet Union	Oslo, Norway
		Report	Ponedelnik  48' Meskhi  49' Metreveli  76'	Referee: Meighan (Republic of Ireland)

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Turkey  v  Norway

29 October 1961	Turkey	2–1	Norway	Istanbul, Turkey
	Yelken  60' Oktay  72'	Report	Jensen  59'	Referee: Popa (Romania)

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Turkey  v  Soviet Union

12 November 1961	Turkey	1–2	Soviet Union	Istanbul, Turkey
	Oktay  78'	Report	Gusarov  12' Mamykin  18'	Referee: Verner (Israel)

Soviet Union qualified

UEFA Group 6

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	7
2	Portugal	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	3
3	Luxembourg	4	1	0	3	5	21	−16	2

Luxembourg  v  England

19 October 1960	Luxembourg	0–9	England	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Report	Charlton  3', 7', 66' Greaves  16', 83', 85' Smith  22', 46' Haynes  61'	Referee: Martens (Netherlands)

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Portugal  v  Luxembourg

19 March 1961	Portugal	6–0	Luxembourg	Lisbon, Portugal
	Águas  32' Yaúca  49', 53', 61' Brosius  83' (o.g.) Coluna  85'	Report		Referee: Mellet (Switzerland)

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Portugal  v  England

21 May 1961	Portugal	1–1	England	Lisbon, Portugal
	Águas  59'	Report	Flowers  82'	Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

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England  v  Luxembourg

28 September 1961	England	4–1	Luxembourg	London, England
	Pointer  35' Viollet  37' Charlton  45', 76'	Report	Dimmer  69'	Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

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Luxembourg  v  Portugal

8 October 1961	Luxembourg	4–2	Portugal	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
	Schmit  27', 53', 56' N. Hoffmann  84'	Report	Eusébio  84' Yaúca  89'	Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

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England  v  Portugal

25 October 1961	England	2–0	Portugal	London, England
	Connelly  5' Pointer  9'	Report		Referee: Bois (France)

England qualified

UEFA Group 7

First round

Cyprus  v  Israel

13 November 1960	Cyprus	1–1	Israel	Nicosia, Cyprus
	Shialis  29'	Report	Kofman  31'	Referee: Bajić (Yugoslavia)

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Israel  v  Cyprus

27 November 1960	Israel	6–1	Cyprus	Tel-Aviv, Israel
	Levi  14', 30', 66' Stelmach  61', 88' Nahari  34'	Report	Shialis  89' (pen.)	Referee: Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Israel advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

Romania withdrew, so Italy advanced to the Final Round automatically.

Israel  v  Ethiopia

14 March 1961	Israel	1–0	Ethiopia	Tel-Aviv, Israel
	Glazer  69'			Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

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Israel  v  Ethiopia

19 March 1961	Israel	3–2	Ethiopia	Haifa, Israel
	Glazer  27', 77' Stelmach  59'	Report	Awad  31' Vassalo  64'	Referee: Pósa (Hungary)

Israel advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Israel  v  Italy

15 October 1961	Israel	2–4	Italy	Tel-Aviv, Israel
	Stelmach  15' Young  38'	Report	Lojacono  53' (pen.) Altafini  79' Corso  87', 90'	Referee: Takow (Bulgaria)

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Italy  v  Israel

4 November 1961	Italy	6–0	Israel	Turin, Italy
	Sivori  16', 52', 65', 88' Corso  59' Angelillo  69'	Report		Referee: Asensi Martin (Spain)

Italy qualified

UEFA Group 8

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	4	3	0	1	16	5	+11	6
2	Scotland	4	3	0	1	10	7	+3	6
3	Republic of Ireland	4	0	0	4	3	17	−14	0

Scotland  v  Republic of Ireland

3 May 1961	Scotland	4–1	Republic of Ireland	Glasgow, Scotland
	Brand  14', 40' Herd  59', 85'	Report	Haverty  52'	Referee: Guigue (France)

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Republic of Ireland  v  Scotland

7 May 1961	Republic of Ireland	0–3	Scotland	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
		Report	Young  4', 16' Brand  86'	Referee: Grandain (Belgium)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Scotland

14 May 1961	Czechoslovakia	4–0	Scotland	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
	Pospíchal  8', 85' Kvašňák  13' (pen.) Kadraba  40'	Report		Referee: Steiner (Austria)

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Scotland  v  Czechoslovakia

29 September 1961	Scotland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	Glasgow, Scotland
	St. John  21' Law  62', 83'	Report	Kvašňák  6' Scherer  51'	Referee: Gulliksen (Norway)

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Republic of Ireland  v  Czechoslovakia

8 October 1961	Republic of Ireland	1–3	Czechoslovakia	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Giles  40'	Report	Scherer  3' Kvašňák  61', 69'	Referee: Holland (England)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Republic of Ireland

29 October 1961	Czechoslovakia	7–1	Republic of Ireland	Prague, Czechoslovakia
	Kvašňák  8', 36' Scherer  24', 75' Jelínek  30' Pospíchal  59' Masopust  61'	Report	Fogarty  56'	Referee: Lundell (Sweden)

Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Czechoslovakia  v  Scotland

29 November 1961	Czechoslovakia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Scotland	Brussels, Belgium
	Hledík  70' Scherer  84' Pospíchal  95' Kvašňák  101'	Report	St. John  38', 71'	Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

Czechoslovakia qualified

UEFA Group 9

First Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	advanced
—	Denmark	withdrew

Second Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
2	Wales	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
—	Austria	withdrew

Wales  v  Spain

19 April 1961	Wales	1–2	Spain	Cardiff, Wales
	Woosnam  7'	Report	Rodríguez  21' Di Stéfano  78'	Referee: Reymaeckers (Belgium)

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Spain  v  Wales

18 May 1961	Spain	1–1	Wales	Madrid, Spain
	Peiró  55'	Report	Allchurch  69'	Referee: Horn (Netherlands)

Spain advanced to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

UEFA Group 10

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
2	Poland	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
—	Iceland	Withdrew

Yugoslavia  v  Poland

4 June 1961	Yugoslavia	2–1	Poland	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Kaloperović  42' (pen.) Kostić  49'	Report	Brychczy  65'	Referee: Stathatos (Greece)

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Poland  v  Yugoslavia

25 June 1961	Poland	1–1	Yugoslavia	Chorzów, Poland
	Szmidt  29'	Report	Galić  2'	Referee: Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Yugoslavia advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

South America

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.

CONMEBOL Group 1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8	4
2	Ecuador	2	0	0	2	3	11	−8	0

Ecuador  v  Argentina

4 December 1960	Ecuador	3–6	Argentina	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Spencer  81' Raffo  83', 85'		Corbatta  5' (pen.), 40' Pando  12' Sosa  14' Sanfilippo  47' Ramaciotti  75'	Referee: Robles (Chile)

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Argentina  v  Ecuador

17 December 1960	Argentina	5–0	Ecuador	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Gómez  6' (o.g.) Sanfilippo  53' Corbatta  55' (pen.) Sosa  75' Pando  89'			Referee: Robles (Chile)

Argentina qualified

CONMEBOL Group 2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
2	Bolivia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Bolivia  v  Uruguay

15 July 1961	Bolivia	1–1	Uruguay	La Paz, Bolivia
	Alcócer  54'		Cubilla  23'	Referee: Robles (Chile)

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Uruguay  v  Bolivia

30 July 1961	Uruguay	2–1	Bolivia	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Cabrera  3' Escalada  39'		Camacho  65'	Referee: Robles (Chile)

Uruguay qualified

CONMEBOL Group 3

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colombia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
2	Peru	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Colombia  v  Peru

30 April 1961	Colombia	1–0	Peru	Bogotá, Colombia
	Escobar  27'			Referee: Praddaude (Argentina)

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Peru  v  Colombia

7 May 1961	Peru	1–1	Colombia	Lima, Peru
	Delgado  3' (pen.)		González  68'	Referee: Marino (Uruguay)

Colombia qualified

North, Central America and Caribbean

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.

CCCF/NAFC First Round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	3
2	United States	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1
—	Canada	withdrew

United States  v  Mexico

6 November 1960	United States	3–3	Mexico	Los Angeles, United States
	Bicek  31' (pen.) Fister  58' Zerhusen  84'		Mercado  8' Reyes  17', 21'	Referee: Kulai (Canada)

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Mexico  v  United States

13 November 1960	Mexico	3–0	United States	Mexico City, Mexico
	Mercado  5' Reyes  35' Díaz  38'			Referee: Sanchez (Honduras)

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1=	Costa Rica	4	2	1	1	13	8	+5	5
1=	Honduras	4	2	1	1	5	7	−2	5
3	Guatemala	4	0	2	2	7	10	−3	2

Costa Rica  v  Guatemala

21 August 1960	Costa Rica	3–2	Guatemala	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Rojas  28' Ulloa  52', 58'		Espinoza  1' Masella  35'	Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

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Guatemala  v  Costa Rica

28 August 1960	Guatemala	4–4	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	López  13', 49', 79' Espinoza  63'		Jiménez  18', 57' Ulloa  35', 81'	Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

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Honduras  v  Costa Rica

4 September 1960	Honduras	2–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Suazo  10' Leaky  21'		Rodríguez  46'	Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

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Costa Rica  v  Honduras

11 September 1960	Costa Rica	5–0	Honduras	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Jiménez  31', 34' Ulloa  42' Rodríguez  69' Pearson  85'			Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

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Honduras  v  Guatemala

25 September 1960	Honduras	1–1	Guatemala	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Suazo  59'		López  28'	Referee: Mendez (El Salvador)

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Guatemala  v  Honduras

2 October 1960	Guatemala	0–2 (w/o)	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Forfeited[2]

Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

Costa Rica  v  Honduras

14 January 1961	Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Rodríguez  29'			Referee: Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico)

Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands Antilles	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
2	Suriname	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Suriname  v  Netherlands Antilles

2 October 1960	Suriname	1–2	Netherlands Antilles	Paramaribo, Suriname
	Foe a Man  45'		Dirksz  21', 45'	Referee: Orrego (Colombia)

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Netherlands Antilles  v  Suriname

27 November 1960	Netherlands Antilles	0–0	Suriname	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
				Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Netherlands Antilles advanced to the Final Round.

CCCF/NAFC Final Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	4	2	1	1	11	2	+9	5
2	Costa Rica	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	4
3	Netherlands Antilles	4	1	1	2	2	13	−11	3

Costa Rica  v  Mexico

22 March 1961	Costa Rica	1–0	Mexico	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Goban  51'			Referee: Queiroz (Brazil)

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Costa Rica  v  Netherlands Antilles

29 March 1961	Costa Rica	6–0	Netherlands Antilles	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Ulloa  12' Quesada  28', 89' Rojas  33' Rodríguez  42' Monge  50'			Referee: Tejada Burga (Peru)

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Mexico  v  Netherlands Antilles

5 April 1961	Mexico	7–0	Netherlands Antilles	Mexico City, Mexico
	Flores  28', 52', 64' Reyes  45', 75' González  65', 80'			Referee: Morgan (Canada)

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Mexico  v  Costa Rica

12 April 1961	Mexico	4–1	Costa Rica	Mexico City, Mexico
	Flores  11' Cárdenas  31' Gutiérrez  77' Mercado  87'		Grant  54'	Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

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Netherlands Antilles  v  Costa Rica

23 April 1961	Netherlands Antilles	2–0	Costa Rica	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
	Loran  30', 34'			Referee: Trapote López (Venezuela)

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Netherlands Antilles  v  Mexico

21 May 1961	Netherlands Antilles	0–0	Mexico	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
				Referee: Goldstein (United States)

Mexico advanced to the CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Africa

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.

CAF First Round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
—	United Arab Republic	withdrew
—	Sudan	withdrew

United Arab Republic and Sudan both withdrew as FIFA refused to allow them to rearrange their games to avoid the monsoon season.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1=	Morocco	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
1=	Tunisia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2

Morocco  v  Tunisia

30 October 1960	Morocco	2–1	Tunisia	Casablanca, Morocco
	Khalfi  33' Azhar  60' (pen.)		Meddeb  43'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)

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Tunisia  v  Morocco

13 November 1960	Tunisia	2–1	Morocco	Tunis, Tunisia
	Chetali  47' Tlemçani  60'		Chicha  64'	Stadium: Stade Géo André Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)

Morocco and Tunisia finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

Morocco  v  Tunisia

22 January 1961	Morocco	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia	Palermo, Italy
	Azhar  36'		Kerrit  89'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

Morocco advanced to the Final Round by winning a coin toss.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ghana	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	3
2	Nigeria	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1

Ghana  v  Nigeria

28 August 1960	Ghana	4–1	Nigeria	Accra, Ghana
	Acquah  18' Boateng  44' Fynn  54' Salisu  55'		Fayemi  50'	Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Holland (England)

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Nigeria  v  Ghana

10 September 1960	Nigeria	2–2	Ghana	Lagos, Nigeria
	Emenako  28' Fayemi  75' (pen.)		Acquah  14', 83'	Stadium: George V Stadium Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

Ghana advanced to the Final Round.

CAF Final Round

Only 2 teams competed due to the withdrawals of both teams in Group 1.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Morocco	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
2	Ghana	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Ghana  v  Morocco

2 April 1961	Ghana	0–0	Morocco	Accra, Ghana
				Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Referee: Hussein Fahmy (Egypt)

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Morocco  v  Ghana

28 May 1961	Morocco	1–0	Ghana	Casablanca, Morocco
	Khalfi  37'			Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)

Morocco advanced to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

Asia

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.

AFC Final Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	4
2	Japan	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
—	Indonesia	withdrew

South Korea  v  Japan

6 November 1960	South Korea	2–1	Japan	Seoul, Korea Republic
	Chung Soon-Cheon  39', 41'		Sasaki  26'	Referee: Kim Duck-Chun (South Korea)

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Japan  v  South Korea

11 June 1961	Japan	0–2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
			Chung Soon-Cheon  21' Yoo Pan-Soon  26'	Referee: Pratlett (Hong Kong)

Korea Republic advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (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

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF–UEFA play-off)

Pos	Team	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: FIFA

UEFA v AFC

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)

Pos	Team	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: FIFA

CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

Pos	Team	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: FIFA

Qualified teams

FIFA World Cup qualification 1962

Qualifying countries

Team	Finals Appearance	Streak	Last Appearance
Argentina	4th	2	1958
Brazil (c)	7th	7	1958
Bulgaria	1st	1	–
Chile (h)	3rd	1	1950
Colombia	1st	1	–
Czechoslovakia	5th	3	1958
England	4th	4	1958
Hungary	5th	3	1958
Italy	5th	1	1954
Mexico	5th	4	1958
Spain	3rd	1	1950
Switzerland	5th	1	1954
Uruguay	4th	1	1954
Soviet Union	2nd	2	1958
West Germany	5th	3	1958
Yugoslavia	5th	4	1958

(h) – qualified automatically as host nation

(c) – qualified automatically as defending champions

3 of the 16 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 1966 finals: Colombia, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

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 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 Rigoberto Rojas 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. The Netherlands v. East Germany match was scratched, as due to visa problems, the East German players were not allowed to enter the Netherlands. As Hungary was already de facto qualified with three wins, no other date was arranged.
2. FIFA awarded Honduras a 2-0 win because Guatemala forfeited.

External links

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