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1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification |
| dates | 9 May 1953 – 4 April 1954 |
| num_teams | 39 (not counted Iceland, Bolivia, Cuba and Costa Rica) |
| confederations | 4 |
| matches | 57 |
| goals | 208 |
| top_scorer | FRG Max Morlock (6 goals) |
| prevseason | [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup-qualification) |
| nextseason | [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup-qualification) |
A total of 39 (not counted Iceland, Bolivia, Cuba and Costa Rica) teams entered the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Switzerland, as the hosts, and Uruguay, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
The remaining 37 teams were divided into 13 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows:
- Groups 1 to 10 – Europe: 11 places, contested by 27 (not counted Iceland) teams (including Egypt and Israel).
- Group 11 and 12 – The Americas: 2 places, contested by 7 (not counted Bolivia, Cuba and Costa Rica) teams.
- Group 13 – Asia: 1 place, contested by 3 teams.
Rejected: Iceland, Bolivia, Cuba and Costa Rica
Withdrawals: Poland, Republic of China, Peru
From the remaining 34 teams, were qualified without playing any qualifying match: Hungary
A total of 33 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 57 qualifying matches were played, and 208 goals were scored (an average of 3.65 per match).
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.
Groups
The 13 groups had different rules, as follows:
- Groups 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, and 10 had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
- Groups 5, 6 and 9 had 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
- Group 3 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
- Group 11 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
- Group 12 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice. The group winner would qualify.
- Group 13 had 3 teams. After Republic of China withdrew before the matches began, the remaining 2 teams played against each other twice. The group winner would qualify.
Group 1
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 1
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | **7** | |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | **3** | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | **2** |
Dahlen Otto Siedl
Schade
O. Walter F. Walter Rahn
Schäfer
West Germany qualified.
Group 2
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | **7** | |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | **3** | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | **2** |
Anoul
Selmosson Straetmans Lemberechts
Lahtinen Rikberg Persson
Sandell Sandin
Vaihela
Mees
Belgium qualified. This was the first time Sweden failed to qualify.
Group 3
Main article: 1953–54 British Home Championship
This group was also the 1953–54 British Home Championship.
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | **6** | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | **3** | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | **2** | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | **1** |
Henderson
Lofthouse
Johnstone Reilly Allchurch
Lofthouse
Ormond Nicholls Allen Mullen
England and Scotland qualified.
Group 4
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 4
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | **8** | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | **4** | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | **0** |
Kopa Cicci Glovacki Kargu Flamion
Walsh O'Farrell Penverne Ujlaki Flamion
Ryan Eglington
Vincent Fontaine Foix
France qualified.
Group 5
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 5
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | **3** | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 | **1** |
Probst
Happel
Wagner
Dienst
Austria qualified.
Group 6
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | **2** | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | **2** |
Gaínza González Alsua
Spain and Turkey finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Suat Escudero
Luigi Franco Gemma, a 14-year-old Italian boy whose father worked at the stadium, picked Turkey's name from the lots with his eyes blindfolded. Therefore, Turkey qualified. This was the first time Spain failed to qualify for the final tournament.
Group 7
Since FIFA rejected the entry of and withdrew, the Group was scratched and Hungary qualified automatically.
Group 8
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | **7** | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | **4** | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | **1** |
Vlk
Ene
Călinoiu
Czechoslovakia qualified. This was the first time Romania failed to qualify.
Group 9
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 9
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | **4** | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | **0** |
Muccinelli
Frignani Boniperti Ricagni
Italy qualified.
Group 10
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 10
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | **8** | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | **4** | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | −5 | **0** |
Kamaras
Yugoslavia qualified.
Group 11
FIFA rejected the entry of .
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | **8** | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | **4** | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | **0** | |
| — | *Withdrew* |
J. Parodi Hermosilla S. Parodi
J. Parodi
Baltazar Maurinho
Brazil qualified. This was the first time they had to play qualifying matches.
Group 12
FIFA rejected the entries of and .
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | **8** | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | **4** | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −16 | **0** |
Gómez Tellez Arnauda
Lamadrid Balcázar
Scheppel Lamadrid Naranjo
Lamadrid
Chacurian Looby
Mendoza
**Mexico ** qualified.
Group 13
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 13
FIFA rejected the entries of and .
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | **3** | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | **1** | |
| *Withdrew* |
Choi Kwang-suk Choi Chung-min
Choi Chung-min
South Korea qualified.
Qualified teams
| Team | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Streak | Last appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 1953 | 3rd | 1 | [1938](1934-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 8 October 1953 | 4th | 1 | [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 21 March 1954 | 5th | 5 | [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 25 October 1953 | 3rd | 1 | [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 11 November 1953 | 2nd | 2 | [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 25 November 1953 | 4th | 1 | [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup) | |
| (w) | 3rd | 1 | [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 24 January 1954 | 4th | 4 | [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 14 March 1954 | 1st | 1 | — | |
| 14 January 1954 | 3rd | 2 | [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 31 March 1954 | 1st | 1 | — | |
| (h) | 22 July 1946 | 4th | 4 | [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup) |
| 17 March 1954 | 1st | 1 | — | |
| (c) | 16 July 1950 | 3rd | 2 | [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup) |
| 28 March 1954 | 3rd | 1 | [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup) | |
| 28 March 1954 | 3rd | 2 | [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup) |
(h) – qualified automatically as hosts
(c) – qualified automatically as defending champions
(w) – qualified automatically because Poland withdrew
Goalscorers
;6 goals
- FRG Max Morlock
;5 goals
- AUT Erich Probst
- BRA Baltazar
- MEX Tomás Balcázar
;4 goals
- BEL Henri Coppens
- MEX José Luis Lamadrid
- SWE Nils-Åke Sandell
- USA Bill Looby
;3 goals
- TCH František Vlk
- ENG Nat Lofthouse
- FIN Kalevi Lehtovirta
- FRA Just Fontaine
- MEX Pedro Arnauda
- PAR Manuel Lugo
- KOR Choi Chung-min
- KOR Chung Nam-sik
- WAL John Charles
;2 goals
- BEL Léopold Anoul
- BEL Mathieu Bollen
- BRA Júlio Botelho
- ENG Harold Hassall
- ENG Dennis Wilshaw
- FIN Olavi Lahtinen
- FRA Jean Desgranges
- FRA Pierre Flamion
- FRA Léon Glovacki
- FRA Roger Piantoni
- FRA Joseph Ujlaki
- FRA Jean Vincent
- HAI Gerard Ellie
- IRL Arthur Fitzsimons
- IRL Reg Ryan
- ITA Giampiero Boniperti
- ITA Amleto Frignani
- JPN Toshio Iwatani
- MEX Alfredo Torres
- NIR Peter McParland
- PAR José Parodi
- ROU József Pecsovszky
- SCO Allan Brown
- SCO Charlie Fleming
- TUR Burhan Sargın
- WAL Ivor Allchurch
- FRG Fritz Walter
;1 goal
- AUT Robert Dienst
- AUT Ernst Happel
- AUT Ernst Ocwirk
- AUT Theodor Wagner
- BEL Victor Lemberechts
- BEL Victor Mees
- BEL Jean-Louis Straetmans
- BRA Maurinho
- BUL Stefan Bozhkov
- BUL Ivan Kolev
- BUL Dobromir Tashkov
- CHI Ted Robledo
- TCH Emil Pažický
- TCH František Šafránek
- EGY Ad-Diba
- EGY Alaa El-Hamouly
- ENG Ronnie Allen
- ENG Ivor Broadis
- ENG Jimmy Mullen
- ENG Johnny Nicholls
- FIN Nils Rikberg
- FIN Jorma Vaihela
- FRA Raymond Cicci
- FRA Jacques Foix
- FRA Édouard Kargu
- FRA Raymond Kopa
- FRA Armand Penverne
- GRE Thanasis Bembis
- GRE Georgios Kamaras
- GRE Dimitris Kokkinakis
- IRL George Cummins
- IRL Tommy Eglington
- IRL Frank O'Farrell
- IRL Davy Walsh
- ITA Ermes Muccinelli
- ITA Egisto Pandolfini
- ITA Eduardo Ricagni
- JPN Ken Naganuma
- LUX Antoine Kohn
- MEX Rafael Ávalos
- MEX Gregorio Gómez
- MEX José Naranjo
- MEX Nicolás Tellez
- NIR Norman Lockhart
- NIR Eddie McMorran
- NOR Knut Dahlen
- NOR Harald Hennum
- NOR Hans Nordahl
- NOR Gunnar Thoresen
- PAR Ireneo Hermosilla
- PAR Eulogio Martínez
- PAR Silvio Parodi
- POR José Águas
- ROU Valeriu Călinoiu
- ROU Alexandru Ene
- ROU Gavril Serfözö
- SAA Herbert Binkert
- SAA Herbert Martin
- SAA Werner Otto
- SAA Gerhard Siedl
- SCO Jackie Henderson
- SCO Bobby Johnstone
- SCO Willie Ormond
- SCO Lawrence Reilly
- KOR Choi Kwang-suk
- ESP Rafael Alsua
- ESP José Artetxe
- ESP Adrián Escudero
- ESP Agustín Gaínza
- ESP Miguel González
- ESP Venancio García
- SWE Bengt Berndtsson
- SWE Hans Persson
- SWE Gösta Sandberg
- SWE Herbert Sandin
- SWE Arne Selmosson
- TUR Recep Adanır
- TUR Suat Mamat
- USA Cornelius Casey
- USA Efrain Chacurian
- USA Ruben Mendoza
- FRG Helmut Rahn
- FRG Horst Schade
- FRG Hans Schäfer
- FRG Ottmar Walter
- YUG Frane Matošić
- YUG Miloš Milutinović
- YUG Todor Veselinović
- YUG Branko Zebec
;1 own goal
- USA William Scheppel (playing against Mexico)
Notes
- Turkey qualified via the drawing of lots, after they and Spain finished level on points in Group 6 and a drawn play-off match in Rome.
- For the first time, qualification matches were actually played in South America; in the four previous World Cups, the South American teams qualified automatically due to withdrawals (in the case of 1934) or through the South American Football Championship (for the 1938 and 1950 tournaments), while there was no qualifying process in 1930. Argentina did not take part in the qualification process.
- As the French-occupied Saarland protectorate did not become part of Germany until 1957, the Saarland national team entered their only World Cup competition and actually had to play Germany in the qualifiers.
- The entries of Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Iceland, India and South Vietnam were rejected by FIFA.
- After being banned from the 1950 tournament following the Second World War, Germany and Japan were both allowed to play again. West Germany qualified and became champions after defeating Hungary with a score of 3–2 in the final that became known as the Miracle of Bern.
References
References
- (20 Oct 2005). "Play-off history provides no clues for Spain". FIFA.
- (27 March 2009). "Don't mention the draw!". Reuters.
- Lisi, Clemente Angelo. (2007). "A history of the World Cup: 1930–2006". Scarecrow Press.
- Murray, Scott. (8 August 2002). "Lucky tossers".
- "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)". FIFA.
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