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1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 1
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner West Germany qualified for the fifth FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland. Dates : 24/6/1953-28/3/1954
Group 1
Norway vs Saarland
| *Manager:* AUT Willibald Hahn | *Manager:* FRG Helmut Schön |
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Norway vs West Germany
| *Manager:* AUT Willibald Hahn | *Manager:* FRG Sepp Herberger |
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West Germany vs Saarland
| *Manager:* FRG Sepp Herberger | *Manager:* FRG Helmut Schön |
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Saarland vs Norway
| *Manager:* FRG Helmut Schön | *Manager:* AUT Willibald Hahn |
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West Germany vs Norway
| *Manager:* FRG Sepp Herberger | *Manager:* AUT Willibald Hahn |
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Saarland vs West Germany
| *Manager:* FRG Helmut Schön | *Manager:* FRG Sepp Herberger |
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()* shortly after half time
(**) after a handball by Erich Schanko
Team stats
{{fb|GER}}
Head coach: GER Sepp Herberger
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | ||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | NOR | SAA | NOR | SAA | Club | |||||
| MF | Horst Eckel | February 8, 1932 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 52 | 90 | - | GER [1. FC Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern) |
| DF | Herbert Erhardt | July 6, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | GER SpVgg Fürth |
| MF | Richard Gottinger | June 4, 1926 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | - | 38 | - | - | GER SpVgg Fürth |
| FW | Richard Herrmann | January 20, 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | GER FSV Frankfurt |
| DF | Werner Kohlmeyer | April 19, 1924 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | GER [1. FC Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern) |
| MF | Werner Liebrich | January 18, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | GER [1. FC Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern) |
| MF | Karl Mai | July 27, 1928 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | GER SpVgg Fürth |
| FW | Karl-Heinz Metzner | January 9, 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | GER Hessen Kassel |
| FW | Max Morlock | May 11, 1925 | 4 | 6 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | GER [1. FC Nürnberg](1-fc-nurnberg) |
| FW | Alfred Pfaff | July 16, 1926 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 48 | - | - | - | GER Eintracht Frankfurt |
| MF | Jupp Posipal | June 20, 1927 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | GER Hamburger SV |
| FW | Helmut Rahn | August 16, 1929 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | GER Rot-Weiss Essen |
| DF | Erich Retter | February 17, 1925 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | GER VfB Stuttgart |
| FW | Josef Röhrig | February 28, 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | GER [1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln) |
| FW | Horst Schade | July 10, 1922 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | GER [1. FC Nürnberg](1-fc-nurnberg) |
| FW | Hans Schäfer | October 19, 1927 | 3 | 1 | 222 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 90 | - | 90 | GER [1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln) |
| MF | Erich Schanko | October 4, 1919 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | GER Borussia Dortmund |
| GK | Toni Turek | January 18, 1919 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | GER Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| FW | Ottmar Walter | March 6, 1924 | 3 | 1 | 239 | 0 | 1 | 90 | - | 90 | 59 | GER [1. FC Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern) |
| FW | Fritz Walter | October 31, 1920 | 3 | 2 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 31 | GER [1. FC Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern) |
{{fb|SAA}}
Head coach: FRG Helmut Schön
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | |||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | NOR | FRG | NOR | FRG | Club | ||||||
| FW | Jakob Balzert | January 6, 1918 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| MF | Karl Berg | January 12, 1921 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 1 | 1 | ? | 65 | - | - | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| DF | Nikolaus Biewer | January 24, 1924 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| FW | Herbert Binkert | September 3, 1923 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| MF | Kurt Clemens | November 7, 1925 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | SAA Saar 05 | |
| FW | Helmut Fottner | December 24, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | SAA Saar 05 | |
| DF | Albert Keck | August 4, 1930 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| FW | Herbert Martin | August 29, 1925 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| MF | Peter Momber | January 4, 1921 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| FW | Werner Otto | January 3, 1929 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| MF | Waldemar Philippi | April 13, 1929 | 4 | 0 | 315 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ? | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| DF | Theodor Puff | November 21, 1927 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 1 | 0 | ? | 90 | 90 | - | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | |
| FW | Karl Schirra | October 16, 1928 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | FRG Borussia Neunkirchen | ||
| 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | ||||||||||||
| FW | Gerhard Siedl | March 22, 1929 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | FRG Borussia Neunkirchen | ||||
| 90 | 90 | 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) | ||||||||||
| GK | Erwin Strempel | January 6, 1924 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | SAA [1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken) |
{{fb|NOR}}
Head coach: AUT Willibald Hahn
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | ||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | SAA | FRG | SAA | FRG | Club | |||||
| FW | Asbjørn Andersen | December 31, 1922 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | NOR Vålerenga |
| DF | Arne Bakker | February 18, 1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | NOR Asker Fotball |
| FW | Knut Dahlen | September 28, 1922 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | NOR Raufoss IL |
| FW | Gunnar Dybwad | August 21, 1928 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 1 | 0 | - | 63 | 90 | 90 | NOR Steinkjer FK |
| GK | Olaf Førli | July 20, 1920 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | B | B | NOR Larvik Turn |
| FW | Willy Fossli | July 8, 1931 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | NOR Asker Fotball |
| Knut Gudem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | B | - | - | |||
| GK | Asbjørn Hansen | May 29, 1930 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | NOR Sparta |
| DF | Oddvar Hansen | April 11, 1921 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | NOR Brann |
| FW | Harald Hennum | May 29, 1928 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | B | NOR Skeid |
| MF | Thor Hernes | August 15, 1926 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | NOR Lyn |
| DF | Erik Holmberg | May 24, 1922 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 1 | 90 | - | B | 61 | NOR Fredrikstad FK |
| FW | Ragnar Hvidsten | December 3, 1926 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | B | B | 90 | NOR Skeid Fotball |
| DF | Harry Boye Karlsen | March 14, 1921 | 3 | 0 | 209 | 1 | 0 | B | 90 | 90 | 29 | NOR Larvik Turn |
| DF | Yngve Karlsen | February 28, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | NOR Sandefjord Ballklubb |
| FW | Kjell Kristiansen | March 19, 1925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | NOR Asker Fotball |
| FW | Arne Natland | May 22, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | B | B | NOR Eik-Tønsberg |
| FW | Hans Nordahl | April 29, 1918 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | NOR Skeid Fotball |
| FW | Leif Olsen | August 15, 1927 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | NOR Vålerenga |
| MF | Thorleif Olsen | November 15, 1921 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | NOR Vålerenga |
| FW | Willy Olsen | January 25, 1921 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | - | 90 | - | NOR Fredrikstad FK |
| MF | Thorbjørn Svenssen | April 22, 1924 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | NOR Sandefjord Ballklubb |
| FW | Gunnar Thoresen | July 21, 1920 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | NOR Larvik Turn |
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