1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

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

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup 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.

CAF

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (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

Second round

CCCF and NAFC

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (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

Second round

CONMEBOL

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (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.

UEFA

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (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.

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)

UEFA v AFC

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

CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL

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

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

;7 goals

• TCH Andrej Kvašňák

;6 goals

• CRC Juan Ulloa
• MEX Salvador Reyes Monteón

;5 goals

• TCH Adolf Scherer
• ENG Bobby Charlton
• SWE Yngve Brodd
• SUI Charles Antenen

;4 goals

• CRC Rubén Jiménez
• CRC Marvin Rodríguez
• TCH Tomáš Pospíchal
• GUA Francisco López Contreras
• ISR Nahum Stelmach
• ITA Omar Sivori
• MEX Francisco Flores
• POR Yaúca
• KOR Chung Soon-cheon
• YUG Milan Galić

;3 goals

• ARG Oreste Omar Corbatta
• ENG Jimmy Greaves
• FRA Maryan Wisnieski
• GHA Edward Acquah
• GRE Andreas Papaemmanouil
• HUN Lajos Tichy
• ISR Yehoshua Glazer
• ISR Shlomo Levi
• ITA Mario Corso
• LUX Ady Schmit
• MEX Sigfrido Mercado
• MAR Abdallah Azhar
• 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

• ARG Martín Pando
• ARG José Francisco Sanfilippo
• ARG Rubén Héctor Sosa
• BUL Hristo Iliev
• BUL Dimitar Yakimov
• CRC Manrique Quesada
• CRC Rigoberto Rojas
• CYP Michalis Shialis
• GDR Dieter Erler
• ECU Carlos Alberto Raffo
• ENG Ray Pointer
• ENG Bobby Smith
• FIN Kai Pahlman
• FRA Jacques Faivre
• GUA Augusto Espinoza
• HON Carlos Humberto Suazo
• HUN János Göröcs
• HUN Károly Sándor
• MEX Eduardo González Palmer
• MAR Mohamed Khalfi
• NED Henk Groot
• NED Tonny van der Linden
• ANT Eduvigis Rudolfo Dirksz
• ANT Edwin Miliano Loran
• NGA Dejo Fayemi
• NIR Jimmy McIlroy
• NIR Jim McLaughlin
• POR José Águas
• SCO David Herd
• SCO Denis Law
• SCO Alex Young
• KOR Yoo Pan-soon
• URS Valentin Bubukin
• URS Mikheil Meskhi
• URS Slava Metreveli
• URS Viktor Ponedelnik
• ESP Alfredo Di Stéfano
• SWE Agne Simonsson
• SUI Robert Ballaman
• SUI Heinz Schneiter
• YUG Dragoslav Šekularac

;1 goal

• ARG Ricardo José Maria Ramaciotti
• BEL Roger Claessen
• BEL Paul van Himst
• BEL Marcel Paeschen
• BOL Máximo Alcócer
• BOL Wilfredo Camacho
• BUL Todor Diev
• BUL Ivan Petkov Kolev
• BUL Petar Velichkov
• COL Eusebio Escobar
• COL Héctor Garzon González
• CRC Carlos Vivo Goban
• CRC Álvaro Grant MacDonald
• CRC Jorge Hernán Monge
• CRC Walter Pearson
• TCH Jiří Hledík
• TCH Josef Jelínek
• TCH Josef Kadraba
• TCH Josef Masopust
• GDR Peter Ducke
• ECU Alberto Pedro Spencer
• ENG John Connelly
• ENG Ron Flowers
• ENG Johnny Haynes
• ENG Dennis Viollet
• ETH Mohammed Awad
• ETH Luciano Vassalo
• FIN Sauli Pietiläinen
• FRA Lucien Cossou
• FRA Jean-Jacques Marcel
• FRA Roger Piantoni
• FRA Ernest Schultz
• FRA Joseph Ujlaki
• GHA Edward Boateng
• GHA Aggrey Fynn
• GHA Mohamadu Salisu
• GUA Fred Masella
• HON Ronald Leaky
• 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
• JPN Koji Sasaki
• LUX Camille Dimmer
• LUX Nicolas Hoffmann
• MEX Raúl Cárdenas
• MEX Isidoro Díaz
• MEX Crescencio Gutiérrez
• MAR Lahcen Chicha
• MAR Sellam Riahi
• NGA Godwin Emenako
• NOR Bjørn Borgen
• NOR Eldar Hansen
• NOR Roald Jensen
• PER Faustino Delgado
• POL Lucjan Brychczy
• POL Jan Szmidt
• POR Mário Coluna
• POR Eusébio
• URS Gennadi Gusarov
• URS Aleksei Mamykin
• URS Valery Voronin
• ESP Enrique Collar
• ESP Marcelino
• ESP Joaquín Peiró
• ESP Alfonso Rodríguez Salas
• ESP Luis del Sol
• NGY August Foe a Man
• SWE Torbjörn Jonsson
• SUI Norbert Eschmann
• SUI Rolf Wüthrich
• TUN Abdelmajid Chetali
• TUN Brahim Kerrit
• TUN Rached Meddeb
• TUN Abdelmajid Tlemçani
• TUR Aydın Yelken
• USA Helmut Bicek
• USA Carl Fister
• USA Al Zerhusen
• URU Ángel Cabrera
• URU Luis Alberto Cubilla
• URU Guillermo Escalada
• 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

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

Notes

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

References

References

1. (2010-06-10). "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)". FIFA.
2. (2010-06-10). "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)". FIFA.