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1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
dates4 December 1960 - 5 November 1961
num_teams7
confederations1
matches6
goals22
attendance260274
top_scorerOreste Corbatta (3 goals)
prevseason[1958](1958-fifa-world-cup-qualification-conmebol)
nextseason[1966](1966-fifa-world-cup-qualification-conmebol)

The South American section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification saw 7 teams competing 3 berths in the finals.

Format

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 with the group winners would qualifying for the final tournament. Brazil did not participate, as they qualified automatically after winning the 1958 World Cup while Chile qualified automatically as hosts. Venezuela did not enter the tournament.

Groups

Group 1

Raffo Pando Sosa Sanfilippo
Ramaciotti

Sanfilippo Corbatta Sosa Pando

Group 2

Escalada

Group 3

Inter-confederation play-offs

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

Qualified Teams

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup**[1](1)**
2 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup))
6 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup), *[1950](1950-fifa-world-cup)*, [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), **[1958](1958-fifa-world-cup)**)
3 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup))
3 (***[1930](1930-fifa-world-cup)***, **[1950](1950-fifa-world-cup)**, [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup))
0 (debut)

:1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;3 goals

  • ARG Oreste Corbatta

;2 goals

  • ARG Martín Pando
  • ARG José Sanfilippo
  • ARG Rubén Héctor Sosa
  • ECU Carlos Alberto Raffo

;1 goal

  • ARG Ricardo José Maria Ramaciotti
  • BOL Máximo Alcócer
  • BOL Wilfredo Camacho
  • COL Eusebio Escobar
  • COL Héctor Garzon González
  • ECU Alberto Spencer
  • PER Faustino Delgado
  • URU Ángel Cabrera
  • URU Luis Cubilla
  • URU Guillermo Escalada

;1 own goal

  • ECU Romulo Gómez (playing against Argentina)

References

References

  1. [[Venezuela national football team results. Venezuela]] didn’t enter the qualification phrase. [[Brazil national football team. Brazil]] also didn’t enter as the qualified automatically due from the winning the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]]. [[Paraguay national football team. Paraguay]] only played in the inter-confederation playoffs.
  2. (2007-11-26). "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA.
  3. (2007-11-26). "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA.
  4. (2007-11-26). "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA.
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