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Español1954 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION
A total of 45 teams entered the '1954 FIFA World Cup qualification' rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. , as the hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
FIFA rejected the entries of , , , , and . 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 teams (including Egypt and Israel).
★ Group 11 - South America: ''1 place'', contested by 4 teams.
★ Group 12 - North, Central America and Caribbean: ''1 place'', contested by 3 teams.
★ Group 13 - Asia: ''1 place'', contested by 3 teams.
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.
The 13 groups had different rules, as follows:
★ 'Groups 1, 2, 4, 8 and 10' had 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
★ 'Group 3' had 4 teams. The teams would play against each other once. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
★ 'Groups 5, 6, 7 and 9' had 2 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
★ 'Group 11' had 4 teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
★ 'Group 12' had 3 teams. The teams would play against each other twice. The group winner would qualify.
★ 'Group 13' had 3 teams. After Taiwan withdrew before the matches began, the remaining 2 teams would play against each other twice. The group winner would qualify.
'Germany' qualified.
May 25, 1953, Helsinki, Finland - '2 - 4'
May 28, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden - '2 - 3'
August 5, 1953, Helsinki, Finland - '3 - 3'
August 16, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden - '4 - 0'
September 23, 1953, Brussels, Belgium - '2 - 2'
October 8, 1953, Brussels, Belgium - '2 - 0'
'Belgium' qualified.
This group was also the 1953-1954 British Home Championship.
October 3, 1953, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '1 - 3'
October 10, 1953, Cardiff, Wales - '1 - 4'
November 4, 1953, Glasgow, Scotland - '3 - 3'
November 11, 1953, Liverpool, England - '3 - 1'
March 31, 1954, Wrexham, Wales - '1 - 2'
April 3, 1954, Glasgow, Scotland - '2 - 4'
'England' and 'Scotland' qualified.
September 20, 1953, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '1 - 6'
October 4, 1953, Dublin, Ireland - '3 - 5'
October 28, 1953, Dublin, Ireland - '4 - 0'
November 25, 1953, Paris, France - '1 - 0'
December 27, 1953, Paris, France - '8 - 0'
March 7, 1954, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '0 - 1'
'France' qualified.
September 27, 1953, Vienna, Austria - '9 - 1'
November 29, 1953, Lisbon, Portugal - '0 - 0'
'Austria' qualified.
January 6, 1954, Madrid, Spain - '4 - 1'
March 14, 1954, Istanbul, Turkey - '1 - 0'
Spain and Turkey finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
March 17, 1954, Rome, Italy - '2 - 2'
'Turkey' qualified after drawing of lots.
withdrew, so '' qualified automatically.
June 14, 1953, Prague, Czechoslovakia - '2 - 0'
June 28, 1953, Bucharest, Romania - '3 - 1'
September 6, 1953, Sofia, Bulgaria - '1 - 2'
October 11, 1953, Sofia, Bulgaria - '1 - 2'
October 25, 1953, Bucharest, Romania - '0 - 1'
November 8, 1953, Prague, Czechoslovakia - '0 - 0'
'Czechoslovakia' qualified.
November 13, 1953, Cairo, Egypt - '1 - 2'
January 24, 1954, Milan, Italy - '5 - 1'
'Italy' qualified.
May 9, 1953, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '1 - 0'
November 1, 1953, Athens, Greece - '1 - 0'
November 8, 1953, Skopje, Yugoslavia - '1 - 0'
March 7, 1954, Ramat Gan, Israel - '0 - 2'
March 21, 1954, Ramat Gan, Israel - '0 - 1'
March 28, 1954, Athens, Greece - '0 - 1'
'Yugoslavia' qualified.
withdrew.
February 14, 1954, Asunción, Paraguay - '4 - 0'
February 21, 1954, Santiago, Chile - '1 - 3'
February 28, 1954, Santiago, Chile - '0 - 2'
March 7, 1954, Asunción, Paraguay - '0 - 1'
March 14, 1954, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - '1 - 0'
March 21, 1954, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - '4 - 1'
'Brazil' qualified.
USA played all their matches away.
July 19, 1953, Mexico City, Mexico - '8 - 0'
December 27, 1953, Port au Prince, Haiti - '0 - 4'
January 10, 1954, Mexico City, Mexico - '4 - 0'
January 14, 1954, Mexico City, Mexico - '3 - 1'
April 3, 1954, Port au Prince, Haiti - '2 - 3'
April 4, 1954, Port au Prince, Haiti - '0 - 3'
'Mexico' qualified.
withdrew.
March 7, 1954, Tokyo, Japan - '1 - 5'
March 14, 1954, Tokyo, Japan - '2 - 2'
'Korea Republic' qualified.
(h) - qualified automatically as hosts
(c) - qualified automatically as defending champions
★ Turkey is the only team to gain a place in the World Cup through the drawing of lots, over Spain after failing to decide which team was the winner of Group 6 after three matches.
★ For the first time, qualification matches were actually played in South America, since in all previous World Cups, the South American teams all qualified automatically due to withdrawals.
★ As the French-occupied Saarland protectorate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany only in 1957, the Saarland entered their only World Cup competition and actually had to play Germany in the qualifiers. Both German teams were joint first before the final game.
★ FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1954 World Cup Qualification
★ RSSSF - 1954 World Cup Qualification
FIFA rejected the entries of , , , , and . 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 teams (including Egypt and Israel).
★ Group 11 - South America: ''1 place'', contested by 4 teams.
★ Group 12 - North, Central America and Caribbean: ''1 place'', contested by 3 teams.
★ Group 13 - Asia: ''1 place'', contested by 3 teams.
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.
| Contents |
| Groups |
| Group 1 |
| Group 2 |
| Group 3 |
| Group 4 |
| Group 5 |
| Group 6 |
| Group 7 |
| Group 8 |
| Group 9 |
| Group 10 |
| Group 11 |
| Group 12 |
| Group 13 |
| Qualified teams |
| Notes |
| External links |
Groups
The 13 groups had different rules, as follows:
★ 'Groups 1, 2, 4, 8 and 10' had 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
★ 'Group 3' had 4 teams. The teams would play against each other once. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
★ 'Groups 5, 6, 7 and 9' had 2 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
★ 'Group 11' had 4 teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
★ 'Group 12' had 3 teams. The teams would play against each other twice. The group winner would qualify.
★ 'Group 13' had 3 teams. After Taiwan withdrew before the matches began, the remaining 2 teams would play against each other twice. The group winner would qualify.
Group 1
| Date | Venue | Home | Result | Guest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 24, 1953 | Oslo | '2 - 3' | ||
| August 19, 1953 | Oslo | '1 - 1' | ||
| October 11, 1953 | Stuttgart | '3 - 0' | ||
| November 8, 1953 | Saarbrücken | '0 - 0' | ||
| November 22, 1953 | Hamburg | '5 - 1' | ||
| March 28, 1954 | Saarbrücken | '1 - 3' |
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '7' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
| '2' | '3' | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| '3' | '2' | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
'Germany' qualified.
Group 2
May 25, 1953, Helsinki, Finland - '2 - 4'
May 28, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden - '2 - 3'
August 5, 1953, Helsinki, Finland - '3 - 3'
August 16, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden - '4 - 0'
September 23, 1953, Brussels, Belgium - '2 - 2'
October 8, 1953, Brussels, Belgium - '2 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '7' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |
| '2' | '3' | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
| '3' | '2' | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
'Belgium' qualified.
Group 3
This group was also the 1953-1954 British Home Championship.
October 3, 1953, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '1 - 3'
October 10, 1953, Cardiff, Wales - '1 - 4'
November 4, 1953, Glasgow, Scotland - '3 - 3'
November 11, 1953, Liverpool, England - '3 - 1'
March 31, 1954, Wrexham, Wales - '1 - 2'
April 3, 1954, Glasgow, Scotland - '2 - 4'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '6' | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| '2' | '3' | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
| '3' | '2' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| '4' | '1' | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
'England' and 'Scotland' qualified.
Group 4
September 20, 1953, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '1 - 6'
October 4, 1953, Dublin, Ireland - '3 - 5'
October 28, 1953, Dublin, Ireland - '4 - 0'
November 25, 1953, Paris, France - '1 - 0'
December 27, 1953, Paris, France - '8 - 0'
March 7, 1954, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '0 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '8' | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
'France' qualified.
Group 5
September 27, 1953, Vienna, Austria - '9 - 1'
November 29, 1953, Lisbon, Portugal - '0 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
'Austria' qualified.
Group 6
January 6, 1954, Madrid, Spain - '4 - 1'
March 14, 1954, Istanbul, Turkey - '1 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1=' | '2' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| '1=' | '2' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Spain and Turkey finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
March 17, 1954, Rome, Italy - '2 - 2'
'Turkey' qualified after drawing of lots.
Group 7
withdrew, so '' qualified automatically.
Group 8
June 14, 1953, Prague, Czechoslovakia - '2 - 0'
June 28, 1953, Bucharest, Romania - '3 - 1'
September 6, 1953, Sofia, Bulgaria - '1 - 2'
October 11, 1953, Sofia, Bulgaria - '1 - 2'
October 25, 1953, Bucharest, Romania - '0 - 1'
November 8, 1953, Prague, Czechoslovakia - '0 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '7' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| '3' | '1' | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
'Czechoslovakia' qualified.
Group 9
November 13, 1953, Cairo, Egypt - '1 - 2'
January 24, 1954, Milan, Italy - '5 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '4' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| '2' | '0' | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
'Italy' qualified.
Group 10
May 9, 1953, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '1 - 0'
November 1, 1953, Athens, Greece - '1 - 0'
November 8, 1953, Skopje, Yugoslavia - '1 - 0'
March 7, 1954, Ramat Gan, Israel - '0 - 2'
March 21, 1954, Ramat Gan, Israel - '0 - 1'
March 28, 1954, Athens, Greece - '0 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '8' | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
'Yugoslavia' qualified.
Group 11
withdrew.
February 14, 1954, Asunción, Paraguay - '4 - 0'
February 21, 1954, Santiago, Chile - '1 - 3'
February 28, 1954, Santiago, Chile - '0 - 2'
March 7, 1954, Asunción, Paraguay - '0 - 1'
March 14, 1954, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - '1 - 0'
March 21, 1954, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - '4 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '8' | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
'Brazil' qualified.
Group 12
USA played all their matches away.
July 19, 1953, Mexico City, Mexico - '8 - 0'
December 27, 1953, Port au Prince, Haiti - '0 - 4'
January 10, 1954, Mexico City, Mexico - '4 - 0'
January 14, 1954, Mexico City, Mexico - '3 - 1'
April 3, 1954, Port au Prince, Haiti - '2 - 3'
April 4, 1954, Port au Prince, Haiti - '0 - 3'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '8' | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
'Mexico' qualified.
Group 13
withdrew.
March 7, 1954, Tokyo, Japan - '1 - 5'
March 14, 1954, Tokyo, Japan - '2 - 2'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
'Korea Republic' qualified.
Qualified teams
Qualifying countries
| Team | Finals Appearance | Streak | Last Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1 | 1934 | |
| 4th | 1 | 1938 | |
| 5th | 5 | 1950 | |
| 3rd | 1 | 1938 | |
| 2nd | 2 | 1950 | |
| 4th | 1 | 1938 | |
| 3rd | 1 | 1938 | |
| 4th | 4 | 1950 | |
| 1st | 1 | - | |
| 3rd | 2 | 1950 | |
| 1st | 1 | - | |
| (h) | 4th | 4 | 1950 |
| 1st | 1 | - | |
| (c) | 3rd | 2 | 1950 |
| 3rd | 1 | 1938 | |
| 3rd | 2 | 1950 |
(h) - qualified automatically as hosts
(c) - qualified automatically as defending champions
Notes
★ Turkey is the only team to gain a place in the World Cup through the drawing of lots, over Spain after failing to decide which team was the winner of Group 6 after three matches.
★ For the first time, qualification matches were actually played in South America, since in all previous World Cups, the South American teams all qualified automatically due to withdrawals.
★ As the French-occupied Saarland protectorate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany only in 1957, the Saarland entered their only World Cup competition and actually had to play Germany in the qualifiers. Both German teams were joint first before the final game.
External links
★ FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1954 World Cup Qualification
★ RSSSF - 1954 World Cup Qualification
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