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Español1958 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION
A total of 55 teams entered the '1958 FIFA World Cup qualification' rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Sweden as the hosts and Germany, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
The qualification rounds for the four previous World Cups were very confusing, with controversial rules and many withdrawals. From this tournament onwards, FIFA decided to divide the teams into several continental zones, assign a pre-determined number of places in the final tournament to each zone, and delegate the organization of the qualifying tournaments to its confederations: UEFA of Europe, CONMEBOL of South America, CONCACAF of North, Central America and Caribbean, CAF of Africa and AFC of Asia (and OFC of Oceania after it was formed later). This led to a more organized qualification process with clearer rules, but not yet withdrawal-proof.
The 16 spots available in the 1958 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
★ Europe (UEFA): ''11 places'', 2 of them went to automatic qualifiers Sweden and Germany, while the other 9 places were contested by 27 teams.
★ South America (CONMEBOL): ''3 places'', contested by 9 teams.
★ North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF): ''1 place'', contested by 6 teams.
★ Africa (CAF) and Asia (AFC): ''1 place'', contested by 11 teams (including Israel, Cyprus and Turkey).
However, FIFA also imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match because many teams qualified for previous World Cups without playing due to withdrawals of their opponents. Because Israel won the African and Asian zone under this circumstance, FIFA required them to enter a play-off against a team from Europe who initially did not qualify, with the winner of this play-off qualifying. Therefore, effectively in the end, a total of ''11.5 places'' were granted to Europe while only ''0.5 places'' were granted to Africa and Asia.
A total of 46 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 89 qualifying matches were played, and 341 goals were scored (an average of 3.83 per match).
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.
The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
October 3, 1956, Dublin, Ireland - '2 - 1'
December 5, 1956, Wolverhampton, England - '5 - 2'
May 8, 1957, London, England - '5 - 1'
May 15, 1957, Copenhagen, Denmark - '1 - 4'
May 19, 1957, Dublin, Ireland - '1 - 1'
October 2, 1957, Copenhagen, Denmark - '0 - 2'
'England' qualified.
November 11, 1956, Paris, France - '6 - 3'
June 2, 1957, Nantes, France - '8 - 0'
June 5, 1957, Brussels, Belgium - '8 - 3'
September 1, 1957, Reykjavík, Iceland - '1 - 5'
September 4, 1957, Reykjavík, Iceland - '2 - 5'
October 27, 1957, Brussels, Belgium - '0 - 0'
'France' qualified.
May 22, 1957, Oslo, Norway - '1 - 2'
June 12, 1957, Oslo, Norway - '2 - 1'
June 23, 1957, Budapest, Hungary - '4 - 1'
September 15, 1957, Sofia, Bulgaria - '1 - 2'
November 3, 1957, Sofia, Bulgaria - '7 - 0'
November 10, 1957, Budapest, Hungary - '5 - 0'
'Hungary' qualified.
May 1, 1957, Cardiff, Wales - '1 - 0'
May 19, 1957, Leipzig, Germany - '2 - 1'
May 26, 1957, Prague, Czechoslovakia - '2 - 0'
June 16, 1957, Brno, Czechoslovakia - '3 - 1'
September 25, 1957, Cardiff, Wales - '4 - 1'
October 27, 1957, Leipzig, Germany - '1 - 4'
'Czechoslovakia' qualified. ''Wales'' would get another chance to qualify after being drawn to play against Israel in a special play-off; see CAF / AFC Final Round and Play-off.
September 30, 1956, Vienna, Austria - '7 - 0'
March 20, 1957, Rotterdam, Netherlands - '4 - 1'
May 26, 1957, Vienna, Austria - '3 - 2'
September 11, 1957, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '2 - 5'
September 25, 1957, Rotterdam, Netherlands - '1 - 1'
September 29, 1957, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '0 - 3'
'Austria' qualified.
June 23, 1957, Moscow, USSR - '3 - 0'
July 5, 1957, Helsinki, Finland - '1 - 3'
July 27, 1957, Moscow, USSR - '2 - 1'
August 15, 1957, Helsinki, Finland - '0 - 10'
October 20, 1957, Chorzow, Poland - '2 - 1'
November 3, 1957, Warsaw, Poland - '4 - 0'
Poland and USSR finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
November 24, 1957, Leipzig, East Germany - '2 - 0'
'USSR' qualified.
May 5, 1957, Athens, Greece - '0 - 0'
June 16, 1957, Athens, Greece - '1 - 2'
September 29, 1957, Bucharest, Romania - '1 - 1'
November 3, 1957, Bucharest, Romania - '3 - 0'
November 10, 1957, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '4 - 1'
November 17, 1957, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '2 - 0'
'Yugoslavia' qualified.
January 16, 1957, Lisbon, Portugal - '1 - 1'
April 25, 1957, Rome, Italy - '1 - 0'
May 1, 1957, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '3 - 0'
May 26, 1957, Lisbon, Portugal - '3 - 0'
December 22, 1957, Milan, Italy - '3 - 0'
January 15, 1958, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '2 - 1' [1]
'Northern Ireland' qualified.
March 10, 1957, Madrid, Spain - '2 - 2'
May 8, 1957, Glasgow, Scotland - '4 - 2'
May 19, 1957, Basel, Switzerland - '1 - 2'
May 26, 1957, Madrid, Spain - '4 - 1'
November 6, 1957, Glasgow, Scotland - '3 - 2'
November 24, 1957, Lausanne, Switzerland - '1 - 4'
'Scotland' qualified.
The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
Venezuela withdrew.
April 13, 1957, Lima, Peru - '1 - 1'
April 21, 1957, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - '1 - 0'
'Brazil' qualified.
September 23, 1957, Santiago, Chile - '2 - 1'
September 29, 1957, La Paz, Bolivia - '3 - 0'
October 6, 1957, La Paz, Bolivia - '2 - 0'
October 13, 1957, Santiago, Chile - '0 - 2'
October 20, 1957, Buenos Aires, Argentina - '4 - 0'
October 27, 1957, Buenos Aires, Argentina - '4 - 0'
'Argentina' qualified.
June 16, 1957, Bogotá, Colombia - '1 - 1'
June 20, 1957, Bogotá, Colombia - '2 - 3'
June 30, 1957, Montevideo, Uruguay - '1 - 0'
July 7, 1957, Asunción, Paraguay - '3 - 0'
July 14, 1957, Asunción, Paraguay - '5 - 0'
July 28, 1957, Montevideo, Uruguay - '2 - 0'
'Paraguay' qualified.
There would be two rounds of play:
★ 'First Round': The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
★ 'Final Round': The 2 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
April 7, 1957, Mexico City, Mexico - '6 - 0'
April 28, 1957, Los Angeles, USA - '2 - 7'
June 22, 1957, Toronto, Canada - '5 - 1'
June 30, 1957, Mexico City, Mexico - '3 - 0'
July 3, 1957, Toronto, Canada - '0 - 2'
July 6, 1957, Saint Louis, USA - '2 - 3'
''Mexico'' advanced to the Final Round.
February 10, 1957, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '2 - 6'
February 17, 1957, San José, Costa Rica - '3 - 1'
March 3, 1957, San José, Costa Rica - '4 - 0'
March 14, 1957, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '1 - 3'
August 4, 1957, Willemstad, Curaçao - '1 - 2'
Curaçao vs Guatemala was not played because the Guatemalan players were not permitted to travel to Curaçao. Neither team could advance with a win anyway.
''Costa Rica'' advanced to the Final Round.
October 20, 1957, Mexico City, Mexico - '2 - 0'
October 27, 1957, San José, Costa Rica - '1 - 1'
'Mexico' qualified.
FIFA rejected the entries of Ethiopia and Korea Republic. The remaining 9 teams would play in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The tournament winner would qualify.
Republic of China withdrew, so Indonesia advanced to the First Round automatically.
Hong Kong withdraw.
May 12, 1957, Jakarta, Indonesia - '2 - 0'
June 2, 1957, Beijing, China - '4 - 3'
China PR and Indonesia finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
June 23, 1957, Rangoon, Burma - '0 - 0' (aet)
''Indonesia'' advanced to the Second Round by having a better goal average.
refused to play against Israel, so '' advanced to the Second Round automatically.
withdrew, so '' advanced to the Second Round automatically.
March 8, 1957, Khartoum, Sudan - '1 - 0'
May 24, 1957, Damascus, Syria - '1 - 1'
''Sudan'' advanced to the Second Round.
wanted to play against Israel on neutral ground, but FIFA did not accept, and so they withdrew. '' advanced to the Final Round automatically.
withdrew, so '' advanced to the Final Round automatically.
refused to play against Israel. Technically, would qualify automatically, but before the qualification rounds began, FIFA ruled that no team would qualify without playing at least one match (except for the defending champions and the hosts), and Israel had yet to play any. So a special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA Groups, where the teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. After declined, , the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the lucky team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.
January 15, 1958, Ramat Gan, Israel - '0 - 2'
February 5, 1958, Cardiff, Wales - '2 - 0'
'Wales' qualified. Therefore, no teams from Africa or Asia qualified.
★ For the first (and so far only) time, all four British teams (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) qualified.
★ Wales is the only team to qualify after having been eliminated but then reinstated.
1. Originally scheduled for December 4, 1957: the World Cup qualifier was postponed but a friendly match was played instead, which finished 2–2.
2. Qualified automatically as hosts
3. Qualified automatically as defending champions
★ FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1958 World Cup Qualification
★ RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification
The qualification rounds for the four previous World Cups were very confusing, with controversial rules and many withdrawals. From this tournament onwards, FIFA decided to divide the teams into several continental zones, assign a pre-determined number of places in the final tournament to each zone, and delegate the organization of the qualifying tournaments to its confederations: UEFA of Europe, CONMEBOL of South America, CONCACAF of North, Central America and Caribbean, CAF of Africa and AFC of Asia (and OFC of Oceania after it was formed later). This led to a more organized qualification process with clearer rules, but not yet withdrawal-proof.
The 16 spots available in the 1958 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
★ Europe (UEFA): ''11 places'', 2 of them went to automatic qualifiers Sweden and Germany, while the other 9 places were contested by 27 teams.
★ South America (CONMEBOL): ''3 places'', contested by 9 teams.
★ North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF): ''1 place'', contested by 6 teams.
★ Africa (CAF) and Asia (AFC): ''1 place'', contested by 11 teams (including Israel, Cyprus and Turkey).
However, FIFA also imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match because many teams qualified for previous World Cups without playing due to withdrawals of their opponents. Because Israel won the African and Asian zone under this circumstance, FIFA required them to enter a play-off against a team from Europe who initially did not qualify, with the winner of this play-off qualifying. Therefore, effectively in the end, a total of ''11.5 places'' were granted to Europe while only ''0.5 places'' were granted to Africa and Asia.
A total of 46 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 89 qualifying matches were played, and 341 goals were scored (an average of 3.83 per match).
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.
Europe
The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
UEFA Group 1
October 3, 1956, Dublin, Ireland - '2 - 1'
December 5, 1956, Wolverhampton, England - '5 - 2'
May 8, 1957, London, England - '5 - 1'
May 15, 1957, Copenhagen, Denmark - '1 - 4'
May 19, 1957, Dublin, Ireland - '1 - 1'
October 2, 1957, Copenhagen, Denmark - '0 - 2'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '7' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| '2' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
'England' qualified.
UEFA Group 2
November 11, 1956, Paris, France - '6 - 3'
June 2, 1957, Nantes, France - '8 - 0'
June 5, 1957, Brussels, Belgium - '8 - 3'
September 1, 1957, Reykjavík, Iceland - '1 - 5'
September 4, 1957, Reykjavík, Iceland - '2 - 5'
October 27, 1957, Brussels, Belgium - '0 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '7' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| '2' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
'France' qualified.
UEFA Group 3
May 22, 1957, Oslo, Norway - '1 - 2'
June 12, 1957, Oslo, Norway - '2 - 1'
June 23, 1957, Budapest, Hungary - '4 - 1'
September 15, 1957, Sofia, Bulgaria - '1 - 2'
November 3, 1957, Sofia, Bulgaria - '7 - 0'
November 10, 1957, Budapest, Hungary - '5 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |
| '3' | '2' | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
'Hungary' qualified.
UEFA Group 4
May 1, 1957, Cardiff, Wales - '1 - 0'
May 19, 1957, Leipzig, Germany - '2 - 1'
May 26, 1957, Prague, Czechoslovakia - '2 - 0'
June 16, 1957, Brno, Czechoslovakia - '3 - 1'
September 25, 1957, Cardiff, Wales - '4 - 1'
October 27, 1957, Leipzig, Germany - '1 - 4'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| '3' | '2' | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
'Czechoslovakia' qualified. ''Wales'' would get another chance to qualify after being drawn to play against Israel in a special play-off; see CAF / AFC Final Round and Play-off.
UEFA Group 5
September 30, 1956, Vienna, Austria - '7 - 0'
March 20, 1957, Rotterdam, Netherlands - '4 - 1'
May 26, 1957, Vienna, Austria - '3 - 2'
September 11, 1957, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '2 - 5'
September 25, 1957, Rotterdam, Netherlands - '1 - 1'
September 29, 1957, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '0 - 3'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '7' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| '2' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
'Austria' qualified.
UEFA Group 6
June 23, 1957, Moscow, USSR - '3 - 0'
July 5, 1957, Helsinki, Finland - '1 - 3'
July 27, 1957, Moscow, USSR - '2 - 1'
August 15, 1957, Helsinki, Finland - '0 - 10'
October 20, 1957, Chorzow, Poland - '2 - 1'
November 3, 1957, Warsaw, Poland - '4 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1=' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |
| '1=' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
Poland and USSR finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
November 24, 1957, Leipzig, East Germany - '2 - 0'
'USSR' qualified.
UEFA Group 7
May 5, 1957, Athens, Greece - '0 - 0'
June 16, 1957, Athens, Greece - '1 - 2'
September 29, 1957, Bucharest, Romania - '1 - 1'
November 3, 1957, Bucharest, Romania - '3 - 0'
November 10, 1957, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '4 - 1'
November 17, 1957, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '2 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '6' | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| '2' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| '3' | '1' | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
'Yugoslavia' qualified.
UEFA Group 8
January 16, 1957, Lisbon, Portugal - '1 - 1'
April 25, 1957, Rome, Italy - '1 - 0'
May 1, 1957, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '3 - 0'
May 26, 1957, Lisbon, Portugal - '3 - 0'
December 22, 1957, Milan, Italy - '3 - 0'
January 15, 1958, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '2 - 1' [1]
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| '3' | '3' | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
'Northern Ireland' qualified.
UEFA Group 9
March 10, 1957, Madrid, Spain - '2 - 2'
May 8, 1957, Glasgow, Scotland - '4 - 2'
May 19, 1957, Basel, Switzerland - '1 - 2'
May 26, 1957, Madrid, Spain - '4 - 1'
November 6, 1957, Glasgow, Scotland - '3 - 2'
November 24, 1957, Lausanne, Switzerland - '1 - 4'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
| '2' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |
| '3' | '1' | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
'Scotland' qualified.
South America
The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
CONMEBOL Group 1
Venezuela withdrew.
April 13, 1957, Lima, Peru - '1 - 1'
April 21, 1957, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - '1 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
'Brazil' qualified.
CONMEBOL Group 2
September 23, 1957, Santiago, Chile - '2 - 1'
September 29, 1957, La Paz, Bolivia - '3 - 0'
October 6, 1957, La Paz, Bolivia - '2 - 0'
October 13, 1957, Santiago, Chile - '0 - 2'
October 20, 1957, Buenos Aires, Argentina - '4 - 0'
October 27, 1957, Buenos Aires, Argentina - '4 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| '3' | '2' | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
'Argentina' qualified.
CONMEBOL Group 3
June 16, 1957, Bogotá, Colombia - '1 - 1'
June 20, 1957, Bogotá, Colombia - '2 - 3'
June 30, 1957, Montevideo, Uruguay - '1 - 0'
July 7, 1957, Asunción, Paraguay - '3 - 0'
July 14, 1957, Asunción, Paraguay - '5 - 0'
July 28, 1957, Montevideo, Uruguay - '2 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |
| '2' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| '3' | '1' | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
'Paraguay' qualified.
North, Central America and Caribbean
There would be two rounds of play:
★ 'First Round': The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
★ 'Final Round': The 2 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
CONCACAF First Round
Group 1
April 7, 1957, Mexico City, Mexico - '6 - 0'
April 28, 1957, Los Angeles, USA - '2 - 7'
June 22, 1957, Toronto, Canada - '5 - 1'
June 30, 1957, Mexico City, Mexico - '3 - 0'
July 3, 1957, Toronto, Canada - '0 - 2'
July 6, 1957, Saint Louis, USA - '2 - 3'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '8' | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
''Mexico'' advanced to the Final Round.
Group 2
February 10, 1957, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '2 - 6'
February 17, 1957, San José, Costa Rica - '3 - 1'
March 3, 1957, San José, Costa Rica - '4 - 0'
March 14, 1957, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '1 - 3'
August 4, 1957, Willemstad, Curaçao - '1 - 2'
Curaçao vs Guatemala was not played because the Guatemalan players were not permitted to travel to Curaçao. Neither team could advance with a win anyway.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '8' | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |
| '2' | '2' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| '3' | '0' | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
''Costa Rica'' advanced to the Final Round.
CONCACAF Final Round
October 20, 1957, Mexico City, Mexico - '2 - 0'
October 27, 1957, San José, Costa Rica - '1 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
'Mexico' qualified.
Africa and Asia
FIFA rejected the entries of Ethiopia and Korea Republic. The remaining 9 teams would play in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The tournament winner would qualify.
CAF / AFC Preliminary Round
Republic of China withdrew, so Indonesia advanced to the First Round automatically.
CAF / AFC First Round
Group 1
Hong Kong withdraw.
May 12, 1957, Jakarta, Indonesia - '2 - 0'
June 2, 1957, Beijing, China - '4 - 3'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1=' | '2' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| '1=' | '2' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
China PR and Indonesia finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
June 23, 1957, Rangoon, Burma - '0 - 0' (aet)
''Indonesia'' advanced to the Second Round by having a better goal average.
Group 2
refused to play against Israel, so '' advanced to the Second Round automatically.
Group 3
withdrew, so '' advanced to the Second Round automatically.
Group 4
March 8, 1957, Khartoum, Sudan - '1 - 0'
May 24, 1957, Damascus, Syria - '1 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
''Sudan'' advanced to the Second Round.
CAF / AFC Second Round
wanted to play against Israel on neutral ground, but FIFA did not accept, and so they withdrew. '' advanced to the Final Round automatically.
withdrew, so '' advanced to the Final Round automatically.
CAF / AFC Final Round and Play-off
refused to play against Israel. Technically, would qualify automatically, but before the qualification rounds began, FIFA ruled that no team would qualify without playing at least one match (except for the defending champions and the hosts), and Israel had yet to play any. So a special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA Groups, where the teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. After declined, , the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the lucky team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.
January 15, 1958, Ramat Gan, Israel - '0 - 2'
February 5, 1958, Cardiff, Wales - '2 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '4' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| '2' | '0' | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
'Wales' qualified. Therefore, no teams from Africa or Asia qualified.
Qualified teams
Qualifying countries
| Team | Finals Appearance | Streak | Last Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 1 | 1934 | |
| 3rd | 2 | 1954 | |
| 6th | 6 | 1954 | |
| 4th | 2 | 1954 | |
| 3rd | 3 | 1954 | |
| 5th | 2 | 1954 | |
| 4th | 2 | 1954 | |
| 4th | 3 | 1954 | |
| 1st | 1 | - | |
| 3rd | 1 | 1950 | |
| 2nd | 2 | 1954 | |
| [2] | 4th | 1 | 1950 |
| 1st | 1 | - | |
| 1st | 1 | - | |
| [3] | 4th | 2 | 1954 |
| 4th | 3 | 1954 |
Notes
★ For the first (and so far only) time, all four British teams (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) qualified.
★ Wales is the only team to qualify after having been eliminated but then reinstated.
Footnotes
1. Originally scheduled for December 4, 1957: the World Cup qualifier was postponed but a friendly match was played instead, which finished 2–2.
2. Qualified automatically as hosts
3. Qualified automatically as defending champions
External links
★ FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1958 World Cup Qualification
★ RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification
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