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Español1962 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION
A total of 56 teams entered the '1962 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.
As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds were quite confusing. Moreover, the winners of the three weakest continental zones, North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF), Africa (CAF) and Asia (AFC), were not guaranteed direct spots in the final tournament. Instead, each of them had to enter a play-off against a team from either Europe (UEFA) or South America (CONMEBOL), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.
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 CONCACAF); 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 (CONCACAF): ''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.
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 would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
★ 'Group 7' had 5 teams. The teams would play in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
★ 'Group 9' had 2 teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
★ 'Group 10' had 2 teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
October 19, 1960, Stockholm, Sweden - '2 - 0'
November 20, 1960, Brussels, Belgium - '2 - 4'
May 20, 1961, Lausanne, Switzerland - '2 - 1'
May 28, 1961, Stockholm, Sweden - '4 - 0'
October 4, 1961, Brussels, Belgium - '0 - 2'
October 29, 1961, Berne, Switzerland - '3 - 2'
Sweden and Switzerland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
November 12, 1961, Berlin, West Germany - '2 - 1'
'Switzerland' qualified.
September 25, 1960, Helsinki, Finland - '1 - 2'
December 11, 1960, Paris, France - '3 - 0'
June 16, 1961, Helsinki, Finland - '0 - 2'
September 28, 1961, Paris, France - '5 - 1'
October 29, 1961, Sofia, Bulgaria - '3 - 1'
November 12, 1961, Sofia, Bulgaria - '1 - 0'
Bulgaria and France finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
December 16, 1961, Milan, Italy - '1 - 0'
'Bulgaria' qualified.
October 26, 1960, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '3 - 4'
November 20, 1960, Athens, Greece - '0 - 3'
May 3, 1961, Athens, Greece - '2 - 1'
May 10, 1961, Berlin, Germany - '2 - 1'
October 17, 1961, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '2 - 0'
October 22, 1961, Hamburg, Germany - '2 - 1'
'Germany' qualified.
April 16, 1961, Budapest, Hungary - '2 - 0'
April 30, 1961, Rotterdam, Netherlands - '0 - 3'
May 14, 1961, Leipzig, Germany - '1 - 1'
September 10, 1961, East Berlin, Germany - '2 - 3'
October 1, 1961, Netherlands - vs. was not played as due to visa problems, the East German players were not allowed to enter the Netherlands. Hungary was already de-facto qualified with three wins, and no other date was arranged.
October 22, 1961, Budapest, Hungary - '3 - 3'
'Hungary' qualified.
June 1, 1961, Oslo, Norway - '0 - 1'
June 18, 1961, Moscow, USSR - '1 - 0'
July 1, 1961, Moscow, USSR - '5 - 2'
August 23, 1961, Oslo, Norway - '0 - 3'
October 29, 1961, Ankara, Turkey - '2 - 1'
November 12, 1961, Istanbul, Turkey - '1 - 2'
'USSR' qualified.
October 19, 1960, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '0 - 9'
March 19, 1961, Lisbon, Portugal - '6 - 0'
May 21, 1961, Lisbon, Portugal - '1 - 1'
September 28, 1961, London, England - '4 - 1'
October 8, 1961, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '4 - 2'
October 25, 1961, London, England - '2 - 0'
'England' qualified.
November 13, 1960, Nicosia, Cyprus - '1 - 1'
November 27, 1960, Ramat Gan, Israel - '6 - 1'
''Israel'' advanced to the Second Round.
withdrew, so '' advanced to the Final Round automatically.
March 14, 1961, Ramat Gan, Israel - '1 - 0'
March 19, 1961, Ramat Gan, Israel - '2 - 3'
:This match was played in Israel instead of in Ethiopia.
''Israel'' advanced to the Final Round.
October 15, 1961, Ramat Gan, Israel - '2 - 4'
November 4, 1961, Turin, Italy - '6 - 0'
'Italy' qualified.
May 3, 1961, Glasgow, Scotland - '4 - 1'
May 7, 1961, Dublin, Ireland - '0 - 3'
May 14, 1961, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia - '4 - 0'
September 26, 1961, Glasgow, Scotland - '3 - 2'
October 8, 1961, Dublin, Ireland - '1 - 3'
October 29, 1961, Prague, Czechoslovakia - '7 - 1'
Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
November 29, 1961, Brussels, Belgium - '4 - 2' (aet)
'Czechoslovakia' qualified.
April 19, 1961, Cardiff, Wales - '1 - 2'
May 18, 1961, Madrid, Spain - '1 - 1'
''Spain'' advanced to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
June 4, 1961, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '2 - 1'
June 25, 1961, Chorzow, Poland - '1 - 1'
''Yugoslavia'' advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Among the 7 teams, '' were drawn to play in the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
December 4, 1960, Guayaquil, Ecuador - '3 - 6'
December 18, 1960, Buenos Aires, Argentina - '5 - 0'
'Argentina' qualified.
July 16, 1960, La Paz, Bolivia - '1 - 1'
July 30, 1960, Montevideo, Uruguay - '2 - 1'
'Uruguay' qualified.
April 30, 1961, Bogotá, Colombia - '1 - 0'
May 7, 1961, Lima, Peru - '1 - 1'
'Colombia' qualified.
withdrew before the matches began. There would be two rounds of play:
★ 'First Round': The remaining 7 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 or 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America, Group 2 with teams from Central America and Group 3 with teams from 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 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off.
November 6, 1960, Los Angeles, USA - '3 - 3'
November 13, 1960, Mexico City, Mexico - '3 - 0'
''Mexico'' advanced to the Final Round.
August 21, 1960, San José, Costa Rica - '3 - 2'
August 28, 1960, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '4 - 4'
September 4, 1960, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - '2 - 1'
September 11, 1960, San José, Costa Rica - '5 - 0'
September 25, 1960, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - '1 - 1'
October 2, 1960, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '0 - 2'
: FIFA awarded Honduras a 2-0 win because Guatemala forfeited.
Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
January 14, 1961, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '1 - 0'
''Costa Rica'' advanced to the Final Round.
October 2, 1960, Paramaribo, Dutch Guyana - '1 - 2'
November 27, 1960, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles - '0 - 0'
''Netherlands Antilles'' advanced to the Final Round.
March 22, 1961, San José, Costa Rica - '1 - 0'
March 29, 1961, San José, Costa Rica - '6 - 0'
April 5, 1961, Mexico City, Mexico - '7 - 0'
April 12, 1961, Mexico City, Mexico - '4 - 1'
April 23, 1961, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles - '2 - 0'
May 21, 1961, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles - '0 - 0'
''Mexico'' advanced to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off.
There would be two rounds of play:
★ 'First Round': The 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. 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 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
and both withdrew.
October 30, 1960, Casablanca, Morocco - '2 - 1'
November 13, 1960, Tunis, Tunisia - '2 - 1'
Morocco and Tunisia finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
January 22, 1961, Palermo, Italy - '1 - 1' (aet)
''Morocco'' advanced to the Final Round by winning a coin toss.
August 28, 1960, Accra, Ghana - '4 - 1'
September 10, 1960, Lagos, Nigeria - '2 - 2'
''Ghana'' advanced to the Final Round.
Only 2 teams competed due to the withdrawals of both teams in Group 1.
April 2, 1961, Accra, Ghana - '0 - 0'
May 28, 1961, Casablanca, Morocco - '1 - 0'
''Morocco'' advanced to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
There would be only one round of play. The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
withdrew.
November 6, 1960, Seoul, South Korea - '2 - 1'
June 11, 1961, Tokyo, Japan - '0 - 2'
''Korea Republic'' advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
In each play-off, the teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.
November 12, 1961, Casablanca, Morocco - '0 - 1'
November 23, 1961, Madrid, Spain - '3 - 2'
'Spain' qualified.
October 8, 1961, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '5 - 1'
November 26, 1961, Seoul, South Korea - '1 - 3'
'Yugoslavia' qualified.
October 29, 1961, Mexico City, Mexico - '1 - 0'
November 5, 1961, Asunción, Paraguay - '0 - 0'
'Mexico' qualified.
(h) - qualified automatically as hosts
(c) - qualified automatically as defending champions
★ For the second World Cup in a row, no teams from Africa or Asia qualified.
★ FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1962 World Cup Qualification
★ RSSSF - 1962 World Cup Qualification
As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds were quite confusing. Moreover, the winners of the three weakest continental zones, North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF), Africa (CAF) and Asia (AFC), were not guaranteed direct spots in the final tournament. Instead, each of them had to enter a play-off against a team from either Europe (UEFA) or South America (CONMEBOL), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.
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 CONCACAF); 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 (CONCACAF): ''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.
Europe
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 would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
★ 'Group 7' had 5 teams. The teams would play in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
★ 'Group 9' had 2 teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
★ 'Group 10' had 2 teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
UEFA Group 1
October 19, 1960, Stockholm, Sweden - '2 - 0'
November 20, 1960, Brussels, Belgium - '2 - 4'
May 20, 1961, Lausanne, Switzerland - '2 - 1'
May 28, 1961, Stockholm, Sweden - '4 - 0'
October 4, 1961, Brussels, Belgium - '0 - 2'
October 29, 1961, Berne, Switzerland - '3 - 2'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1=' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| '1=' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Sweden and Switzerland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
November 12, 1961, Berlin, West Germany - '2 - 1'
'Switzerland' qualified.
UEFA Group 2
September 25, 1960, Helsinki, Finland - '1 - 2'
December 11, 1960, Paris, France - '3 - 0'
June 16, 1961, Helsinki, Finland - '0 - 2'
September 28, 1961, Paris, France - '5 - 1'
October 29, 1961, Sofia, Bulgaria - '3 - 1'
November 12, 1961, Sofia, Bulgaria - '1 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1=' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| '1=' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Bulgaria and France finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
December 16, 1961, Milan, Italy - '1 - 0'
'Bulgaria' qualified.
UEFA Group 3
October 26, 1960, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '3 - 4'
November 20, 1960, Athens, Greece - '0 - 3'
May 3, 1961, Athens, Greece - '2 - 1'
May 10, 1961, Berlin, Germany - '2 - 1'
October 17, 1961, Belfast, Northern Ireland - '2 - 0'
October 22, 1961, Hamburg, Germany - '2 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '8' | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |
| '2' | '2' | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
| '3' | '2' | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
'Germany' qualified.
UEFA Group 4
April 16, 1961, Budapest, Hungary - '2 - 0'
April 30, 1961, Rotterdam, Netherlands - '0 - 3'
May 14, 1961, Leipzig, Germany - '1 - 1'
September 10, 1961, East Berlin, Germany - '2 - 3'
October 1, 1961, Netherlands - vs. was not played as due to visa problems, the East German players were not allowed to enter the Netherlands. Hungary was already de-facto qualified with three wins, and no other date was arranged.
October 22, 1961, Budapest, Hungary - '3 - 3'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '7' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |
| '2' | '2' | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| '3' | '1' | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
'Hungary' qualified.
UEFA Group 5
June 1, 1961, Oslo, Norway - '0 - 1'
June 18, 1961, Moscow, USSR - '1 - 0'
July 1, 1961, Moscow, USSR - '5 - 2'
August 23, 1961, Oslo, Norway - '0 - 3'
October 29, 1961, Ankara, Turkey - '2 - 1'
November 12, 1961, Istanbul, Turkey - '1 - 2'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '8' | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
'USSR' qualified.
UEFA Group 6
October 19, 1960, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '0 - 9'
March 19, 1961, Lisbon, Portugal - '6 - 0'
May 21, 1961, Lisbon, Portugal - '1 - 1'
September 28, 1961, London, England - '4 - 1'
October 8, 1961, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - '4 - 2'
October 25, 1961, London, England - '2 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '7' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| '2' | '3' | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |
| '3' | '2' | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
'England' qualified.
UEFA Group 7
First round
November 13, 1960, Nicosia, Cyprus - '1 - 1'
November 27, 1960, Ramat Gan, Israel - '6 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
''Israel'' advanced to the Second Round.
Second round
withdrew, so '' advanced to the Final Round automatically.
March 14, 1961, Ramat Gan, Israel - '1 - 0'
March 19, 1961, Ramat Gan, Israel - '2 - 3'
:This match was played in Israel instead of in Ethiopia.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '4' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| '2' | '0' | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
''Israel'' advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
October 15, 1961, Ramat Gan, Israel - '2 - 4'
November 4, 1961, Turin, Italy - '6 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '4' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| '2' | '0' | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
'Italy' qualified.
UEFA Group 8
May 3, 1961, Glasgow, Scotland - '4 - 1'
May 7, 1961, Dublin, Ireland - '0 - 3'
May 14, 1961, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia - '4 - 0'
September 26, 1961, Glasgow, Scotland - '3 - 2'
October 8, 1961, Dublin, Ireland - '1 - 3'
October 29, 1961, Prague, Czechoslovakia - '7 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1=' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | |
| '1=' | '6' | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |
| '3' | '0' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
November 29, 1961, Brussels, Belgium - '4 - 2' (aet)
'Czechoslovakia' qualified.
UEFA Group 9
April 19, 1961, Cardiff, Wales - '1 - 2'
May 18, 1961, Madrid, Spain - '1 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
''Spain'' advanced to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
UEFA Group 10
June 4, 1961, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '2 - 1'
June 25, 1961, Chorzow, Poland - '1 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
''Yugoslavia'' advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
South America
Among the 7 teams, '' were drawn to play in the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
CONMEBOL Group 1
December 4, 1960, Guayaquil, Ecuador - '3 - 6'
December 18, 1960, Buenos Aires, Argentina - '5 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '4' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| '2' | '0' | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
'Argentina' qualified.
CONMEBOL Group 2
July 16, 1960, La Paz, Bolivia - '1 - 1'
July 30, 1960, Montevideo, Uruguay - '2 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
'Uruguay' qualified.
CONMEBOL Group 3
April 30, 1961, Bogotá, Colombia - '1 - 0'
May 7, 1961, Lima, Peru - '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 |
'Colombia' qualified.
North, Central America and Caribbean
withdrew before the matches began. There would be two rounds of play:
★ 'First Round': The remaining 7 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 or 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America, Group 2 with teams from Central America and Group 3 with teams from 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 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off.
CONCACAF First Round
Group 1
November 6, 1960, Los Angeles, USA - '3 - 3'
November 13, 1960, Mexico City, Mexico - '3 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
''Mexico'' advanced to the Final Round.
Group 2
August 21, 1960, San José, Costa Rica - '3 - 2'
August 28, 1960, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '4 - 4'
September 4, 1960, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - '2 - 1'
September 11, 1960, San José, Costa Rica - '5 - 0'
September 25, 1960, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - '1 - 1'
October 2, 1960, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '0 - 2'
: FIFA awarded Honduras a 2-0 win because Guatemala forfeited.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1=' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | |
| '1=' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| '3' | '2' | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
January 14, 1961, Guatemala City, Guatemala - '1 - 0'
''Costa Rica'' advanced to the Final Round.
Group 3
October 2, 1960, Paramaribo, Dutch Guyana - '1 - 2'
November 27, 1960, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles - '0 - 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 |
''Netherlands Antilles'' advanced to the Final Round.
CONCACAF Final Round
March 22, 1961, San José, Costa Rica - '1 - 0'
March 29, 1961, San José, Costa Rica - '6 - 0'
April 5, 1961, Mexico City, Mexico - '7 - 0'
April 12, 1961, Mexico City, Mexico - '4 - 1'
April 23, 1961, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles - '2 - 0'
May 21, 1961, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles - '0 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '5' | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| '2' | '4' | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |
| '3' | '3' | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
''Mexico'' advanced to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off.
Africa
There would be two rounds of play:
★ 'First Round': The 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. 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 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
CAF First Round
Group 1
and both withdrew.
Group 2
October 30, 1960, Casablanca, Morocco - '2 - 1'
November 13, 1960, Tunis, Tunisia - '2 - 1'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1=' | '2' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| '1=' | '2' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Morocco and Tunisia finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
January 22, 1961, Palermo, Italy - '1 - 1' (aet)
''Morocco'' advanced to the Final Round by winning a coin toss.
Group 3
August 28, 1960, Accra, Ghana - '4 - 1'
September 10, 1960, Lagos, Nigeria - '2 - 2'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
''Ghana'' advanced to the Final Round.
CAF Final Round
Only 2 teams competed due to the withdrawals of both teams in Group 1.
April 2, 1961, Accra, Ghana - '0 - 0'
May 28, 1961, Casablanca, Morocco - '1 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
''Morocco'' advanced to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
Asia
There would be only one round of play. The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
AFC Final Round
withdrew.
November 6, 1960, Seoul, South Korea - '2 - 1'
June 11, 1961, Tokyo, Japan - '0 - 2'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '4' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| '2' | '0' | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
''Korea Republic'' advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Intercontinental Play-offs
In each play-off, the teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.
UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off
November 12, 1961, Casablanca, Morocco - '0 - 1'
November 23, 1961, Madrid, Spain - '3 - 2'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '4' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| '2' | '0' | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
'Spain' qualified.
UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off
October 8, 1961, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - '5 - 1'
November 26, 1961, Seoul, South Korea - '1 - 3'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '4' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| '2' | '0' | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
'Yugoslavia' qualified.
CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off
October 29, 1961, Mexico City, Mexico - '1 - 0'
November 5, 1961, Asunción, Paraguay - '0 - 0'
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | '3' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| '2' | '1' | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
'Mexico' qualified.
Qualified teams
Qualifying countries
| Team | Finals Appearance | Streak | Last Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 2 | 1958 | |
| (c) | 7th | 7 | 1958 |
| 1st | 1 | - | |
| (h) | 3rd | 1 | 1950 |
| 1st | 1 | - | |
| 5th | 3 | 1958 | |
| 4th | 4 | 1958 | |
| 5th | 3 | 1958 | |
| 5th | 1 | 1954 | |
| 5th | 4 | 1958 | |
| 3rd | 1 | 1950 | |
| 5th | 1 | 1954 | |
| 4th | 1 | 1954 | |
| 2nd | 2 | 1958 | |
| 5th | 3 | 1958 | |
| 5th | 4 | 1958 |
(h) - qualified automatically as hosts
(c) - qualified automatically as defending champions
Notes
★ For the second World Cup in a row, no teams from Africa or Asia qualified.
External links
★ FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1962 World Cup Qualification
★ RSSSF - 1962 World Cup Qualification
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