V WORLD CUP (SWITZERLAND 1954)
QUALIFYING STAGE
(From 9-05-1953 to 21-04-1954)
| ENTRANTS: 39 teams from 4
continents |
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| CONTINENTAL
ZONES: 4 |
EUROPE (26) / AFRICA (1)
/ NEAR EAST (1): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia, England, Finland, France, FRG, Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Saarland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, Wales, Yugoslavia / Egypt / Israel. |
| SOUTH AMERICA - CONMEBOL
(5): Brazil,
Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay. |
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| NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
(3): Haiti, Mexico, USA. |
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| ASIA (3): Japan, South Korea, Taiwan. |
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GROUP 1 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 2 - EUROPE |
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| 24-06-53 |
Norway - Saarland (Oslo) |
2-3 (2-2) |
25-05-53 |
Finland - Belgium (Helsinki) |
2-4 (0-3) |
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| 19-08-53 |
Norway - FRG (Oslo) |
1-1 (1-1) |
28-05-53 |
Sweden - Belgium (Stockholm) |
2-3 (2-3) |
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| 11-10-53 |
FRG - Saarland (Stuttgart) |
3-0 (1-0) |
5-08-53 |
Finland - Sweden (Helsinki) |
3-3 (0-2) |
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| 8-11-53 |
Saarland - Norway (Saarbrücken) |
0-0 (0-0) |
16-08-53 |
Sweden - Finland (Stockholm) |
4-0 (2-0) |
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| 22-11-53 |
FRG - Norway (Hamburg) |
5-1 (1-1) |
23-09-53 |
Belgium - Finland (Bruxelles) |
2-2 (2-0) |
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| 28-03-54 |
Saarland - FRG (Saarbrücken) |
1-3 (0-1) |
8-10-53 |
Belgium - Sweden (Bruxelles) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: FRG. |
QUALIFIED: Belgium. |
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GROUP 3 - EUROPE* |
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GROUP 4 - EUROPE |
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| 3-10-53 |
Northern Ireland - Scotland (Belfast) |
1-3 (0-0) |
20-09-53 |
Luxembourg - France (Luxembourg) |
1-6 (1-4) |
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| 10-10-53 |
Wales - England (Cardiff) |
1-4 (1-1) |
4-10-53 |
Ireland - France (Dublin) |
3-5 (0-2) |
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| 4-11-53 |
Scotland - Wales (Glasgow) |
3-3 (2-0) |
28-10-53 |
Ireland - Luxembourg (Dublin) |
4-0 (1-0) |
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| 11-11-53 |
England - North. Ireland (Liverpool) |
3-1 (1-0) |
25-11-53 |
France - Ireland (Paris) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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| 31-03-54 |
Wales - Northern Ireland (Wrexham) |
1-2 (0-1) |
27-12-53 |
France - Luxembourg (Paris) |
8-0 (4-0) |
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| 3-04-54 |
Scotland - England (Glasgow) |
2-4 (1-1) |
7-03-54 |
Luxembourg - Ireland (Luxembourg) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: England, Scotland. * The 1954 British Home Championships doubled as World Cup Qualifying Group 3. |
QUALIFIED: France. |
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GROUP 5 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 6 - EUROPE |
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| 27-09-53 |
Austria - Portugal (Wien) |
9-1 (4-0) |
6-01-54 |
Spain - Turkey (Madrid) |
4-1 (1-1) |
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| 29-11-53 |
Portugal - Austria (Lisboa) |
0-0 (0-0) |
14-03-54 |
Turkey - Spain (İstanbul) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Austria. |
PLAY-OFF |
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17-03-54 |
Turkey - Spain (Roma [Italy]) |
2-2 (1-1)* |
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| * After regulation and OT, Turkey qualified by the drawing of lots. |
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| QUALIFIED: Turkey. |
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| GROUP 7 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 8 - EUROPE |
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| Poland withdrew before the competition. |
14-06-53 |
Czechoslovakia - Romania (Praha) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Hungary. |
28-06-53 |
Romania - Bulgaria (Bucureşti) |
3-1 (2-0) |
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6-09-53 |
Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia (Sofija) |
1-2 (0-2) |
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11-10-53 |
Bulgaria - Romania (Sofija) |
1-2 (1-1) |
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25-10-53 |
Romania - Czechoslovakia (Bucureşti) |
0-1 (0-1) |
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8-11-53 |
Czechoslovakia - Bulgaria (Bratislava) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Czechoslovakia. |
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GROUP 9 - EUROPE/AFRICA |
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GROUP 10 - EUROPE/NEAR EAST |
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| 13-11-53 |
Egypt - Italy (Cairo) |
1-2 (1-0) |
9-05-53 |
Yugoslavia - Greece (Beograd) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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| 24-01-54 |
Italy - Egypt (Milano) |
5-1 (1-1) |
1-11-53 |
Greece - Israel (Athína) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Italy. |
8-11-53 |
Yugoslavia - Israel (Skopje) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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8-03-54 |
Israel - Greece (Tel Aviv) |
0-2 (0-0) |
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21-03-54 |
Israel - Yugoslavia (Tel Aviv) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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28-03-54 |
Greece - Yugoslavia (Athína) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Yugoslavia. |
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GROUP 11 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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GROUP 12 - NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA |
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| 14-02-54 |
Paraguay - Chile (Asunción) |
4-0 (1-0) |
19-07-53 |
Mexico - Haiti (México D.F.) |
8-0 (5-0) |
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| 21-02-54 |
Chile - Paraguay (Santiago) |
1-3 (1-1) |
27-12-53 |
Haiti - Mexico (Port-au-Prince) |
0-4 (0-2) |
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| 28-02-54 |
Chile - Brazil (Santiago) |
0-2 (0-1) |
10-01-54 |
USA - Mexico (México D.F.) |
0-4 (0-2) |
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| 7-03-54 |
Paraguay - Brazil (Asunción) |
0-1 (0-0) |
14-01-54 |
Mexico - USA (México D.F.) |
3-1 (0-1) |
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| 14-03-54 |
Brazil - Chile (Rio de Janeiro) |
1-0 (1-0) |
3-04-54 |
Haiti - USA (Port-au-Prince) |
2-3 (0-1) |
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| 21-03-54 |
Brazil - Paraguay (Rio de Janeiro) |
4-1 (0-0) |
4-04-54 |
USA - Haiti (Port-au-Prince) |
3-0 (2-0) |
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| Peru withdrew before the competition. |
QUALIFIED: Mexico. |
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| QUALIFIED: Brazil. |
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GROUP 13 - ASIA |
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| 7-03-54 |
Japan - South Korea (Tokyo) |
1-5 (1-2) |
| 14-03-54 |
South Korea - Japan (Tokyo) |
2-2 (2-1) |
| Taiwan withdrew before the competition. |
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| QUALIFIED: South Korea. |
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BYES: Switzerland (host), Uruguay (title holder).
