VI WORLD CUP (SWEDEN 1958)
QUALIFYING STAGE
(From 30-09-1956 to 5-02-1958)
| ENTRANTS: 53 teams from 4 continents |
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| CONTINENTAL
ZONES: 4 |
EUROPE - UEFA
(31): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,
Denmark, England, Finland, France, FRG, GDR, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Northern Ireland,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, Wales, Yugoslavia. |
| SOUTH AMERICA - CONMEBOL
(9): Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. |
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| NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA (6): Canada,
Curaçao,
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, USA. |
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| AFRICA (2) / ASIA (5): Egypt, Sudan / China,
Indonesia, Israel, Syria, Taiwan. |
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GROUP 1 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 2 - EUROPE |
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| 3-10-56 |
Ireland - Denmark (Dublin) |
2-1 (2-0) |
11-11-56 |
France - Belgium (Paris) |
6-3 (4-1) |
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| 5-12-56 |
England - Denmark (Wolverhampton) |
5-2 (2-1) |
2-06-57 |
France - Iceland (Nantes) |
8-0 (5-0) |
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| 8-05-57 |
England - Ireland (London) |
5-1 (4-0) |
5-06-57 |
Belgium - Iceland (Bruxelles) |
8-3 (7-1) |
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| 15-05-57 |
Denmark - England (København) |
1-4 (1-1) |
1-09-57 |
Iceland - France (Reykjavík) |
1-5 (0-2) |
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| 19-05-57 |
Ireland - England (Dublin) |
1-1 (1-0) |
4-09-57 |
Iceland - Belgium (Reykjavík) |
2-5 (1-2) |
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| 2-10-57 |
Denmark - Ireland (København) |
0-2 (0-0) |
27-10-57 |
Belgium - France (Bruxelles) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: England. |
QUALIFIED: France. |
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GROUP 3 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 4 - EUROPE |
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| 22-05-57 |
Norway - Bulgaria (Oslo) |
1-2 (0-1) |
1-05-57 |
Wales - Czechoslovakia (Cardiff) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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| 12-06-57 |
Norway - Hungary (Oslo) |
2-1 (1-1) |
19-05-57 |
GDR - Wales (Leipzig) |
2-1 (1-1) |
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| 23-06-57 |
Hungary - Bulgaria (Budapest) |
4-1 (3-0) |
26-05-57 |
Czechoslovakia - Wales (Praha) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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| 15-09-57 |
Bulgaria - Hungary (Sofija) |
1-2 (1-2) |
16-06-57 |
Czechoslovakia - GDR (Brno) |
3-1 (0-1) |
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| 3-11-57 |
Bulgaria - Norway (Sofija) |
7-0 (3-0) |
25-09-57 |
Wales - GDR (Cardiff) |
4-1 (3-0) |
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| 10-11-57 |
Hungary - Norway (Budapest) |
5-0 (2-0) |
27-10-57 |
GDR - Czechoslovakia (Leipzig) |
1-4 (1-3) |
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| QUALIFIED: Hungary. |
QUALIFIED: Czechoslovakia. |
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GROUP 5 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 6 - EUROPE |
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| 30-09-56 |
Austria - Luxembourg (Wien) |
7-0 (2-0) |
23-06-57 |
Soviet Union - Poland (Moskva) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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| 20-03-57 |
Netherlands - Luxembourg (Rotterdam) |
4-1 (2-1) |
5-07-57 |
Finland - Poland (Helsinki) |
1-3 (0-1) |
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| 26-05-57 |
Austria - Netherlands (Wien) |
3-2 (0-2) |
27-07-57 |
Soviet Union - Finland (Moskva) |
2-1 (1-1) |
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| 11-09-57 |
Luxembourg - Netherlands (Rotterdam) |
2-5 (1-4) |
15-08-57 |
Finland - Soviet Union (Helsinki) |
0-10 (0-7) |
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| 25-09-57 |
Netherlands - Austria (Amsterdam) |
1-1 (0-1) |
20-10-57 |
Poland - Soviet Union (Chorzów) |
2-1 (1-0) |
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| 29-09-57 |
Luxembourg - Austria (Luxembourg) |
0-3 (0-1) |
3-11-57 |
Poland - Finland (Warszawa) |
4-0 (2-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Austria. |
Soviet Union and Poland finished the group stage with the same points (goal difference is disregarded), and they had to play a tie-break to decide the qualifying berth. |
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| PLAY-OFF |
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| 24-11-57 |
Soviet Union - Poland (Leipzig [GDR]) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Soviet Union. |
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GROUP 7 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 8 - EUROPE |
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| 5-05-57 |
Greece - Yugoslavia (Athína) |
0-0 (0-0) |
16-01-57 |
Portugal - Northern Ireland (Lisboa) |
1-1 (1-1) |
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| 16-06-57 |
Greece - Romania (Athína) |
1-2 (1-1) |
25-04-57 |
Italy - Northern Ireland (Roma) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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| 29-09-57 |
Romania - Yugoslavia (Bucureşti) |
1-1 (0-0) |
1-05-57 |
Northern Ireland - Portugal (Belfast) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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| 3-11-57 |
Romania - Greece (Bucureşti) |
3-0 (0-0) |
26-05-57 |
Portugal - Italy (Lisboa) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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| 10-11-57 |
Yugoslavia - Greece (Beograd) |
4-1 (2-1) |
22-12-57 |
Italy - Portugal (Milano) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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| 17-11-57 |
Yugoslavia - Romania (Beograd) |
2-0 (0-0) |
15-01-58 |
Northern Ireland - Italy (Belfast) |
2-1 (2-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Yugoslavia. |
QUALIFIED: Northern Ireland. |
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GROUP 9 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 10 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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| 10-03-57 |
Spain - Switzerland (Madrid) |
2-2 (1-1) |
13-04-57 |
Peru - Brazil (Lima) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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| 8-05-57 |
Scotland - Spain (Glasgow) |
4-2 (2-1) |
21-04-57 |
Brazil - Peru (Rio de Janeiro) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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| 19-05-57 |
Switzerland - Scotland (Basel) |
1-2 (1-1) |
Venezuela withdrew before the competition. |
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| 26-05-57 |
Spain - Scotland (Madrid) |
4-1 (2-0) |
QUALIFIED: Brazil. |
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| 6-11-57 |
Scotland - Switzerland (Glasgow) |
3-2 (1-1) |
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| 24-11-57 |
Switzerland - Spain (Lausanne) |
1-4 (0-2) |
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| QUALIFIED: Scotland. |
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GROUP 11 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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GROUP 12 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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| 22-09-57 |
Chile - Bolivia (Santiago) |
2-1 (1-1) |
16-06-57 |
Colombia - Uruguay (Bogotá) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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| 29-09-57 |
Bolivia - Chile (La Paz) |
3-0 (1-0) |
20-06-57 |
Colombia - Paraguay (Bogotá) |
2-3 (1-1) |
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| 6-10-57 |
Bolivia - Argentina (La Paz) |
2-0 (1-0) |
30-06-57 |
Uruguay - Colombia (Montevideo) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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| 13-10-57 |
Chile - Argentina (Santiago) |
0-2 (0-1) |
7-07-57 |
Paraguay - Colombia (Asunción) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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| 20-10-57 |
Argentina - Chile (Buenos Aires) |
4-0 (4-0) |
14-07-57 |
Paraguay - Uruguay (Asunción) |
5-0 (1-0) |
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| 27-10-57 |
Argentina - Bolivia (Buenos Aires) |
4-0 (1-0) |
28-07-57 |
Uruguay - Paraguay (Montevideo) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Argentina. |
QUALIFIED: Paraguay. |
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GROUP 13 - NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA |
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GROUP 14 - AFRICA/ASIA |
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| SUBGROUP 1 |
SUBGROUP 1 |
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| 10-02-57 |
Guatemala - Costa Rica (Guatemala) |
2-6 (1-4) |
Preliminary Round |
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| 17-02-57 |
Costa Rica - Guatemala (San José) |
3-1 (2-0) |
Taiwan withdrew before the competition and Indonesia qualified. |
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| 3-03-57 |
Costa Rica - Curaçao (San José) |
4-0 (2-0) |
First Round |
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| 10-03-57 |
Guatemala - Curaçao (Guatemala) |
1-3 (1-2) |
12-05-57 |
Indonesia - China (Jakarta) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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| 4-08-57 |
Curaçao - Costa Rica (Willemstad) |
1-2 (0-1) |
2-06-57 |
China - Indonesia (Beijing) |
4-3 (2-1) |
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| 6-08-57 |
Curaçao - Guatemala (Willemstad) |
2-0 (*) |
Tie-Break |
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| * Guatemala didn’t show up and Curaçao received a w.o. |
23-06-57 |
Indonesia - China (Rangoon [Burma]) |
0-0 (0-0)* |
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| SUBGROUP 2 |
Indonesia advanced to the next round because of better goal average. |
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| 7-04-57 |
Mexico - USA (México D.F.) |
6-0 (3-0) |
SUBGROUP 2 |
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| 28-04-57 |
USA - Mexico (Los Angeles) |
2-7 (2-3) |
Turkey withdrew before the competition and Israel qualified. |
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| 22-06-57 |
Canada - USA (Toronto) |
5-1 (2-1) |
SUBGROUP 3 |
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| 30-06-57 |
Canada - Mexico (México D.F.) |
0-3 (0-1) |
Cyprus withdrew before the competition and Egypt qualified. |
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| 3-07-57 |
Mexico - Canada (México D.F.) |
2-0 (2-0) |
SUBGROUP 4 |
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| 6-07-57 |
USA - Canada (St. Louis) |
2-3 (1-3) |
8-03-57 |
Sudan - Syria (Khartoum) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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| PLAY-OFF |
24-05-57 |
Syria - Sudan (Damascus) |
1-1 (0-1) |
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| 20-10-57 |
Mexico - Costa Rica (México D.F.) |
2-0 (0-0) |
FINAL ROUND |
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| 27-10-57 |
Costa Rica - Mexico (San José) |
1-1 (1-1) |
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Indonesia - Israel |
(*) |
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| QUALIFIED: Mexico. |
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Egypt - Sudan |
(*) |
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* Indonesia and Egypt withdrew, so Israel and Sudan qualified. |
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| PLAY-OFF |
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Israel - Sudan |
(*) |
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| * Sudan refused to play against Israel for political reasons and the latter was declared winner of the Africa/Asia group by default. However, as FIFA regulations stated that no team can qualify for the Final Stage without playing at least one match—and Israel had yet to play any—, an additional play-off was arranged against one of the runners-up in the European zone. Wales obtained the right to challenge Israel by the drawing of lots. |
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| PLAY-OFF ASIA-EUROPE |
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15-01-58 |
Israel - Wales (Tel Aviv) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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5-02-58 |
Wales - Israel (Cardiff) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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| QUALIFIED: Wales. |
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BYES: Sweden (host), FRG (title holder).
