VII WORLD CUP (CHILE 1962)
QUALIFYING STAGE
(From 21-08-1960 to 29-11-1961)
ENTRANTS: 56 teams from 4 continents |
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CONTINENTAL
ZONES: 5 |
EUROPE - UEFA (27) / AFRICA (2) / ASIA (1): Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Finland, France, FRG, GDR, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Wales, Yugoslavia / Cyprus, Ethiopia / Israel. |
SOUTH AMERICA - CONMEBOL (9): Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay. |
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NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA (8): Canada, Costa Rica, Dutch Antilles, Dutch Guyana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA. |
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AFRICA - CAF (6): Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, United Arab Republic (present Egypt), Tunisia. |
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ASIA - AFC (3): Indonesia, Japan, South Korea. |
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GROUP 1 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 2 - EUROPE |
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19-10-60 |
Sweden - Belgium (Stockholm) |
2-0 (0-0) |
25-09-60 |
Finland - France (Helsinki) |
1-2 (1-0) |
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20-11-60 |
Belgium - Switzerland (Bruxelles) |
2-4 (1-2) |
11-12-60 |
France - Bulgaria (Paris) |
3-0 (0-0) |
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20-05-61 |
Switzerland - Belgium (Lausanne) |
2-1 (2-0) |
16-06-61 |
Finland - Bulgaria (Helsinki) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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28-05-61 |
Sweden - Switzerland (Stockholm) |
4-0 (2-0) |
28-09-61 |
France - Finland (Paris) |
5-1 (3-1) |
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4-10-61 |
Belgium - Sweden (Bruxelles) |
0-2 (0-0) |
29-10-61 |
Bulgaria - Finland (Sofija) |
3-1 (2-1) |
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29-10-61 |
Switzerland - Sweden (Bern) |
3-2 (1-1) |
12-11-61 |
Bulgaria - France (Sofija) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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Sweden and Switzerland 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. |
France and Bulgaria 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 |
PLAY-OFF |
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12-11-61 |
Switzerland - Sweden (West-Berlin) |
2-1 (0-1) |
16-12-61 |
Bulgaria - France (Milano [Italy]) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Switzerland. |
QUALIFIED: Bulgaria. |
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GROUP 3 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 4 - EUROPE |
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26-10-60 |
Northern Ireland - FRG (Belfast) |
3-4 (1-1) |
16-04-61 |
Hungary - GDR (Budapest) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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20-11-60 |
Greece - FRG (Athína) |
0-3 (0-3) |
30-04-61 |
Netherlands - Hungary (Rotterdam) |
0-3 (0-3) |
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3-05-61 |
Greece - Northern Ireland (Athína) |
2-1 (1-0) |
14-05-61 |
GDR - Netherlands (Leipzig) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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10-05-61 |
FRG - Northern Ireland (West-Berlin) |
2-1 (1-0) |
10-09-61 |
GDR - Hungary (Ost-Berlin) |
2-3 (1-1) |
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17-10-61 |
Northern Ireland - Greece (Belfast) |
2-0 (1-0) |
1-10-61 |
Netherlands - GDR (Rotterdam) |
— (*) |
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22-10-61 |
FRG - Greece (Augsburg) |
2-1 (2-0) |
22-10-61 |
Hungary - Netherlands (Budapest) |
3-3 (2-2) |
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QUALIFIED: FRG. |
* Game not played because East Germany was denied entry visas in the Netherlands. |
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QUALIFIED: Hungary. |
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GROUP 5 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 6 - EUROPE |
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1-06-61 |
Norway - Turkey (Oslo) |
0-1 (0-1) |
19-10-60 |
Luxembourg - England (Luxembourg) |
0-9 (0-4) |
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18-06-61 |
Soviet Union - Turkey (Moskva) |
1-0 (1-0) |
19-03-61 |
Portugal - Luxembourg (Lisboa) |
6-0 (1-0) |
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1-07-61 |
Soviet Union - Norway (Moskva) |
5-2 (3-0) |
21-05-61 |
Portugal - England (Lisboa) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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23-08-61 |
Norway - Soviet Union (Oslo) |
0-3 (0-0) |
28-09-61 |
England - Luxembourg (London) |
4-1 (1-0) |
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29-10-61 |
Turkey - Norway (İstanbul) |
2-1 (0-0) |
8-10-61 |
Luxembourg - Portugal (Luxembourg) |
4-2 (1-0) |
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12-11-61 |
Turkey - Soviet Union (İstanbul) |
1-2 (1-2) |
25-10-61 |
England - Portugal (London) |
2-0 (2-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Soviet Union. |
QUALIFIED: England. |
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GROUP 7 - EUROPE/AFRICA/ASIA |
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GROUP 8 - EUROPE |
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SUBGROUP 1 |
3-05-61 |
Scotland - Ireland (Glasgow) |
4-1 (2-0) |
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Romania withdrew before the competition and Italy qualified. |
7-05-61 |
Ireland - Scotland (Dublin) |
0-3 (0-2) |
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SUBGROUP 2 |
14-05-61 |
Czechoslovakia - Scotland (Bratislava) |
4-0 (3-0) |
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First Round |
26-09-61 |
Scotland - Czechoslovakia (Glasgow) |
3-2 (1-1) |
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13-11-60 |
Cyprus - Israel (Levkosía) |
1-1 (1-1) |
8-10-61 |
Ireland - Czechoslovakia (Dublin) |
1-3 (1-1) |
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27-11-60 |
Israel - Cyprus (Tel Aviv) |
6-1 (3-0) |
29-10-61 |
Czechoslovakia - Ireland (Praha) |
7-1 (4-0) |
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Second Round |
Czechoslovakia and Scotland 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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14-03-61 |
Israel - Ethiopia (Tel Aviv) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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19-03-61 |
Ethiopia - Israel (Tel Aviv) |
2-3 (1-1) |
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PLAY-OFF |
PLAY-OFF |
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15-10-61 |
Israel - Italy (Tel Aviv) |
2-4 (2-0) |
29-11-61 |
Czechoslovakia - Scotland (Bruxelles) |
4-2 (0-1) |
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4-11-61 |
Italy - Israel (Torino) |
6-0 (1-0) |
QUALIFIED: Czechoslovakia. |
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QUALIFIED: Italy. |
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GROUP 9 - EUROPE/AFRICA |
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GROUP 10 - EUROPE/ASIA |
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SUBGROUP 1 - AFRICA |
SUBGROUP 1 - ASIA |
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Sudan and UAR both withdrew before the competition. |
6-11-60 |
South Korea - Japan (Seoul) |
2-1 (2-1) |
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SUBGROUP 2 - AFRICA |
11-06-61 |
Japan - South Korea (Tokyo) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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30-10-60 |
Morocco - Tunisia (Casablanca) |
2-1 (1-1) |
Indonesia withdrew before the competition. |
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13-11-60 |
Tunisia - Morocco (Tunis) |
2-1 (0-0) |
SUBGROUP 2 - EUROPE |
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Tie-Break |
4-06-61 |
Yugoslavia - Poland (Beograd) |
2-1 (1-0) |
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22-01-61 |
Morocco - Tunisia (Palermo [Italy]) |
1-1 (1-0)* |
25-06-61 |
Poland - Yugoslavia (Chorzów) |
1-1 (1-1) |
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* Morocco qualified on a coin toss after regulation and OT. |
PLAY-OFF EUROPE/ ASIA |
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SUBGROUP 3 - AFRICA |
8-10-61 |
Yugoslavia - South Korea (Beograd) |
5-1 (1-0) |
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28-08-60 |
Ghana - Nigeria (Accra) |
4-1 (2-0) |
26-11-61 |
South Korea - Yugoslavia (Seoul) |
1-3 (0-2) |
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10-09-60 |
Nigeria - Ghana (Lagos) |
2-2 (1-1) |
QUALIFIED: Yugoslavia. |
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FINAL STAGE - AFRICA |
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2-04-61 |
Ghana - Morocco (Accra) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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28-05-61 |
Morocco - Ghana (Casablanca) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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SUBGROUP 4 - EUROPE |
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19-04-61 |
Wales - Spain (Cardiff) |
1-2 (1-1) |
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18-05-61 |
Spain - Wales (Madrid) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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PLAY-OFF EUROPE/AFRICA |
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12-11-61 |
Morocco - Spain (Casablanca) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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23-11-61 |
Spain - Morocco (Madrid) |
3-2 (2-1) |
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QUALIFIED: Spain. |
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GROUP 11 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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GROUP 12 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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4-12-60 |
Ecuador - Argentina (Guayaquil) |
3-6 (0-4) |
15-07-61 |
Bolivia - Uruguay (La Paz) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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17-12-60 |
Argentina - Ecuador (Buenos Aires) |
5-0 (1-0) |
30-07-61 |
Uruguay - Bolivia (Montevideo) |
2-1 (2-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Argentina. |
QUALIFIED: Uruguay. |
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GROUP 13 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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GROUP 14 - NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA |
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30-04-61 |
Colombia - Peru (Bogotá) |
1-0 (1-0) |
SUBGROUP 1 |
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7-05-61 |
Peru - Colombia (Lima) |
1-1 (1-1) |
6-11-60 |
USA - Mexico (Los Angeles) |
3-3 (1-3) |
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QUALIFIED: Colombia. |
13-11-60 |
Mexico - USA (México D.F.) |
3-0 (3-0) |
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Canada withdrew before the competition. |
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SUBGROUP 2 |
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21-08-60 |
Costa Rica - Guatemala (San José) |
3-2 (1-2) |
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28-08-60 |
Guatemala - Costa Rica (Guatemala) |
4-4 (1-2) |
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4-09-60 |
Honduras - Costa Rica (Tegucigalpa) |
2-1 (2-0) |
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11-09-60 |
Costa Rica - Honduras (San José) |
5-0 (3-0) |
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25-09-60 |
Honduras - Guatemala (Tegucigalpa) |
1-1 (0-1) |
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2-10-60 |
Guatemala - Honduras (Guatemala) |
0-2 (0-0)* |
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* Game abandoned in the second half. Later, the partial score at that time was considered final. Costa Rica and Honduras finished the group stage with the same points (goal difference is disregarded), and they had to play a tie-break to decide the winner. |
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Tie-Break |
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14-01-61 |
Costa Rica - Honduras (Guatemala) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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SUBGROUP 3 |
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2-10-60 |
D. Guyana - D. Antilles (Paramaribo) |
1-2 (1-1) |
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27-11-60 |
D. Antilles - D. Guyana (Willemstad) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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FINAL STAGE |
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22-03-61 |
Costa Rica - Mexico (San José) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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29-03-61 |
Costa Rica - Dutch Antilles (San José) |
6-0 (4-0) |
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5-04-61 |
Mexico - Dutch Antilles (México D.F.) |
7-0 (2-0) |
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12-04-61 |
Mexico - Costa Rica (México D.F.) |
4-1 (2-0) |
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23-04-61 |
Dutch Antilles - Costa Rica (Willemstad) |
2-0 (2-0) |
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21-05-61 |
Dutch Antilles - Mexico (Willemstad) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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The winner of the North/Central America zone (Mexico) has to play-off against Paraguay for a qualifying berth, as the latter wasn’t assigned to any group in South America. |
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PAN-AMERICAN PLAY-OFF |
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29-10-61 |
Mexico - Paraguay (México D.F.) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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5-11-61 |
Paraguay - Mexico (Asunción) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Mexico. |
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BYES: Chile (host), Brazil (title holder).
