# 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)

The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, for national teams which are members of the CCCF and NAFC. Seven teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the inter-confederation play-offs against a CONMEBOL team.

## Format

The qualification structure was as follows:
* First round: Seven teams were divided into three groups (one group of three teams and two groups of two teams) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group advanced to the second round.
* Second round: Three teams which had advanced from the first round played home-and-away round-robin matches in one group. The group winner qualified for the CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off.

## Entrants

Eight national teams from the region initially entered qualification, though Canada later withdrew.
Note: Bolded teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
| Zone | Entrants | Withdrew |
| North American Football Confederation (NAFC) | Mexico  United States | Canada |
| Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) | Costa Rica  Guatemala  Honduras  Netherlands Antilles  Suriname | |

## First round
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | |
| 1 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | Advance to second round | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | | 3–3 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 5 | Advance to second round | — | 5–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Honduras | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 3 | Guatemala | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 2 | | 4–4 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 As Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide the group winners. Costa Rica won the match 1–0 to win the group.

#### Play-off

Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the second round.

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | |
| 1 | Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Advance to second round | — | 0–0 |
| 2 | Suriname | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | | 1–2 | — |

## Second round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 5 | Advance to CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off | — | 4–1 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | | 1–0 | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | Netherlands Antilles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | — |

## Inter-confederation play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | |
| 1 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | | 0–0 | — |

## Qualified teams

The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
| Mexico | CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off winners | 5 November 1961 | 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958) |

## Goalscorers

There were 57 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match. The inter-confederation play-offs are not included in this count.
6 goals
* Juan Ulloa
5 goals
* Salvador Reyes Monteón
4 goals
* Rubén Jiménez
* Marvin Rodríguez
* Pinula Contreras
* Francisco Flores
3 goals
* Sigfrido Mercado
2 goals
* Manrique Quesada
* Augusto Espinoza
* Carlos Humberto Suazo
* Eduardo González Palmer
* Eduvigis Rudolfo Dirksz
* Edwin Miliano Loran
1 goal
* Carlos Vivo Goban
* Álvaro Grant
* Jorge Monge
* Walter Pearson
* Francisco Rojas
* Rigoberto Rojas
* Fred Masella
* Ronald Leaky
* Raúl Cárdenas
* Isidoro Díaz
* Crescencio Gutiérrez
* August Foe a Man
* Helmut Bicek
* Carl Fister
* Al Zerhusen