1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

1962 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. Chile, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds varied by confederation. The winners of the four weakest continental zones: North America (NAFC), Central America and Caribbean (CCCF), Africa (CAF) and Asia (AFC), were not guaranteed direct spots in the final tournament. Instead, they entered a play-off against a team from either Europe (UEFA) or South America (CONMEBOL), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.
Format
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 CCCF/NAFC); 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 (CCCF/NAFC): 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.
Confederation qualification
AFC
There would be only one round of play. The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
CAF
There would be two rounds of play:
First round: The 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
First round
Second round
CCCF and NAFC
There would be two rounds of play:
First Round: The remaining 7 teams (Canada withdrew before the matches began) were divided into 3 groups of 2 or 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from Northern America and Mexico, Group 2 with teams from Central America and Group 3 with teams from Caribbean). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Intercontinental Play-off.
First round
Second round
CONMEBOL
Among the 7 teams, Paraguay were drawn to play in the CONMEBOL / CCCF / NAFC Intercontinental Play-off. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
UEFA
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 played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
Group 7 had 5 teams. The teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
Group 9 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
Group 10 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
Inter-confederation play-offs
In each play-off, the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.
CAF v UEFA
UEFA v AFC
CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL
Qualified teams
Goalscorers
7 goals
Andrej Kvašňák
6 goals
Juan Ulloa
Salvador Reyes Monteón
5 goals
Adolf Scherer
Bobby Charlton
Yngve Brodd
Charles Antenen
4 goals
Rubén Jiménez
Marvin Rodríguez
Tomáš Pospíchal
Francisco López Contreras
Nahum Stelmach
Omar Sivori
Francisco Flores
Yaúca
Chung Soon-Cheon
Milan Galić
3 goals
Oreste Omar Corbatta
Jimmy Greaves
Maryan Wisnieski
Edward Acquah
Andreas Papaemmanouil
Lajos Tichy
Yehoshua Glazer
Shlomo Levi
Mario Corso
Ady Schmit
Sigfrido Mercado
Abdallah Azhar
Billy McAdams
Ralph Brand
Ian St. John
Rune Börjesson
Metin Oktay
Albert Brülls
Gert Dörfel
Uwe Seeler
2 goals
Martín Pando
José Francisco Sanfilippo
Rubén Héctor Sosa
Hristo Iliev
Dimitar Yakimov
Manrique Quesada
Rigoberto Rojas
Michalis Shialis
Dieter Erler
Carlos Alberto Raffo
Ray Pointer
Bobby Smith
Kai Pahlman
Jacques Faivre
Augusto Espinoza
Carlos Humberto Suazo
János Göröcs
Károly Sándor
Eduardo González Palmer
Mohamed Khalfi
Henk Groot
Tonny van der Linden
Eduvigis Rudolfo Dirksz
Edwin Miliano Loran
Dejo Fayemi
Jimmy McIlroy
Jim McLaughlin
José Águas
David Herd
Denis Law
Alex Young
Yoo Pan-Soon
Valentin Bubukin
Mikheil Meskhi
Slava Metreveli
Viktor Ponedelnik
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Agne Simonsson
Robert Ballaman
Heinz Schneiter
Dragoslav Šekularac
1 goal
Ricardo José Maria Ramaciotti
Roger Claessen
Paul van Himst
Marcel Paeschen
Máximo Alcócer
Wilfredo Camacho
Todor Diev
Ivan Petkov Kolev
Petar Velichkov
Eusebio Escobar
Héctor Garzon González
Carlos Vivo Goban
Álvaro Grant MacDonald
Jorge Hernán Monge
Walter Pearson
Jiří Hledík
Josef Jelínek
Josef Kadraba
Josef Masopust
Peter Ducke
Alberto Pedro Spencer
John Connelly
Ron Flowers
Johnny Haynes
Dennis Viollet
Mohammed Awad
Luciano Vassalo
Sauli Pietiläinen
Lucien Cossou
Jean-Jacques Marcel
Roger Piantoni
Ernest Schultz
Joseph Ujlaki
Edward Boateng
Aggrey Fynn
Mohamadu Salisu
Fred Masella
Ronald Leaky
Flórián Albert
Máté Fenyvesi
Tivadar Monostori
Ernő Solymosi
Amby Fogarty
Johnny Giles
Joe Haverty
Boaz Kofman
Shlomo Nahari
Reuven Young
José Altafini
Antonio Angelillo
Francisco Lojacono
Koji Sasaki
Camille Dimmer
Nicolas Hoffmann
Raúl Cárdenas
Isidoro Díaz
Crescencio Gutiérrez
Lahcen Chicha
Sellam Riahi
Godwin Emenako
Bjørn Borgen
Eldar Hansen
Roald Jensen
Faustino Delgado
Lucjan Brychczy
Jan Szmidt
Mário Coluna
Eusébio
Gennadi Gusarov
Aleksei Mamykin
Valery Voronin
Enrique Collar
Marcelino
Joaquín Peiró
Alfonso Rodríguez Salas
Luis del Sol
August Foe a Man
Torbjörn Jonsson
Norbert Eschmann
Rolf Wüthrich
Abdelmajid Chetali
Brahim Kerrit
Rached Meddeb
Abdelmajid Tlemçani
Aydın Yelken
Helmut Bicek
Carl Fister
Al Zerhusen
Ángel Cabrera
Luis Alberto Cubilla
Guillermo Escalada
Ivor Allchurch
Phil Woosnam
Helmut Haller
Richard Kreß
Zvezdan Čebinac
Dražan Jerković
Tomislav Kaloperović
Bora Kostić
Petar Radaković
1 own goal
Romulo Gómez (playing against Argentina)
Fernand Brosius (playing against Portugal)
Notes
For the second World Cup in a row, no teams from Africa or Asia qualified.
References
External links
FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1962 World Cup Qualification
RSSSF – 1962 World Cup Qualification
Qualification
FIFA World Cup qualification