1962 FIFA World Cup

The **1962 FIFA World Cup** was the twelfth edition of the FIFA World Cup, a tournament that had been held every four years since 1906 except for a period during the World War. The edition which is going to be held in Mexico will be the first time that its been held outside of Europe and South America with North America hosting the tournament.

The format of the tournament remained at 16 teams for the third consecutive edition with the top two teams from each group qualifying through to the quarter-finals. From there the eight teams would battle in a knockout format with the winner taking out the title. The final two matches saw history being made with Yugoslavia taking out the title for the first time as they defeated Brazil 2-1 in the final. In the third place play-off, the Netherlands and Great Britain created history as they had created the first coin-toss match in World Cup history with the Dutch holding out on top.

## Background

The 1962 FIFA World Cup is the 12th edition of the FIFA World Cup since the tournament began in 1906. Over that time, nine different champions have been won with Italy and Uruguay winning two tournaments while seven others secured one title which also included the defending champions in Brazil. Another five nations have made an appearance in a World Cup final but haven't won the tournament.

The tournament was the first of it's kind to be held in North America with the previous tournaments being held in Europe and South America. Mexican FA and future NAFC president, Joaquín Soria Terrazas advised for a tournament to be held in Mexico instead of the more well known nation in Uruguay. By the end of the vote, Mexico would become the hosts of the World Cup.

## Bids

Bidding for the 1962 FIFA World Cup saw the nations of Uruguay and Mexico putting in a bid to host the 1962 edition of the World Cup. After talks about the two bids did arrive, it was decided by a vote of 23 to 11 to give the hosting rights to Mexico and become the first North America nation to host the FIFA World Cup.

## Qualifying

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
57 teams competed in the qualifying for the 1962 FIFA World Cup which had featured five brand new nations competing in World Cup qualifying for the first time. The main change that occurred between the previous qualifying period and this one was the fact that the European groups had shifted from eight groups to five while the AFC/CAF region had group stages throughout it's qualifying period.

At the end of qualifying, Colombia was the only nation to be making their first appearance at a World Cup after defeating Uruguay in a play-off. While for the nations of West Germany (formerly Germany) and Czechoslovakia, this was their first appearance at a World Cup since the 1934 edition in Italy.

File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg Bulgaria
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg Soviet Union
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

**NACFC**
File:Flag of Mexico (1934–1968).png Mexico
**CONMEBOL**
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
File:Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Brazil
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
**AFC/CAF**
File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic

## Seeding

File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (2)
File:Flag of France.svg France (3)
File:Flag of Mexico (1934–1968).png Mexico (10)
File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia (6)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (7)
File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic (8)
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay (13)
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (18)
File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg Bulgaria (21)
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (38)
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (43)
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (57)

## Knockout Stage

### Third Place Playoff

*Netherlands won the match by a coin-toss*

## Goalscorers

5 goals

* File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Dražan Jerković

4 goals

* File:Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Pepe
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Vavá
* File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Haynes
* File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg Valentin Ivanov

3 goals

* File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adolf Scherer
* File:Flag of France.svg Raymond Kopa
* File:Flag of France.svg Maryan Wisniewski
* File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tonny van der Linden
* File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Milan Galić

2 goals

* File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg Georgi Sokolov
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Antonio Rada
* File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Borovička
* File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bobby Charlton
* File:Flag of Mexico (1934–1968).png Isidoro Díaz
* File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet van der Kuil
* File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Saleh Selim
* File:Flag of Germany.svg Uwe Seeler
* File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Muhamed Mujić
* File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Dragoslav Šekularac

1 goal

* File:Flag of Argentina.svg Héctor Facundo
* File:Flag of Argentina.svg Rubén Sosa
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Jair da Costa
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Garrincha
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Zequinha
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Zito
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Germán Aceros
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Marino Klinger
* File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Kadraba
* File:Flag of France.svg Stéphane Bruey
* File:Flag of France.svg Yvon Goujon
* File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bryan Douglas
* File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gerry Hitchens
* File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Denis Law
* File:Flag of Italy.svg Josè Altafini
* File:Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Bulgarelli
* File:Flag of Mexico (1934–1968).png Alfredo del Águila
* File:Flag of Mexico (1934–1968).png Antonio Jasso
* File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tinus Bosselaar
* File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henk Groot
* File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Oppe Quiñonez
* File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Arsenio Valdez
* File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg Aleksei Mamykin
* File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg Viktor Ponedelnik
* File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Taha Ismail
* File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Moustafa Reyadh
* File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Vojislav Melić
* File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Josip Skoblar

1 own goal

* File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg Dobromir Zhechev