1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 3 October 1956 - 5 February 1958 |
Teams | 27 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 54 |
Goals scored | 228 (4.22 per match) |
Attendance | 2,784,921 (51,573 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format
[edit]Sweden, the hosts of the World Cup, and West Germany, the defending champions, qualified automatically for the final tournament. The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners qualified. One runner-up was randomly drawn for the CAR/AFC-UEFA play-off. East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union and took part for the first time. Albania were the only UEFA member not to enter.
Summary
[edit]Groups
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3.000 | 7 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 5 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0.308 | 0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | — |
Group 2
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4.750 | 7 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 6–3 | 8–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1.455 | 5 | 0–0 | — | 8–3 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 0.231 | 0 | 1–5 | 2–5 | — |
Group 3
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 6 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 4 | 1–2 | — | 7–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0.200 | 2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — |
Group 4
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 6 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 4 | Drawn for CAF/AFC–UEFA play-off | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0.417 | 2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | — |
Group 5
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4.667 | 7 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–2 | 7–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 5 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0.158 | 0 | 0–3 | 2–5 | — |
Group 6
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 5.333 | 6[a] | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | 6[a] | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0.105 | 0 | 0–10 | 1–3 | — |
Notes:
- ^ a b As the Soviet Union and Poland finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine the group winner. The Soviet Union won the play-off 2–0 to win the group.
Group 7
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.500 | 6 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 5 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |
Group 8
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 5 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 4 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |
Group 9
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 6 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 4–2 | 3–2 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 5 | 4–1 | — | 2–2 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 | 1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | — |
Inter-confederation play-off
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | 0–2 | — |
Qualified Teams
[edit]The following 12 countries qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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![]() | Hosts | 23 June 1950 | 3 (1934, 1938, 1950) |
![]() | Defending champions | 4 July 1954 | 3 (19342, 19382, 1954) |
![]() | Group 1 winners | 19 May 1957 | 2 (1950, 1954) |
![]() | Group 2 winners | 27 October 1957 | 4 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954) |
![]() | Group 3 winners | 10 November 1957 | 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) |
![]() | Group 4 winners | 27 October 1957 | 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) |
![]() | Group 5 winners | 29 September 1957 | 2 (1934, 1954) |
![]() | Group 6 winners | 24 November 1957 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Group 7 winners | 17 November 1957 | 3 (1930, 1950, 1954) |
![]() | Group 8 winners | 15 January 1958 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Group 9 winners | 24 November 1957 | 1 (1954) |
![]() | AFC/CAF-UEFA play-off winners | 5 February 1958 | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- 2Competed as Germany
Goalscorers
[edit]- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Hans Buzek
Theodor Wagner
Henri Coppens
Victor Mees
Richard Orlans
Georgi Dimitrov
Panayot Panayotov
Ove Bech Nielsen
Günther Wirth
Duncan Edwards
Célestin Oliver
Roger Piantoni
Joseph Ujlaki
Lajos Csordás
Nándor Hidegkuti
Ríkharður Jónsson
Þórður Jónsson
Þórður Þórðarson
Guido Gratton
Cor van der Gijp
Harald Hennum
Lucjan Brychczy
Gerard Cieślik
Manuel Vasques
Alexandru Ene
Anatoli Isayev
Igor Netto
Estanislao Basora
Alfredo di Stéfano
Luis Suárez Miramontes
Josef Hügi
Roger Vonlanthen
Ivor Allchurch
Cliff Jones
Miloš Milutinović
- 1 goal
Robert Dienst
Walter Haummer
Karl Koller
Ernst Kozlicek
Helmut Senekowitsch
Karl Stotz
Otto Walzhofer
André van Herpe
Denis Houf
André Piters
Spiro Debarski
Todor Diev
Ivan Petkov Kolev
Krum Yanev
Vlastimil Bubník
Pavol Molnár
Anton Moravčík
Ladislav Novák
Aage Rou Jensen
John Jensen
Manfred Kaiser
Helmut Müller
Willy Tröger
Johnny Haynes
Olavi Lahtinen
Mauri Vanhanen
Said Brahimi
René Dereuddre
Maryan Wisnieski
Kostas Nestoridis
Vaggelis Panakis
József Bozsik
Károly Sándor
Lajos Tichy
George Cummins
Johnny Gavin
Alf Ringstead
Sergio Cervato
Dino da Costa
Gino Pivatelli
Jean-Pierre Fiedler
Johnny Halsdorf
Léon Letsch
Toon Brusselers
Coen Dillen
Kees Rijvers
Servaas Wilkes
Billy Bingham
Tommy Casey
Wilbur Cush
Billy Simpson
Kjell Kristiansen
Ginter Gawlik
Matateu
António Dias Teixeira
Cornel Cacoveanu
Titus Ozon
Iosif Petschovsky
Nicolae Tătaru
John Hewie
Tommy Ring
Archie Robertson
Alex Scott
Gordon Smith
Genrich Fedosov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
Boris Tatushin
Yuri Voinov
Miguel González
Enrique Mateos
Robert Ballaman
Ferdinando Riva
Dave Bowen
Mel Charles
Roy Vernon
Dobrosav Krstić
Aleksandar Petaković
- 1 own goal
Edgar Falch (playing against Hungary)
Ray Daniel (playing against Czechoslovakia)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.