World Cup 1958 qualifications
World Cup 1958 qualifications
Europe
31 teams entered, including GER (champions) and SWE (host). CYP and TUR
alloted to a mixed Euro-Afro-Asian zone, both withdrew after seeding.
Ten places for the winners of nine groups and one of the runners-up
after a play-off with ISR (see group 14)
For the first time teams were seeded according to their strengths, and
not geographically.
Group 1 (1956-57)
03.10. Dublin IRL-DAN 2:1 (2:0) Curtis 27, Gavin 45pen - A.Jensen 85 (Bond ENG)
05.12. W'hampton ENG-DAN 5:2 (2:1) Taylor 2,22,53, Edwards 66,77 - O.Nielsen 27,32
(Guigue ERA)
08.05. London ENG-IRL 5:1 (4:0) Taylor (3), Ateyo (2) - Curtis
(Phillips SCO)
15.05. Kobenhavn DAN-ENG 1:4 (1:1) J.Jensen 27 - Haynes 28, Taylor 71,86, Ateyo 75
(Dusch GER)
19.05. Dublin IRL-ENG 1:1 (1:0) Ringstead - Ateyo (Philips SCO)
02.10. Kobenhavn DAN-IRL 0:2 (0:0) Cummins 53, Curtis 61 (Schulz DDR)
1.ENG^ 4 7 3 1 0 15- 5
2.IRL 4 5 2 1 1 6- 7
3.DAN 4 0 0 0 4 4-13
Group 2 (1956-57)
11.11. Paris FRA-BEL 6:3 (4:1) Cisowski 13,15,44,72,88, Vincent 18 -
Houf 16, Willems 61,67 (Clough ENG)
02.06. Nantes FRA-ISL 8:0 (5:0) C.Olivier 6,11, Vincent 29,83, Dereuddre
36, Piantoni 45,81, Brahimi 49 (Ellis ENG)
05.06. Brussel BEL-ISL 8:3 (7:1) Orlans (2), Piters, P.van den Berg, Coppens
(2), Mees (2) - Thordarsson 33,78,
R.Jonsson 82 (Blitgen LUX)
01.09. Reykjavik ISL-FRA 1:5 (0:2) T.Jonsson 64 - Cisowski 29,32, Ujlaki
48,66, Wisniewski 53 (Davidson SCO)
04.09. Reykjavik ISL-BEL 2:5 (1:2) R.Jonsson 1, Thordarsson 73 - van Herpe, P.van
den Berg (3), Willems (Davidson SCO)
27.10. Brussel BEL-FRA 0:0 (Helge DAN)
1.FRA^ 4 7 3 1 0 19- 4
2.BEL 4 5 2 1 1 16-11
3.ISL 4 0 0 0 4 6-26
Group 3 (1957)
22.05. Oslo NOR-BUL 1:2 (0:1) Hennum - G.Dimitrov (2) (Lindberg SWE)
12.06. Oslo NOR-HUN 2:1 (1:1) Hennum, Kristiansen - Tichy (Helge DAN)
23.06. Budapest HUN-BUL 4:1 (3:0) Machos (3), Bozsik - G.Dimitrov (Guigue
FRA)
15.09. Sofia BUL-HUN 1:2 (1:2) Diev - Hidegkuti (2) (Bernardi ITA)
03.11. Sofia BUL-NOR 7:0 (3:0) Ilev (3), Panaiotov (2), Yanev, Debarski
(Macko CZE)
10.11. Budapest HUN-NOR 5:0 (2:0) Csordas (2), Sandor, Machos + 1o
(Dusch GER)
1.HUN^ 4 6 3 0 1 12- 4
2.BUL 4 4 2 0 2 11- 7
3.NOR 4 2 1 0 3 3-15
Group 4 (1957)
01.05. Cardiff WAL-CZE 1:0 (0:0) Vernon (Bronkhorst HOL)
19.05. Leipzig DDR-WAL 2:1 (1:1) Wirth 21, Tröger 61 - M.Charles 6
(Latichev ZSR)
26.05. Praha CZE-WAL 2:0 (1:0) Kraus, Daniel (og) (Wyssling SUI)
16.06. Brno CZE-DDR 3:1 (0:1) Kraus 60. Bubnik 81, Molnar 89 - Wirth 18
(Jörgensen DAN)
25.09. Cardiff WAL-DDR 4:1 (3:0) Palmer 38,44,73, Jones 42 - Kaiser 57
(Leafe ENG)
27.10. Leipzig DDR-CZE 1:4 (1:3) H.Müller 35 - Kraus 4.88, Moravčik 23,
Novák 43 (Schwinte FRA)
1.CZE^ 4 6 3 0 1 9- 3
2.WAL> 4 4 2 0 2 6- 5
3.DDR 4 2 1 0 3 5-12
- WAL was drawn to play against ISR in an extra game
Group 5 (1956-57)
30.09. Wien AUT-LUX 7:0 (2:0) Wagner (2), Hanappi (2), Haummer,
Walzhofer, E.Kozlicek (Liverani ITA)
20.03. Rotterdam HOL-LUX 4:1 (2:1) van der Gijp (2), Brusselers, Dillen -
Halsdorf (Treichel GER)
26.05. Wien AUT-HOL 3:2 (0:2) Buzek, Koller, Stotz - van Melis (2)
(Schmetzer GER)
11.09. Rotterdam HOL-LUX 5:2 (4:1) Lenstra (2), Wilkes, Rijvers, van Melis -
Fiedler, Letsch (Murdoch ENG)
25.09. Amsterdam HOL-AUT 1:1 (0:1) Lenstra - Hanappi (EUis ENG)
29.09. Luxembourg LUX-AUT 0:3 (0:1) Dienst, Kozlicek, Senekowitsch
(Versyp BEL)
- both matches LUX-HOL in Netherlands
1.AUT^ 4 7 3 1 0 14- 3
2.HOL 4 5 2 1 1 12- 7
3.LUX 4 0 0 0 4 3-19
grupa 6 (1957)
23.06. Moskva ZSR-POL 3:0 (1:0) Tatushin 9, Simonian 55, Ilyin 77
(Clough ENG)
05.07. Helsinki FIN-POL 1:3 (0:1) Vanhanen 72 - Jankowski 19,56,65
(Nilsen NOR)
27.07. Moskva ZSR-FIN 2:1 (1:1) Voinov 23, Netto 62 - Lahtinen 42
(Mayer AUT)
15.08. Helsinki FIN-ZSR0:10 (0:7) Netto 6, Simonian 9,13,31, Isaev 12,20,
Streltsow 29, 49, Ilyin 60, 87 (A.Asmussen
DAN)
20.10. Chorzów POL-ZSR 2:1 (1:0) Cie¶lik 43,50 - V.Ivanov 80 (Clough ENG)
03.11. Warszawa POL-FIN 4:0 (2-0) Gawlik 2, Brychczy 4,48, Jankowski 60
(Dusch GER)
1.ZSR> 4 6 3 0 1 16- 3
2.POL> 4 6 3 0 1 9- 5
3.FIN 4 0 0 0 4 2-19
- play-off game in East Germany
24.11. Lepzig ZSR-POL 2:0 (1:0) Strelcow 31, Fiedosow 75 (Clough ENG)
Group 7 (1957)
05.05. Athina GRE-JUG 0:0 (Devillers FRA)
16.06. Athina GRE-ROM 1:2 (1:1) Panakis - Ene, Ozon (Harzic FRA)
29.09. Bucuresti ROM-JUG 1:1 (0:0) Ene - Mujić (Grill AUT)
03.11. Bucuresti ROM-GRE 3:0 (0:0) Petschovski, Tataru, Cacoveanu (Schwinte
FRA)
10.11. Beograd JUG-GRE 4:1 (2:1) Mujić (2), Petakovic, Krstić - Nestoridis
(Jonni ITA)
17.11. Beograd JUG-ROM 2:0 (0:0) M.Milutinovic (2) (Seipelt AUT)
1.JUG^ 4 6 2 2 0 7- 2
2.ROM 4 5 2 1 1 6- 4
3.GRE 4 1 0 1 3 2- 9
Group 8 (1957--58)
16.01. Lisboa POR-NIR 1:1 (1:1) Vasques - Bingham (Lequesne FRA)
25.04. Roma ITA-NIR 1:0 (1:0) Cervato 3 (Guigue FRA)
01.05. Belfast NIR-POR 3:0 (1:0) Simpson, J.Mcllroy, Casey (Phillips SCO)
26.05. Lisboa POR-ITA 3:0 (1:0) Vasques 41, Teixeira 83, Matateu 87
(Treichel GER)
22.12. Milano ITA-POR 3:0 (1:0) Gratton 36,72, Pivatelli 84 (Damiani JUG)
15.01. Belfast NIR-ITA 2:1 (2:0) Mcllroy 13, Cush 28 - Da Costa 56 (Zsolt
HUN)
1.NIR^ 4 5 2 1 1 6- 3
2.ITA 4 4 2 0 2 5- 5
3.POR 4 3 1 1 2 4- 7
Group 9 (1957)
10.03. Madrid ESP-SUI 2:2 (1:1) Suarez, Miguel - Hügi (2), Asmussen
(Erich GER)
08.05. Glasgow SCO-ESP 4:2 (2:1) Mudie (3), Hewie - Kubala, Suarez (Dusch
GER)
19.05. Basel SUI-SCO 1:2 (1:1) Vonlanthen - Mudie, Collins (Seipelt AUT)
26.05. Madrid ESP-SCO 4:1 (2:0) Basora (2), Mateos, Kubala - G.Smith
(Leafe ENG)
06.11. Glasgow SCO-SUI 3:2 (1:1) A.Robertson, Mudie, Scott - Riva,
Vonlanthen (Leafe ENG)
24.11. Lausanne SUI-ESP 1:4 (0:2) Ballaman - Kubala (2), di Stefano (2)
(Alsteen BEL)
1.SCO^ 4 6 3 0 1 10- 9
2.ESP 4 5 2 1 1 12- 8
3.SUI 4 1 0 1 3 6-11
South America
9 teams entered, VEN withdrew after seeding. Winners of three groups
progressing into the finals.
Group 10 (1957)
13.04. Lima PER-BRA 1:1 (1:0) Terry 38 - Indio (Rodriguez URU)
21.04. R/Janeiro BRA-PER 1:0 (1:0) Didi (Marino URU)
- VEN withdrew after seeding
Group 11 (1957)
22.09. Santiago CHI-BOL 2:1 (0:1) G.Diaz, Ramirez - Alcon (Wyssling SUI)
29.09. La Paz BOL-CHI 3:0 (1:0) Alcocer (2), Garda (Wyssling SUI)
06.10. La Paz BOL-ARG 2:0 (1:0) Alcocer 13, Ramirez 62 (Wyssling SUI)
13.10. Santiago CH1-ARG 0:2 (0:1) Menendez, Conde (Wyssling SUI)
20.10. B.Aires ARG-CH1 4:0 (4:0) Corbatta (2), Menendez, Zarate (Wyssling
SUI)
27.10. B.Aires ARG-BOL 4:0 (1:0) Zarate, Corbatta, Prado, Menendez
(Wyssling SUI)
1.ARG^ 4 6 3 0 1 10- 2
2.BOL 4 4 2 0 2 6- 6
3.CHI 4 2 1 0 3 2-10
Group 12 (1957)
16.06. Bogota COL-URU 1:1 (1:0) Arango 15 - Ambrois 46 (Husband ENG)
20.06. Bogota COL-PAR 2:3 (1:1) Gutierrez, R. Diaz - A. Jara, Aguero,
Aguilera (Husband ENG)
30.06. Montevideo URU-COL 1:0 (0:0) Míguez 89p (Husband ENG)
07.07. Asuncion PAR-COL 3:0 (1:0) E.Jara, A.Jara, Aguilera (Husband ENG)
14.07. Asuncion PAR-URU 5:0 (1:0) Amarilla 5, 48, 57, A. Jara Saguier 88,
Aguero 90 (Husband ENG)
28.07. Montevideo URU-PAR 2:0 (1:0) Benítez 8 h, W.Martínez 88 (Husband ENG)
1.PAR^ 4 6 3 0 1 11- 4
2.URU 4 5 2 1 1 4- 6
3.COL 4 1 0 1 3 3- 8
CONCACAF
6 teams entered. Winners of two zonal groups play for one final place.
Group 13 (1957)
First Round
Subgroup A
07.04. Mexico Ct. MEX-USA 6:0 (3:0) C. Gutierrez 14,26, Reyes 33,69,76, A.
Hernandez 63 (van Rosberg AHO)
28.04. L.Angeles USA-MEX 2:7 (2:3) Murphy 5, 45 - Keough 20o, A.Hernandez
31,83, C.Gutierrez 35, H.Hernandez 65, 88,
Sesma 79 (Morgan CAN)
22.06. Toronto CAN-USA 5:1 (2:1) Hughes (2), Stewart, Phillcy, McLeod -
Keough (Sadler CAN)
30.06. Mexico Ct. MEX-CAN 3:0 (1:0) C.González 5,85, C.Gutierrez 46 (van
Rosberg AHO)
03.07. Mexico Ct. MEX-CAN 2:0 (2:0) C.Gutierrez 8, Sesma 27 (van Rosberg AHO)
06.07. St.Louis USA-CAN 2:3 (0:3) Rooney (2) McLeod, Stewart, Beraza
(Lutostanski USA)
- both matches CAN-MEX in Mexico. In matches USA-CAN and CAN-USA agreed
local refereeing
1.MEX^ 4 8 4 0 0 18- 2
2.CAN 4 4 2 0 2 8- 8
3.USA 4 0 0 0 4 5-21
Subgroup B
)0.02. Guatemala GUA-COS 2:6 (1:4) Vikers, Espinoza - Monge (3), Murillo,
Jimenez, Rodriguez (Sundheim COL)
17.02. San José COS-GUA 3:1 (2:0) Hcrrera, Montero, Jimenez - ? (Orrego
COL)
03.03. San José COS-AHO 4:0 (2:0) Murillo (2), Herrera, Jimenez (McKenna
ENG)
14.03. Guatemala GUA-AHO 1:3 (0:2) Contreras - Schoop (2), Daal (Sundheim
COL)
04.08. Willemstad AHO-COS 1:2 (0:1) Schoop - Monge, Montero (Orlandini ITA)
1.COS^ 4 8 4 0 0 15- 4
2.AHO 3 2 1 0 2 4- 7
3.GUA 3 0 0 0 3 4-12
- AHO-GUA match not played due to COS qualifying anyway; COS-GUA match
interrupted in 66 min by GUA abandoning the pitch; result affirmed.
Second Round
20,10. Mexico Ct. MEX-COS 2:0 (0:0) Calderón, Sesma (Husband ENG)
27.10. San José COS-MEX 1:1 (1:1) Soto 32 - L.Lizorio 27 (Husband ENG)
Africa
3 teams entered, alloted to group 14 along with Asian teams and CYP and
TUR; EGY, SYR and SUD withdrew not wanting to play ISR. Because ISR would
qualify from the group without playing any game, FIFA decided to hold
a play-off with one of the runners-up of European groups, chosen by lot.
Asia
4 teams entered, TAI withdrew after seeding, INA withdrew after first
round. Asian teams alloted to group 14 along with African teams and CYP and
TUR.
Group 14 (1957)
Preliminaries
- TAI withdrew, INA had a walkover
First Round
(1)
12.05. Djakarta INA-CHN 2:0 (0:0) Ramang (2) (Ionni ITA)
02.06. Peking CHN-INA 4:3 (2:1) Ha Ching Kuang, Nien We Se, Tjiang Fung Ken,
Fuk Chen - Siang Liong, Ramang, Witarsa
(Chakravarti IND)
23.06. Rangoon INA-CHN 0:0 [aet] (U Ba Thaung BIR)
- INA progressed on better goal average (1.25 vs. 0.80)
(2) - TUR resigned, ISR had a walkover
(3) - CYP resigned, TUR had a walkover
(4)
08.03. Khartoum SUD-SYR 1:0 (0:0) M.Osman (Pieri ITA)
24.05. Damascus SYR-SUD 1:1 (1:0) Ciabra - M.Osman (loannidis GRE)
Second Round
(l) - INA withdrew, ISR had a walkover
(2) - EGY withdrew, SUD had a walkover
Third Round
- SUD withdrew, ISR had a walkover
Play-off game for ISR (1958)
15.01. Tel-Aviv ISR-WAL 0:2 (0:1) Allchurch, Bowen (Guigue FRA)
05.02. Cardiff WAL-ISR 2:0 (0:0) Allchurch, C.Jones (Schipper HOL)