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THE QUALIFICATION ROUNDS
Participating countries 45 Total matches 57
Total goals 208 Goals per game average 3.65
- WCQ GROUP 1 -
24.Jun 53 Oslo Norway 2-3 Saar
19.Aug 53 Oslo Norway 1-1 West Germany
11.Oct 53 Stuttgart West Germany 3-0 Saar
08.Nov 53 Saarbrücken Saar 0-0 Norway
22.Nov 53 Hamburg West Germany 5-1 Norway
28.Mar 54 Saarbrücken Saar 1-3 West Germany
P W D L Gls Pts
1.West Germany 4 3 1 0 12- 3 7
2.Saar 4 1 1 2 4- 8 3
3.Norway 4 0 2 2 4- 9 2
- WCQ GROUP 2 -
25.May 53 Helsinki Finland 2-4 Belgium
28.May 53 Stockholm Sweden 2-3 Belgium
05.Aug 53 Helsinki Finland 3-3 Sweden
16.Aug 53 Stockholm Sweden 4-0 Finland
23.Sep 53 Brussels Belgium 2-2 Finland
08.Oct 53 Brussels Belgium 2-0 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Belgium 4 3 1 0 11- 6 7
2.Sweden 4 1 1 2 9- 8 3
3.Finland 4 0 2 2 7-13 2
- WCQ GROUP 3 -
03.Oct 53 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-3 Scotland
10.Oct 53 Cardiff Wales 1-4 England
04.Nov 53 Glasgow Scotland 3-3 Wales
11.Nov 53 Liverpool England 3-1 Northern Ireland
31.Mar 54 Wrexham Wales 1-2 Northern Ireland
03.Apr 54 Glasgow Scotland 2-4 England
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 3 3 0 0 11- 4 6
2.Scotland 3 1 1 1 8- 8 3
3.Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.Wales 3 0 1 2 5- 9 1
- WCQ GROUP 4 -
20.Sep 53 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-6 France
04.Oct 53 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 3-5 France
28.Oct 53 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 4-0 Luxembourg
25.Nov 53 Paris France 1-0 Rep. of Ireland
27.Dec 53 Paris France 8-0 Luxembourg
07.Mar 54 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-1 Rep. of Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.France 4 4 0 0 20- 4 8
2.Rep. of Ireland 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4
3.Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1-19 0
- WCQ GROUP 5 -
27.Sep 53 Vienna Austria 9-1 Portugal
29.Nov 53 Lisbon Portugal 0-0 Austria
- WCQ GROUP 6 -
06.Jan 54 Madrid Spain 4-1 Turkey
14.Mar 54 Istanbul Turkey 1-0 Spain
Play-off
17.Mar 54 Rome Turkey 2-2 Spain
(Turkey qualified after drawing lots.)
- WCQ GROUP 7 -
Poland withdrew so Hungary had a walkover.
- WCQ GROUP 8 -
14.Jun 53 Prague Czechoslovakia 2-0 Romania
28.Jun 53 Bucharest Romania 3-1 Bulgaria
06.Sep 53 Sofia Bulgaria 1-2 Czechoslovakia
11.Oct 53 Sofia Bulgaria 1-2 Romania
25.Oct 53 Bucharest Romania 0-1 Czechoslovakia
08.Nov 53 Prague Czechoslovakia 0-0 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Czechoslovakia 4 3 1 0 5- 1 7
2.Romania 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4
3.Bulgaria 4 0 1 3 3- 7 1
- WCQ GROUP 9 -
13.Nov 53 Cairo Egypt 1-2 Italy
24.Jan 54 Milan Italy 5-1 Egypt
- WCQ GROUP 10 -
09.May 53 Belgrade Yugoslavia 1-0 Greece
01.Nov 53 Athens Greece 1-0 Israel
08.Nov 53 Skopje Yugoslavia 1-0 Israel
07.Mar 54 Ramat Gan Israel 0-2 Greece
21.Mar 54 Ramat Gan Israel 0-1 Yugoslavia
28.Mar 54 Athens Greece 0-1 Yugoslavia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Yugoslavia 4 4 0 0 4- 0 8
2.Greece 4 2 0 2 3- 2 4
3.Israel 4 0 0 4 0- 5 0
- WCQ GROUP 11 -
Peru withdrew.
14.Feb 54 Asunción Paraguay 4-0 Chile
21.Feb 54 Santiago Chile 1-3 Paraguay
28.Feb 54 Santiago Chile 0-2 Brazil
07.Mar 54 Asunción Paraguay 0-1 Brazil
14.Mar 54 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-0 Chile
21.Mar 54 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 4-1 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Brazil 4 4 0 0 8- 1 8
2.Paraguay 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4
3.Chile 4 0 0 4 1-10 0
- WCQ GROUP 12 -
19.Jul 53 Mexico City Mexico 8-0 Haiti
27.Dec 53 Port-au-Prince Haiti 0-4 Mexico
10.Jan 54 Mexico City Mexico 4-0 USA
14.Jan 54 Mexico City Mexico 3-1 USA
03.Apr 54 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-3 USA
04.Apr 54 Port-au-Prince Haiti 0-3 USA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 4 0 0 19- 1 8
2.USA 4 2 0 2 7- 9 4
3.Haiti 4 0 0 4 2-18 0
- WCQ GROUP 13 -
Taiwan withdrew.
07.Mar 54 Tokyo Japan 1-5 South Korea
14.Mar 54 Tokyo Japan 2-2 South Korea
QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
West Germany, Belgium, England, Scotland, France,
Austria, Turkey, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Italy and
Yugoslavia + Switzerland as host nation.
QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
Brazil + Uruguay as defending champions.
QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
Mexico
QUALIFIED FROM ASIA:
South Korea
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