Qualifying rounds
GROUP
A
Northern Ireland
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Argentina
GROUP
B
Yugoslavia
Scotland
France
Paraguay
GROUP
C
Sweden
Mexico
Hungary
Wales
GROUP
D
Brazil
Austria
England
Soviet Union
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QUARTERFINALS
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1
0 |
West Germany
Yugoslavia |
2
0 |
Sweden
Soviet Union |
4
0 |
France
Northern Ireland |
1
0 |
Brazil
Wales |
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SEMIFINALS
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3
1 |
Sweden
West Germany |
5
2 |
Brazil
France |
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BRONZEMATCH
|
6
3 |
France
West Germany |
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FINAL
|
5
2 |
Brazil
Sweden |
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THE QUALIFICATION ROUNDS
Participating countries 55 Total matches 89
Total goals 341 Goals per game average 3.83
Europe
(UEFA Group 1)
03.Oct 56 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 2-1 Denmark
05.Dec 56 Wolverhampton England 5-2 Denmark
08.May 57 London England 5-1 Rep. of Ireland
15.May 57 Copenhagen Denmark 1-4 England
19.May 57 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-1 England
02.Oct 57 Copenhagen Denmark 0-2 Rep. of Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 4 3 1 0 15- 5 7
2.Rep. of Ireland 4 2 1 1 6- 7 5
3.Denmark 4 0 0 4 4-13 0
(UEFA Group 2)
11.Nov 56 Paris France 6-3 Belgium
02.Jun 57 Nantes France 8-0 Iceland
05.Jun 57 Brussels Belgium 8-3 Iceland
01.Sep 57 Reykjavik Iceland 1-5 France
04.Sep 57 Reykjavik Iceland 2-5 Belgium
27.Oct 57 Brussels Belgium 0-0 France
P W D L Gls Pts
1.France 4 3 1 0 19- 4 7
2.Belgium 4 2 1 1 16-11 5
3.Iceland 4 0 0 4 6-26 0
(UEFA Group 3)
22.May 57 Oslo Norway 1-2 Bulgaria
12.Jun 57 Oslo Norway 2-1 Hungary
23.Jun 57 Budapest Hungary 4-1 Bulgaria
15.Sep 57 Sofia Bulgaria 1-2 Hungary
03.Nov 57 Sofia Bulgaria 7-0 Norway
10.Nov 57 Budapest Hungary 5-0 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hungary 4 3 0 1 12- 4 6
2.Bulgaria 4 2 0 2 11- 7 4
3.Norway 4 1 0 3 3-15 2
(UEFA Group 4)
01.May 57 Cardiff Wales 1-0 Czechoslovakia
19.May 57 Leipzig East Germany 2-1 Wales
26.May 57 Prague Czechoslovakia 2-0 Wales
16.Jun 57 Brno Czechoslovakia 3-1 East Germany
25.Sep 57 Cardiff Wales 4-1 East Germany
27.Oct 57 Leipzig East Germany 1-4 Czechoslovakia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 1 9- 3 6
2.Wales 4 2 0 2 6- 5 4
3.East Germany 4 1 0 3 5-12 2
Due to loads of withdrawals and disagreements in the
Asia/Africa pool, Israel sneaked through every round
without playing a match, but FIFA ruled that no team
could qualify for the World Cup without playing so a
special play-off was arranged against a runner-up in
Europe. Wales was drawn to meet Israel with one place in
the World Cup at stake.
15.Jan 58 Ramat Gan Israel 0-2 Wales
05.Feb 58 Cardiff Wales 2-0 Israel
(UEFA Group 5)
30.Sep 56 Vienna Austria 7-0 Luxembourg
20.Mar 57 Rotterdam Netherlands 4-1 Luxembourg
26.May 57 Vienna Austria 3-2 Netherlands
11.Sep 57 Rotterdam Luxembourg 2-5 Netherlands
25.Sep 57 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 Austria
29.Sep 57 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-3 Austria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Austria 4 3 1 0 14- 3 7
2.Netherlands 4 2 1 1 12- 7 5
3.Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 3-19 0
(UEFA Group 6)
23.Jun 57 Moscow Soviet Union 3-0 Poland
05.Jul 57 Helsinki Finland 1-3 Poland
27.Jul 57 Moscow Soviet Union 2-1 Finland
15.Aug 57 Helsinki Finland 0-10 Soviet Union
20.Oct 57 Chorzów Poland 2-1 Soviet Union
03.Nov 57 Warsaw Poland 4-0 Finland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 4 3 0 1 16- 3 6
Poland 4 3 0 1 9- 5 6
3.Finland 4 0 0 4 2-19 0
Play-off
24.Nov 57 Leipzig Soviet Union 2-0 Poland
(UEFA Group 7)
05.May 57 Athens Greece 0-0 Yugoslavia
16.Jun 57 Athens Greece 1-2 Romania
29.Sep 57 Bucharest Romania 1-1 Yugoslavia
03.Nov 57 Bucharest Romania 3-0 Greece
10.Nov 57 Belgrade Yugoslavia 4-1 Greece
17.Nov 57 Belgrade Yugoslavia 2-0 Romania
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 7- 2 6
2.Romania 4 2 1 1 6- 4 5
3.Greece 4 0 1 3 2- 9 1
(UEFA Group 8)
16.Jan 57 Lisbon Portugal 1-1 Northern Ireland
25.Apr 57 Rome Italy 1-0 Northern Ireland
01.May 57 Belfast Northern Ireland 3-0 Portugal
26.May 57 Lisbon Portugal 3-0 Italy
22.Dec 57 Milan Italy 3-0 Portugal
15.Jan 58 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-1 Italy
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5
2.Italy 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4
3.Portugal 4 1 1 2 4- 7 3
(UEFA Group 9)
10.Mar 57 Madrid Spain 2-2 Switzerland
08.May 57 Glasgow Scotland 4-2 Spain
19.May 57 Basel Switzerland 1-2 Scotland
26.May 57 Madrid Spain 4-1 Scotland
06.Nov 57 Glasgow Scotland 3-2 Switzerland
24.Nov 57 Lausanne Switzerland 1-4 Spain
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Scotland 4 3 0 1 10- 9 6
2.Spain 4 2 1 1 12- 8 5
3.Switzerland 4 0 1 3 6-11 1
QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
England, France, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Wales,
Austria, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland
and Scotland + Sweden as host nation and West Germany
as defending champions.
South America
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
Venezuela withdrew.
13.Apr 57 Lima Peru 1-1 Brazil
21.Apr 57 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-0 Peru
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
22.Sep 57 Santiago Chile 2-1 Bolivia
29.Sep 57 La Paz Bolivia 3-0 Chile
06.Oct 57 La Paz Bolivia 2-0 Argentina
13.Oct 57 Santiago Chile 0-2 Argentina
20.Oct 57 Buenos Aires Argentina 4-0 Chile
27.Oct 57 Buenos Aires Argentina 4-0 Bolivia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Argentina 4 3 0 1 10- 2 6
2.Bolivia 4 2 0 2 6- 6 4
3.Chile 4 1 0 3 2-10 2
(CONMEBOL Group 3)
16.Jun 57 Bogotá Colombia 1-1 Uruguay
20.Jun 57 Bogotá Colombia 2-3 Paraguay
30.Jun 57 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Colombia
07.Jul 57 Asunción Paraguay 3-0 Colombia
14.Jul 57 Asunción Paraguay 5-0 Uruguay
28.Jul 57 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Paraguay 4 3 0 1 11- 4 6
2.Uruguay 4 2 1 1 4- 6 5
3.Colombia 4 0 1 3 3- 8 1
QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
North/Central America
(CONCACAF First round)
Sub-group A
07.Apr 57 Mexico City Mexico 6-0 USA
28.Apr 57 Los Angeles USA 2-7 Mexico
22.Jun 57 Toronto Canada 5-1 USA
30.Jun 57 Mexico City Mexico 3-0 Canada
03.Jul 57 Mexico City Canada 0-2 Mexico
06.Jul 57 Saint Louis USA 2-3 Canada
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 4 0 0 18- 2 8
2.Canada 4 2 0 2 8- 8 4
3.USA 4 0 0 4 5-21 0
Sub-group B
10.Feb 57 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 2-6 Costa Rica
17.Feb 57 San José Costa Rica 3-1 Guatemala
03.Mar 57 San José Costa Rica 4-0 Curacao
14.Mar 57 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 1-3 Curacao
04.Aug 57 Willemstad Curacao 1-2 Costa Rica
Curacao x-x Guatemala
(Game not played because Guatemalan players were not
permitted to leave the country due to an attack on the
Guatemalan president.)
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Costa Rica 4 4 0 0 15- 4 8
2.Curacao 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
3.Guatemala 3 0 0 3 4-12 0
(CONCACAF Final round)
20.Oct 57 Mexico City Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica
27.Oct 57 San José Costa Rica 1-1 Mexico
QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
Mexico
Africa/Asia
(CAF/AFC First round)
Sub-group 1
Taiwan withdrew so Indonesia had a walkover.
12.May 57 Jakarta Indonesia 2-0 China
02.Jun 57 Beijing China 4-3 Indonesia
Play-off
23.Jun 57 Rangoon Indonesia 0-0 China
(Indonesia progress due to better goal average.)
Sub-group 2
Turkey withdrew so Israel had a walkover.
Sub-group 3
Cyprus withdrew so Egypt had a walkover.
Sub-group 4
08.Mar 57 Khartoum Sudan 1-0 Syria
24.May 57 Damascus Syria 1-1 Sudan
(CAF/AFC Second round)
Indonesia withdrew so Israel had a walkover.
Egypt withdrew so Sudan had a walkover.
(CAF/AFC Third round)
Sudan withdrew so Israel had a walkover.
Egypt and Sudan refused to play against Israel, while
Indonesia insisted to meet Israel on neutral ground,
but FIFA did not accept that. FIFA ruled that no team
could qualify for the World Cup without playing so a
special play-off was arranged against a runner-up in
Europe. Wales was drawn to meet Israel with one place
in the World Cup at stake.
15.Jan 58 Ramat Gan Israel 0-2 Wales
05.Feb 58 Cardiff Wales 2-0 Israel
QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA & ASIA:
None
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