1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates3 October 1956 - 5 February 1958
Teams27 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored228 (4.22 per match)
Attendance2,784,921 (51,573 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Tommy Taylor
← 1954
1962 →
UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship

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]

  Winner of each group qualified directly for the 1958 FIFA World Cup
  Team was drawn randomly to play in the AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off
  Other teams were eliminated
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9

England
France
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Northern Ireland
Scotland

Republic of Ireland
Belgium
Bulgaria
Wales
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Italy
Spain

Denmark
Iceland
Norway
East Germany
Luxembourg
Finland
Greece
Portugal
Switzerland

Groups[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  England 4 3 1 0 15 5 3.000 7 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 5–1 5–2
2  Republic of Ireland 4 2 1 1 6 7 0.857 5 1–1 — 2–1
3  Denmark 4 0 0 4 4 13 0.308 0 1–4 0–2 —
Source: FIFA[1]

Group 2[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  France 4 3 1 0 19 4 4.750 7 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 6–3 8–0
2  Belgium 4 2 1 1 16 11 1.455 5 0–0 — 8–3
3  Iceland 4 0 0 4 6 26 0.231 0 1–5 2–5 —
Source: FIFA[2]

Group 3[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 4 3 0 1 12 4 3.000 6 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 4–1 5–0
2  Bulgaria 4 2 0 2 11 7 1.571 4 1–2 — 7–0
3  Norway 4 1 0 3 3 15 0.200 2 2–1 1–2 —
Source: FIFA[3]

Group 4[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 1 9 3 3.000 6 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 3–1
2  Wales 4 2 0 2 6 5 1.200 4 Drawn for CAF/AFC–UEFA play-off 1–0 — 4–1
3  East Germany 4 1 0 3 5 12 0.417 2 1–4 2–1 —
Source: FIFA[4]

Group 5[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Austria 4 3 1 0 14 3 4.667 7 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 3–2 7–0
2  Netherlands 4 2 1 1 12 7 1.714 5 1–1 — 4–1
3  Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 3 19 0.158 0 0–3 2–5 —
Source: FIFA[5]

Group 6[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 4 3 0 1 16 3 5.333 6[a] Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 3–0 2–1
2  Poland 4 3 0 1 9 5 1.800 6[a] 2–1 — 4–0
3  Finland 4 0 0 4 2 19 0.105 0 0–10 1–3 —
Source: FIFA[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ 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]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 7 2 3.500 6 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 4–1
2  Romania 4 2 1 1 6 4 1.500 5 1–1 — 3–0
3  Greece 4 0 1 3 2 9 0.222 1 0–0 1–2 —
Source: FIFA[7]

Group 8[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 6 3 2.000 5 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 2–1 3–0
2  Italy 4 2 0 2 5 5 1.000 4 1–0 — 3–0
3  Portugal 4 1 1 2 4 7 0.571 3 1–1 3–0 —
Source: FIFA[8]

Group 9[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Scotland 4 3 0 1 10 9 1.111 6 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 4–2 3–2
2  Spain 4 2 1 1 12 8 1.500 5 4–1 — 2–2
3   Switzerland 4 0 1 3 6 11 0.545 1 1–2 1–4 —
Source: FIFA[9]

Inter-confederation play-off[edit]

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Wales Israel
1  Wales 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 4 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 2–0
2  Israel 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 0–2 —
Source: FIFA

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
 Sweden Hosts 23 June 1950 3 (1934, 1938, 1950)
 West Germany Defending champions 4 July 1954 3 (19342, 19382, 1954)
 England Group 1 winners 19 May 1957 2 (1950, 1954)
 France Group 2 winners 27 October 1957 4 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954)
 Hungary Group 3 winners 10 November 1957 3 (1934, 1938, 1954)
 Czechoslovakia Group 4 winners 27 October 1957 3 (1934, 1938, 1954)
 Austria Group 5 winners 29 September 1957 2 (1934, 1954)
 Soviet Union Group 6 winners 24 November 1957 0 (debut)
 Yugoslavia Group 7 winners 17 November 1957 3 (1930, 1950, 1954)
 Northern Ireland Group 8 winners 15 January 1958 0 (debut)
 Scotland Group 9 winners 24 November 1957 1 (1954)
 Wales 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
1 goal
1 own goal

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  5. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  8. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  9. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links[edit]

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