World Cup 1958 qualifications (original) (raw)

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, Tr�ger 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 (J�rgensen 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.M�ller 35 - Kraus 4.88, Morav�ik 23, Nov�k 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

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)

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. Chorz�w 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

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 - Muji� (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) Muji� (2), Petakovic, Krsti� - 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 - H�gi (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)

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) M�guez 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) Ben�tez 8 h, W.Mart�nez 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.Gonz�lez 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)

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 Jos� COS-GUA 3:1 (2:0) Hcrrera, Montero, Jimenez - ? (Orrego COL) 03.03. San Jos� 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

Second Round

20,10. Mexico Ct. MEX-COS 2:0 (0:0) Calder�n, Sesma (Husband ENG) 27.10. San Jos� 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

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)

(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

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)