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| dates = 30 September 1956 |
| dates = 30 September 1956 – 5 February 1958 |
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A total of 55 teams entered the '''[[1958 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification]]''' rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] as the hosts and [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. |
A total of 55 teams entered the '''[[1958 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification]]''' rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] as the hosts and [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. |
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==Qualification Process== |
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The qualification rounds for the four previous World Cups were very confusing, with controversial rules and many withdrawals. From this tournament onwards, [[FIFA]] decided to divide the teams into several continental zones, assign a pre-determined number of places in the final tournament to each zone, and delegate the organization of the qualifying tournaments to its confederations: [[UEFA]] of Europe, [[CONMEBOL]] of South America, [[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]] of North America, [[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]] of Central America and Caribbean, [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] of Africa and [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] of Asia (and [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] of Oceania after it was formed later). This led to a more organized qualification process with clearer rules, but not yet withdrawal-proof. |
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The qualification rounds for the four previous World Cups differed widely, with controversial rules and many withdrawals. From this tournament onwards, [[FIFA]] divided the teams into several continental zones, assigned a pre-determined number of places in the final tournament to each zone, and delegated the organisation of the qualifying tournaments to its confederations: [[UEFA]] of Europe, [[CONMEBOL]] of South America, [[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]] of North America, [[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]] of Central America and Caribbean, [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] of Africa and [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] of Asia (and [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] of Oceania after it was formed later). |
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The 16 spots available in the 1958 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: |
The 16 spots available in the 1958 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: |
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*Europe ([[UEFA]]): ''11 places'', 2 of them went to automatic qualifiers [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] and [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], while the other 9 places were contested by 27 teams. |
*Europe ([[UEFA]]): ''11 places'', 2 of them went to automatic qualifiers [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] and [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], while the other 9 places were contested by 27 teams. |
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*South America ([[CONMEBOL]]): ''3 places'', contested by 9 teams. |
*South America ([[CONMEBOL]]): ''3 places'', contested by 9 teams. |
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*North, Central America and Caribbean ([[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]]/[[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]]): ''1 place'', contested by 6 teams. |
*North, Central America and Caribbean ([[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]]/[[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]]): ''1 place'', contested by 6 teams. |
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Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. |
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. |
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==Confederation qualification== |
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==Europe== |
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{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}} |
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===AFC and CAF=== |
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The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. |
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{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)}} |
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!align="center"|Group 1 |
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!align="center"|Group 2 |
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!align="center"|Group 3 |
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!align="center"|Group 4 |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 3|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 4|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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!align="center"|Second Round |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Second Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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!align="center"|Final Round |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Final Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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===CCCF and NAFC=== |
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{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)}} |
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The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams played each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round. The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the winner qualifying for the final tournament. |
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{| |
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|-valign=top |
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!align="center"|Group 1 |
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!align="center"|Group 2 |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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!align="center"|Final Round |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Final Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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===CONMEBOL=== |
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{{main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)}} |
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The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. |
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!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 1)|Group 1]] |
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!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)|Group 2]] |
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!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 3)|Group 3]] |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 1)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 3)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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===UEFA=== |
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{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}} |
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Denmark, East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union made their debuts in World Cup qualification. |
The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Denmark, East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union made their debuts in World Cup qualification. |
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==Inter-confederation play-offs: AFC/CAF v UEFA== |
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==South America== |
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{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off)}} |
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The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. |
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A special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA/CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Groups, where the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. Two-time champions Uruguay withdrew, while Northern Ireland and Italy had one final match yet to play, so all three were left out. Belgium, Bulgaria, Wales, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Peru, Bolivia and Costa Rica were left to draw. After [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] refused, [[Wales national football team|Wales]], the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Doyle|first1=Paul|title=The Joy of Six: international football play-offs|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/13/the-joy-of-six-international-play-offs|access-date=13 November 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref> |
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{| |
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!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 1)|Group 1]] |
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!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 2)|Group 2]] |
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!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 3)|Group 3]] |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 1)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 2)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 3)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}} |
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==North, Central America and Caribbean== |
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There were two rounds of play: |
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*'''First Round''': The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round. |
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*'''Final Round''': The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner qualified. |
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===CCCF / NAFC First Round=== |
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====Group 1==== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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!width=30|Rank |
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! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
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!width=20|Pts |
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!width=20|Pld |
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!width=20|W |
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!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
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!width=20|GF |
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!width=20|GA |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
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|'''1''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MEX|1934}} |
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|'''8'''||4||4||0||0||18||2 |
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|'''2''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CAN|1921}} |
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|'''4'''||4||2||0||2||8||8 |
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|'''3''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|USA|1912}} |
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|'''0'''||4||0||0||4||5||21 |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 7 April 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}} |
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|score = 6–0 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}} |
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|goals1 = [[Crescencio Gutiérrez|C. Gutiérrez]] {{goal|14||26}}<br />[[Salvador Reyes Monteón|Reyes]] {{goal|33||69||76}}<br />[[Héctor Hernández (footballer, born 1935)|H. Hernández]] {{goal|63}} |
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|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |
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|attendance= 60,000 |
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|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands Antilles]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 28 April 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA|1912}} |
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|score = 2–7 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|MEX|1934}} |
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|goals1 = [[Ed Murphy (soccer)|E. Murphy]] {{goal|5||45}} |
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|goals2 = [[Alfredo Hernández (footballer, born 1935)|A. Hernández]] {{goal|22||36||82}}<br />[[Crescencio Gutiérrez|C. Gutiérrez]] {{goal|38}}<br />[[Héctor Hernández (footballer, born 1935)|H. Hernández]] {{goal|65||87}}<br />[[Enrique Sesma|Sesma]] {{goal|79}} |
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|location = [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[United States]] |
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|attendance= 12,500 |
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|referee = Morgan ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 22 June 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN|1921}} |
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|score = 5–1 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}} |
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|goals1 = [[Norm McLeod (soccer)|McLeod]] {{goal|32}}<br />[[Brian Philley|Philley]] {{goal|35}}<br />[[Art Hughes (Canadian soccer)|Hughes]] {{goal|55||80}}<br />[[Gogie Stewart|Stewart]] {{goal|57}} |
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|goals2 = [[Harry Keough|Keough]] {{goal|35|pen.}} |
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|location = [[Varsity Stadium]] [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] |
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|attendance= 5,167 |
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|referee = Sadler ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 30 June 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}} |
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|score = 3–0 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|CAN|1921}} |
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|goals1 = [[Carlos González (footballer, born 1935)|C. González]] {{goal|5||72}}<br />[[Crescencio Gutiérrez|C. Gutiérrez]] {{goal|46}} |
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|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |
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|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands Antilles]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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|date = 3 July 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}} |
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|score = 2–0 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|CAN|1921}} |
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|goals1 = [[Crescencio Gutiérrez|C. Gutiérrez]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Enrique Sesma|Sesma]] {{goal|28}} |
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|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |
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|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands Antilles]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 6 July 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA|1912}}<ref>Entire US squad pulled from [[St. Louis Kutis#Kutis as the U.S. National Team|St. Louis Kutis]][http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1957.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829020250/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1957.html |date=2014-08-29 }}</ref> |
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|score = 2–3 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|CAN|1921}} |
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|goals1 = [[Ruben Mendoza|Mendoza]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[James Murphy (soccer, born 1936)|J. Murphy]] {{goal|80}} |
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|goals2 = [[Brian Philley|Philley]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Ostap Steckiw|Steckiw]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Gogie Stewart|Stewart]] {{goal|25}} |
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|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[United States]] |
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|attendance= 1,500 |
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|referee = Lutostanski ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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'''Mexico''' advanced to the Final Round. |
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====Group 2==== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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!width=30|Rank |
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! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
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!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}} |
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!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}} |
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!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}} |
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!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}} |
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!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}} |
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!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
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!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
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|'''1''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CRC}} |
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|'''8'''||4||4||0||0||15||4 |
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|- |
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|'''2''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Territory of Curaçao national football team|Territory of Curaçao]] |
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|'''2'''||3||1||0||2||4||7 |
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|- |
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|'''3''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GUA}} |
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|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||4||12 |
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|} |
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|date = 10 February 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}} |
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|score = 2–6 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|CRC}} |
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|goals1 = [[Jorge Vickers|Vickers]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Augusto Espinoza|Espinoza]] {{goal|87}} |
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|goals2 = [[Jorge Hernán Monge|Hernán]] {{goal|11||28||38}}<br />[[Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez|Jiménez]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Danilo Montero Campos|Montero]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Álvaro Murillo|Murillo]] {{goal|78}} |
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|location = [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]] |
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|referee = Sundheim ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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|date = 17 February 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}} |
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|score = 3–1<br />(66')<ref>Match interrupted in the 66th minute by Guatemala abandoning the pitch; the result was later affirmed.</ref> |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|GUA}} |
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|goals1 = [[Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez|Jiménez]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Mario Cordero|Cordero]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Rodolfo Herrera González|Herrera]] {{goal|65}} |
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|goals2 = [[Francisco López Contreras|López]] {{goal|61}} |
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|location = [[San José, Costa Rica]] |
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|referee = Orrego ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 3 March 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}} |
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|score = 4–0 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Territory of Curaçao national football team|Territory of Curaçao]] |
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|goals1 = [[Rodolfo Herrera González|Herrera]] {{goal|16||63}}<br />[[Álvaro Murillo|Murillo]] {{goal|35||67}} |
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|location = [[San José, Costa Rica]] |
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|referee = McKenna ([[The Football Association|England]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 14 March 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}} |
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|score = 1–3 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Territory of Curaçao national football team|Territory of Curaçao]] |
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|goals1 = [[Francisco López Contreras|López]] {{goal|51}} |
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|goals2 = [[Wilfred de Lanoy|De Lanoy]] {{goal|23||31}}<br />[[Edgard Meulens|Meulens]] {{goal|65}} |
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|location = [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]] |
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|referee = Sundheim ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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|date = 4 August 1957 |
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|team1 = [[Territory of Curaçao national football team|Territory of Curaçao]] {{flagicon|NED}} |
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|score = 1–2 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|CRC}} |
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|goals1 = [[Hubert Sambo|Sambo]] {{goal|21}} |
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|goals2 = [[Mario Cordero|Cordero]] {{goal|53}}<br />[[Danilo Montero Campos|Montero]] {{goal|60}} |
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|location = [[Willemstad]], [[Curaçao|Territory of Curaçao]] |
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|referee = [[Vincenzo Orlandini|Orlandini]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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'''Costa Rica''' advanced to the Final Round. Territory of Curaçao v Guatemala was not played because the Guatemalan players were not permitted to travel to the [[Netherlands Antilles]] (the Netherlands Antilles were still using the nation's former "Curaçao" name).<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615220946/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2010|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=8 April 2012|format=pdf}}</ref> However, neither team would have been able to advance with a win regardless. |
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===CCCF / NAFC Final Round=== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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|- |
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!width=30|Rank |
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! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
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!width=20|Pts |
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!width=20|Pld |
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!width=20|W |
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!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
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!width=20|GF |
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!width=20|GA |
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|- style="background:#cfc;" |
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|'''1''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MEX|1934}} |
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|'''3'''||2||1||1||0||3||1 |
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|- |
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|'''2''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CRC}} |
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|'''1'''||2||0||1||1||1||3 |
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|} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 20 October 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}} |
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|score = 2–0 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|CRC}} |
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|goals1 = [[Jaime Belmonte|Belmonte]] {{goal|77}}<br />[[Ligorio López|López]] {{goal|86}} |
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|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |
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|referee = Husband ([[The Football Association|England]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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|date = 27 October 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}} |
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|score = 1–1 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|MEX|1934}} |
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|goals1 = [[Juan Soto Quiros|Soto]] {{goal|32}} |
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|goals2 = [[Ligorio López|López]] {{goal|27}} |
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|location = [[San José, Costa Rica]] |
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|referee = Husband ([[The Football Association|England]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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'''Mexico''' qualified. |
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==Africa and Asia== |
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{{Qualification for championships (AFC)}} |
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FIFA rejected the entries of [[Ethiopia national football team|Ethiopia]] and [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]].<ref name="fifaprel">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf |title=FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition |year=2010 |access-date=2010-06-09 |publisher=FIFA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614212731/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2010 |url-status = dead}}</ref> The remaining 10 teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The tournament winner would qualify. |
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===CAF / AFC Preliminary Round=== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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|- |
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!width=30|Rank |
|||
! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
|||
!width=20|Pts |
|||
!width=20|Pld |
|||
!width=20|W |
|||
!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
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!width=20|GF |
|||
!width=20|GA |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
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|'''1=''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|INA}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced'' |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
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|'''1=''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CHN}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced'' |
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|- |
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|'''—''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ROC}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew'' |
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|} |
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Republic of China withdrew, so '''China PR''' and '''Indonesia''' advanced to the First Round automatically. |
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===CAF / AFC First Round=== |
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====Group 1==== |
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|- |
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!width=30|Rank |
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! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
|||
!width=20|Pts |
|||
!width=20|Pld |
|||
!width=20|W |
|||
!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
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!width=20|GF |
|||
!width=20|GA |
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!width=20|Ave |
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|- style="background:#fdd;" |
|||
|'''1=''' |
|||
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|IDN}} |
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|'''2'''||2||1||0||1||5||4||1.25 |
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|- style="background:#fdd;" |
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|'''1=''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CHN}} |
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|'''2'''||2||1||0||1||4||5||0.8 |
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|} |
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{{football box |
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|id = Indonesia v China PR |
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|date = 12 May 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}} |
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|score = 2–0 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|CHN}} |
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|goals1 = [[Rusli Ramang|Ramang]] {{goal|47||80}} |
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|stadium = [[Ikada Stadium]], [[Jakarta]] |
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|referee = Jonni ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) |
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}} |
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{{football box |
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|id = China Pr v Indonesia |
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|date = 2 June 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}} |
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|score = 4–3 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|IDN}} |
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|goals1 = [[Zhang Honggen]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Nian Weisi]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Sun Fucheng]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Wang Lu (footballer)|Wang Lu]] {{goal|75}} |
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|goals2 = [[Rusli Ramang|Ramang]] {{goal|25||55}}<br />[[Endang Witarsa|Witarsa]] {{goal|70}} |
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|stadium = [[Xiannongtan Stadium]], [[Beijing]] |
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|referee = Chakravarti ([[All India Football Federation|India]]) |
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}} |
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China PR and Indonesia finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round. |
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{{football box |
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|id = Indonesia v China PR |
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|date = 23 June 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}} |
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|score = 0–0<br /> {{aet}} |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|CHN}} |
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|stadium = [[Aung San Stadium]], [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]] |
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|referee = U Ba Thaung ([[Burma]]) |
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}} |
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'''Indonesia''' advanced to the Second Round by having a better [[goal average]]. ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|Penalty shootouts]] had not been invented.) |
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====Group 2==== |
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|- |
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!width=30|Rank |
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! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
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!width=20|Pts |
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!width=20|Pld |
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!width=20|W |
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!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
|||
!width=20|GF |
|||
!width=20|GA |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
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|'''1''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ISR}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced'' |
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|- |
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|'''—''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TUR}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew'' |
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|} |
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Turkey refused to compete in the Asian group, so '''Israel''' advanced to the Second Round automatically. |
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====Group 3==== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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|- |
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!width=30|Rank |
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! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
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!width=20|Pts |
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!width=20|Pld |
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!width=20|W |
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!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
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!width=20|GF |
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!width=20|GA |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
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|'''1''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EGY|1922}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced'' |
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|- |
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|'''—''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CYP|colonial}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew'' |
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|} |
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Cyprus withdrew, so '''Egypt''' advanced to the Second Round automatically. |
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====Group 4==== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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|- |
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!width=30|Rank |
|||
! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
|||
!width=20|Pts |
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!width=20|Pld |
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!width=20|W |
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!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
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!width=20|GF |
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!width=20|GA |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
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|'''1''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUD|1956}} |
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|'''3'''||2||1||1||0||2||1 |
|||
|- |
|||
|'''2''' |
|||
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SYR|1932}} |
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|'''1'''||2||0||1||1||1||2 |
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|} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 8 March 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD|1956}} |
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|score = 1–0 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1932}} |
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|goals1 = [[Siddiq Manzul|Manzul]] {{goal|78|pen.}} |
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|location = [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]] |
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|stadium = [[Khartoum Stadium]] |
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|referee = Riccardo Pieri ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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{{footballbox_collapsible |
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|date = 24 May 1957 |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1932}} |
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|score = 1–1 |
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|report = |
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|team2 = {{fb|SUD|1956}} |
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|goals1 = [[Jabra Al-Zarqa|Al-Zarqa]] {{goal|70}} |
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|goals2 = [[Suleiman Faris]] {{goal|38}} |
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|location = [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] |
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|stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]] |
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|referee = Konstantinos Ioannidis ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]]) |
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|nobars = 1 |
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}} |
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'''Sudan''' advanced. |
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===CAF / AFC Second Round=== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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|- |
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!width=30|Rank |
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! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
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!width=20|Pts |
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!width=20|Pld |
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!width=20|W |
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!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
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!width=20|GF |
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!width=20|GA |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
|||
|'''1=''' |
|||
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ISR}} |
|||
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced'' |
|||
|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
|||
|'''1=''' |
|||
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUD|1956}} |
|||
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced'' |
|||
|- |
|||
|'''—''' |
|||
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EGY|1922}} |
|||
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew'' |
|||
|- |
|||
|'''—''' |
|||
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|IDN}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew'' |
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|} |
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Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground. |
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'''Israel''' advanced to the Final Round automatically. Egypt withdrew, so '''Sudan''' advanced to the Final Round automatically. |
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===CAF / AFC Final Round=== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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|- |
|||
!width=30|Rank |
|||
! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team |
|||
!width=20|Pts |
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!width=20|Pld |
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!width=20|W |
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!width=20|D |
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!width=20|L |
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!width=20|GF |
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!width=20|GA |
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|- style="background:#ffebad;" |
|||
|'''1''' |
|||
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ISR}} |
|||
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced'' |
|||
|- |
|||
|'''—''' |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUD|1956}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew'' |
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|} |
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Sudan refused to play against Israel because of the [[Arab League boycott of Israel]], so '''Israel''' would technically qualify automatically, but before the qualification rounds began, FIFA had ruled that no team would qualify without playing at least one match (except for the defending champions and the hosts), and Israel had yet to play any. |
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==Inter-confederation play-offs: CAF/AFC v UEFA== |
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{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF/AFC–UEFA play-off)}} |
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A special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA/CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Groups, where the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. Two-time champions Uruguay withdrew, while Northern Ireland and Italy had one final match yet to play, so all three were left out. Belgium, Bulgaria, Wales, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Peru, Bolivia and Costa Rica were left to draw. After [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] refused, [[Wales national football team|Wales]], the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Doyle|first1=Paul|title=The Joy of Six: international football play-offs|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/13/the-joy-of-six-international-play-offs|access-date=13 November 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref> |
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==Qualified teams== |
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[[File:Qualification for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.png|thumb|500px|FIFA World Cup qualification 1958]] |
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[[File:1958 world cup.png|thumb|500px|Qualifying countries]] |
[[File:1958 world cup.png|thumb|500px|Qualifying countries]] |
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|6 November 1957||2nd||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] |
|6 November 1957||2nd||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SWE}} ( |
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SWE}} (hosts) |
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|23 June 1950||4th||1||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] |
|23 June 1950||4th||1||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] |
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|5 February 1958||1st||1||— |
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRG}} ( |
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRG}} (defending champions) |
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|4 July 1954||4th||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] |
|4 July 1954||4th||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] |
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*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Tommy Casey]] |
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Tommy Casey]] |
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*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Wilbur Cush]] |
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Wilbur Cush]] |
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*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Billy Simpson]] |
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Billy Simpson (footballer, born 1929)|Billy Simpson]] |
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*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kjell Kristiansen]] |
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kjell Kristiansen]] |
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*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Óscar Aguilera]] |
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Óscar Aguilera]] |
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*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Titus Ozon]] |
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Titus Ozon]] |
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*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Iosif Petschovsky]] |
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Iosif Petschovsky]] |
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*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Nicolae |
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Nicolae Tătaru]] |
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*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hewie]] |
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hewie]] |
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*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tommy Ring]] |
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tommy Ring]] |
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*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Javier Ambrois]] |
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Javier Ambrois]] |
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*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Eladio Benítez]] |
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Eladio Benítez]] |
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*{{flagicon|URU}} [[William Martínez]] |
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[William Martínez (footballer)|William Martínez]] |
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*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Óscar Míguez]] |
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Óscar Míguez]] |
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*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Dave Bowen]] |
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Dave Bowen]] |
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*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Ray Daniel (Welsh footballer)|Ray Daniel]] (playing against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]) |
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Ray Daniel (Welsh footballer)|Ray Daniel]] (playing against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]) |
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==See also== |
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* [[Conspiracy 58]] |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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*Wales is the only team to ever qualify after having been eliminated and then reinstated. Their qualification meant that all four [[Home Nations]] qualified, and that no team from the separate African and Asian zone qualified. This |
*Wales is the only team to ever qualify after having been eliminated and then reinstated. Their qualification meant that all four [[Home Nations]] qualified (the only time in history), and that no team from the separate African and Asian zone qualified. This remained Wales' only appearance in the finals until 2022, when they qualified through the European zone for the first time. |
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*Italy were eliminated in qualifying for the first time. They would not fail again until 2018. |
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*Two-time former champions Uruguay, who in their three previous appearances had always benefited from direct qualifications or withdrawals, now failed in what was the first time they actually had to play qualifying games. |
*Two-time former champions Uruguay, who in their three previous appearances had always benefited from direct qualifications or withdrawals, now failed in what was the first time they actually had to play qualifying games. |
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*Italy were eliminated in qualifying for the first time. |
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==Footnotes== |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409155257/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/sweden1958/groups/preliminaries/index.html FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1958 World Cup Qualification] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409155257/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/sweden1958/groups/preliminaries/index.html FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1958 World Cup Qualification] |
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{{1958 FIFA World Cup qualification}} |
{{1958 FIFA World Cup qualification}} |
Revision as of 08:26, 19 October 2024
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 30 September 1956 – 5 February 1958 |
Teams | 55 (from 6 confederations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 89 |
Goals scored | 341 (3.83 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Tommy Taylor (8 goals) |
← 1954 1962 → |
A total of 55 teams entered the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Sweden as the hosts and West Germany, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
Qualification Process
The qualification rounds for the four previous World Cups differed widely, with controversial rules and many withdrawals. From this tournament onwards, FIFA divided the teams into several continental zones, assigned a pre-determined number of places in the final tournament to each zone, and delegated the organisation of the qualifying tournaments to its confederations: UEFA of Europe, CONMEBOL of South America, NAFC of North America, CCCF of Central America and Caribbean, CAF of Africa and AFC of Asia (and OFC of Oceania after it was formed later).
The 16 spots available in the 1958 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
- Europe (UEFA): 11 places, 2 of them went to automatic qualifiers Sweden and West Germany, while the other 9 places were contested by 27 teams.
- South America (CONMEBOL): 3 places, contested by 9 teams.
- North, Central America and Caribbean (NAFC/CCCF): 1 place, contested by 6 teams.
- Africa (CAF) and Asia (AFC): 1 place, contested by 11 teams (including Israel, Cyprus and Turkey).
However, FIFA also imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match because many teams qualified for previous World Cups without playing due to withdrawals of their opponents. Because Israel won the African and Asian zone under this circumstance, FIFA required them to enter a play-off against a team from Europe who initially did not qualify, with the winner of this play-off qualifying. Therefore, effectively in the end, a total of 11.5 places were granted to Europe while only 0.5 places were granted to Africa and Asia.
A total of 46 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 89 qualifying matches were played, and 341 goals were scored (an average of 3.83 per match).
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.
Confederation qualification
AFC and CAF
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CCCF and NAFC
The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams played each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round. The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the winner qualifying for the final tournament.
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Source: FIFA[6]
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CONMEBOL
The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
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Source: FIFA[8]
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UEFA
The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Denmark, East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union made their debuts in World Cup qualification.
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Source: FIFA[16]
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Source: FIFA[17]
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Source: FIFA[18]
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Inter-confederation play-offs: AFC/CAF v UEFA
A special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA/CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Groups, where the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. Two-time champions Uruguay withdrew, while Northern Ireland and Italy had one final match yet to play, so all three were left out. Belgium, Bulgaria, Wales, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Peru, Bolivia and Costa Rica were left to draw. After Belgium refused, Wales, the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.[19]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||
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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 | — |
Qualified teams
Team | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Streak | Last appearance |
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Argentina | 27 October 1957 | 3rd | 1 | 1934 |
Austria | 29 September 1957 | 3rd | 2 | 1954 |
Brazil | 21 April 1957 | 6th | 6 | 1954 |
Czechoslovakia | 27 October 1957 | 4th | 2 | 1954 |
England | 19 May 1957 | 3rd | 3 | 1954 |
France | 27 October 1957 | 5th | 2 | 1954 |
Hungary | 10 November 1957 | 4th | 2 | 1954 |
Mexico | 27 October 1957 | 4th | 3 | 1954 |
Northern Ireland | 15 January 1958 | 1st | 1 | — |
Paraguay | 14 July 1957 | 3rd | 1 | 1950 |
Scotland | 6 November 1957 | 2nd | 2 | 1954 |
Sweden (hosts) | 23 June 1950 | 4th | 1 | 1950 |
Soviet Union | 24 November 1957 | 1st | 1 | — |
Wales | 5 February 1958 | 1st | 1 | — |
West Germany (defending champions) | 4 July 1954 | 4th | 2 | 1954 |
Yugoslavia | 17 November 1957 | 4th | 3 | 1954 |
Goalscorers
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Omar Oreste Corbatta
- Norberto Menéndez
- Gerhard Hanappi
- Maurice Willems
- Máximo Alcócer
- Hristo Iliev
- Jorge Hernán Monge
- Rodolfo Herrera González
- Álvaro Murillo
- Jean Vincent
- Dermot Curtis
- Alfredo Hernández
- Héctor Hernández
- Salvador Reyes Monteón
- Abe Lenstra
- Noud van Melis
- Jimmy McIlroy
- Juan Bautista Agüero
- Florencio Amarilla
- Anatoli Ilyin
- Eduard Streltsov
- Des Palmer
- Muhamed Mujić
- 2 goals
- Roberto Zárate
- Hans Buzek
- Theodor Wagner
- Henri Coppens
- Victor Mees
- Richard Orlans
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Panayot Panayotov
- Art Hughes
- Brian Philley
- Gogie Stewart
- Jaime Ramírez
- Mario Cordero
- Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez
- Danilo Montero Campos
- Wilfred de Lanoy
- Ove Bech Nielsen
- Günther Wirth
- Duncan Edwards
- Célestin Oliver
- Roger Piantoni
- Joseph Ujlaki
- Francisco López Contreras
- Lajos Csordás
- Nándor Hidegkuti
- Ríkharður Jónsson
- Þórður Jónsson
- Þórður Þórðarson
- Guido Gratton
- Carlos González
- Héctor Hernández
- Ligorio López
- Enrique Sesma
- Cor van der Gijp
- Harald Hennum
- Ángel Jara Saguier
- Enrique Jara Saguier
- Lucjan Brychczy
- Gerard Cieślik
- Manuel Vasques
- Alexandru Ene
- Anatoli Isayev
- Igor Netto
- Estanislao Basora
- Alfredo di Stéfano
- Luis Suárez Miramontes
- Josef Hügi
- Roger Vonlanthen
- Ed Murphy
- Ivor Allchurch
- Cliff Jones
- Miloš Milutinović
- 1 goal
- Norberto Conde
- Eliseo Prado
- Robert Dienst
- Walter Haummer
- Karl Koller
- Ernst Kozlicek
- Helmut Senekowitsch
- Karl Stotz
- Otto Walzhofer
- André Van Herpe
- Denis Houf
- André Piters
- Ricardo Alcón
- Ausberto García
- Didi
- Índio
- Spiro Debarski
- Todor Diev
- Ivan Petkov Kolev
- Krum Yanev
- Norm McLeod
- Ostap Steckiw
- Guillermo Díaz
- Nian Weisi
- Sun Fucheng
- Wang Lu
- Zhang Honggen
- Carlos Arango
- Ricardo Díaz
- Jaime Gutiérrez
- Juan Soto Quiros
- Edgard Meulens
- Hubert Sambo
- Vlastimil Bubník
- Pavol Molnár
- Anton Moravčík
- Ladislav Novák
- Aage Rou Jensen
- John Jensen
- Manfred Kaiser
- Helmut Müller
- Willy Tröger
- Johnny Haynes
- Olavi Lahtinen
- Mauri Vanhanen
- Said Brahimi
- René Dereuddre
- Maryan Wisnieski
- Kostas Nestoridis
- Vaggelis Panakis
- Augusto Espinoza
- Jorge Vickers
- József Bozsik
- Károly Sándor
- Lajos Tichy
- Eddang Witarsa
- George Cummins
- Johnny Gavin
- Alf Ringstead
- Sergio Cervato
- Dino da Costa
- Gino Pivatelli
- Jean-Pierre Fiedler
- Johnny Halsdorf
- Léon Letsch
- Jaime Belmonte
- Toon Brusselers
- Coen Dillen
- Kees Rijvers
- Servaas Wilkes
- Billy Bingham
- Tommy Casey
- Wilbur Cush
- Billy Simpson
- Kjell Kristiansen
- Óscar Aguilera
- Alberto Terry
- Ginter Gawlik
- Matateu
- António Dias Teixeira
- Cornel Cacoveanu
- Titus Ozon
- Iosif Petschovsky
- Nicolae Tătaru
- John Hewie
- Tommy Ring
- Archie Robertson
- Alex Scott
- Gordon Smith
- Genrich Fedosov
- Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
- Boris Tatushin
- Yuri Voinov
- Miguel González
- Enrique Mateos
- Suleiman Faris
- Siddiq Manzul
- Robert Ballaman
- Ferdinando Riva
- Jabra Al-Zarqa
- Harry Keough
- Ruben Mendoza
- James Murphy
- Javier Ambrois
- Eladio Benítez
- William Martínez
- Óscar Míguez
- Dave Bowen
- Mel Charles
- Roy Vernon
- Dobrosav Krstić
- Aleksandar Petaković
- 1 own goal
- Edgar Falch (playing against Hungary)
- Ray Daniel (playing against Czechoslovakia)
Notes
- Wales is the only team to ever qualify after having been eliminated and then reinstated. Their qualification meant that all four Home Nations qualified (the only time in history), and that no team from the separate African and Asian zone qualified. This remained Wales' only appearance in the finals until 2022, when they qualified through the European zone for the first time.
- Two-time former champions Uruguay, who in their three previous appearances had always benefited from direct qualifications or withdrawals, now failed in what was the first time they actually had to play qualifying games.
- Italy were eliminated in qualifying for the first time.
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