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| dates = 30 September 1956 - 5 February 1958
| dates = 30 September 1956 – 5 February 1958
| num_teams = 55
| num_teams = 55
| confederations = 6
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| nextseason = [[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification|1962]]
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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.


==Qualification Process==
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.
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).


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:
*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.
*South America ([[CONMEBOL]]): ''3 places'', contested by 9 teams.
*South America ([[CONMEBOL]]): ''3 places'', contested by 9 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.
*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.


==Confederation qualification==
==Europe==
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}}


===AFC and CAF===
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.
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)}}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Group 1
!align="center"|Group 2
!align="center"|Group 3
!align="center"|Group 4
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 3|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 4|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Second Round
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Second Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Final Round
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Final Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

===CCCF and NAFC===
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (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.

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Group 1
!align="center"|Group 2
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Final Round
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Final Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}
===CONMEBOL===
{{main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (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.

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 1)|Group 1]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)|Group 2]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 3)|Group 3]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 1)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 3)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

===UEFA===
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}}


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==
==South America==
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off)}}
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.

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 1)|Group 1]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 2)|Group 2]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 3)|Group 3]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 1)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 2)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 3)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

==North, Central America and Caribbean==
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (North, Central America and Caribbean)}}

There were two rounds of play:
*'''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.
*'''Final Round''': The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner qualified.

===CCCF / NAFC First Round===

====Group 1====

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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}}
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|attendance= 60,000
|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands&nbsp;Antilles]])
|nobars = 1
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----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 28 April 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA|1912}}
|score = 2–7
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|team2 = {{fb|MEX|1934}}
|goals1 = [[Ed Murphy (soccer)|E. Murphy]] {{goal|5||45}}
|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}}
|location = [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[United States]]
|attendance= 12,500
|referee = Morgan ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 22 June 1957
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|score = 5–1
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|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}}
|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}}
|goals2 = [[Harry Keough|Keough]] {{goal|35|pen.}}
|location = [[Varsity Stadium]] [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
|attendance= 5,167
|referee = Sadler ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
|nobars = 1
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----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 30 June 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}}
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|CAN|1921}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos González (footballer, born 1935)|C. González]] {{goal|5||72}}<br />[[Crescencio Gutiérrez|C. Gutiérrez]] {{goal|46}}
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands&nbsp;Antilles]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 3 July 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}}
|score = 2–0
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|team2 = {{fb|CAN|1921}}
|goals1 = [[Crescencio Gutiérrez|C. Gutiérrez]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Enrique Sesma|Sesma]] {{goal|28}}
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands&nbsp;Antilles]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 6 July 1957
|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>
|score = 2–3
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|CAN|1921}}
|goals1 = [[Ruben Mendoza|Mendoza]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[James Murphy (soccer, born 1936)|J. Murphy]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 = [[Brian Philley|Philley]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Ostap Steckiw|Steckiw]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Gogie Stewart|Stewart]] {{goal|25}}
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[United States]]
|attendance= 1,500
|referee = Lutostanski ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Mexico''' advanced to the Final Round.

====Group 2====
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|show_positions=n
|ptsfirst=y
|winpoints=2

|team1=CRC|name_CRC={{fb|CRC}}
|team2=CUR|name_CUR={{flagicon|NED}} [[Territory of Curaçao national football team|Territory of Curaçao]]
|team3=GUA|name_GUA={{fb|GUA}}
|win_CRC=4|draw_CRC=0|loss_CRC=0|gf_CRC=15|ga_CRC=4
|win_CUR=1|draw_CUR=0|loss_CUR=2|gf_CUR=4|ga_CUR=7
|win_GUA=0|draw_GUA=0|loss_GUA=3|gf_GUA=4|ga_GUA=12

|col_A=#ffebad|text_A=
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{{football box collapsible
|date = 10 February 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 2–6
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|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Jorge Vickers|Vickers]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Augusto Espinoza|Espinoza]] {{goal|87}}
|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}}
|location = [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|referee = Sundheim ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 17 February 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|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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|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez|Jiménez]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Mario Cordero|Cordero]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Rodolfo Herrera González|Herrera]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Francisco López Contreras|López]] {{goal|61}}
|location = [[San José, Costa Rica]]
|referee = Orrego ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
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|location = [[San José, Costa Rica]]
|referee = McKenna ([[The Football Association|England]])
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----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 14 March 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–3
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|goals1 = [[Francisco López Contreras|López]] {{goal|51}}
|goals2 = [[Wilfred de Lanoy|De Lanoy]] {{goal|23||31}}<br />[[Edgard Meulens|Meulens]] {{goal|65}}
|location = [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|referee = Sundheim ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]])
|nobars = 1
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----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 4 August 1957
|team1 = [[Territory of Curaçao national football team|Territory of Curaçao]] {{flagicon|NED}}
|score = 1–2
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|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Hubert Sambo|Sambo]] {{goal|21}}
|goals2 = [[Mario Cordero|Cordero]] {{goal|53}}<br />[[Danilo Montero Campos|Montero]] {{goal|60}}
|location = [[Willemstad]], [[Curaçao|Territory of Curaçao]]
|referee = [[Vincenzo Orlandini|Orlandini]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
|nobars = 1
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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.

===CCCF / NAFC Final Round===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
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|team1=MEX|name_MEX={{fb|MEX|1934}}
|team2=CRC|name_CRC={{fb|CRC}}
|win_MEX=1|draw_MEX=1|loss_MEX=0|gf_MEX=3|ga_MEX=1
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{{football box collapsible
|date = 20 October 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}}
|score = 2–0
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|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Jaime Belmonte|Belmonte]] {{goal|77}}<br />[[Ligorio López|López]] {{goal|86}}
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = Husband ([[The Football Association|England]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 27 October 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|MEX|1934}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Soto Quiros|Soto]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2 = [[Ligorio López|López]] {{goal|27}}
|location = [[San José, Costa Rica]]
|referee = Husband ([[The Football Association|England]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Mexico''' qualified.

==Africa and Asia==
{{Qualification for championships (AFC)}}

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.

===CAF / AFC Preliminary Round===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team !!width=20|Pts !!width=20|Pld !!width=20|W !!width=20|D !!width=20|L !!width=20|GF !!width=20|GA
|- style="background:#ffebad;"
|'''1='''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|INA}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced''
|- style="background:#ffebad;"
|'''1='''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CHN}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced''
|-
|'''&mdash;'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ROC}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew''
|}

Republic of China withdrew, so '''China PR''' and '''Indonesia''' advanced to the First Round automatically.

===CAF / AFC First Round===

====Group 1====
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{{football box
|id = Indonesia v China PR
|date = 12 May 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
|goals1 = [[Rusli Ramang|Ramang]] {{goal|47||80}}
|stadium = [[Ikada Stadium]], [[Jakarta]]
|referee = Jonni ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = China Pr v Indonesia
|date = 2 June 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}
|score = 4–3
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}
|goals1 = [[Zhang Honggen]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Nian Weisi]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Sun Fucheng]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Wang Lu (footballer)|Wang Lu]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 = [[Rusli Ramang|Ramang]] {{goal|25||55}}<br />[[Endang Witarsa|Witarsa]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium = [[Xiannongtan Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|referee = Chakravarti ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
}}

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.

{{football box
|id = Indonesia v China PR
|date = 23 June 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}
|score = 0–0<br /> {{aet}}
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
|stadium = [[Aung San Stadium]], [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]]
|referee = U Ba Thaung ([[Burma]])
}}

'''Indonesia''' advanced to the Second Round by having a better [[goal average]]. ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|Penalty shootouts]] had not been invented.)

====Group 2====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team !!width=20|Pts !!width=20|Pld !!width=20|W !!width=20|D !!width=20|L !!width=20|GF !!width=20|GA
|- style="background:#ffebad;"
|'''1'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ISR}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced''
|-
|'''&mdash;'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TUR}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew''
|}

Turkey refused to compete in the Asian group, so '''Israel''' advanced to the Second Round automatically.

====Group 3====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team !!width=20|Pts !!width=20|Pld !!width=20|W !!width=20|D !!width=20|L !!width=20|GF !!width=20|GA
|- style="background:#ffebad;"
|'''1'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EGY|1922}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced''
|-
|'''&mdash;'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CYP|colonial}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew''
|}

Cyprus withdrew, so '''Egypt''' advanced to the Second Round automatically.

====Group 4====
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|ptsfirst=y
|winpoints=2

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|team2=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|SYR|1932}}
|win_SUD=1|draw_SUD=1|loss_SUD=0|gf_SUD=2|ga_SUD=1
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{{football box collapsible
|date = 8 March 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD|1956}}
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1932}}
|goals1 = [[Siddiq Manzul|Manzul]] {{goal|78|pen.}}
|location = [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]]
|stadium = [[Khartoum Stadium]]
|referee = Riccardo Pieri ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 24 May 1957
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1932}}
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|SUD|1956}}
|goals1 = [[Jabra Al-Zarqa|Al-Zarqa]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = [[Suleiman Faris]] {{goal|38}}
|location = [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
|stadium = [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]]
|referee = Konstantinos Ioannidis ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Sudan''' advanced.

===CAF / AFC Second Round===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team !!width=20|Pts !!width=20|Pld !!width=20|W !!width=20|D !!width=20|L !!width=20|GF !!width=20|GA
|- 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''
|-
|'''&mdash;'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EGY|1922}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew''
|-
|'''&mdash;'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|IDN}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew''
|}

Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground.
'''Israel''' advanced to the Final Round automatically. Egypt withdrew, so '''Sudan''' advanced to the Final Round automatically.

===CAF / AFC Final Round===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
! style="width:165px; text-align:left;"|Team !!width=20|Pts !!width=20|Pld !!width=20|W !!width=20|D !!width=20|L !!width=20|GF !!width=20|GA
|- style="background:#ffebad;"
|'''1'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ISR}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''advanced''
|-
|'''&mdash;'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUD|1956}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|''withdrew''
|}

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.

==Inter-confederation play-offs: CAF/AFC v UEFA==
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF/AFC–UEFA play-off)}}


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>
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==
==Qualified teams==
[[File:Qualification for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.png|thumb|500px|FIFA World Cup qualification 1958]]
[[File:1958 world cup.png|thumb|500px|Qualifying countries]]
[[File:1958 world cup.png|thumb|500px|Qualifying countries]]


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|-
!width=220|Team
!width=260|Team
!width=120|Date of qualification
!width=120|Date of qualification
!width=80|Finals appearance
!width=80|Finals appearance
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|6 November 1957||2nd||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|6 November 1957||2nd||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SWE}} (Hosts)
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SWE}} (hosts)
|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||—
|5 February 1958||1st||1||—
|-
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRG}} (Defending Champions)
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRG}} (defending champions)
|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]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Wilbur Cush]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Wilbur Cush]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Billy Simpson]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Billy Simpson (footballer, born 1929)|Billy Simpson]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kjell Kristiansen]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kjell Kristiansen]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Óscar Aguilera]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Óscar Aguilera]]
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*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Titus Ozon]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Titus Ozon]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Iosif Petschovsky]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Iosif Petschovsky]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Nicolae Tǎtaru]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Nicolae Tătaru]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hewie]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hewie]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tommy Ring]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tommy Ring]]
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*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Javier Ambrois]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Javier Ambrois]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Eladio Benítez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Eladio Benítez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[William Martínez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[William Martínez (footballer)|William Martínez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Óscar Míguez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Óscar Míguez]]
*{{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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{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[Conspiracy 58]]


==Notes==
==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, and that no team from the separate African and Asian zone qualified. This remains Wales' only appearance in the finals; they have never qualified through the European zone.
*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.
*Italy were eliminated in qualifying for the first time. They would not fail again until 2018.
*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.
*Italy were eliminated in qualifying for the first time.


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[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]
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tables/58q.html RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/58q.html RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification]


{{1958 FIFA World Cup qualification}}
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Revision as of 08:26, 19 October 2024

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Tournament details
Dates30 September 1956 – 5 February 1958
Teams55 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played89
Goals scored341 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)England 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

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Indonesia 2 2
2  China 2 2
3  Republic of China 0 0
Source: [1]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Israel 0 0
2  Turkey 0 0
Source: [2]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Egypt 0 0
2  Cyprus 0 0
Source: [3]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Sudan 2 3
2  Syria 2 1
Source: [1]
Second Round

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Israel 0 0
2  Sudan 0 0
3  Egypt 0 0
4  Indonesia 0 0
Source: [2]
Final Round

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Israel 0 0
2  Sudan 0 0
Source: [2]

CCCF and NAFC

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (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.

Group 1 Group 2

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Mexico 4 8
2  Canada 4 4
3  United States 4 0
Source: FIFA[4]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Costa Rica 4 8
2  Netherlands Antilles 3 2
3  Guatemala 3 0
Source: FIFA[5]
Final Round

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Mexico 2 3
2  Costa Rica 2 1
Source: FIFA[6]

CONMEBOL

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (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.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Brazil 2 3
2  Peru 2 1
Source: FIFA[7]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Argentina 4 6
2  Bolivia 4 4
3  Chile 4 2
Source: FIFA[8]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Paraguay 4 6
2  Uruguay 4 5
3  Colombia 4 1
Source: FIFA[9]

UEFA

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (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.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  England 4 7
2  Republic of Ireland 4 5
3  Denmark 4 0
Source: FIFA[10]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  France 4 7
2  Belgium 4 5
3  Iceland 4 0
Source: FIFA[11]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Hungary 4 6
2  Bulgaria 4 4
3  Norway 4 2
Source: FIFA[12]
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 4 6
2  Wales 4 4
3  East Germany 4 2
Source: FIFA[13]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Austria 4 7
2  Netherlands 4 5
3  Luxembourg 4 0
Source: FIFA[14]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Soviet Union 4 6
2  Poland 4 6
3  Finland 4 0
Source: FIFA[15]
Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Yugoslavia 4 6
2  Romania 4 5
3  Greece 4 1
Source: FIFA[16]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Northern Ireland 4 5
2  Italy 4 4
3  Portugal 4 3
Source: FIFA[17]
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Scotland 4 6
2  Spain 4 5
3   Switzerland 4 1
Source: FIFA[18]

Inter-confederation play-offs: AFC/CAF v UEFA

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off)

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 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

Qualifying countries
Team Date of qualification Finals appearance Streak Last appearance
 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
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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.

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Sweden 1958 Preliminaries (CAF/AFC)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 December 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Spencer, Pete (5 March 2022). "Israel's gameless 1958 World Cup qualifying campaign: how Wales' stopped the madness". Football Pink. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ "The bizarre twists of fate behind 1958 World Cup Qualification". FC Cymru. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  7. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 3 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  8. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 3 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  9. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 3 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  10. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  11. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  12. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  13. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  14. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  15. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  16. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  17. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  18. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  19. ^ Doyle, Paul. "The Joy of Six: international football play-offs". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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