The European section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification functioned as the qualifiers for the 1962 World Cup, which took place in Chile. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification.
In addition to 29 UEFA teams, 1 CAF team (Ethiopia) competed in the UEFA section. Format The 30 teams were divided into 10 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows: Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Group 7 had 5 teams. The teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. This was a special group which included two UEFA countries located geographically in Asia (Cyprus and Israel) and one CAF country located in Africa (Ethiopia), in addition to two European UEFA teams (Romania who withdrew without playing any games, and Italy who won the group.) Group 9 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off. Group 10 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Groups Group 1
Switzerland won a playoff on a neutral ground.
Group 2
Bulgaria won a playoff on a neutral ground.
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Czechoslovakia won a playoff on a neutral ground.
Group 9
Group 10
Inter-confederation play-offs
CAF v UEFA
UEFA v AFC
Qualified teams The following 10 countries qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954) 0 (debut) 4 (19342, 19382, 1954, 1958) 4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958) 1 (1958) 3 (1950, (1954, 1958) 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954) 4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958) 2 (1934, 1950) 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. 2Competed as Germany
Goalscorers
7 goals
Andrej Kvašňák
5 goals
Adolf Scherer Bobby Charlton Yngve Brodd Charles Antenen
4 goals
Tomáš Pospíchal Nahum Stelmach Omar Sivori Yaúca Milan Galić
3 goals
Jimmy Greaves Maryan Wisnieski Andreas Papaemmanouil Lajos Tichy Yehoshua Glazer Shlomo Levi Mario Corso Ady Schmit Billy McAdams Ralph Brand Ian St. John Rune Börjesson Metin Oktay Albert Brülls Gert Dörfel Uwe Seeler
2 goals
Hristo Iliev Dimitar Yakimov Michalis Shialis Dieter Erler Ray Pointer Bobby Smith Kai Pahlman Jacques Faivre János Göröcs Károly Sándor Henk Groot Tonny van der Linden Jimmy McIlroy Jim McLaughlin José Águas David Herd Denis Law Alex Young Valentin Bubukin Mikheil Meskhi Slava Metreveli Viktor Ponedelnik Alfredo Di Stéfano Agne Simonsson Robert Ballaman Heinz Schneiter Dragoslav Šekularac
1 goal
Roger Claessen Paul Van Himst Marcel Paeschen Todor Diev Ivan Petkov Kolev Petar Velichkov Jiří Hledík Josef Jelínek Josef Kadraba Josef Masopust Peter Ducke John Connelly Ron Flowers Johnny Haynes Dennis Viollet Mohammed Awad Luciano Vassalo Sauli Pietiläinen Lucien Cossou Jean-Jacques Marcel Roger Piantoni Ernest Schultz Joseph Ujlaki Flórián Albert Máté Fenyvesi Tivadar Monostori Ernő Solymosi Amby Fogarty Johnny Giles Joe Haverty Boaz Kofman Shlomo Nahari Reuven Young José Altafini Antonio Angelillo Francisco Lojacono Camille Dimmer Nicolas Hoffmann Bjørn Borgen Eldar Hansen Roald Jensen Lucjan Brychczy Jan Szmidt Mário Coluna Eusébio Gennadi Gusarov Aleksei Mamykin Valery Voronin Enrique Collar Marcelino Joaquín Peiró Alfonso Rodríguez Salas Luis del Sol Torbjörn Jonsson Norbert Eschmann Rolf Wüthrich Aydın Yelken Ivor Allchurch Phil Woosnam Helmut Haller Richard Kreß Zvezdan Čebinac Dražan Jerković Tomislav Kaloperović Bora Kostić Petar Radaković
1 own goal
Fernand Brosius (playing against Portugal)
Notes
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