Listed below are the dates and results for the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format Sweden, the hosts of the World Cup, and West Germany, the defending champions, qualified automatically for the final tournament. The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners qualifying. One runner-up was randomly drawn for the CAF/AFC-UEFA play-off. East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union took part for the first time. Albania were the only UEFA member not to enter.
Summary
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Inter-confederation play-off
Qualified Teams The following 12 countries qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 3 (1934, 1938, 1950) 3 (19342, 19382, 1954) 2 (1950, 1954) 4 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954) 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) 2 (1934, 1954) 0 (debut) 3 (1930, 1950, 1954) 0 (debut) 1 (1954) 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. 2Competed as Germany
Goalscorers
8 goals
Tommy Taylor
7 goals
Thadée Cisowski
5 goals
Jackie Mudie
4 goals
Paul Vandenberg Tadeusz Kraus John Atyeo Ferenc Machos Edward Jankowski Nikita Simonyan Ladislao Kubala
3 goals
Gerhard Hanappi Maurice Willems Hristo Iliev Jean Vincent Dermot Curtis Abe Lenstra Noud van Melis Anatoli Ilyin Eduard Streltsov Des Palmer Muhamed Mujić
2 goals
Hans Buzek Theodor Wagner Henri Coppens Victor Mees Richard Orlans Georgi Dimitrov Panayot Panayotov Ove Bech Nielsen Günther Wirth Duncan Edwards Célestin Oliver Roger Piantoni Joseph Ujlaki Lajos Csordás Nándor Hidegkuti Ríkharður Jónsson Þórður Jónsson Þórður Þórðarson Guido Gratton Cor van der Gijp Jimmy McIlroy Harald Hennum Lucjan Brychczy Gerard Cieślik Manuel Vasques Alexandru Ene Anatoli Isayev Igor Netto Estanislao Basora Alfredo di Stéfano Luis Suárez Miramontes Josef Hügi Roger Vonlanthen Ivor Allchurch Cliff Jones Miloš Milutinović
1 goal
Robert Dienst Walter Haummer Karl Koller Ernst Kozlicek Helmut Senekowitsch Karl Stotz Otto Walzhofer André van Herpe Denis Houf André Piters Spiro Debarski Todor Diev Ivan Petkov Kolev Krum Yanev 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 József Bozsik Károly Sándor Lajos Tichy George Cummins Johnny Gavin Alf Ringstead Sergio Cervato Dino da Costa Gino Pivatelli Jean-Pierre Fiedler Johnny Halsdorf Léon Letsch Toon Brusselers Coen Dillen Kees Rijvers Servaas Wilkes Billy Bingham Tommy Casey Wilbur Cush Billy Simpson Kjell Kristiansen 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 Robert Ballaman Ferdinando Riva Dave Bowen Mel Charles Roy Vernon Dobrosav Krstić Aleksandar Petaković
1 own goal
Edgar Falch (playing against Hungary) Ray Daniel (playing against Czechoslovakia)
See also 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
References
External links RSSSF.com