1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification.
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.
- 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.
UEFA Group 1
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1= | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | |
| 1= | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
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Sweden and Switzerland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Switzerland qualified for FIFA World Cup 1962 in Chile
UEFA Group 2
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1= | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | |
| 1= | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 |
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Bulgaria and France finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide which would qualify.
Bulgaria qualified for FIFA World Cup 1962 in Chile
UEFA Group 3
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| 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
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West Germany qualified.
UEFA Group 4
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| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
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Hungary qualified.
UEFA Group 5
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| 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 |
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Soviet Union qualified.
UEFA Group 6
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| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 |
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England qualified.
UEFA Group 7
First round
----Israel advanced to the Second Round.
Second round
Romania withdrew, so Italy advanced to the Final Round automatically.----
Israel advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
----Italy qualified.
UEFA Group 8
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| 1= | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | |
| 1= | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | −14 |
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Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Czechoslovakia qualified.
UEFA Group 9
First Round
Second Round
----Spain advanced to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.
UEFA Group 10
----Yugoslavia advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Inter-confederation play-offs
CAF v UEFA
UEFA v AFC
Goalscorers
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- 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
- 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
- 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