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As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds were quite confusing. Moreover, the winners of the three weakest continental zones, North, Central America and Caribbean ( CONCACAF ), Africa ( CAF ) and Asia ( AFC ), were not guaranteed direct spots in the final tournament. Instead, each of them had to enter a play-off against a team from either Europe ( UEFA ) or South America ( CONMEBOL ), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying. The 16 spots available in the 1962 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. EUROPE The 30 teams were divided into 10 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows:
UEFA Group 1 October 19 , 1960 , Stockholm , Sweden - 2 - 0 November 20 , 1960 , Brussels , Belgium - 2 - 4 May 20 , 1961 , Lausanne , Switzerland - 2 - 1 May 28 , 1961 , Stockholm , Sweden - 4 - 0 October 4 , 1961 , Brussels , Belgium - 0 - 2 October 29 , 1961 , Berne , Switzerland - 3 - 2 Sweden and Switzerland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. November 12 , 1961 , Berlin , West Germany - 2 - 1 Switzerland qualified. UEFA Group 2 September 25 , 1960 , Helsinki , Finland - 1 - 2 December 11 , 1960 , Paris , France - 3 - 0 June 16 , 1961 , Helsinki , Finland - 0 - 2 September 28 , 1961 , Paris , France - 5 - 1 October 29 , 1961 , Sofia , Bulgaria - 3 - 1 November 12 , 1961 , Sofia , Bulgaria - 1 - 0 Bulgaria and France finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. December 16 , 1961 , Milan , Italy - 1 - 0 Bulgaria qualified. UEFA Group 3 October 26 , 1960 , Belfast , Northern Ireland - 3 - 4 November 20 , 1960 , Athens , Greece - 0 - 3 May 3 , 1961 , Athens , Greece - 2 - 1 May 10 , 1961 , Berlin , West Germany - 2 - 1 October 17 , 1961 , Belfast , Northern Ireland - 2 - 0 October 22 , 1961 , Hamburg , West Germany - 2 - 1 West Germany qualified. UEFA Group 4 April 16 , 1961 , Budapest , Hungary - 2 - 0 April 30 , 1961 , Rotterdam , Netherlands - 0 - 3 May 14 , 1961 , Leipzig , East Germany - 1 - 1 September 10 , 1961 , Berlin , East Germany - 2 - 3 October 22 , 1961 , Budapest , Hungary - 3 - 3 Netherlands vs East Germany (scheduled October 1 , 1961 ) was not played since the East German players were refused visas. Neither team could qualify with a win anyway. Hungary qualified. UEFA Group 5 June 1 , 1961 , Oslo , Norway - 0 - 1 June 18 , 1961 , Moscow , USSR - 1 - 0 July 1 , 1961 , Moscow , USSR - 5 - 2 August 23 , 1961 , Oslo , Norway - 0 - 3 October 29 , 1961 , Ankara , Turkey - 2 - 1 November 12 , 1961 , Istanbul , Turkey - 1 - 2 USSR qualified. UEFA Group 6 October 19 , 1960 , Luxembourg , Luxembourg - 0 - 9 March 19 , 1961 , Lisbon , Portugal - 6 - 0 May 21 , 1961 , Lisbon , Portugal - 1 - 1 September 28 , 1961 , London , England - 4 - 1 October 8 , 1961 , Luxembourg , Luxembourg - 4 - 2 October 25 , 1961 , London , England - 2 - 0 England qualified. UEFA Group 7 First round November 13 , 1960 , Nicosia , Cyprus - 1 - 1 November 27 , 1960 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 6 - 1 ''Israel'' advanced to the Second Round. Second round Romania withdrew, so ''Italy'' advanced to the Final Round automatically. March 14 , 1961 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 1 - 0 March 19 , 1961 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 2 - 3 : This match was played in Israel instead of in Ethiopia. ''Israel'' advanced to the Final Round. Final Round October 15 , 1961 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 2 - 4 November 4 , 1961 , Turin , Italy - 6 - 0 Italy qualified. UEFA Group 8 May 3 , 1961 , Glasgow , Scotland - 4 - 1 May 7 , 1961 , Dublin , Ireland - 0 - 3 May 14 , 1961 , Bratislava , Czechoslovakia - 4 - 0 September 26 , 1961 , Glasgow , Scotland - 3 - 2 October 8 , 1961 , Dublin , Ireland - 1 - 3 October 29 , 1961 , Prague , Czechoslovakia - 7 - 1 Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. November 29 , 1961 , Brussels , Belgium - 4 - 2 ( Aet ) Czechoslovakia qualified. UEFA Group 9 April 19 , 1961 , Cardiff , Wales - 1 - 2 May 18 , 1961 , Madrid , Spain - 1 - 1 ''Spain'' advanced to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off . UEFA Group 10 June 4 , 1961 , Belgrade , Yugoslavia - 2 - 1 June 25 , 1961 , Chorzow , Poland - 1 - 1 ''Yugoslavia'' advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off . SOUTH AMERICA Among the 7 teams, '' Paraguay '' were drawn to play in the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off . The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. CONMEBOL Group 1 December 4 , 1960 , Guayaquil , Ecuador - 3 - 6 December 18 , 1960 , Buenos Aires , Argentina - 5 - 0 Argentina qualified. CONMEBOL Group 2 July 16 , 1960 , La Paz , Bolivia - 1 - 1 July 30 , 1960 , Montevideo , Uruguay - 2 - 1 Uruguay qualified. CONMEBOL Group 3 April 30 , 1961 , Bogotá , Colombia - 1 - 0 May 7 , 1961 , Lima , Peru - 1 - 1 Colombia qualified. NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Canada withdrew before the matches began. There would be two rounds of play:
CONCACAF First Round Group 1 November 6 , 1960 , Los Angeles , USA - 3 - 3 November 13 , 1960 , Mexico City , Mexico - 3 - 0 ''Mexico'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 2 August 21 , 1960 , San José , Costa Rica - 3 - 2 August 28 , 1960 , Guatemala City , Guatemala - 4 - 4 September 4 , 1960 , Tegucigalpa , Honduras - 2 - 1 September 11 , 1960 , San José , Costa Rica - 5 - 0 September 25 , 1960 , Tegucigalpa , Honduras - 1 - 1 October 2 , 1960 , Guatemala City , Guatemala - 0 - 2 : FIFA awarded Honduras a 2-0 win because Guatemala forfeited. Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. January 14 , 1961 , Guatemala City , Guatemala - 1 - 0 ''Costa Rica'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 3 October 2 , 1960 , Paramaribo , Dutch Guyana - 1 - 2 November 27 , 1960 , Willemstad , Netherlands Antilles - 0 - 0 ''Netherlands Antilles'' advanced to the Final Round. CONCACAF Final Round March 22 , 1961 , San José , Costa Rica - 1 - 0 March 29 , 1961 , San José , Costa Rica - 6 - 0 April 5 , 1961 , Mexico City , Mexico - 7 - 0 April 12 , 1961 , Mexico City , Mexico - 4 - 1 April 23 , 1961 , Willemstad , Netherlands Antilles - 2 - 0 May 21 , 1961 , Willemstad , Netherlands Antilles - 0 - 0 ''Mexico'' advanced to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off . AFRICA There would be two rounds of play:
CAF First Round Group 1 Egypt and Sudan both withdrew. Group 2 October 30 , 1960 , Casablanca , Morocco - 2 - 1 November 13 , 1960 , Tunis , Tunisia - 2 - 1 With one win for either team, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. January 22 , 1961 , Palermo , Italy - 1 - 1 ( Aet ) ''Morocco'' advanced to the Final Round by winning a coin toss. Group 3 August 28 , 1960 , Accra , Ghana - 4 - 1 September 10 , 1960 , Lagos , Nigeria - 2 - 2 ''Ghana'' advanced to the Final Round. CAF Final Round Only 2 teams competed due to the withdrawals of both Egypt and Sudan in Group 1. April 2 , 1961 , Accra , Ghana - 0 - 0 May 28 , 1961 , Casablanca , Morocco - 1 - 0 ''Morocco'' advanced to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off . ASIA There would be only one round of play. The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off. AFC Final Round Indonesia withdrew. November 6 , 1960 , Seoul , South Korea - 2 - 1 June 11 , 1961 , Tokyo , Japan - 0 - 2 ''South Korea'' advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off . INTERCONTINENTAL PLAY-OFFS In each play-off, the teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify. UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off November 12 , 1961 , Casablanca , Morocco - 0 - 1 November 23 , 1961 , Madrid , Spain - 3 - 2 Spain qualified. UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off October 8 , 1961 , Belgrade , Yugoslavia - 5 - 1 November 26 , 1961 , Seoul , South Korea - 1 - 3 Yugoslavia qualified. CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Intercontinental Play-off October 29 , 1961 , Mexico City , Mexico - 1 - 0 November 5 , 1961 , Asunción , Paraguay - 0 - 0 Mexico qualified. QUALIFIED TEAMS (h) - qualified automatically as hosts (c) - qualified automatically as defending champions 1 Includes appearances by pre-division Germany. This is their 3rd appearance as West Germany. NOTES
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