1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Tournament details
Dates	19 October 1960 - 29 November 1961
Teams	32[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	216 (4.24 per match)
Attendance	2,252,076 (44,158 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andrej Kvašňák (7 goals)
← 1958 1966 →

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.

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.
• 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6	Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground		—	4–0	2–0
2	Switzerland	4	3	0	1	9	9	0	6			3–2	—	2–1
3	Belgium	4	0	0	4	3	10	−7	0			0–2	2–4	—

• Switzerland won a playoff on a neutral ground.

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6	Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground		—	3–0	5–1
2	Bulgaria	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	6			1–0	—	3–1
3	Finland	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0			1–2	0–2	—

• Bulgaria won a playoff on a neutral ground.

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	8	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	2–1
2	Northern Ireland	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	2			3–4	—	2–0
3	Greece	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	2			0–3	2–1	—

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	4	3	1	0	11	5	+6	7	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	3–3	2–0
2	Netherlands	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2			0–3	—	–
3	East Germany	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1			2–3	1–1	—

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	8	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	5–2
2	Turkey	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	4			1–2	—	2–1
3	Norway	4	0	0	4	3	11	−8	0			0–3	0–1	—

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	7	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	4–1
2	Portugal	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	3			1–1	—	6–0
3	Luxembourg	4	1	0	3	5	21	−16	2			0–9	4–2	—

Group 7

	First Round						Second Round						Final Round
							Italy			w/o
							Romania (withdrew)
													Italy	4	6	10
													Israel	2	0	2
							Ethiopia	0	2	2
	Israel	1	6	7			Israel	1	3	4
	Cyprus	1	1	2

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	4	3	0	1	16	5	+11	6	Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground		—	4–0	7–1
2	Scotland	4	3	0	1	10	7	+3	6			3–2	—	4–1
3	Republic of Ireland	4	0	0	4	3	17	−14	0			1–3	0–3	—

• Czechoslovakia won a playoff on a neutral ground.

Group 9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Advanced to the CAF–UEFA play-off		—	1–1
2	Wales	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1			1–2	—

Group 10

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Advanced to the UEFA–AFC play-off		—	2–1
2	Poland	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1			1–1	—

Inter-confederation play-offs

CAF v UEFA

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	4	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	3–2
2	Morocco	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0			0–1	—

UEFA v AFC

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	4	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	5–1
2	South Korea	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0			1–3	—

Qualified teams

The following 10 countries qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
Switzerland	Group 1 winners	12 November 1961	4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954)
Bulgaria	Group 2 winners	16 December 1961	0 (debut)
West Germany	Group 3 winners	22 October 1961	4 (19342, 19382, 1954, 1958)
Hungary	Group 4 winners	22 October 1961	4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958)
Soviet Union	Group 5 winners	12 November 1961	1 (1958)
England	Group 6 winners	25 October 1961	3 (1950, (1954, 1958)
Italy	Group 7 winners	4 November 1961	4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954)
Czechoslovakia	Group 8 winners	29 November 1961	4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958)
Spain	CAF-UEFA playoff winners	23 November 1961	2 (1934, 1950)
Yugoslavia	UEFA-AFC playoff winners	26 November 1961	4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

²Competed as Germany

Goalscorers

There were 216 goals scored in 51 matches, for an average of 4.24 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal