WFR WorldFootballRecord
WFR WorldFootballRecord
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FIFA WORLD CUP |
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| Team | Qualified to | |
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Israel | Inter-confederation play-offs |
| Israel - Turkey | - | Qual. Israel * | ||||
| Egypt - Cyprus | - | Qual. Egypt ** | ||||
| 1st leg | ||||||
| 08/03/1957 | Khartoum (SUD) | Sudan - Syria | 1-0 | |||
| 12/05/1957 | Jakarta (IDN) | Indonesia - China PR | 2-0 | |||
| 2nd leg | ||||||
| 24/05/1957 | Damascus (SYR) | Syria - Sudan | 1-1 | Qual. Sudan | ||
| 02/06/1957 | Beijing (CHN) | China PR - Indonesia | 4-3 | |||
| Tie-breaker | ||||||
| 23/06/1957 | Yangon (MYA) | China PR - Indonesia | 0-0 aet | Qual. Indonesia *** | ||
| * Turkey withdrew, as they refused to compete in Asian group | ||||||
| ** Cyprus withdrew | ||||||
| *** Best goal average | ||||||
| Israel - Indonesia | - | Qual. Israel * | ||||
| Sudan - Egypt | - | Qual. Sudan ** | ||||
| * Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play on neutral ground | ||||||
| ** Egypt withdrew | ||||||
| Israel - Sudan | - | Qual. Israel * | |||||
| * Sudan refused to play against Israel | |||||||
| As Israel won the AFC/CAF qualification without playing any match, a special play-off was created against one of the runners-up of european groups | |||||||