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FIFA WORLD CUP
SWEDEN 1958
UEFA qualification





Qualified teams



  Team Qualified to
Austria 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 5 winners
Czechoslovakia 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 4 winners
England 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 1 winners
France 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 2 winners
Hungary 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 3 winners
Northern Ireland 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 8 winners
Scotland 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 9 winners
Soviet Union 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 6 winners
Yugoslavia 1958 FIFA World Cup - Group 7 winners
     
Sweden 1958 FIFA World Cup - HOSTS
West Germany 1958 FIFA World Cup - CHAMPIONS
     
Wales 1958 FIFA World Cup - Inter-confederation play-offs winners


Group 1



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 England 7 4 3 1 0 15 5    
2 Republic of Ireland 5 4 2 1 1 6 7
3 Denmark 0 4 0 0 4 4 13
  FIFA World Cup 1958




             
03/10/1956     Dublin (IRL) Republic of Ireland - Denmark 2-1  
05/12/1956     Wolverhampton (ENG) England - Denmark 5-2  
08/05/1957     London (ENG) England - Republic of Ireland 5-1  
15/05/1957     København (DEN) Denmark - England 1-4  
19/05/1957     Dublin (IRL) Republic of Ireland - England 1-1 Qual. England
02/10/1957     København (DEN) Denmark - Republic of Ireland 0-2  


 


Group 2



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 France 7 4 3 1 0 19 4    
2 Belgium 5 4 2 1 1 16 11
3 Iceland 0 4 0 0 4 6 26
  FIFA World Cup 1958




             
11/11/1956     Colombes (FRA) France - Belgium 6-3  
02/06/1957     Nantes (FRA) France - Iceland 8-0  
05/06/1957     Bruxelles (BEL) Belgium - Iceland 8-3  
01/09/1957     Reykjavik (ISL) Iceland - France 1-5  
04/09/1957     Reykjavik (ISL) Iceland - Belgium 2-5  
27/10/1957     Bruxelles (BEL) Belgium - France 0-0 Qual. France


 


Group 3



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Hungary 6 4 3 0 1 12 4    
2 Bulgaria 4 4 2 0 2 11 7
3 Norway 2 4 1 0 3 3 15
  FIFA World Cup 1958




             
22/05/1957     Oslo (NOR) Norway - Bulgaria 1-2  
12/06/1957     Oslo (NOR) Norway - Hungary 2-1  
23/06/1957     Budapest (HUN) Hungary - Bulgaria 4-1  
15/09/1957     Sofia (BUL) Bulgaria - Hungary 1-2  
03/11/1957     Sofia (BUL) Bulgaria - Norway 7-0  
10/11/1957     Budapest (HUN) Hungary - Norway 5-0 Qual. Hungary


 


Group 4



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Czechoslovakia 6 4 3 0 1 9 3    
2 Wales * 4 4 2 0 2 6 5    
3 East Germany 2 4 1 0 3 5 12
  FIFA World Cup 1958
  Inter-confederation play-offs
* 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;
Belgium was drawn but refused, then Wales was drawn




             
01/05/1957     Cardiff (WAL) Wales - Czechoslovakia 1-0  
19/05/1957     Leipzig (DDR) East Germany - Wales 2-1  
26/05/1957     Praha (TCH) Czechoslovakia - Wales 2-0  
16/06/1957     Brno (TCH) Czechoslovakia - East Germany 3-1  
25/09/1957     Cardiff (WAL) Wales - East Germany 4-1  
27/10/1957     Leipzig (DDR) East Germany - Czechoslovakia 1-4 Qual. Czechoslovakia


 


Group 5



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Austria 7 4 3 1 0 14 3    
2 Netherlands 5 4 2 1 1 12 7
3 Luxembourg 0 4 0 0 4 3 19
  FIFA World Cup 1958




             
30/09/1956     Wien (AUT) Austria - Luxembourg 7-0  
20/03/1957     Rotterdam (NED) Netherlands - Luxembourg 4-1  
26/05/1957     Wien (AUT) Austria - Netherlands 3-2  
11/06/1957     Rotterdam (NED) Luxembourg - Netherlands 2-5  
25/09/1957     Amsterdam (NED) Netherlands - Austria 1-1  
29/09/1957     Luxembourg (LUX) Luxembourg - Austria 0-3 Qual. Austria


 


Group 6


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Soviet Union 6 4 3 0 1 16 3   After tie-breaker
2 Poland 6 4 3 0 1 9 5 After tie-breaker
3 Finland 0 4 0 0 4 2 19
  FIFA World Cup 1958




             
23/06/1957     Moskva (URS) Soviet Union - Poland 3-0  
05/07/1957     Helsinki (FIN) Finland - Poland 1-3  
27/07/1957     Moskva (URS) Soviet Union - Finland 2-1  
15/08/1957     Helsinki (FIN) Finland - Soviet Union 0-10  
20/10/1957     Kraków (POL) Poland - Soviet Union 2-1  
03/11/1957     Warszawa (POL) Poland - Finland 4-0  
Tie-breaker            
24/11/1957 Leipzig (DDR) Soviet Union - Poland 2-0 Qual. Soviet Union


 


Group 7


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Yugoslavia 6 4 2 2 0 7 2    
2 Romania 5 4 2 1 1 6 4
3 Greece 1 4 0 1 3 2 9
  FIFA World Cup 1958




             
05/05/1957     Athénai (GRE) Greece - Yugoslavia 0-0  
16/06/1957     Athénai (GRE) Greece - Romania 1-2  
29/09/1957     Bucuresti (ROU) Romania - Yugoslavia 1-1  
03/11/1957     Bucuresti (ROU) Romania - Greece 3-0  
10/11/1957     Beograd (YUG) Yugoslavia - Greece 4-1  
17/11/1957     Beograd (YUG) Yugoslavia - Romania 2-0 Qual. Yugoslavia


 


Group 8


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Northern Ireland 5 4 2 1 1 6 3    
2 Italy 4 4 2 0 2 5 5
3 Portugal 3 4 1 1 2 4 7
  FIFA World Cup 1958




             
16/01/1957     Lisboa (POR) Portugal - Northern Ireland 1-1  
25/04/1957     Roma (ITA) Italy - Northern Ireland 1-0  
01/05/1957     Belfast (NIR) Northern Ireland - Portugal 3-0  
26/05/1957     Lisboa (POR) Portugal - Italy 3-0  
22/12/1957     Milano (ITA) Italy - Portugal 3-0  
15/01/1958     Belfast (NIR) Northern Ireland - Italy 2-1 Qual. Northern Ireland


 


Group 9


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Scotland 6 4 3 0 1 10 9    
2 Spain 5 4 2 1 1 12 8
3 Switzerland 1 4 0 1 3 6 11
  FIFA World Cup 1958




             
10/03/1957     Madrid (ESP) Spain - Switzerland 2-2  
08/05/1957     Glasgow (SCO) Scotland - Spain 4-2  
19/05/1957     Basel (SUI) Switzerland - Scotland 1-2  
26/05/1957     Madrid (ESP) Spain - Scotland 4-1  
06/11/1957     Glasgow (SCO) Scotland - Switzerland 3-2 Qual. Scotland
24/11/1957     Lausanne (SUI) Switzerland - Spain 1-4