1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Poland and the Soviet Union finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner Soviet Union qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification      
1   Soviet Union 4 3 0 1 16 3 5.333 6[a] Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup 3–0 2–1
2   Poland 4 3 0 1 9 5 1.800 6[a] 2–1 4–0
3   Finland 4 0 0 4 2 19 0.105 0 0–10 1–3
Source: FIFA[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b As the Soviet Union and Poland finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine the group winner. The Soviet Union won the play-off 2–0 to win the group.

Matches

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Soviet Union  3 – 0  Poland
Tatushin   9'
Simonyan   55'
Ilyin   77'
Report
Attendance: 102,000
Referee: Clough (England)

Finland  1 – 3  Poland
Vanhanen   72' Report Jankowski   19', 56', 65'
Attendance: 9,137
Referee: Nilsen (Norway)

Soviet Union  2 – 1  Finland
Voinov   23'
Netto   62'
Report Lahtinen   42'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mayer (Austria)

Finland  0 – 10  Soviet Union
Report Netto   6'
Simonyan   9', 13', 31'
Isayev   12', 20'
Streltsov   29', 49'
Ilyin   60', 87'
Attendance: 18,154
Referee: A. Asmussen (Denmark)

Poland  2 – 1  Soviet Union
Cieślik   43', 50' Report Ivanov   80'
Attendance: 93,000
Referee: Clough (England)

Poland  4 – 0  Finland
Gawlik   2'
Brychczy   4', 48'
Jankowski   60'
Report
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

Play-off

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Poland and USSR finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Soviet Union  2 – 0  Poland
Streltsov   31'
Fedosov   75'
Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Clough (England)

References

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  1. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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