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1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)

The 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification for North, Central America and the Caribbean serves as the preliminary tournament for the region. Six teams entered the tournament to compete for one place in the final tournament.

1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)
Tournament details
Dates10 February – 27 October 1957
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored58 (4.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Crescencio Gutiérrez (5 goals)
← 1954
1962 →

Format edit

There were two rounds of play:

  • First Round: The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round.
  • Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner qualified.

First round edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification      
1   Mexico 4 4 0 0 18 2 9.000 8 Qualification to Final Round — 3–0 6–0
2   Canada 4 2 0 2 8 8 1.000 4 0–2 — 5–1
3   United States 4 0 0 4 5 21 0.238 0 2–7 2–3 —
Source: FIFA[1]
Mexico  6–0  United States
C. Gutiérrez   14', 26'
Reyes   33', 69', 76'
H. Hernández   63'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
United States  2–7  Mexico
E. Murphy   5', 45' Report A. Hernández   22', 36', 82'
C. Gutiérrez   38'
H. Hernández   65', 87'
Sesma   79'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Canada  5–1  United States
McLeod   32'
Philley   35'
Hughes   55', 80'
Stewart   57'		 Report Keough   35' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,567
Referee: Sadler (Canada)
Mexico  3–0  Canada
C. González   5', 72'
C. Gutiérrez   46'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
Canada  0–2  Mexico
Report C. Gutiérrez   8'
Sesma   28'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
United States  [2]2–3  Canada
Mendoza   42'
J. Murphy   80'		 Report Philley   9'
Steckiw   14'
Stewart   25'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lutostanski (United States)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification      
1   Costa Rica 4 4 0 0 15 4 3.750 8 Qualification to Final Round — 4–0 3–1
2   Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 4 7 0.571 2 1–2 — NP
3   Guatemala 3 0 0 3 4 12 0.333 0 2–6 1–3 —
Source: FIFA[3]
Guatemala  2–6  Costa Rica
Vickers   19'
Espinoza   87'		 Report Hernán   11', 28', 38'
Jiménez   17'
Montero   48'
Murillo   78'
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Costa Rica  3–1
(66')[4]		  Guatemala
Jiménez   12'
Cordero   28'
Herrera   65'		 Report López   61'
Referee: Orrego (Colombia)
Costa Rica  4–0  Netherlands Antilles
Herrera   16', 63'
Murillo   35', 67'		 Report
Referee: McKenna (England)
Guatemala  1–3  Netherlands Antilles
López   51' Report De Lanoy   23', 31'
Meulens   65'
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)

Final round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification    
1   Mexico 2 1 1 0 3 1 3.000 3 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 2–0
2   Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 1 3 0.333 1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA[7]
Mexico  2–0  Costa Rica
Belmonte   77'
López   86'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Husband (England)
Costa Rica  1–1  Mexico
Soto   32' Report López   27'
Attendance: 35,738
Referee: Husband (England)

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Mexico Final Round winners 27 October 1957 3 (1930, 1950, 1954)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

There were 58 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 4.46 goals per match.

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ Entire US squad pulled from St. Louis Kutis[1] Archived 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. ^ Match interrupted in the 66th minute by Guatemala abandoning the pitch; the result was later affirmed.
  5. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  6. ^ Territory of Curaçao v Guatemala was not played because the Guatemalan players were not permitted to travel to the Netherlands Antilles (the Netherlands Antilles were still using the nation's former "Curaçao" name).[5]
  7. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

External links edit

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