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1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)

The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, for national teams which are members of the CCCF and NAFC. Seven teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the inter-confederation play-offs against a CONMEBOL team.

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)
Tournament details
Dates21 August 1960 – 21 May 1961
Teams7
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored57 (3.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Juan Ulloa (6 goals)
← 1958
1966 →

Format edit

The qualification structure was as follows:

  • First round: Seven teams were divided into three groups (one group of three teams and two groups of two teams) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: Three teams which had advanced from the first round played home-and-away round-robin matches in one group. The group winner qualified for the CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off.

Entrants edit

Eight national teams from the region initially entered qualification, though Canada later withdrew.[1]

Note: Bolded teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Zone Entrants Withdrew
North American Football Confederation
(NAFC)
Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol
(CCCF)

First round edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Mexico 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 3 Advance to second round — 3–0
2   United States 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 1 3–3 —
Source: FIFA[2]
United States  3–3  Mexico
Bicek   31' (pen.)
Fister   58'
Zerhusen   84'		 Report Mercado   8'
Reyes   17', 21'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kulai (Canada)
Mexico  3–0  United States
Mercado   5'
Reyes   35'
Díaz   38'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Sanchez (Honduras)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 13 8 +5 5[a] Advance to second round — 5–0 3–2
2   Honduras 4 2 1 1 5 7 −2 5[a] 2–1 — 1–1
3   Guatemala 4 0 2 2 7 10 −3 2 4–4 0–2 —
Source: FIFA[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b As Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide the group winners. Costa Rica won the match 1–0 to win the group.
Costa Rica  3–2  Guatemala
Rojas   28'
Ulloa   52', 58'		 Report Espinoza   1'
Masella   35'
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Guatemala  4–4  Costa Rica
López   13', 49', 79'
Espinoza   63'		 Report Jiménez   18', 57'
Ulloa   35', 81'
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Honduras  2–1  Costa Rica
Suazo   10'
Leaky   21'		 Report Rodríguez   46'
Attendance: 10,730
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Costa Rica  5–0  Honduras
Jiménez   31', 34'
Ulloa   42'
Rodríguez   69'
Pearson   85'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Honduras  1–1  Guatemala
Suazo   59' Report López   28'
Attendance: 8,087
Referee: Mendez (El Salvador)
Guatemala  0–2
Awarded[note 1]		  Honduras
Report

Play-off edit

Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the second round.

Costa Rica  1–0  Honduras
Rodríguez   29' Report
Attendance: 23,340
Referee: Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico)

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Netherlands Antilles 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to second round — 0–0
2   Suriname 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 1–2 —
Source: FIFA[2]
Suriname  1–2  Netherlands Antilles
Foe a Man   45' Report Dirksz   21', 45'
Referee: Orrego (Colombia)
Netherlands Antilles  0–0  Suriname
Report
Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Second round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Mexico 4 2 1 1 11 2 +9 5 Advance to CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off — 4–1 7–0
2   Costa Rica 4 2 0 2 8 6 +2 4 1–0 — 6–0
3   Netherlands Antilles 4 1 1 2 2 13 −11 3 0–0 2–0 —
Source: FIFA[2]
Costa Rica  1–0  Mexico
Goban   51' Report
Referee: Queiroz (Brazil)
Costa Rica  6–0  Netherlands Antilles
Ulloa   12'
Quesada   28', 89'
Rojas   33'
Rodríguez   42'
Monge   50'		 Report
Referee: Tejada Burga (Peru)
Mexico  7–0  Netherlands Antilles
Flores   28', 52', 64'
Reyes   45', 75'
González   65', 80'		 Report
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Mexico  4–1  Costa Rica
Flores   11'
Cárdenas   31'
Gutiérrez   77'
Mercado   87'		 Report Grant   54'
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Netherlands Antilles  2–0  Costa Rica
Loran   30', 34' Report
Referee: Trapote López (Venezuela)
Netherlands Antilles  0–0  Mexico
Report
Referee: Goldstein (United States)

Inter-confederation play-offs edit

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 1–0
2   Paraguay 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF[3]

Qualified teams edit

The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
  Mexico CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off winners 5 November 1961 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958)

Goalscorers edit

There were 57 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match. The inter-confederation play-offs are not included in this count.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes edit

  1. ^ FIFA awarded Honduras a 2–0 walkover win as Guatemala forfeited the match.

References edit

  1. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ^ "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

External links edit

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