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1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification saw 7 teams competing 3 berths in the finals.

FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates4 December 1960 - 5 November 1961
Teams7[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored22 (3.67 per match)
Attendance260,274 (43,379 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Oreste Corbatta (3 goals)
← 1958
1966 →

Format edit

Among the 7 teams, Paraguay were drawn to play in the CONMEBOL / CCCF / NAFC Intercontinental Play-off. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners would qualifying for the final tournament. Brazil did not participate, as they qualified automatically after winning the 1958 World Cup while Chile qualified automatically as hosts. Venezuela did not enter the tournament.

Groups edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Argentina 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 4 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 5–0
2   Ecuador 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0 3–6 —
Source: FIFA[2]
Ecuador  3–6  Argentina
Spencer   81'
Raffo   83', 85'		 Report Corbatta   5' (pen.), 40'
Pando   12'
Sosa   14'
Sanfilippo   47'
Ramaciotti   75'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robles (Chile)
Argentina  5–0  Ecuador
Gómez   6' (o.g.)
Sanfilippo   53'
Corbatta   55' (pen.)
Sosa   75'
Pando   89'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robles (Chile)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Uruguay 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 2–1
2   Bolivia 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA[3]
Bolivia  1–1  Uruguay
Alcócer   54' Report Cubilla   23'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Robles (Chile)
Uruguay  2–1  Bolivia
Cabrera   3'
Escalada   39'		 Report Camacho   65'
Attendance: 51,695
Referee: Robles (Chile)

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Colombia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 1–0
2   Peru 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA[4]
Colombia  1–0  Peru
Escobar   27' Report
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Praddaude (Argentina)
Peru  1–1  Colombia
Delgado   3' (pen.) Report González   68'
Attendance: 50,579
Referee: Marino (Uruguay)

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[5]

Qualified Teams edit

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Chile Hosts 10 June 1956 2 (1930, 1950)
  Brazil Defending champions 29 June 1958 6 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958)
  Argentina Group 1 winners 17 December 1960 3 (1930, 1934, 1958)
  Uruguay Group 2 winners 30 July 1961 3 (1930, 1950, 1954)
  Colombia Group 3 winners 7 May 1961 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ Venezuela didn’t enter the qualification phrase. Brazil also didn’t enter as the qualified automatically due from the winning the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Paraguay only played in the inter-confederation playoffs.
  2. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  4. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  5. ^ "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

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