A total of 56 teams entered the

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rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament.

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, as the hosts, and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds varied by confederation. The winners of the four weakest continental zones: North America ( NAFC), Central America and Caribbean ( CCCF), Africa ( CAF) and Asia (

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), were not guaranteed direct spots in the final tournament. Instead, they entered a play-off against a team from either Europe (

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) or South America (

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Surina ...

), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.

Format

The 16 spots available in the 1962 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: *Europe (

): ''8 direct places + 2 spots in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against teams from CAF and AFC), contested by 30 teams (including

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and

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). *South America (

): ''5 direct places + 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against a team from CCCF/NAFC); 2 direct places went to automatic qualifiers Chile and Brazil, while the other 3.5 places were contested by 7 teams. *North, Central America and Caribbean ( CCCF/ NAFC): ''1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against a team from CONMEBOL), contested by 8 teams. *Africa ( CAF): ''1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against a team from UEFA), contested by 6 teams. *Asia (

): ''1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against a team from UEFA), contested by 3 teams. A total of 49 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 92 qualifying matches were played, and 325 goals were scored (an average of 3.53 per match). Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.

Confederation qualification

AFC

There would be only one round of play. The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

CAF

There would be two rounds of play: *First round: The 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

Second round

CCCF and NAFC

There would be two rounds of play: *First Round: The remaining 7 teams (

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withdrew before the matches began) were divided into 3 groups of 2 or 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from

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and

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, Group 2 with teams from

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and Group 3 with teams from

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). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Intercontinental Play-off.

First Round

Second Round

CONMEBOL

Among the 7 teams,

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to t ...

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. The group winners would qualify.

UEFA

The 30 teams were divided into 10 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows: *Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier. *Group 7 had 5 teams. The teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. *Group 9 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier. *Group 10 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.

Inter-confederation play-offs

In each play-off, the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

CAF v UEFA

UEFA v AFC

CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL

Qualified teams

Qualification for the 1962 FIFA World Cup

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Andrej Kvašňák ;6 goals * Juan Ulloa *

Salvador Reyes Monteón Salvador Reyes Monteón (September 20, 1936 – December 29, 2012) was a Mexican professional footballer. He played for Guadalajara with 122 goals and 7 championships. Reyes won his first championship in 1957, from then on the club became unstop ...

;5 goals *

Adolf Scherer Adolf Scherer (born 5 May 1938) is a Slovak footballer who played as a striker. He is of Carpathian German descent. He played 36 games and scored 22 goals for the Czechoslovakia national team. Scherer represented Czechoslovakia at the 1960 Eu ...

Bobby Charlton Sir Robert Charlton (born 11 October 1937) is an English former footballer who played either as a midfielder or a forward. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World ...

Yngve Brodd Rolf Yngve Brodd (9 June 1930 – 23 September 2016) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career with Fritsla IF and then went on to represent Örebro SK, Toulouse, and Sochaux before retiring at ...

Charles Antenen Charles Antenen (3 November 1929 – 20 May 2000) was a Swiss football player, who was nicknamed ''Kiki''. Career Antenen played for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1944 to 1952 and 1953–65, winning three Swiss championships and six Swiss Cups. He ...

;4 goals * Rubén Jiménez * Marvin Rodríguez * Tomáš Pospíchal *

Francisco López Contreras Francisco "Pinula" López Contreras (born 17 September 1934) is a Guatemalan former football player and coach. He played the majority of his playing career at C.S.D. Comunicaciones of Guatemala City and was also a member of the Guatemala natio ...

* Nahum Stelmach * Omar Sivori * Francisco Flores * Yaúca * Chung Soon-Cheon * Milan Galić ;3 goals * Oreste Omar Corbatta * Jimmy Greaves * Maryan Wisnieski *

Edward Acquah Edward Kobina Acquah (23 July 1935 – 5 October 2011) was a Ghanaian footballer who played as a forward. He competed for the Ghana national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also scored four goals for Ghana in the 1963 African Cup of N ...

Andreas Papaemmanouil Andreas Papaemmanouil ( el, Ανδρέας Παπαεμμανουήλ; 18 February 1939 – 1 March 2020) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a forward and a later manager. Early life Papaemmanouil was born on 18 February 1939 i ...

Lajos Tichy Lajos Tichy (21 March 1935 – 6 January 1999), nicknamed "The Nation's Bomber", was a Hungarian footballer. He is the most prolific goalscorer in total matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with over 1912 goals scored in over 1301 m ...

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* Shlomo Levi * Mario Corso *

Ady Schmit Adolphe Schmit (born 17 August 1940), known as Ady Schmit, is a Luxembourgish former footballer. Schmit played most of his career in France. He scored three of his six goals for the Luxembourg national team on 8 October 1961 during a 4–2 win i ...

* Sigfrido Mercado * Abdallah Azhar * Billy McAdams * Ralph Brand *

Ian St. John John "Ian" St John (; 7 June 1938 – 1 March 2021) was a Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s. Signed by Bill Shankly in 1961, St John was a key me ...

* Rune Börjesson *

Metin Oktay Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Uncrowned King ( tr, Taçsız Kral) by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey. Early life Metin Oktay was born in Ka ...

* Albert Brülls * Gert Dörfel *

Uwe Seeler Uwe Seeler (; 5 November 1936 – 21 July 2022) was a German footballer and football official. As a striker, he was a prolific scorer for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the West Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of ...

;2 goals * Martín Pando * José Francisco Sanfilippo * Rubén Héctor Sosa * Hristo Iliev *

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* Manrique Quesada * Rigoberto Rojas * Michalis Shialis *

Dieter Erler Dieter Erler (28 May 1939 in Glauchau – 10 April 1998 in Chemnitz) was a German footballer. He began his footballing career with BSG Chemie Glauchau in 1953. He was transferred to BSG Wismut Gera for the 1957 season and then after two seasons ...

* Carlos Alberto Raffo * Ray Pointer * Bobby Smith *

Kai Pahlman Kai Pahlman (8 July 1935 – 8 March 2013) was a Finnish association football forward and coach. Between 1954 and 1968 he capped 56 times for the Finland national football team, scoring 13 goals. At club level Pahlman played for HPS, HJK and ...

* Jacques Faivre * Augusto Espinoza * Carlos Humberto Suazo *

János Göröcs János Göröcs (8 May 1939 – 23 February 2020) was a Hungarian footballer. He played for the club Újpesti Dózsa as a striker and a midfielder, and later for Tatabányai Bányász. He played 62 games and scored 19 goals for the Hun ...

Károly Sándor Károly Sándor (26 November 1928 – 10 September 2014) was a Hungarian international footballer who earned 75 caps between 1949 and 1964, scoring 27 goals. Sándor also participated in the World Cups in 1958 and 1962. Sándor, who played as a ...

* Eduardo González Palmer * Mohamed Khalfi *

Henk Groot Hendrik Groot (22 April 1938
, Ajax.nl, Retrieved 28 May 2013 (Dutch) – ...

* Tonny van der Linden * Eduvigis Rudolfo Dirksz * Edwin Miliano Loran * Dejo Fayemi * Jimmy McIlroy * Jim McLaughlin * José Águas * David Herd *

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* Alex Young * Yoo Pan-Soon * Valentin Bubukin *

Mikheil Meskhi Mikheil Meskhi (Georgian: მიხეილ მესხი; Russian: Михаил Шалвович Месхи; born 12 January 1937 in Tbilisi; died 22 April 1991 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian footballer. Nicknamed the "Georgian Garrincha" for ...

Slava Metreveli Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli ( ka, სლავა კალისტრატეს ძე მეტრეველი; russian: Слава Калистратович Метревели, 30 May 1936 – 7 January 1998) was a Soviet and G ...

Viktor Ponedelnik Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (russian: Виктор Владимирович Понедельник, 22 May 1937 – 5 December 2020) was a Russian footballer and manager, who played for the Soviet Union national team. Biography Ponedel ...

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* Agne Simonsson *

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* Dragoslav Šekularac ;1 goal *

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* Roger Claessen * Paul van Himst * Marcel Paeschen *

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* Todor Diev * Ivan Petkov Kolev * Petar Velichkov * Eusebio Escobar * Héctor Garzon González * Carlos Vivo Goban * Álvaro Grant MacDonald * Jorge Hernán Monge * Walter Pearson *

Jiří Hledík Jiří Hledík (19 April 1929 – 25 April 2015) was a Czech football defender. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 28 matches and scored one goal. He was a participant in the 1954 FIFA World Cup where he played in the match agai ...

* Josef Jelínek * Josef Kadraba * Josef Masopust * Peter Ducke * Alberto Pedro Spencer * John Connelly * Ron Flowers * Johnny Haynes * Dennis Viollet * Mohammed Awad * Luciano Vassalo * Sauli Pietiläinen *

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* Roger Piantoni * Ernest Schultz *

Joseph Ujlaki Joseph Ujlaki ( hu, Újlaki József) (10 August 1929 – 13 February 2006) was a French footballer of Hungarian descent, one of the best strikers in Division 1 (190 goals) in the 1950s and 1960s. He acquired French nationality by naturalizatio ...

* Edward Boateng * Aggrey Fynn * Mohamadu Salisu * Fred Masella * Ronald Leaky *

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* Máté Fenyvesi * Tivadar Monostori *

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* Amby Fogarty * Johnny Giles *

Joe Haverty Joseph Haverty (17 February 1936 – 7 February 2009) was an Irish footballer who played as a winger. He was capped 32 times for the Republic of Ireland. Career Haverty played for Home Farm and St Patrick's Athletic before signing for Arse ...

* Boaz Kofman * Shlomo Nahari * Reuven Young *

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* Koji Sasaki * Camille Dimmer *

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* Lahcen Chicha *

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* Godwin Emenako * Bjørn Borgen *

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* Roald Jensen * Faustino Delgado *

Lucjan Brychczy Lucjan Antoni Brychczy (otherwise known as Kici; born 13 June 1934) is a former Polish football player who is most notable for winning four top-tier titles with Legia Warsaw, but was also a keen archer. In football, he represented ŁTS Łabęd ...

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* Mário Coluna * Eusébio *

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* Joaquín Peiró * Alfonso Rodríguez Salas *

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* August Foe a Man * Torbjörn Jonsson *

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* Rolf Wüthrich *

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* Brahim Kerrit * Rached Meddeb *

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* Aydın Yelken *

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* Al Zerhusen * Ángel Cabrera * Luis Alberto Cubilla *

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* Ivor Allchurch * Phil Woosnam * Helmut Haller * Richard Kreß * Zvezdan Čebinac *

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Petar Radaković Petar Radaković (22 February 1937 – 1 November 1966) was a Yugoslav football player. He got 19 caps for Yugoslavia. He is famous for scoring the winning goal in the 1962 World Cup quarter-final win against Germany (1–0). He spent his whol ...

;1 own goal * Romulo Gómez (playing against

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...

) * Fernand Brosius (playing against

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...

)

Notes

* For the second World Cup in a row, no teams from

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qualified.

References

External links

FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1962 World Cup Qualification

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