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 ( AFC), 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), 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 ( CONMEBOL): ''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 ( AFC): ''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 Caribbean). 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 th ...

were drawn to play in the

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. 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

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Andrej Kvašňák Andrej Kvašňák (19 May 1936 – 18 April 2007) was a Slovak football player. Born in Košice, he played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 47 matches and scored 13 goals. He is usually considered one of the best Czechoslovak footballers. ...

;6 goals *

Juan Ulloa Juan Ulloa Ramírez (February 5, 1935 – February 11, 2017) was a Costa Rican football player, who used to play as a striker. Club career Ulloa started his career in 1948 at Third Division side El Carmen de Alajuela and played the majority of ...

* Salvador Reyes Monteón ;5 goals * Adolf Scherer *

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 * Charles Antenen ;4 goals * Rubén Jiménez * Marvin Rodríguez *

Tomáš Pospíchal Tomáš Pospíchal (26 June 1936 in Pudlov - 21 October 2003 in Prague) was a Czech football player. Pospíchal played for several clubs, including TJ Vítkovice (1952–1955), Baník Ostrava (1957–1964), Sparta Prague (1964–1968) and FC R ...

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 nati ...

Nahum Stelmach Nahum Stelmach ( he, נחום סטלמך; – ) was an Israeli footballer and manager. Biography Stelmach was born in Petah Tikva, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel), to a Jewish family. He was chosen third by '' Yediot Aharonots greatest ...

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* Francisco Flores * Yaúca * Chung Soon-Cheon *

Milan Galić Milan Galić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Галић, ; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During ...

;3 goals * Oreste Omar Corbatta *

Jimmy Greaves James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Greaves is regarded as one of England’s best ever players. He is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer ...

Maryan Wisnieski Marian Wisniewski (1 February 1937 – 3 March 2022), known as Maryan Wisniewski, was a French footballer who played as a forward. Life and career Marian Wisniewski was born on 1 February 1937 in Calonne-Ricouart, Pas-de-Calais. He earned 33 c ...

* Edward Acquah * Andreas Papaemmanouil *

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 ...

* Yehoshua Glazer *

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Mario Corso Mario Corso (; 25 August 1941 – 19 June 2020) was an Italian football player and coach. A famed and dynamic left winger, he was regarded as one of the greatest Italian players in his position, earning the nicknames " Mandrake" and "God's Left ...

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* Sigfrido Mercado *

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* Billy McAdams *

Ralph Brand Ralph Laidlaw Brand (born 8 December 1936) is a Scottish retired footballer, who played as a striker for Rangers, and latterly, Manchester City, Sunderland, Raith Rovers and Hamilton Academical. Playing career Born and raised in Edinburgh, Br ...

Ian St. John John "Ian" St John (; 7 June 1938 – 1 March 2021) was a Scottish professional association football, football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a Forward (association football), forward for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool throughout mo ...

Rune Börjesson Rune Börjesson (5 April 1937 – 21 February 1996) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a forward. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer in 1959 and 1960 while at Örgryte IS, and later played professionally in Serie A with Juventus ...

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* Albert Brülls *

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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 Rubén Héctor Sosa (14 November 1936 – 13 September 2008) was an Argentine football forward who played for Argentina in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He was nicknamed ''Marqués'' ( Marquis). He also played in Argentina for Racing Club, Platen ...

* Hristo Iliev * Dimitar Yakimov * 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 Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87. Club career Born ...

Ray Pointer Raymond Pointer (10 October 1936 – 26 January 2016) was a professional association footballer and England international who played as a striker. He had a long and successful playing career, totalling over 400 league appearances whilst play ...

* Bobby Smith * Kai Pahlman * 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 Hung ...

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 James McIlroy (25 October 1931 – 20 August 2018) was a Northern Ireland international footballer, who played for Glentoran, Burnley, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. He was regarded as one of Burnley's greatest players, having played 497 matc ...

* Jim McLaughlin *

José Águas José Pinto de Carvalho Santos Águas (; 9 November 1930 – 10 December 2000) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He enjoyed a lengthy professional spell with Benfica, never scoring less than 18 goals in 12 of his 13 first di ...

* David Herd * Denis Law * Alex Young * Yoo Pan-Soon *

Valentin Bubukin Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (russian: Валентин Борисович Бубукин; 23 April 1933 – 30 October 2008) was a Soviet/Russian footballer. Biography Bubukin started training in aged 12 in the club Krylia Sovetov. He then moved ...

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 hi ...

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 Ponedeln ...

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Agne Simonsson Tore Klas Agne Simonsson (19 October 1935 – 22 September 2020) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker. Beginning his career with Örgryte IS in 1953, he went on to represent Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in La Liga in the early 1960 ...

* Robert Ballaman * Heinz Schneiter *

Dragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac ( sr-Cyrl, Драгослав Шекуларац, ; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Serbian professional footballer and coach. Nicknamed Šeki, he was quick and crafty with the ball, displaying creative skills which ...

;1 goal * Ricardo José Maria Ramaciotti *

Roger Claessen Roger Claessen (27 September 1941 – 3 October 1982) was a Belgian association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. He finished as the Belgian League top scorers, top scorer of the Belgian League with 20 ...

Paul van Himst Paul Van Himst (born 2 October 1943) is a Belgian former football player and a football manager who played as a forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Career Van Himst was nicknamed ''Polle Gazon'' (''Polle'' is Paul in Brussels dialect ...

* Marcel Paeschen *

Máximo Alcócer Máximo Luis Alcócer (15 April 1933 – 13 May 2014) was a Bolivian footballer whose career lasted for almost ten years. His career debut began in 1954. He retired in 1964. Club career Alcócer played for Club Union Maestranza, Club Wilste ...

Wilfredo Camacho Wilfredo Camacho (born 21 June 1935) is a Bolivian former footballer. He played in nine matches for the Bolivia national football team from 1963 to 1967. He was also part of Bolivia's squad that won the 1963 South American Championship The 1 ...

Todor Diev Todor Nedyalkov Diev ( bg, Тодор Недялков Диев) (28 January 1934 – 6 January 1995) was a Bulgarian footballer, part of the Bulgarian squad that won the bronze medals in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Career Diev began ...

Ivan Petkov Kolev Ivan Petkov Kolev ( bg, Иван Петков Колев) (Plovdiv 1 November 1930 – 1 July 2005) was a Bulgarian football player and coach. He represented Bulgaria at both the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1966 FIFA World Cup, He also pla ...

* Petar Velichkov * Eusebio Escobar * Héctor Garzon González * Carlos Vivo Goban * Álvaro Grant MacDonald *

Jorge Hernán Monge Jorge Hernán Monge Mora (14 February 1938 – 28 November 2019) was a Costa Rican football player, considered in his country as one of the top strikers ever to have played the game. Club career Better known as ''Cuty'', he debuted with ...

* 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 again ...

* Josef Jelínek *

Josef Kadraba Josef Kadraba (29 September 1933 – 5 August 2019) was a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, playing 17 matches and scoring 9 goals. He attended the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal. He scored one ...

Josef Masopust Josef Masopust (9 February 1931 – 29 June 2015) was a Czech football player and coach. He played as midfielder and was a key player for Czechoslovakia, helping them reach the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final. He was capped 63 times, scoring ten g ...

* Peter Ducke * Alberto Pedro Spencer * John Connelly *

Ron Flowers Ronald Flowers (28 July 1934 – 12 November 2021) was an English professional footballer, who played as a midfielder, and was most known for his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was a member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup squad. H ...

Johnny Haynes John Norman Haynes (17 October 1934 – 18 October 2005) was an English association footballer who played as an inside forward. He made 56 appearances for his country including 22 as captain. He was selected for three World Cup finals squads ...

Dennis Viollet Dennis Sydney Viollet (20 September 1933 – 6 March 1999) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and Stoke City as well as the England national team. He was famous as one of the Busby Babes and survived the Munich air disa ...

Mohammed Awad Mohammed Hussain Awad Al-Juboori () was a political party member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Council that is a moderate Sunni block. He was a representative of this block at the National Assembly of Iraq. On 12 April 2007, he was killed in th ...

* Luciano Vassalo * Sauli Pietiläinen *

Lucien Cossou Lucien Cossou (born 29 January 1936 in Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur re ...

Jean-Jacques Marcel Jean-Jacques Marcel (13 June 1931 – 3 October 2014) was a French international footballer who played midfielder. He was an integral part of the French national teams of the 1950s. Playing career The south Frenchman was signed in 1949 by the ...

Roger Piantoni Roger Piantoni (26 December 1931 – 26 May 2018) was a French footballer who played as an inside-forward and was a star on the French national team in the late 1950s. During the 1949–1950 season, he was the champion of Lorraine with his te ...

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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 naturalizati ...

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

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Flórián Albert Flórián Albert (15 September 1941 – 31 October 2011) was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he played as a forward, and h ...

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Ernő Solymosi Ernő Solymosi (21 June 1940 – 19 February 2011) was a Hungarian footballer. He was born in Diósgyőr. He played for the clubs Diósgyőri VTK, Újpest FC and Pécsi Dózsa as a midfielder and defender. He played 38 games and scored 7 g ...

* Amby Fogarty *

Johnny Giles Michael John Giles (born 6 November 1940) is an Irish former association football player and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. After retiring from management in 1985, Giles served as t ...

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* Boaz Kofman *

Shlomo Nahari Shlomo Nahari (born 17 October 1934) is an Israeli footballer. He played in twelve matches for the Israel national football team from 1958 to 1961. References External links * 1934 births Living people Israeli men's footballers F ...

* Reuven Young *

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* Antonio Angelillo *

Francisco Lojacono Francisco Ramón Lojacono (, ; 11 December 1935 – 19 September 2002) was an Italian Argentine football player and manager. A midfielder, he began his playing career in Argentina with San Lorenzo, before moving to Italy to play with Vicenza, ...

* Koji Sasaki *

Camille Dimmer Camille Dimmer (born 20 April 1939) is a Luxembourg former professional footballer and politician. By profession, he was an engineer. Football career Dimmer played for the Luxembourg national team a number of times, most prominently during the ...

* Nicolas Hoffmann *

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* Crescencio Gutiérrez * Lahcen Chicha * Sellam Riahi * Godwin Emenako *

Bjørn Borgen Bjørn Borgen (22 September 1937 – 18 November 2015) was a Norwegian footballer who played for Fredrikstad and Lyn, as well as the national team, as a right winger. He later became a coach active in the lower leagues. Early career Born in Fred ...

* Eldar Hansen *

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* 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 Łab� ...

* Jan Szmidt *

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Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...

* Gennadi Gusarov *

Aleksei Mamykin Aleksei Ivanovich Mamykin (russian: Алексей Иванович Мамыкин; 29 February 1936 – 20 September 2011) was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. Honours Club ;Dynamo Moscow * Soviet Top League: 1957 International care ...

* Valery Voronin *

Enrique Collar Enrique Collar Monterrubio (born 2 November 1934) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He earned 16 caps and scored 4 goals for the Spain national football team from 1955 to 1963. He played in the 1962 FIFA ...

* Marcelino *

Joaquín Peiró Joaquín Peiró Lucas (29 January 1936 – 18 March 2020) was a Spanish football attacking midfielder and manager. After excelling at Atlético Madrid – where he would start and end his professional career, amassing La Liga totals of 166 game ...

* Alfonso Rodríguez Salas *

Luis del Sol Luis del Sol Cascajares (6 April 1935 – 20 June 2021) was a Spanish football midfielder and manager. He played a total of 112 La Liga games for Betis and Real Madrid (28 goals scored), winning five major titles with the latter side and ear ...

* August Foe a Man * Torbjörn Jonsson *

Norbert Eschmann Norbert Eschmann (19 September 1933 – 13 May 2009) was a footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, a ...

* Rolf Wüthrich * Abdelmajid Chetali * Brahim Kerrit * Rached Meddeb * Abdelmajid Tlemçani * Aydın Yelken * Helmut Bicek *

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Luis Alberto Cubilla Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida (28 March 1940 – 3 March 2013) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American ...

Guillermo Escalada Guillermo Escalada (born 24 April 1936) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a forward. Career Escalada began playing club football with Club Nacional de Football, where he would win league titles in 1956, 1957 and 1958. He also playe ...

Ivor Allchurch Ivor John Allchurch MBE (16 October 1929 – 10 July 1997) was a Welsh professional footballer who played for Swansea Town, Newcastle United and Cardiff City, as well as the Wales national football team. Known as the "Golden Boy of Welsh foot ...

Phil Woosnam Phillip Abraham Woosnam (22 December 1932 – 19 July 2013) was a Welsh association football inside-right and manager. A native of Caersws, Powys, Wales, Woosnam played for five clubs in England and one in the United States. He played internat ...

Helmut Haller Helmut Haller (; 21 July 1939 – 11 October 2012) was a German footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented West Germany at three World Cups. At club level, he played in both Germany and Italy, and won Italian l ...

* Richard Kreß *

Zvezdan Čebinac Zvezdan Čebinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Звeздaн Чeбинaц; 8 December 1939, Belgrade – 18 February 2012, Aarau) was a Serbian football midfielder and manager. He played 20 times for SFR Yugoslavia national football team, SFR Yugoslavia. He h ...

Dražan Jerković Dražan Jerković (; 6 August 1936 – 9 December 2008) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football manager and player. His professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb and AA La Gantoise. ...

Tomislav Kaloperović Tomislav Kaloperović (; 31 January 1932 – 15 January 2002) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer and coach. External links * Tomislav Kaloperovićat the Serbia national football team The Serbia national football team ( sr, Фудба ...

Bora Kostić Borivoje "Bora" Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Бopивoje "Бора" Kocтић, ; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of finest Yugoslav players of his generation and was w ...

* Petar Radaković ;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 second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

) * 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 ...

)

Notes

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

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

qualified.

References

External links

FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1962 World Cup Qualification

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Qualification Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to: * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...

FIFA World Cup qualification