A total of 55 teams entered the

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qualification Qualification may refer to: Processes * Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress * Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ...

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

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as the hosts and

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, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

Qualification Process

The qualification rounds for the four previous World Cups differed widely, with controversial rules and many withdrawals. From this tournament onwards,

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divided the teams into several continental zones, assigned a pre-determined number of places in the final tournament to each zone, and delegated the organisation of the qualifying tournaments to its confederations:

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of Europe,

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of South America, NAFC of North America, CCCF of Central America and Caribbean,

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of Africa and AFC of Asia (and OFC of Oceania after it was formed later). The 16 spots available in the 1958 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: *Europe (

): ''11 places'', 2 of them went to automatic qualifiers

and

, while the other 9 places were contested by 27 teams. *South America (

): ''3 places'', contested by 9 teams. *North, Central America and Caribbean ( NAFC/ CCCF): ''1 place'', contested by 6 teams. *Africa (

) and Asia ( AFC): ''1 place'', contested by 11 teams (including

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and

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). However, FIFA also imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match because many teams qualified for previous World Cups without playing due to withdrawals of their opponents. Because

won the African and Asian zone under this circumstance, FIFA required them to enter a play-off against a team from Europe who initially did not qualify, with the winner of this play-off qualifying. Therefore, effectively in the end, a total of ''11.5 places'' were granted to Europe while only ''0.5 places'' were granted to Africa and Asia. A total of 46 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 89 qualifying matches were played, and 341 goals were scored (an average of 3.83 per match). Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.

Confederation qualification

AFC and CAF

CCCF and NAFC

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 each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round. The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the winner qualifying for the final tournament.

CONMEBOL

The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

UEFA

The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Denmark, East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union made their debuts in World Cup qualification.

Inter-confederation play-offs: AFC/CAF v UEFA

A special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA/CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Groups, where the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. Two-time champions Uruguay withdrew, while Northern Ireland and Italy had one final match yet to play, so all three were left out. Belgium, Bulgaria, Wales, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Peru, Bolivia and Costa Rica were left to draw. After

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refused,

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, the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

;8 goals *

Tommy Taylor Thomas Taylor (29 January 1932 – 6 February 1958) was an English association football, footballer, who played as a Forward (association football), centre-forward and was known for his aerial ability. He was one of the eight Manchester United ...

;7 goals *

Thadée Cisowski Thadée Cisowski (16 February 1927 – 24 February 2005), originally Tadeusz Cisowski, was a French association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. Born in Poland, he was regarded one of the best goalsco ...

;5 goals * Crescencio Gutiérrez *

Jackie Mudie John Knight Mudie (10 April 1930 – 2 March 1992) was a Scottish international footballer who played as a forward. He won 17 caps for his country, helping the Scotland national team to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Starting his ...

;4 goals *

Paul Vandenberg Paul Herman Marie Ghislain Vandenberg (born 11 October 1936) is a former international Belgian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ass ...

Tadeusz Kraus Tadeusz Kraus (also known as Tadeáš Kraus) (22 October 1932 – 30 October 2018) was a Czechoslovak international footballer of Polish ethnicity who represented Czechoslovakia. He was born in Třinec. His father Wilhelm was a metallurgist work ...

John Atyeo Peter John Walter Atyeo (7 February 1932 – 8 June 1993) was an English footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career at Bristol City. He won six England caps between 1955 and 1957, scoring five goals. Atyeo made 645 ...

Ferenc Machos Ferenc Machos (30 June 1932 - 3 December 2006) was a Hungarian football forward who played for Hungary in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.Rusli Ramang *

Edward Jankowski Edward Karol Jankowski (9 January 1930 — 19 March 1987) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. Born in Bogucice, he played for clubs including Gwardia Warsaw, Legia Warsaw, Górnik Radlin, Górnik Zabrze, Maribymong Polonia and ROW ...

Nikita Simonyan Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan (, , 12 October 1926) is a Soviet and Russian former Association football, football Forward (association football), striker and coach of Armenians, Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir, Russia, Armavir. As of 2021 ...

Ladislao Kubala Ladislao is a given name, a Hispanic variant of Vladislav. Notable people with the name include: * Ladislao Cabrera, Bolivian hero during the War of the Pacific * Ladislao Diwa, Filipino patriot * Ladislao Martínez, Puerto Rico musician * Lás ...

;3 goals *

Omar Oreste Corbatta Oreste Omar Corbatta Fernández (11 March 1936 – 5 December 1991) was an Argentine footballer who played as right winger. Corbatta is regarded as the greatest idol in the history of Racing Club. Dubbed '' Arlequín''Norberto Menéndez Norberto "Beto" Menéndez (14 December 1936 – 26 May 1994) was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored one goal for the Argentina national team at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, against Northern Ireland, adding to Arg ...

Gerhard Hanappi Gerhard Hanappi (16 February 1929 – 23 August 1980) was an Austrian football midfielder who is often regarded as one of the greatest Austrian footballers. He is also the father of political economist Hardy Hanappi. Club career A versatile mid ...

* Maurice Willems *

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 * Club Union Maestranza: Alcócer began his profession ...

* Hristo Iliev * Jorge Hernán Monge * Rodolfo Herrera González * Álvaro Murillo *

Jean Vincent Jean Vincent (29 November 1930 – 13 August 2013) was a French international footballer and manager who played as a left winger. Playing career Playing primarily at outside-left, Vincent enjoyed a highly successful career at club and intern ...

* Dermot Curtis *

Alfredo Hernández Alfredo Hernández is an American drummer best known as a former member of Palm Desert Scene, desert rock bands Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Brant Bjork and the Bros and Yawning Man, and as a current member of the band, Avon. Career Hern� ...

* Héctor Hernández * Salvador Reyes Monteón *

Abe Lenstra Abe Minderts Lenstra (; 27 November 19202 September 1985) was a Dutch footballer and national football icon in the 1950s who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest players ever to hail from the Netherlands. He was also a Fri ...

* Noud van Melis *

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 mat ...

Juan Bautista Agüero Juan Bautista Agüero Sánchez (24 June 1935 – 27 December 2018) was a Paraguayan football striker. Career Agüero started his career at Olimpia Asunción, which was at the time coached by the great Aurelio González. There, Agüero won so ...

* Florencio Amarilla * Anatoli Ilyin *

Eduard Streltsov Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov ( rus, Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Стрельцо́в, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲitɕ strʲɪlʲˈtsof, a=Ru-Eduard Streltsov-yzavyalo.ogg; 21 July 1937 – 22 July 1990) was a Soviet footballer ...

* Des Palmer * Muhamed Mujić ;2 goals *

Roberto Zárate Roberto Zárate (15 December 1932 – 6 November 2013) was an Argentine footballer. He played in 15 matches for the Argentina national football team from 1956 to 1963. He was also named in Argentina's squad for the qualification tournament ...

* Hans Buzek * Theodor Wagner *

Henri Coppens Henri 'Rik' François Louis Coppens (29 April 1930 – 5 February 2015) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker. He played 389 games and scored 261 goals for Beerschot AC. Coppens won the first Belgian Golden Shoe in 1954. After his c ...

Victor Mees Victor Mees (26 January 1927 – 11 November 2012), nicknamed Vic or Vicky, was a Belgian footballer who played all of his career at Royal Antwerp. Club career Mees was born in Antwerp. He made his first team debut at the age of 17, just ...

Richard Orlans Richard Jérome Orlans (born 6 October 1931) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Belgian First Division for the teams of K.A.A. Gent, Cercle Brugge and R.S.C. Anderlecht and played 21 games for the nati ...

Georgi Dimitrov Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov (; ) also known as Georgiy Mihaylovich Dimitrov (; 18 June 1882 – 2 July 1949), was a Bulgarian communist politician who served as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party from 1933 t ...

* Panayot Panayotov * Art Hughes * Brian Philley *

Gogie Stewart Gogie Stewart (2 January 1929 – 12 May 2003) was a Canadian multi-sport athlete and a former soccer player and lacrosse player. He was a three-time national soccer champion with Canadian clubs Vancouver City FC (1950) and Westminster Royals F ...

* Jaime Ramírez *

Mario Cordero Mario Cordero Brenes (7 April 1930 – 10 July 2002) was a Costa Rican football player and coach; he is still considered in his country as one of the top defenders to have played the game. Club career Better known as ''Catato'' or ''Pierna ...

* Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez * Danilo Montero Campos * Wilfred de Lanoy * Ove Bech Nielsen * Günther Wirth *

Duncan Edwards Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a left-half for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby ...

Célestin Oliver Célestin Oliver (12 July 1930 – 5 June 2011) was a French footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the France national team during the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1958 FIFA World Cup tournaments. In 1979, he created an education ...

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 France national team in the late 1950s. During the 1949–1950 season, he was the champion of Lorraine with his te ...

Joseph Ujlaki Joseph Ujlaki () (10 August 1929 – 13 February 2006) was a French-Hungarian footballer who was one of the best right wingers in Division 1 (190 goals) in the 1950s and 1960s. He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 5 September 19 ...

* Francisco López Contreras *

Lajos Csordás Lajos Csordás (26 October 1932 – 5 April 1968) was a Hungarian footballer. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and was runner-up of the 1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, t ...

Nándor Hidegkuti Nándor Hidegkuti (3 March 1922 – 14 February 2002) was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a ...

Ríkharður Jónsson Ríkharður Jónsson (12 November 1929 – 14 February 2017) was an Icelandic football player and manager. A forward, he made his debut for the Iceland national team in 1947, and got 33 caps and 17 goals until 1965. This made him top goalsco ...

* Þórður Jónsson * Þórður Þórðarson * Guido Gratton * Carlos González * Héctor Hernández * Ligorio López *

Enrique Sesma Enrique Sesma Ponce de León (born 22 April 1927) is a Mexican former football forward who played for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior ...

Cor van der Gijp Cornelis van der Gijp (1 August 1931 – 12 November 2022) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward. Van der Gijp made his professional debut at SC Emma and also played for Feyenoord and Blauw Wit. Club career Van der Gijp made his deb ...

Harald Hennum Harald Ove Hennum (29 May 1928 – 14 October 1993) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a forward for Frigg and Skeid. He was one of Norway's greatest football profiles in the 1950s. Club career Hennum started his career playing for Frig ...

* Ángel Jara Saguier * Enrique Jara Saguier *

Lucjan Brychczy Lucjan Antoni Brychczy (nicknamed Kici; 13 June 1934 – 2 December 2024) was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. Born in New Bytom, Upper Silesia, where after starting at local lower league clubs, he played for nearby the then third ...

Gerard Cieślik Gerard Cieślik (27 April 1927 – 3 November 2013), also known as Gienek, was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. Playing for the Poland national team, he is most noted for having scored two goals against the Soviet Union on 20 ...

* Manuel Vasques * Alexandru Ene * Anatoli Isayev * Igor Netto *

Estanislao Basora Estanislau Basora Brunet (also Estanislao; 18 November 1926 – 16 March 2012) was a Spanish footballer who played as a winger or striker. Most of his 15-year career was spent at FC Barcelona for which he appeared in more than 300 official ga ...

Alfredo di Stéfano Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé (; 4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was an Argentine professional footballer and coach who played as a forward, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. Nicknamed "Saeta Rubia" ("Blond A ...

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Josef Hügi Josef Hügi (23 January 1930 – 16 April 1995) was a Swiss Switzerland national football team, international football (soccer), footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Career ...

* Roger Vonlanthen * Ed Murphy *

Ivor Allchurch Ivor John Allchurch (16 October 1929 – 10 July 1997) was a Welsh professional association football, footballer who played as an inside forward. Known as the "Golden Boy of Welsh football", Allchurch began his career playing for his hometown ...

* Cliff Jones *

Miloš Milutinović Miloš Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Милутиновић; 5 February 1933 – 28 January 2003) was a Serbian professional footballer and manager from Yugoslavia. Milutinović is regarded as one of the most talented players in his countr ...

;1 goal * Norberto Conde * Eliseo Prado *

Robert Dienst Robert Dienst (1 March 1928 – 13 June 2000) was an Austrian football forward. He died in 2000 after a long illness. Club career Robert Dienst started his career at Floridsdorfer AC, where he played his first game as a midfielder during World ...

* Walter Haummer * Karl Koller * Ernst Kozlicek *

Helmut Senekowitsch Helmut Senekowitsch (; 22 October 1933 – 9 September 2007) was an Austrian football player and later a football manager. Playing career Club career He played for several clubs, including SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis and FC Wacker Innsbruck. I ...

Karl Stotz Karl Stotz (27 March 1927 – 4 April 2017) was an Austrian football player from Vienna. As a young soldier, he fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, was captured in 1944 and only returned home in 1948. Club career On his return to his homeland, ...

* Otto Walzhofer * André Van Herpe * Denis Houf *

André Piters André Piters (18 January 1931 – 23 October 2014) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker. Career Piters played club football for Herve, Standard Liège, Olympic de Charleroi and Fortuna 54. He earned a total of 23 caps for Belg ...

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Ausberto García Ausberto García (9 February 1934 – 11 December 2017) was a Bolivian footballer who played as a forward. He took part in the 1959 (Argentina), 1963 and 1967 editions of the Copa America, winning the 1963 tournament on home soil. Internatio ...

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* Índio * Spiro Debarski *

Todor Diev Todor Nedyalkov Diev (; 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 his career at the local Spartak Plovdiv. ...

* Ivan Petkov Kolev *

Krum Yanev Krum Ivanov Yanev () (9 January 1929 – 24 August 2012) was a Bulgarian footballer who played at both professional and international levels, as a forward. Career Yanev started his career with Spartak Plovdiv. In 1948–49 season he scored fo ...

* Norm McLeod *

Ostap Steckiw Ostap Steckiw () (March 14, 1924 – April 13, 2001) was a Canadian soccer player who earned 1 cap for the Canadian national side against the United States in 1957, scoring one goal. During World War II he was a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent ...

* Guillermo Díaz *

Nian Weisi Nian Weisi (; born 11 May 1933) is a Chinese football manager and former player. As a player he played for the North China team as well as the China national team before he moved into management. As a coach he intermittently managed the Chines ...

* Sun Fucheng * Wang Lu *

Zhang Honggen Zhang Honggen (; 27 November 1935 – 25 November 2003) was a Chinese international football player and coach. As a player, he was one of the first footballers to play for the People's Republic of China at the international level, and as a coac ...

* Carlos Arango * Ricardo Díaz * Jaime Gutiérrez * Juan Soto Quiros * Edgard Meulens * Hubert Sambo *

Vlastimil Bubník Vlastimil Bubník (; 18 March 1931 – 6 January 2015) was a Czech ice hockey player and footballer. Bubník was born in Kelč, Czechoslovakia, and played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for HC Brno and Královo Pole. He also ...

Pavol Molnár Pavol Molnár (13 February 1936 – 6 November 2021) was a Slovak footballer who played as a forward. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 20 matches and scored three goals. He was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he pl ...

Anton Moravčík Anton Moravčík (3 June 1931 in Komárno – 12 December 1996 in Bratislava) was a Slovak football player. He played for several clubs, including Iskra Žilina, ÚDA Prague and Slovan Bratislava. He played for the Czechoslovakia nati ...

Ladislav Novák Ladislav Novák (5 December 1931 – 21 March 2011) was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain.

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* Manfred Kaiser * Helmut Müller *

Willy Tröger Willy Tröger (2 October 1928 – 30 March 2004) was a German footballer who played as a striker, spending his entire career with Wismut Aue, and making 15 appearances for the East Germany national team. Career In his youth, Tröger played 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 ...

* Olavi Lahtinen * Mauri Vanhanen *

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Maryan Wisnieski Marian Wisniewski (1 February 1937 – 3 March 2022), known as Maryan Wisniewski, was a French association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. Life and career Marian Wisniewski was born on 1 February 193 ...

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* Vaggelis Panakis * Augusto Espinoza * Jorge Vickers *

József Bozsik József Bozsik (; 28 November 1925 – 31 May 1978) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a central midfielder. He spent his entire club career at his hometown club, Budapest Honvéd. Bozsik was a key member of the legendary Golden Team ...

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* Eddang Witarsa * George Cummins * Johnny Gavin * Alf Ringstead * Sergio Cervato *

Dino da Costa Dino da Costa (, ; 1 August 1931 – 10 November 2020) was a Brazilian-Italian professional footballer, who played as a central midfielder or striker. Club career Da Costa was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A prolific and effective centre-for ...

* Gino Pivatelli * Jean-Pierre Fiedler * Johnny Halsdorf * Léon Letsch * Jaime Belmonte * Toon Brusselers *

Coen Dillen Coenraad Henrik Dillen (5 October 1926 – 24 July 1990) was a Dutch footballer who primarily played for PSV as well as the Netherlands national side. He holds the record of most goals scored in an Eredivisie season. Club career Dillen started ...

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* Servaas Wilkes *

Billy Bingham William Laurence Bingham (5 August 1931 – 9 June 2022) was a Northern Ireland international footballer and manager. As a player, his first professional club was Glentoran, for whom he played between 1948 and 1950. Making a move to England, ...

* Tommy Casey *

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* Billy Simpson *

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Alberto Terry Alberto Terry Arias-Schreiber (May 16, 1929 – February 7, 2006), popularly known as "Toto," was a Peruvian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Universitario de Deportes, Sporting Cristal, and the Peru national football team. H ...

Ginter Gawlik Ginter Gawlik (5 December 1930 – 22 August 2005) was a Polish footballer. He spent most of career playing for Polish team Górnik Zabrze. Gawlik, who was not raised in Poland (until 1945, Zabrze, then called Hindenburg, belonged to Germany), ...

* Matateu * António Dias Teixeira *

Cornel Cacoveanu Gheorghe Cornel Cacoveanu (16 September 1935 – 23 November 2001) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, most notably for Steaua București. Career His debut for Metalul Câmpia Turzii came in 1951. He promoted in ...

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* John Hewie *

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* Archie Robertson * Alex Scott * Gordon Smith * Genrich Fedosov *

Valentin Kozmich Ivanov Valentin Kozmich Ivanov (, 19 November 1934 – 8 November 2011) was a Russian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the co- leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup, and the co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer. Ivanov appeared 59 ti ...

* Boris Tatushin * Yuri Voinov * Miguel González *

Enrique Mateos Enrique Mateos Mancebo (15 July 1934 – 6 July 2001) was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker. He amassed La Liga totals of 123 games and 48 goals over the course of 13 seasons, representing in the competition Real Madrid, Sevilla and ...

* Suleiman Faris *

Siddiq Manzul Siddiq Mohammed Manzul () (1929 – 11 April 2003) was a Sudanese footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the first Africa Cup of Nations in 1957 and again in 1959. Honours Club ;Al-Hilal Club * Khartoum League: 1953, 195 ...

* Robert Ballaman * Ferdinando Riva * Jabra Al-Zarqa *

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* Ruben Mendoza * James Murphy *

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* William Martínez *

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* Dobrosav Krstić *

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Edgar Falch Edgar Falch (2 November 1930 – 18 November 2013) was a Norwegian international football defender. Falch played for Viking his entire career where he played 139 league games and scored nine goals. He won the league with Viking in 1957–58 an ...

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Notes

*Wales is the only team to ever qualify after having been eliminated and then reinstated. Their qualification meant that all four Home Nations qualified (the only time in history), and that no team from the separate African and Asian zone qualified. This remained Wales' only appearance in the finals until 2022, when they qualified through the European zone for the first time. *Two-time former champions Uruguay, who in their three previous appearances had always benefited from direct qualifications or withdrawals, now failed in what was the first time they actually had to play qualifying games. *Italy were eliminated in qualifying for the first time.

Footnotes

External links

FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1958 World Cup Qualification
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Qualification Qualification may refer to: Processes * Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress * Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ...

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