1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner England qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.

Standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	3	1	0	15	5	3.000	7	Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup	—	5–1	5–2
2	Republic of Ireland	4	2	1	1	6	7	0.857	5		1–1	—	2–1
3	Denmark	4	0	0	4	4	13	0.308	0		1–4	0–2	—

Source: FIFA^[1]

Matches edit

3 October 1956

Republic of Ireland	2 – 1	Denmark
Curtis 27' Gavin 45' (pen.)	Report	Aa. Jensen 85'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Bond (England)

5 December 1956

England	5 – 2	Denmark
Taylor 2', 22', 53' Edwards 66', 77'	Report	O. Nielsen 27', 64'

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Guigue (France)

8 May 1957

England	5 – 1	Republic of Ireland
Taylor 10', 19', 40' Atyeo 38', 90'	Report	Curtis 56'

Wembley Stadium (1923), London, England

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Phillips (Scotland)

15 May 1957

Denmark	1 – 4	England
J. Jensen 27'	Report	Haynes 28' Taylor 71', 86' Atyeo 75'

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

19 May 1957

Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	England
Ringstead 3'	Report	Atyeo 90'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Philips (Scotland)

2 October 1957

Denmark	0 – 2	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Cummins 53' Curtis 61'

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Schulz (East Germany)

References edit

^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links edit

[1] "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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