1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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

Table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	France	4	3	1	0	19	4	4.750	7	Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup	—	6–3	8–0
2	Belgium	4	2	1	1	16	11	1.455	5		0–0	—	8–3
3	Iceland	4	0	0	4	6	26	0.231	0		1–5	2–5	—

Source: FIFA^[1]

Matches edit

11 November 1956

France	6 – 3	Belgium
Cisowski 13', 15', 44', 72', 88' Vincent 18'	Report	Houf 16' Willems 61', 67'

Attendance: 46,049

Referee: Clough (England)

2 June 1957

France	8 – 0	Iceland
C. Oliver 6', 11' Vincent 29', 83' Dereuddre 36' Piantoni 45', 81' Brahimi 49'	Report

Attendance: 15,080

Referee: Ellis (England)

5 June 1957

Belgium	8 – 3	Iceland
Orlans 4', 57' Piters 11' Vandenberg 12' Mees 22', 26' Coppens 42', 44' (pen.)	Report	Þórðarson 33', 77' R. Jónsson 81'

Attendance: 6,792

Referee: Blitgen (Luxembourg)

1 September 1957

Iceland	1 – 5	France
Þ. Jónsson 64'	Report	Cisowski 29', 32' Ujlaki 48', 66' Wisnieski 53'

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

4 September 1957

Iceland	2 – 5	Belgium
R. Jónsson 1' Þ. Jónsson 65'	Report	Van Herpe 9' Willems 40' Vandenberg 64', 81', 89'

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

27 October 1957

Belgium	0 – 0	France
	Report

Attendance: 56,497

Referee: Helge (Denmark)

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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