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1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

The African section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification saw six teams enter but only four compete for a partial spot at the final tournament.

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Dates28 August 1960 – 28 May 1961
Teams4
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored18 (2.57 per match)
Attendance134,539 (19,220 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Edward Acquah (3 goals)
← 1958
1966 →

Format edit

The format consisted of two rounds:

  • 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.
  • Second 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 edit

Group 1 edit

  Sudan and the   United Arab Republic both withdrew; the Group was scratched.[1]

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Morocco 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground — 2–1
2   Tunisia 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 2–1 —
Source: RSSSF[2]
Morocco  2–1  Tunisia
Khalfi   33'
Azhar   60' (pen.)		 Report Meddeb   43'
Attendance: 12,360
Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)
Tunisia  2–1  Morocco
Chetali   47'
Tlemçani   60'		 Report Chicha   64'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)

Play-off edit

Morocco  1–1 (a.e.t.)
Morocco won on coin toss		  Tunisia
Azhar   36' Report Kerrit   89'
Stadio Comunale, Palermo, Italy
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Ghana 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 3 Advanced to the CAF second round — 4–1
2   Nigeria 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 1 2–2 —
Source: RSSSF[2]
Ghana  4–1  Nigeria
Acquah   18'
Boateng   44'
Fynn   54'
Salisu   55'		 Report Fayemi   50'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Holland (England)
Nigeria  2–2  Ghana
Emenako   28'
Fayemi   75' (pen.)		 Report Acquah   14', 83'
Attendance: 12,179

Second round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Morocco 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3 Advanced to the CAF–UEFA play-off — 1–0
2   Ghana 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF[2]
Ghana  0–0  Morocco
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hussein Fahmy (Egypt)
Morocco  1–0  Ghana
Khalfi   37' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)

Inter-confederation play-offs edit

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF–UEFA play-off)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification    
1   Spain 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 3–2
2   Morocco 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF[2]

Goalscorers edit

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-04. Sudan and Egypt tried to rearrange their qualifying games to avoid the monsoon season. FIFA did not permit this, however, and both teams withdrew.
  2. ^ a b c d "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

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