1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points and advanced to a play-off on neutral ground to decide who would qualify. The winner (Czechoslovakia) qualified for the seventh FIFA World Cup held in Chile.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 1 16 5 +11 6 Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground 4–0 7–1
2   Scotland 4 3 0 1 10 7 +3 6 3–2 4–1
3   Republic of Ireland 4 0 0 4 3 17 −14 0 1–3 0–3
Source: FIFA[1]

Matches

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Scotland  4–1  Republic of Ireland
Brand   14', 40'
Herd   59', 85'
Report Haverty   52'
Attendance: 46,696
Referee: Guigue (France)

Republic of Ireland  0–3  Scotland
Report Young   4', 16'
Brand   86'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Grandain (Belgium)

Czechoslovakia  4–0  Scotland
Pospíchal   8', 85'
Kadraba   40'
Kvašňák   15' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Steiner (Austria)

Scotland  3–2  Czechoslovakia
Law   62', 83'
St. John   20'
Report Kvašňák   6'
Scherer   51'
Attendance: 51,590
Referee: Gulliksen (Norway)

Republic of Ireland  1–3  Czechoslovakia
Giles   41' Report Scherer   2'
Kvašňák   61', 69'

Czechoslovakia  7–1  Republic of Ireland
Kvašňák   9', 37'
Scherer   24', 75'
Jelínek   31'
Masopust   62'
Pospíchal   58'
Report Fogarty   57'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lundell (Sweden)

Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Czechoslovakia  4 – 2
(a.e.t.)
  Scotland
Hledík   70'
Scherer   84'
Pospíchal   95'
Kvašňák   101'
Report St. John   38', 71'
Brussels, Belgium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

References

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  1. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 26 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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