1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)
Tournament details
Dates21 August 1960 – 21 May 1961
Teams7
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored57 (3.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Juan Ulloa (6 goals)
← 1958
1966 →
CONCACAF Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
CCCF–NAFC era

CONCACAF era

The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, for national teams which are members of the CCCF and NAFC. Seven teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the inter-confederation play-offs against a CONMEBOL team.

Format

The qualification structure was as follows:

  • First round: Seven teams were divided into three groups (one group of three teams and two groups of two teams) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: Three teams which had advanced from the first round played home-and-away round-robin matches in one group. The group winner qualified for the CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off.

Entrants

Eight national teams from the region initially entered qualification, though Canada later withdrew.[1]

Note: Bolded teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Zone Entrants Withdrew
North American Football Confederation
(NAFC)
Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol
(CCCF)

First round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 3 Advance to second round — 3–0
2  United States 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 1 3–3 —
Source: FIFA[2]
United States 3–3 Mexico
Bicek 31' (pen.)
Fister 58'
Zerhusen 84'		 Report Mercado 8'
Reyes 17', 21'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kulai (Canada)
Mexico 3–0 United States
Mercado 5'
Reyes 35'
Díaz 38'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Sanchez (Honduras)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 13 8 +5 5[a] Advance to second round — 5–0 3–2
2  Honduras 4 2 1 1 5 7 −2 5[a] 2–1 — 1–1
3  Guatemala 4 0 2 2 7 10 −3 2 4–4 0–2 —
Source: FIFA[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b As Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide the group winners. Costa Rica won the match 1–0 to win the group.
Costa Rica 3–2 Guatemala
Rojas 28'
Ulloa 52', 58'		 Report Espinoza 1'
Masella 35'
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Guatemala 4–4 Costa Rica
López 13', 49', 79'
Espinoza 63'		 Report Jiménez 18', 57'
Ulloa 35', 81'
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Honduras 2–1 Costa Rica
Suazo 10'
Leaky 21'		 Report Rodríguez 46'
Attendance: 10,730
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Costa Rica 5–0 Honduras
Jiménez 31', 34'
Ulloa 42'
Rodríguez 69'
Pearson 85'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Honduras 1–1 Guatemala
Suazo 59' Report López 28'
Attendance: 8,087
Referee: Mendez (El Salvador)
Guatemala 0–2
Awarded[note 1]		 Honduras
Report

Play-off

Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the second round.

Costa Rica 1–0 Honduras
Rodríguez 29' Report
Attendance: 23,340
Referee: Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico)

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands Antilles 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to second round — 0–0
2  Suriname 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 1–2 —
Source: FIFA[2]
Suriname 1–2 Netherlands Antilles
Foe a Man 45' Report Dirksz 21', 45'
Referee: Orrego (Colombia)
Netherlands Antilles 0–0 Suriname
Report
Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Second round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 4 2 1 1 11 2 +9 5 Advance to CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off — 4–1 7–0
2  Costa Rica 4 2 0 2 8 6 +2 4 1–0 — 6–0
3  Netherlands Antilles 4 1 1 2 2 13 −11 3 0–0 2–0 —
Source: FIFA[2]
Costa Rica 1–0 Mexico
Goban 51' Report
Referee: Queiroz (Brazil)
Costa Rica 6–0 Netherlands Antilles
Ulloa 12'
Quesada 28', 89'
Rojas 33'
Rodríguez 42'
Monge 50'		 Report
Referee: Tejada Burga (Peru)
Mexico 7–0 Netherlands Antilles
Flores 28', 52', 64'
Reyes 45', 75'
González 65', 80'		 Report
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Mexico 4–1 Costa Rica
Flores 11'
Cárdenas 31'
Gutiérrez 77'
Mercado 87'		 Report Grant 54'
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Netherlands Antilles 2–0 Costa Rica
Loran 30', 34' Report
Referee: Trapote López (Venezuela)

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Paraguay
1  Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 1–0
2  Paraguay 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF[3]

Qualified teams

The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
 Mexico CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off winners 5 November 1961 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958)

Goalscorers

There were 57 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match. The inter-confederation play-offs are not included in this count.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. ^ FIFA awarded Honduras a 2–0 walkover win as Guatemala forfeited the match.

References

  1. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ^ "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.