World Cup 1954 qualifications
World Cup 1954 qualifications
Europe
16 teams entered, including SUI (hosts) and ISL after deadline. POL withdrew
after seeding. Eleven places divided between winners of five groups of
three teams and four pairs, also for the second team from the British
Home group. Teams finishing level on points had a play-off game and
then a coin toss.
Group 1 (1953-54)
24.06. Oslo NOR-SAA 2:3 (2:2) Thoresen 7, Dahlen 15 - Siedl 17,53,
Otto 30 (Bronkhorst HOL)
19.08. Oslo NOR-GER 1:1 (1:1) Hennum - F.Walter (Ausum HOL)
11.10. Stuttgart GER-SAA 3:0 (1:0) Morlock (2), Schade (van der Meer HOL)
08.11. S'brücken SAA-NOR 0:0 (Horn HOL)
22.11. Hamburg GER-NOR 5:1 (1:1) Morlock (2), Rahn, O.Walter, F.Walter -
Nordahl (Luty ENG)
28.03. S'brücken SAA-GER 1:3 (0:1) H.Martin 68 p - Morlock (2), Schâfer
(Bronkhorst HOL)
1.GER^ 4 7 3 1 0 12- 3
2.SAA 4 3 1 1 2 4- 8
3.NOR 4 2 0 0 2 4- 9
Group 2 (1953)
25.05. Helsinki FIN-BEL 2:4 (0:3) Lehtovirta 49, 75 - Coppens 4,26,83,
Anoul 9 (Helge DAN)
28.05. Stockholm SWE-BEL 2:3 (2:3) Bengtsson 20, Selmosson 26 - Anoul 28,
Straetmans 37, Lembrechts 40 (Mowat SCO)
05.08. Helsinki FIN-SWE 3:3 (0:2) Lehtovirta 63, Lahtinen 67, Rikberg 70 -
Sandell 9,71, Persson 23 (Baalstad NOR)
16.08. Stockholm SWE-FIN 4:0 (2:0) G. Sandberg 22, Sandell 24,61, Sandin 56
(Asmussen DAN)
23.09. Brussels BEL-FIN 2:2 (1:0) Bollen (2) - Lahtinen, Vaihela
(Baumberger SUI)
08.10. Brussels BEL-SWE 2:0 (1:0) Coppens 23, Mees 49 (Schipper HOL)
1.BEL^ 4 7 3 1 0 11- 6
2.SWE 4 3 1 1 2 9- 8
3.FIN 4 2 0 0 2 7-13
Group 3 (1953-54)
03.10. Belfast NIR-SCO 1:3 (0:0) Lockhart - Fleming (2), Henderson
(Ellis ENG)
10.10. Cardiff WAL-ENG 1:4 (1:1) Allchurch - Wilshaw (2), Lofthouse (2)
(Faultless SCO)
04.11. Glasgow SCO-WAL 3:3 (2:0) Brown, R. Johnstone, Reilly - J.Charles
(2), Allchurch (Mitchell NIR)
11.11. Liverpool ENG-NIR 3:1 (1:0) Hassall (2), Lofthouse - McMorran
(Smith WAL)
31.03. Wrexham WAL-NIR 1:2 (0:1) J.Charles - McParland (2) (Faultless SCO)
03.04. Glasgow SCO-ENG 2:4 (1:1) Brown, Byrne (og) - Broadis, Nicholls,
Ronnie Allen, Mullen (Mitchell NIR)
1.ENG^ 3 6 3 0 0 11- 4
2.SCO 3 3 1 1 1 8- 8
3.NIR 3 2 1 0 2 4- 7
4.WAL 3 1 0 1 2 5- 9
Group 4 (1953-54)
20.09. Luxembourg LUX-FRA 1:6 (1:4) Kohn 6 - Piantoni 5, Kopa 10, Cicci 41,
Kargu 73, Glovacki 44, Flamion 88
(Dörflinger SUI)
04.10. Dublin IRL-FRA 3:5 (0:2) Ryan 58p, Walsh 83, O'Farrel 88 - Glovacki
23, Penverne 40, Ujlaki 50,69, Flamion
72 (Franken BEL)
28.10. Dublin IRL-LUX 4:0 (1:0) Fitzimmons (2), Ryan, Eglinton (Bond ENG)
25.11. Paris FRA-IRL 1:0 (0:0) Piantoni 73 (van Nuffel BEL)
27.12. Paris FRA-LUX 8:0 (4:0) Desgranges 2,88, Vincent 6,10, Fontaine
21,75,80, Foix 57 (Roeykens BEL)
07.03. Luxembourg LUX-IRL 0:1 (0:0) Cummins (Ausum HOL)
1.FRA^ 4 8 4 0 0 20- 4
2.IRL 4 4 2 0 0 8- 6
3.LUX 4 0 0 0 4 1-19
Group 5 (1953)
27.09. Wien AUT-POR 9:1 (4:1) Probst (5), Dienst, Wagner, Ocwirk,
Happel - J.Aguas (Bauwens BEL)
29.11. Lisbona POR-AUT 0:0 (Harzic FRA)
Group 6 (1954)
06.01. Madrid ESP-TUR 4:1 (1:1) Venancio (2), Alsua, Miguel - Recep 31
(Vincentini FRA)
14.03. Stambul TUR-ESP 1:0 (1:0) Burchan 16 (Schmetzer GER)
17.03. Roma TUR-ESP 2:2 (1:1,2:2,2:2) Burhan 32, Suat 65 - Arteche 18,
Escudero 79 (Bernardi ITA)
- TUR qualified by drawing of lots.
Group 7 - POL withdrew, HUN had a walkover
Group 8 (1953)
14.06 Prag CZE-ROM 2:0 (1:0) Crha 52, Laskov 67 (Pósa HUN)
28.06 Bukarest ROM-BUL 3:1 (2:0) Petschovski 21,36, Ene 71 - Kolev 58
(Schulz DDR)
06.09 Sofia BUL-CZE 1:2 (0:2) Bozhkov - Vik (2) (Aleksandrowicz POL)
11.10 Sofia BUL-ROM 1:2 (1:1) Tashkov - Serfózó, Calinoiu (Dorogi HUN)
25.10 Bukarest ROM-CZE 0:1 (0:1) Safranek (Schulz DDR)
08.11 Bratislava CZE-BUL 0:0 (Chkhatarashvili ZSR)
1.CZE^ 4 7 3 1 0 5- 1
2.ROM 4 4 2 0 2 5- 5
3.BUL 4 1 0 1 3 3- 7
Group 9 (1953-54)
13.11. Cairo EGY-ITA 1:2 (1:0) Ad-Diba 23 - Frignani 61, Muccinelli 79
(Steiner AUT)
24.01. Mediolan ITA-EGY 5:1 (1:1) Pandolfini 1, Frignani 62, Boniperti
65,86, Ricagni 84 - El Din 32 (Horn HOL)
Group 10 (1953-54)
09.05 Belgrad JUG-GRE 1:0 (0:0) Matosiæ 71 (Steiner AUT)
01.11 Athina GRE-ISR 1:0 (0:0) Bempis (Massai ITA)
08.11 Skopje JUG-ISR 1:0 (0:0) Milutinoviæ (Alsteen BEL)
08.03 Tel-Aviv ISR-GRE 0:2 (0:0) Kokkilakis, Kamaras (Buchmüller SUI)
21.03 Tel-Aviv ISR-JUG 0:1 (0:0) Zebec (Leafe ENG)
28.03 Athina GRE-JUG 0:1 (0:0) Veselinoviæ (Rufli SUI)
1.JUG^ 4 8 4 0 0 4- 0
2.GRE 4 4 2 0 2 3- 2
3.ISR 4 0 0 0 4 0- 5
South America
6 teams entered, including URU (champions) and PER, withdrawn after
seeding and BOL after deadline. The remaining three teams played for
one final place in a single group.
Group 11 (1954)
14.02. Asunción PAR-CHI 4:0 (1:0) Lugo, S.Parodi, Hermosilla, J. Parodi
(Steiner AUT)
21.02. Santiago CHI-PAR 1:3 (1:1) Robledo - Lugo (2), J. Parodi
(Vincentini FRA)
28.02. Santiago CHI-BRA 0:2 (0:1) Baltazar (2)
(Vincentini FRA)
07.03. Asunción PAR-BRA 0:1 (0:0) Baltazar (Steiner AUT)
14.03. R/Janeiro BRA-CHI 1:0 (1:0) Baltazar (Steiner AUT)
21.03. R/Janeiro BRA-PAR 4:1 (0:0) Julinho (2), Baltazar, Humberto - Romerito
(Vincentini FRA)
- PER withdrew after seeding
1.BRA^ 4 8 4 0 0 8- 1
2.PAR 4 4 2 0 2 8- 6
3.CHI 4 0 0 0 4 1-10
CONCACAF
3 teams entered and COS and CUB after deadline. One place for the winner of
a single group.
Group 12 (1953-54)
19.07. Mexico Ct. MEX-HAI 8:0 (5:0) Amauda 38,67,84, Balcazar 22,25,82,
Tellez 33, Gómez 28 (Crawford ENG)
27.12. Port-au-Pr.HAI-MEX 0:4 (0:2) Lamadrid 14,59, Balcazar 65, Avalos 4
(van Rosberg AHO)
10.02. Mexico Ct. MEX-USA 4:0 (2:0) Naranjo 61, Lamadrid 14,57, Balcazar 4
(Sunderland ENG)
14.01. Mexico Ct. MEX-USA 3:1 (0:1) A.Torres 59,89, Lamadrid 68 - Looby 7
(Best USA)
03.04. Port-au-Pr.HAI-USA 2:3 (0:1) ? - Looby, Casey, Chachurian (van Rosberg
AHO)
04.04. Port-au-Pr.HAI-USA 0:3 (0:2) Looby (2), Mendoza (van Rosberg AHO)
- the MEX-USA refereed by an American referee. USA played all matches
away
1.MEX^ 4 8 4 0 0 19- 1
2.USA 4 4 2 0 2 7- 9
3.HAI 4 0 0 0 4 2-18
Africa
One team entered (EGY), alloted to the European zone
Asia
4 teams entered, ISR alloted to the European zone. IND and VIE after
deadline. TAI withdrawn after seeding. One place for the winner of a
cup competition.
- note: all goal info missing
Group 13 (1954)
07.03. Tokyo JAP-KOR 1:5 (1:2) (Haran HKG)
14.03. Tokyo JAP-KOR 2:2 (2:1) (Haran HKG)
- both matches in Japan