1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 10 February – 27 October 1957 |
Teams | 6 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 58 (4.46 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
CONCACAF Qualifiers |
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The 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification for North, Central America and the Caribbean serves as the preliminary tournament for the region. Six teams entered the tournament to compete for one place in the final tournament.
Format
There were two rounds of play:
- First Round: The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner qualified.
First round
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9.000 | 8 | Qualification to Final Round | — | 3–0 | 6–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 4 | 0–2 | — | 5–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0.238 | 0 | 2–7 | 2–3 | — |
Source: FIFA[1]
Mexico ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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C. Gutiérrez ![]() Reyes ![]() H. Hernández ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
United States ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() |
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E. Murphy ![]() |
Report | A. Hernández ![]() C. Gutiérrez ![]() H. Hernández ![]() Sesma ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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C. González ![]() C. Gutiérrez ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
Canada ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | C. Gutiérrez ![]() Sesma ![]() |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
United States ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Mendoza ![]() J. Murphy ![]() |
Report | Philley ![]() Steckiw ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lutostanski (United States)
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 | 8 | Qualification to Final Round | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 2 | 1–2 | — | NP | ||
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.333 | 0 | 2–6 | 1–3 | — |
Source: FIFA[3]
Guatemala ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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Vickers ![]() Espinoza ![]() |
Report | Hernán ![]() Jiménez ![]() Montero ![]() Murillo ![]() |
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Costa Rica ![]() | 3–1 (66')[4] | ![]() |
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Jiménez ![]() Cordero ![]() Herrera ![]() |
Report | López ![]() |
Referee: Orrego (Colombia)
Costa Rica ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Herrera ![]() Murillo ![]() |
Report |
Referee: McKenna (England)
Guatemala ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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López ![]() |
Report | De Lanoy ![]() Meulens ![]() |
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Netherlands Antilles ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Sambo ![]() |
Report | Cordero ![]() Montero ![]() |
Netherlands Antilles ![]() | Not played[6] | ![]() |
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Final round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.000 | 3 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 1 | 1–1 | — |
Source: FIFA[7]
Mexico ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Belmonte ![]() López ![]() |
Report |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Soto ![]() |
Report | López ![]() |
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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Final Round winners | 27 October 1957 | 3 (1930, 1950, 1954) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 58 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 4.46 goals per match.
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
Salvador Reyes Monteón
Hector Hernández
Alfredo Hernández
Jorge Hernán Monge
Álvaro Murillo
Rodolfo Herrera González
- 2 goals
Enrique Sesma
Carlos González
Ligorio López
Brian Philley
Art Hughes
Gogie Stewart
Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez
Danilo Montero Campos
Mario Cordero
Ed Murphy
López
Wilfred de Lanoy
- 1 goal
Harry Keough
Ruben Mendoza
James Murphy
Norm McLeod
Ostap Steckiw
Jorge Vickers
Augusto Espinoza
Hubert Sambo
Edgard Meulens
Juan Soto Quiros
Jaime Belmonte
References
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Entire US squad pulled from St. Louis Kutis[1] Archived 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Match interrupted in the 66th minute by Guatemala abandoning the pitch; the result was later affirmed.
- ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Territory of Curaçao v Guatemala was not played because the Guatemalan players were not permitted to travel to the Netherlands Antilles (the Netherlands Antilles were still using the nation's former "Curaçao" name).[5]
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.