1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
See also: 1958 FIFA World Cup

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Poland and the Soviet Union finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner Soviet Union qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 4 3 0 1 16 3 5.333 6[a] Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 3–0 2–1
2  Poland 4 3 0 1 9 5 1.800 6[a] 2–1 — 4–0
3  Finland 4 0 0 4 2 19 0.105 0 0–10 1–3 —
Source: FIFA[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b As the Soviet Union and Poland finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine the group winner. The Soviet Union won the play-off 2–0 to win the group.

Matches

Soviet Union 3 – 0 Poland
Tatushin 9'
Simonyan 55'
Ilyin 77'		 Report
Attendance: 102,000
Referee: Clough (England)
Finland 1 – 3 Poland
Vanhanen 72' Report Jankowski 19', 56', 65'
Attendance: 9,137
Referee: Nilsen (Norway)
Soviet Union 2 – 1 Finland
Voinov 23'
Netto 62'		 Report Lahtinen 42'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mayer (Austria)
Finland 0 – 10 Soviet Union
Report Netto 6'
Simonyan 9', 13', 31'
Isayev 12', 20'
Streltsov 29', 49'
Ilyin 60', 87'
Attendance: 18,154
Referee: A. Asmussen (Denmark)
Poland 2 – 1 Soviet Union
Cieślik 43', 50' Report Ivanov 80'
Attendance: 93,000
Referee: Clough (England)
Poland 4 – 0 Finland
Gawlik 2'
Brychczy 4', 48'
Jankowski 60'		 Report
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

Play-off

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

Soviet Union 2 – 0 Poland
Streltsov 31'
Fedosov 75'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Clough (England)

References

  1. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.