1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification saw 7 teams competing 3 berths in the finals.

FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates4 December 1960 - 5 November 1961
Teams7[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored22 (3.67 per match)
Attendance260,274 (43,379 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Oreste Corbatta (3 goals)
← 1958
1966 →
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup

Format

Among the 7 teams, Paraguay were drawn to play in the CONMEBOL / CCCF / NAFC Intercontinental Play-off. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners would qualifying for the final tournament. Brazil did not participate, as they qualified automatically after winning the 1958 World Cup while Chile qualified automatically as hosts. Venezuela did not enter the tournament.

Groups

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 4 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 5–0
2  Ecuador 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0 3–6 —
Source: FIFA[2]
Ecuador 3–6 Argentina
Spencer 81'
Raffo 83', 85'		 Report Corbatta 5' (pen.), 40'
Pando 12'
Sosa 14'
Sanfilippo 47'
Ramaciotti 75'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robles (Chile)
Argentina 5–0 Ecuador
Gómez 6' (o.g.)
Sanfilippo 53'
Corbatta 55' (pen.)
Sosa 75'
Pando 89'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robles (Chile)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 2–1
2  Bolivia 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA[3]
Bolivia 1–1 Uruguay
Alcócer 54' Report Cubilla 23'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Robles (Chile)
Uruguay 2–1 Bolivia
Cabrera 3'
Escalada 39'		 Report Camacho 65'
Attendance: 51,695
Referee: Robles (Chile)

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 1–0
2  Peru 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA[4]
Colombia 1–0 Peru
Escobar 27' Report
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Praddaude (Argentina)
Peru 1–1 Colombia
Delgado 3' (pen.) Report González 68'
Attendance: 50,579
Referee: Marino (Uruguay)

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[5]

Qualified Teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Chile Hosts 10 June 1956 2 (1930, 1950)
 Brazil Defending champions 29 June 1958 6 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958)
 Argentina Group 1 winners 17 December 1960 3 (1930, 1934, 1958)
 Uruguay Group 2 winners 30 July 1961 3 (1930, 1950, 1954)
 Colombia Group 3 winners 7 May 1961 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. ^ Venezuela didn’t enter the qualification phrase. Brazil also didn’t enter as the qualified automatically due from the winning the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Paraguay only played in the inter-confederation playoffs.
  2. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  4. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  5. ^ "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.