1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification.
The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified. The Soviet Union and Iceland took part for the first time.
UEFA Group 1
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| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3.00 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.86 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0.31 |
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England qualified.
UEFA Group 2
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1.45 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 0.23 |
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France qualified.
UEFA Group 3
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3.00 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1.57 | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0.20 |
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Hungary qualified.
UEFA Group 4
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3.00 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1.20 | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0.42 |
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Czechoslovakia qualified. Wales received another chance to qualify after being drawn to play against Israel in a special play-off; see [|CAF / AFC Final Round and Play-off].
UEFA Group 5
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4.67 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1.71 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0.16 |
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Austria qualified.
UEFA Group 6
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1= | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 | |
| 1= | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1.80 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0.11 |
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Poland and USSR finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
USSR qualified.
UEFA Group 7
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.50 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1.50 | |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.22 |
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Yugoslavia qualified.
UEFA Group 8
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2.00 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0.57 |
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The 15 January 1958 fixture of Italy at Northern Ireland was originally scheduled for 4 December 1957 but heavy fog in London prevented the referee from arriving for the match in time. The fixture was postponed but the match continued as a friendly, and ended in a 2-2 draw and a riot as the crowd invaded the pitch. The 'friendly' match was dubbed the 'Battle of Belfast'. Danny Blanchflower, Northern Ireland captain at the time, helped save the situation by ordering his players to escort their Italian counterparts off the field while the police dealt with the crowd.
Northern Ireland qualified.
This was the only time that Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup until their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
UEFA Group 9
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1.11 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1.50 | |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0.55 |
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Scotland qualified.
Inter-confederation play-offs
Goalscorers
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- Paul Vandenberg
- Tadeusz Kraus
- John Atyeo
- Ferenc Machos
- Edward Jankowski
- Nikita Simonyan
- Ladislao Kubala
- Gerhard Hanappi
- Maurice Willems
- Hristo Iliev
- Jean Vincent
- Dermot Curtis
- Abe Lenstra
- Noud van Melis
- Jimmy McIlroy
- Anatoli Ilyin
- Eduard Streltsov
- Des Palmer
- Muhamed Mujić
- Hans Buzek
- Theodor Wagner
- Henri Coppens
- Victor Mees
- Richard Orlans
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Panayot Panayotov
- Ove Bech Nielsen
- Günther Wirth
- Duncan Edwards
- Célestin Oliver
- Roger Piantoni
- Joseph Ujlaki
- Lajos Csordás
- Nándor Hidegkuti
- Ríkharður Jónsson
- Þórður Jónsson
- Þórður Þórðarson
- Guido Gratton
- Cor van der Gijp
- Harald Hennum
- Lucjan Brychczy
- Gerard Cieślik
- Manuel Vasques
- Alexandru Ene
- Anatoli Isayev
- Igor Netto
- Estanislao Basora
- Alfredo di Stéfano
- Luis Suárez Miramontes
- Josef Hügi
- Roger Vonlanthen
- Ivor Allchurch
- Cliff Jones
- Miloš Milutinović
- Robert Dienst
- Walter Haummer
- Karl Koller
- Ernst Kozlicek
- Helmut Senekowitsch
- Karl Stotz
- Otto Walzhofer
- André van Herpe
- Denis Houf
- André Piters
- Spiro Debarski
- Todor Diev
- Ivan Petkov Kolev
- Krum Yanev
- Vlastimil Bubník
- Pavol Molnár
- Anton Moravčík
- Ladislav Novák
- Aage Rou Jensen
- John Jensen
- Manfred Kaiser
- Helmut Müller
- Willy Tröger
- Johnny Haynes
- Olavi Lahtinen
- Mauri Vanhanen
- Said Brahimi
- René Dereuddre
- Maryan Wisnieski
- Kostas Nestoridis
- Vaggelis Panakis
- József Bozsik
- Károly Sándor
- Lajos Tichy
- George Cummins
- Johnny Gavin
- Alf Ringstead
- Sergio Cervato
- Dino da Costa
- Gino Pivatelli
- Jean-Pierre Fiedler
- Johnny Halsdorf
- Léon Letsch
- Toon Brusselers
- Coen Dillen
- Kees Rijvers
- Servaas Wilkes
- Billy Bingham
- Tommy Casey
- Wilbur Cush
- Billy Simpson
- Kjell Kristiansen
- Ginter Gawlik
- Matateu
- António Dias Teixeira
- Cornel Cacoveanu
- Titus Ozon
- Iosif Petschovsky
- Nicolae Tǎtaru
- John Hewie
- Tommy Ring
- Archie Robertson
- Alex Scott
- Gordon Smith
- Genrich Fedosov
- Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
- Boris Tatushin
- Yuri Voinov
- Miguel González
- Enrique Mateos
- Robert Ballaman
- Ferdinando Riva
- Dave Bowen
- Mel Charles
- Roy Vernon
- Dobrosav Krstić
- Aleksandar Petaković