1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 8)

Qualification for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
UEFA
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
CONMEBOL
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
CCCF/NAFC
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Final

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner (Czechoslovakia) qualified for the seventh FIFA World Cup held in Chile.

Matches

Scotland  v  Republic of Ireland

3 May 1961	Scotland	4 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Glasgow, Scotland
	Brand Herd	Report	Haverty	Referee: Guigue (France)

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Republic of Ireland  v  Scotland

7 May 1961	Republic of Ireland	0 – 3	Scotland	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
		Report	Young Brand	Referee: Grandain (Belgium)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Scotland

14 May 1961	Czechoslovakia	4 – 0	Scotland	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
	Pospíchal Kadraba Kvašňák	Report		Referee: Steiner (Austria)

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Scotland  v  Czechoslovakia

29 September 1961	Scotland	3 – 2	Czechoslovakia	Glasgow, Scotland
	Law St. John	Report	Kvašňák Scherer	Referee: Gulliksen (Norway)

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Republic of Ireland  v  Czechoslovakia

8 October 1961	Republic of Ireland	1 – 3	Czechoslovakia	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Giles	Report	Kvašňák Scherer	Referee: Holland (England)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Republic of Ireland

29 October 1961	Czechoslovakia	7 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Prague, Czechoslovakia
	Kvašňák Scherer Jelínek Masopust Pospíchal	Report	Fogarty	Referee: Lundell (Sweden)

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

Czechoslovakia  v  Scotland

29 November 1961	Czechoslovakia	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Scotland	Brussels, Belgium
	Hledík  70' Scherer  84' Pospíchal  95' Kvašňák  101'	Report	St. John  38', 71'	Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

Czechoslovakia qualified.

Final Table

Final table															Home							Away
Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts						Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Czechoslovakia	4	3	0	1	16	5	+11	6		X	4:0	7:1		2	2	0	0	11	1	4	2	1	0	1	5	4	2
2.	Scotland	4	3	0	1	10	7	+3	6		3:2	X	4:1		2	2	0	0	7	3	4	2	1	0	1	3	4	2
3.	Republic of Ireland	4	0	0	4	3	17	-14	0		1:3	0:3	X		2	0	0	2	1	6	0	2	0	0	2	2	11	0

Team stats

 Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Rudolf Vytlačil

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on						Club
FW	Jozef Adamec	February 26, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	Dukla Prague
DF	Jozef Bomba	March 30, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	Tatran Prešov
DF	Titus Buberník	October 12, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	CH Bratislava
DF	Jiří Hledík	April 19, 1929	3	1	300	0	0	-	-	90	90	120	Spartak Hradec Králové
FW	Josef Jelínek	January 9, 1941	2	1	210	0	0	-	-	-	90	120	Dukla Prague
FW	Josef Kadraba	September 29, 1933	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	SONP Kladno
FW	Rudolf Kučera	January 23, 1940	2	0	210	0	0	-	-	90	-	120	Dukla Prague
FW	Andrej Kvašňák	May 19, 1936	5	7	445	0	0	55	90	90	90	120	Sparta Praha Sokolovo
FW	Václav Mašek	March 21, 1941	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	Sparta Praha Sokolovo
MF	Josef Masopust	February 9, 1931	5	1	480	0	0	90	90	90	90	120	Dukla Prague
DF	Ladislav Novák	December 5, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	Dukla Prague
DF	Svatopluk Pluskal	October 28, 1930	4	0	390	0	0	90	-	90	90	120	Dukla Prague
DF	Ján Popluhár	August 12, 1935	5	0	480	0	0	90	90	90	90	120	Slovan Bratislava
FW	Tomáš Pospíchal	June 26, 1936	5	4	480	0	0	90	90	90	90	120	Baník Ostrava
DF	František Šafránek	January 2, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	Dukla Prague
FW	Adolf Scherer	May 5, 1938	5	5	480	0	0	90	90	90	90	120	CH Bratislava
GK	Viliam Schrojf	August 2, 1931	5	0	480	0	0	90	90	90	90	120	Slovan Bratislava
DF	Jiří Tichý	December 6, 1933	4	0	390	0	0	90	-	90	90	120	CH Bratislava

 Scotland

Head coach: Ian McColl

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on						Club
MF	Jim Baxter	September 29, 1939	5	0	480	0	0	90	90	90	90	120	Rangers F.C.
FW	Ralph Brand	December 8, 1936	4	3	390	0	0	90	90	90	-	120	Rangers F.C.
GK	Bill Brown	October 8, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	Tottenham Hotspur
DF	Eric Caldow	May 14, 1934	5	0	480	0	0	90	90	90	90	120	Rangers F.C.
GK	Eddie Connachan	August 27, 1935	1	0	120	0	0	-	-	-	-	120	Dunfermline Athletic
MF	Pat Crerand	February 19, 1939	5	0	445	0	0	90	90	55	90	120	Celtic F.C.
DF	Alex Hamilton	January 31, 1939	1	0	120	0	0	-	-	-	-	120	Dundee F.C.
FW	David Herd	April 15, 1934	2	2	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	-	Arsenal F.C.
FW	Denis Law	February 24, 1940	2	2	210	0	0	-	-	-	90	120	AC Torino
GK	Lawrie Leslie	March 17, 1935	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	Airdrieonians
DF	Duncan MacKay	July 14, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	Celtic F.C.
FW	Johnny MacLeod	November 23, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	Hibernian F.C.
FW	Ian McMillan	March 18, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	Rangers F.C.
MF	Billy McNeill	March 2, 1940	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	Celtic F.C.
FW	Pat Quinn	April 26, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	Motherwell F.C.
FW	Hugh Robertson		1	0	120	0	0	-	-	-	-	120	Dundee United
FW	Alex Scott	November 22, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	Rangers F.C.
DF	Bobby Shearer	December 29, 1931	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	Rangers F.C.
FW	Ian St. John	June 7, 1938	2	3	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	120	/2[1] Liverpool F.C.
MF	Ian Ure	December 7, 1939	1	0	120	0	0	-	-	-	-	120	Dundee F.C.
FW	John White	April 28, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	120	Tottenham Hotspur
FW	Davie Wilson	January 10, 1939	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	Rangers F.C.
FW	Alex Young	February 3, 1937	1	2	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	Hearts of Midlothian

 Republic of Ireland

Head coach: Johnny Carey

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
DF	Noel Cantwell	February 28, 1932	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Manchester United
MF	George Cummins	March 12, 1931	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	/2[1] Luton Town
FW	Dermot Curtis	August 26, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	/2[1] Ipswich Town
GK	Noel Dwyer	October 30, 1934	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	/2[1] Swansea Town
FW	Paddy Fagan	June 7, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	/2[1] Derby County
FW	Peter Fitzgerald	June 17, 1937	3	0	270	0	0	-	90			/2[1] Leeds United
										90	90	/4[1] Chester City F.C.
FW	Amby Fogarty	September 11, 1933	3	1	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	/2[1] Sunderland A.F.C.
MF	Johnny Giles	November 6, 1940	4	1	350	0	0	90	90	90	90	Manchester United
FW	Joe Haverty	February 17, 1936	4	1	360	0	0	90	90			Arsenal F.C.
										90	90	Blackburn Rovers
DF	Charlie Hurley	October 4, 1936	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	/2[1] Sunderland A.F.C.
DF	Phil Kelly	July 10, 1939	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	Wolverhampton Wanderers
MF	Andy McEvoy	July 15, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Blackburn Rovers
MF	Mick McGrath	April 7, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Blackburn Rovers
DF	Brendan McNally	January 22, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	/2[1] Luton Town
MF	Mick Meagan	May 29, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Everton F.C.
MF	Ronnie Nolan	1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Shamrock Rovers
FW	Frank O'Neill	April 13, 1940	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Shamrock Rovers
MF	Pat Saward	August 17, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	/2[1] Huddersfield Town

1. The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 1962 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup