1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Dates28 August 1960 – 28 May 1961
Teams4
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored18 (2.57 per match)
Attendance134,539 (19,220 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Edward Acquah (3 goals)

The African section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification saw six teams enter but only four compete for a partial spot at the final tournament.

Format

The format consisted of two rounds:

  • First Round: The 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
  • Second Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

Group 1

 Sudan and the  United Arab Republic both withdrew; the Group was scratched.[1]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground — 2–1
2  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 2–1 —
Source: RSSSF[2]
Morocco 2–1 Tunisia
Khalfi 33'
Azhar 60' (pen.)		 Report Meddeb 43'
Attendance: 12,360
Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)
Tunisia 2–1 Morocco
Chetali 47'
Tlemçani 60'		 Report Chicha 64'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)

Play-off

Morocco 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Morocco won on coin toss		 Tunisia
Azhar 36' Report Kerrit 89'
Stadio Comunale, Palermo, Italy
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 3 Advanced to the CAF second round — 4–1
2  Nigeria 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 1 2–2 —
Source: RSSSF[2]
Ghana 4–1 Nigeria
Acquah 18'
Boateng 44'
Fynn 54'
Salisu 55'		 Report Fayemi 50'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Holland (England)
Nigeria 2–2 Ghana
Emenako 28'
Fayemi 75' (pen.)		 Report Acquah 14', 83'
Attendance: 12,179

Second round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3 Advanced to the CAF–UEFA play-off — 1–0
2  Ghana 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF[2]
Ghana 0–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hussein Fahmy (Egypt)
Morocco 1–0 Ghana
Khalfi 37' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)

Inter-confederation play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Morocco
1  Spain 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4 Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup — 3–2
2  Morocco 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF[2]

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-04. Sudan and Egypt tried to rearrange their qualifying games to avoid the monsoon season. FIFA did not permit this, however, and both teams withdrew.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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