1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

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

Matches

19 October 1960	Sweden	2 – 0	Belgium	Stockholm, Sweden
	Börjesson Brodd	Report		Referee: Wharton (Scotland)

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20 November 1960	Belgium	2 – 4	Switzerland	Brussels, Belgium
	Paeschen Van Himst	Report	Antenen Schneiter	Referee: Seipelt (Austria)

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20 May 1961	Switzerland	2 – 1	Belgium	Lausanne, Switzerland
	Ballaman	Report	Claessen	Referee: Dorogi (Hungary)

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28 May 1961	Sweden	4 – 0	Switzerland	Stockholm, Sweden
	Jonsson  8' Börjesson  15', 75' Simonsson  70'	Report		Referee: Scares (Portugal)

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4 October 1961	Belgium	0 – 2	Sweden	Brussels, Belgium
		Report	Brodd  70', 78'	Referee: Guerra (Portugal)

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29 October 1961	Switzerland	3 – 2	Sweden	Bern, Switzerland
	Antenen  8' Wüthrich  68' Eschmann  81'	Report	Simonsson  2' Brodd  79'	Referee: Aston (England)

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

12 November 1961	Switzerland	2 – 1	Sweden	West Berlin
	Schneiter  65' Antenen  76'	Report	Brodd  20'	Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

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.	Sweden	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6		X	4:0	2:0		2	2	0	0	6	0	4	2	1	0	1	4	3	2
2.	Switzerland	4	3	0	1	9	9	0	6		3:2	X	2:1		2	2	0	0	5	3	4	2	1	0	1	4	6	2
3.	Belgium	4	0	0	4	3	10	-7	0		0:2	2:4	X		2	0	0	2	2	6	0	2	0	0	2	1	4	0

Team stats

 Sweden

Head coach: Eric Person

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on						Club
FW	Lennart Backman	February 7, 1934	5	450	0	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	AIK Fotboll
DF	Orvar Bergmark	November 16, 1930	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Örebro SK
FW	Bengt Berndtsson	January 26, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	IFK Göteborg
FW	Rune Börjesson	April 24, 1937	4	3	360	0	0	90	90				Örgryte IS
										90	90	-	Juventus F.C.
FW	Yngve Brodd	June 9, 1930	4	5	360	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	Toulouse FC
MF	Bengt Gustavsson	January 13, 1928	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	Åtvidabergs FF
	Olle Hellström		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	Djurgårdens IF
DF	Åke Johansson	March 19, 1928	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	IFK Norrköping
MF	Torbjörn Jonsson	May 6, 1936	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	-			IFK Norrköping
											90	-	Real Betis
MF	Hans Mild	July 31, 1934	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	-	90	Djurgårdens IF
GK	Bengt Nyholm	January 30, 1930	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	IFK Norrköping
DF	Prawitz Öberg	November 16, 1930	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	Malmö FF
FW	Gösta Sandberg	August 6, 1932	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Djurgårdens IF
FW	Agne Simonsson	October 19, 1935	5	2	450	0	0	90	90				Real Madrid C.F.
										90	90	90	Real Sociedad
MF	Ingvar Svahn	May 22, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	-	90	Malmö FF
DF	Lennart Wing	August 7, 1935	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	Örgryte IS

  Switzerland

Head coach: Karl Rappan

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on						Club
FW	Anton Allemann	January 6, 1936	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90			BSC Young Boys
											90	90	A.C. Mantova
FW	Charles Antenen	November 3, 1929	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
FW	Robert Ballaman	June 21, 1926	3	2	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	Grasshopper Club Zürich
MF	Heinz Bigler	December 21, 1925	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	BSC Young Boys
GK	Karl Elsener	August 13, 1934	4	0	360	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	Grasshopper Club Zürich
FW	Norbert Eschmann	September 19, 1933	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	Stade Français
DF	André Grobéty	June 22, 1933	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Servette FC
FW	Josef Hügi	January 23, 1930	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	FC Basel
DF	Willy Kernen	August 6, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
DF	Eugen Meier	April 30, 1930	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	BSC Young Boys
DF	Fritz Morf	January 29, 1928	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	FC Grenchen
FW	Philippe Pottier	July 9, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	Stade Français
GK	René Schneider	November 30, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	Servette FC
DF	Heinz Schneiter	April 12, 1935	5	2	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	BSC Young Boys
DF	Ely Tachella	May 25, 1936	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	Lausanne Sports
MF	Roger Vonlanthen	December 5, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	Lausanne Sports
MF	Hans Weber	September 8, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	FC Basel
FW	Rolf Wüthrich	September 4, 1938	5	1	450	0	0	90	90	90			FC Zürich
											90	90	Servette FC

 Belgium

Head coach: Constant Vanden Stock

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
DF	Yves Baré	October 28, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	RFC Liégeois
FW	Roger Claessen	September 27, 1941	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Standard Liège
GK	Willy Coremans	May 6, 1938	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	Royal Antwerp FC
FW	Claude Croté	April 14, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	RFC Liégeois
GK	Guy Delhasse	February 19, 1933	2	0	180	0	0	-	B	90	90	RFC Liégeois
FW	Gaston De Wael	December 31, 1934	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
FW	Fernand Goyvaerts	October 24, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Club Brugge K.V.
DF	Pierre Hanon	December 29, 1936	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
FW	Denis Houf	February 16, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Standard Liège
MF	Jef Jurion	February 24, 1937	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	B	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF	Emile Lejeune	February 17, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	B	RFC Liégeois
FW	Jean-Marie Letawe	November 30, 1936	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	RFC Liégeois
MF	Martin Lippens	October 8, 1934	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Karel Mallants	November 4, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Standard Liège
FW	Mathieu Meyers	December 03, 1934	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	-	-	Waterschei Thor
GK	Jean Nicolay	December 27, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	B	B	Standard Liège
FW	Marcel Paeschen	April 30, 1937	2	1	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	Standard Liège
FW	André Piters	January 18, 1931	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-		Standard Liège
											90	OC Charleroi
DF	Guillaume Raskin	March 16, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	R. Beerschot AC
MF	Léon Semmeling	January 4, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Standard Liège
FW	Jacques Stockman	October 8, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF	Henri Thellin	August 27, 1931	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	Standard Liège
FW	Paul Van Himst	October 2, 1943	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	-	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
FW	Paul Vandenberg	October 11, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	B	Union St. Gilloise
DF	Laurent Verbiest	April 16, 1939	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	B	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF	Jozef Vliers	December 18, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Standard Liège
DF	Edward Wauters	July 12, 1933	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	-	B	Royal Antwerp FC
MF	Victor Wégria	November 4, 1936	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	RFC Liégeois
MF	Robert Willems	May 6, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Lierse S.K.

External links

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