1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 February – 27 October 1957 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 58 (4.46 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | .svg.png){kind=small} Crescencio Gutiérrez (5 goals) |
← 1954 1962 → | |
| CONCACAF Qualifiers |
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The 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification for North, Central America and the Caribbean serves as the preliminary tournament for the region. Six teams entered the tournament to compete for one place in the final tournament.
Format
There were two rounds of play:
- First Round: The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner qualified.
First round
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mexico
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9.000 | 8 | Qualification to Final Round | — | 3–0 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Canada
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 4 | 0–2 | — | 5–1 | ||
| 3 | United States
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0.238 | 0 | 2–7 | 2–3 | — |
Source: FIFA[1]
| Mexico | 6–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
C. Gutiérrez  14', 26'Reyes 33', 69', 76'H. Hernández 63' |
Report |
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
| United States | 2–7 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| E. Murphy 5', 45' |
Report | A. Hernández 22', 36', 82' C. Gutiérrez 38'H. Hernández 65', 87'Sesma 79' |
| Mexico | 3–0 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| C. González 5', 72' C. Gutiérrez 46' |
Report |
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
| Canada | 0–2 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Report | C. Gutiérrez 8' Sesma 28' |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
| United States [2] | 2–3 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Mendoza 42' J. Murphy 80' |
Report | Philley 9' Steckiw 14'Stewart 25' |
Public School Grounds, St. Louis, United States
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lutostanski (United States)
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Costa Rica
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 | 8 | Qualification to Final Round | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Netherlands Antilles
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 2 | 1–2 | — | NP | ||
| 3 | Guatemala
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.333 | 0 | 2–6 | 1–3 | — |
Source: FIFA[3]
| Guatemala | 2–6 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Vickers 19' Espinoza 87' |
Report | Hernán 11', 28', 38' Jiménez 17'Montero 48'Murillo 78' |
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
| Costa Rica | 3–1 (66')[4] | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| Jiménez 12' Cordero 28'Herrera 65' |
Report | López 61' |
Referee: Orrego (Colombia)
| Costa Rica | 4–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
|---|---|---|
| Herrera 16', 63' Murillo 35', 67' |
Report |
Referee: McKenna (England)
| Guatemala | 1–3 | Netherlands Antilles |
|---|---|---|
| López 51' |
Report | De Lanoy 23', 31' Meulens 65' |
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
| Netherlands Antilles | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Sambo 21' |
Report | Cordero 53' Montero 60' |
Rif Stadion, Willemstad, Territory of Curaçao
| Netherlands Antilles | Not played[6] | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
Final round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.000 | 3 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Costa Rica
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 1 | 1–1 | — |
Source: FIFA[7]
| Mexico | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Belmonte 77' López 86' |
Report |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Soto 32' |
Report | López 27' |
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico |
Final Round winners | 27 October 1957 | 3 (1930, 1950, 1954) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 58 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 4.46 goals per match.
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- Salvador Reyes Monteón
- Hector Hernández
- Alfredo Hernández
- Jorge Hernán Monge
- Álvaro Murillo
- Rodolfo Herrera González
- 2 goals
- Enrique Sesma
- Carlos González
- Ligorio López
- Brian Philley
- Art Hughes
- Gogie Stewart
- Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez
- Danilo Montero Campos
- Mario Cordero
- Ed Murphy
- López
- Wilfred de Lanoy
- 1 goal
- Harry Keough
- Ruben Mendoza
- James Murphy
- Norm McLeod
- Ostap Steckiw
- Jorge Vickers
- Augusto Espinoza
- Hubert Sambo
- Edgard Meulens
- Juan Soto Quiros
- Jaime Belmonte
References
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Entire US squad pulled from St. Louis Kutis[1] Archived 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Match interrupted in the 66th minute by Guatemala abandoning the pitch; the result was later affirmed.
- ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Territory of Curaçao v Guatemala was not played because the Guatemalan players were not permitted to travel to the Netherlands Antilles (the Netherlands Antilles were still using the nation's former "Curaçao" name).[5]
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
