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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification
| year           = 
| alt            =
| caption        =
| dates          = 
| num_teams      = 37
| confederations = 3
| matches        = 57
| goals          = 208
| attendance     = 
| top_scorer     = {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Max Morlock]] (6 goals)
| prevseason     = [[1950 FIFA World Cup qualification|1950]]
| nextseason     = [[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification|1958]]
}}
A total of 37 teams entered the '''[[1954 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification]]''' rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], as the hosts, and [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

37 teams were divided into 13 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows:
* Groups 1 to 10 – [[Europe]]: ''11 places'', contested by 27 teams (including [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] and [[Israel national football team|Israel]]).
* Group 11 and 12 – [[The Americas]]: ''2 places'', contested by 7 teams.
* Group 13 – [[Asia]]: ''1 place'', contested by 3 teams.

A total of 33 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 57 qualifying matches were played, and 208 goals were scored (an average of 3.65 per match).

Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.

==Groups==
The 13 groups had different rules, as follows:
* '''Groups 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, and 10''' had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
* '''Groups 5, 6 and 9''' had 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
* '''Group 3''' had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
* '''Group 11''' had 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
* '''Group 12''' had 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice. The group winner would qualify.
* '''Group 13''' had 3 teams. After Republic of China withdrew before the matches began, the remaining 2 teams played against each other twice. The group winner would qualify.

===Group 1===
{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 1}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|FRG}}
|4||3||1||0||12||3||+9||'''7'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|SAA}}
|4||1||1||2||4||8||−4||'''3'''
|-
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|NOR}}
|4||0||2||2||4||9||−5||'''2'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 24 June 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174505/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Norway/World_Cup/1954fwcNOR_v_SAA Report]
|score = 2–3
|team2 = {{fb|SAA}}
|goals1 = [[Gunnar Thoresen (footballer)|Thoresen]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Knut Dahlen|Dahlen]] {{goal|15}}
|goals2 = [[Herbert Binkert|Binkert]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Werner Otto (footballer)|Otto]] {{goal|30}}<br />[[Gerhard Siedl|Siedl]] {{goal|55}}
|location = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
|stadium = [[Bislett Stadion]]
|attendance = 21,000
|referee = J. Bronkhorst ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 19 August 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174542/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Norway/World_Cup/1954fwcNOR_v_DEU Report]
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1 = [[Harald Hennum|Hennum]] {{goal|41}}
|goals2 = [[Fritz Walter|F. Walter]] {{goal|44}}
|location = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
|stadium = [[Ullevaal Stadion]]
|attendance = 32,266
|referee = W. B. Aussum ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 11 October 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426175238/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Germany/World_Cup/1954fwcDEU_v_SAA Report]
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|SAA}}
|goals1 = [[Max Morlock|Morlock]] {{goal|13||50}}<br />[[Horst Schade|Schade]] {{goal|70}}
|location = [[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]]
|stadium = [[Neckarstadion]]
|attendance = 48,000
|referee = Karel van der Meer ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 8 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SAA}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172342/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Saar/World_Cup/1954fwcSAA_v_NOR Report]
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}
|location = [[Saarbrücken]], [[Saar (protectorate)|Saarland]]
|stadium = [[Ludwigspark Stadion|Ludwigsparkstadion]]
|attendance = 42,000
|referee = [[Leo Horn]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 22 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426175019/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Germany/World_Cup/1954fwcDEU_v_NOR Report]
|score = 5–1
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}
|goals1 = [[Max Morlock|Morlock]] {{goal|27||63}}<br />[[Ottmar Walter|O. Walter]] {{goal|69}}<br />[[Fritz Walter|F. Walter]] {{goal|80}}<br />[[Helmut Rahn|Rahn]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Hans Nordahl|Nordahl]] {{goal|26}}
|location = [[Hamburg]], [[West Germany]]
|stadium = [[Volksparkstadion]]
|attendance = 76,000
|referee = [[Arthur Luty]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 28 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SAA}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172841/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Saar/World_Cup/1954fwcSAA_v_DEU Report]
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1 = [[Herbert Martin|Martin]] {{goal|68|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Max Morlock|Morlock]] {{goal|36||48}}<br />[[Hans Schäfer|Schäfer]] {{goal|84}}
|location = [[Saarbrücken]], [[Saar (protectorate)|Saarland]]
|stadium = [[Ludwigspark Stadion|Ludwigsparkstadion]]
|attendance = 53,000
|referee = J. Bronkhorst ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

'''West Germany''' qualified.

===Group 2===
{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|BEL}}
|4||3||1||0||11||6||+5||'''7'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|SWE}}
|4||1||1||2||9||8||+1||'''3'''
|-
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|FIN}}
|4||0||2||2||7||13||−6||'''2'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 25 May 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FIN}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173626/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Finland/World_Cup/1954fwcFIN_v_BEL Report]
|score = 2–4
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
|goals1 = [[Kalevi Lehtovirta|Lehtovirta]] {{goal|49||75}}
|goals2 = [[Henri Coppens|Coppens]] {{goal|4||26||83}}<br />[[Léopold Anoul|Anoul]] {{goal|9}}
|location = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|stadium = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympiastadion]]
|attendance = 2,377
|referee = Helge ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
| date = 28 May 1953
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173646/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Sweden/World_Cup/1954fwcSWE_v_BEL Report]
| score = 2–3
| team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
| goals1 = [[Sylve Bengtsson|Bengtsson]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Arne Selmosson|Selmosson]] {{goal|26}}
| goals2 = [[Léopold Anoul|Anoul]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Jean-Louis Straetmans|Straetmans]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Victor Lemberechts|Lemberechts]] {{goal|40}}
| location = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| stadium = [[Råsunda Stadion]]
| attendance = 34,029
| referee = [[Jack Mowat|Mowat]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}
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{{football box
|date = 5 August 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FIN}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174817/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Finland/World_Cup/1954fwcFIN_v_SWE Report]
|score = 3–3
|team2 = {{fb|SWE}}
|goals1 = [[Kalevi Lehtovirta|Lehtovirta]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Olavi Lahtinen|Lahtinen]] {{goal|67}}<br />[[Nils Rikberg|Rikberg]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = [[Nils-Åke Sandell|Sandell]] {{goal|9||71}}<br />[[Hans Persson (footballer)|Persson]] {{goal|23}}
|location = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|stadium = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympiastadion]]
|attendance = 13,849
|referee = Baalstad ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 16 August 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172959/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Sweden/World_Cup/1954fwcSWE_v_FIN Report]
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}
|goals1 = [[Gösta Sandberg|Sandberg]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Nils-Åke Sandell|Sandell]] {{goal|24||61}}<br />[[Herbert Sandin|Sandin]] {{goal|56}}
|location = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
|stadium = [[Råsunda Stadion]]
|attendance = 27,138
|referee = Asmussen ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 23 September 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172405/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Belgium/World_Cup/1954fwcBEL_v_FIN Report]
|score = 2–2
|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}
|goals1 = [[Mathieu Bollen|Bollen]] {{goal|25||75}}
|goals2 = [[Olavi Lahtinen|Lahtinen]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Jorma Vaihela|Vaihela]] {{goal|90}}
|location = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
|stadium = [[Heysel Stadion]]
|attendance = 13,804
|referee = Baumberger ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 8 October 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174439/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Belgium/World_Cup/1954fwcBEL_v_SWE Report]
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|SWE}}
|goals1 = [[Henri Coppens|Coppens]] {{goal|23}}<br />[[Victor Mees|Mees]] {{goal|49}}
|location = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
|stadium = [[Heysel Stadion]]
|attendance = 31,563
|referee = Schipper ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

'''Belgium''' qualified. 
This was the first time Sweden failed to qualify.

===Group 3===
{{main|1953–54 British Home Championship}}

This group was also the [[1953–54 British Home Championship]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ENG}}
|3||3||0||0||11||4||+7||'''6'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|SCO}}
|3||1||1||1||8||8||0||'''3'''
|-
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|NIR}}
|3||1||0||2||4||7||−3||'''2'''
|-
|4||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|WAL|1953}}
|3||0||1||2||5||9||−4||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 3 October 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NIR}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173412/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Northern_Ireland/World_Cup/1954fwcNIR_v_SCO Report]
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
|goals1 = [[Norman Lockhart (footballer)|Lockhart]] {{goal|72|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Charlie Fleming|Fleming]] {{goal|47||69}}<br />[[Jackie Henderson|Henderson]] {{goal|89}}
|location = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
|stadium = [[Windsor Park]]
|attendance = 58,248
|referee = [[Arthur Edward Ellis]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 10 October 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|WAL|1953}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174733/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Wales/World_Cup/1954fwcWAL_v_ENG Report]
|score = 1–4
|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
|goals1 = [[Ivor Allchurch|Allchurch]] {{goal|22}}
|goals2 = [[Dennis Wilshaw|Wilshaw]] {{goal|45||49}}<br />[[Nat Lofthouse|Lofthouse]] {{goal|52||53}}
|location = [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]
|stadium = [[Ninian Park]]
|attendance = 61,000
|referee = Charles Faultless ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 4 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173317/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Scotland/World_Cup/1954fwcSCO_v_WAL Report]
|score = 3–3
|team2 = {{fb|WAL|1953}}
|goals1 = [[Allan Brown (footballer, born 1926)|Brown]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Bobby Johnstone|Johnstone]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Lawrence Reilly|Reilly]] {{goal|58}}
|goals2 = [[John Charles|Charles]] {{goal|49||88}}<br />[[Ivor Allchurch|Allchurch]] {{goal|73}}
|location = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]
|stadium = [[Hampden Park]]
|attendance = 71,413
|referee = Thomas Mitchell ([[Irish Football Association|Northern&nbsp;Ireland]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 11 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174650/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/England/World_Cup/1954fwcENG_v_NIR Report]
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|NIR}}
|goals1 = [[Harold Hassall|Hassall]] {{goal|10||60}}<br />[[Nat Lofthouse|Lofthouse]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 = [[Eddie McMorran|McMorran]] {{goal|54}}
|location = [[Liverpool]], [[England]]
|stadium = [[Goodison Park]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Robert Smith ([[Football Association of Wales|Wales]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 31 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|WAL|1953}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173736/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Wales/World_Cup/1954fwcWAL_v_NIR Report]
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|NIR}}
|goals1 = [[John Charles|Charles]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 = [[Peter McParland|McParland]] {{goal|1||52}}
|location = [[Wrexham]], [[Wales]]
|stadium = [[Racecourse Ground]]
|attendance = 32,817
|referee = Charles Faultless ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 3 April 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426175044/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Scotland/World_Cup/1954fwcSCO_v_ENG Report]
|score = 2–4
|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
|goals1 = [[Allan Brown (footballer, born 1926)|Brown]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Willie Ormond|Ormond]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Ivor Broadis|Broadis]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Johnny Nicholls|Nicholls]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Ronnie Allen|Allen]] {{goal|68}}<br />[[Jimmy Mullen (footballer, born 1923)|Mullen]] {{goal|83}}
|location = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]
|stadium = [[Hampden Park]]
|attendance = 134,544
|referee = Thomas Mitchell ([[Irish Football Association|Northern&nbsp;Ireland]])
}}

'''England''' and '''Scotland''' qualified.

===Group 4===
{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 4}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|FRA}}
|4||4||0||0||20||4||+16||'''8'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|IRL}}
|4||2||0||2||8||6||+2||'''4'''
|-
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|LUX}}
|4||0||0||4||1||19||−18||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 20 September 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172933/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Luxembourg/World_Cup/1954fwcLUX_v_FRA Report]
|score = 1–6
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 = [[Antoine Kohn|Kohn]] {{goal|6}}
|goals2 = [[Roger Piantoni|Piantoni]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[Raymond Kopa|Kopa]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Raymond Cicci|Cicci]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Léon Glovacki|Glovacki]] {{goal|44}}<br />[[Édouard Kargu|Kargu]] {{goal|73}}<br />[[Pierre Flamion|Flamion]] {{goal|88}}
|location = [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg]], [[Luxembourg]]
|stadium = [[Stade Josy Barthel|Stade Municipal]]
|referee = Dörflinger ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 4 October 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426175222/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Republic_of_Ireland/World_Cup/1954fwcIRL_v_FRA Report]
|score = 3–5
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 = [[Reg Ryan|Ryan]] {{goal|58|pen.}}<br />[[Davy Walsh|Walsh]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Frank O'Farrell|O'Farrell]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Léon Glovacki|Glovacki]] {{goal|23}}<br />[[Armand Penverne|Penverne]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Joseph Ujlaki|Ujlaki]] {{goal|50||69}}<br />[[Pierre Flamion|Flamion]] {{goal|72}}
|location = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]]
|stadium = [[Dalymount Park]]
|referee = Franken ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 28 October 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174716/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Republic_of_Ireland/World_Cup/1954fwcIRL_v_LUX Report]
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}
|goals1 = [[Arthur Fitzsimons|Fitzsimons]] {{goal|14||83}}<br />[[Reg Ryan|Ryan]] {{goal|48|pen.}}<br />[[Tommy Eglington|Eglington]] {{goal|59}}
|location = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]]
|stadium = [[Dalymount Park]]
|referee = [[Alf Bond|Bond]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 25 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173112/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/France/World_Cup/1954fwcFRA_v_IRL Report]
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
|goals1 = [[Roger Piantoni|Piantoni]] {{goal|73}}
|location = [[Paris]], [[France]]
|stadium = [[Parc des Princes]]
|referee = Van Nuffel ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 17 December 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173210/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/France/World_Cup/1954fwcFRA_v_LUX Report]
|score = 8–0
|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}
|goals1 = [[Jean Desgranges|Desgranges]] {{goal|2||88}}<br />[[Jean Vincent|Vincent]] {{goal|6||10}}<br />[[Just Fontaine|Fontaine]] {{goal|21||75||80}}<br />[[Jacques Foix|Foix]] {{goal|57}}
|location = [[Paris]], [[France]]
|stadium = [[Parc des Princes]]
|referee = Roeykens ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 7 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173245/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Luxembourg/World_Cup/1954fwcLUX_v_IRL Report]
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
|goals2 = [[George Cummins (footballer)|Cummins]] {{goal|67}}
|location = [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg]], [[Luxembourg]]
|stadium = [[Stade Josy Barthel|Stade Municipal]]
|referee = Ausum ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

'''France''' qualified.

===Group 5===
{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 5}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|AUT}}
|2||1||1||0||9||1||+8||'''3'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|POR}}
|2||0||1||1||1||9||−8||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 27 September 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174617/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Austria/World_Cup/1954fwcAUT_v_POR Report]
|score = 9–1
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Ernst Ocwirk|Ocwirk]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Erich Probst|Probst]] {{goal|14||19||31||59||70}} <br />[[Ernst Happel|Happel]] {{goal|68|pen.}}<br />[[Theodor Wagner|Wagner]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Robert Dienst|Dienst]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = [[José Águas|Águas]] {{goal|60}}
|location = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
|stadium = [[Praterstadion]]
|referee = Bauwens ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 29 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174353/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Portugal/World_Cup/1954fwcPOR_v_AUT Report]
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|location = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|stadium = [[Estádio Nacional]]
|referee = Harzic ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}

'''Austria''' qualified.

===Group 6===
{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#ffd"
|rowspan=2|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|SPA|1945}}
|2||1||0||1||4||2||+2||'''2'''
|- style="background:#ffd"
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|TUR}}
|2||1||0||1||2||4||−2||'''2'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 6 January 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SPA|1945}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174911/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Spain/World_Cup/1954fwcESP_v_TUR Report]
|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
|goals1 = [[Venancio Pérez|Venancio]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Agustín Gaínza|Gaínza]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Miguel González (footballer, born 1927)|González]] {{goal|49}}<br />[[Rafael Alsua|Alsua]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Recep Adanır|Recep]] {{goal|31}}
|location = [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
|stadium = [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]]
|referee = Vincentini ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 14 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173439/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Turkey/World_Cup/1954fwcTUR_v_ESP Report]
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|SPA|1945}}
|goals1 = [[Burhan Sargun|Burhan]] {{goal|16}}
|location = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
|stadium = [[BJK İnönü Stadium|Mithat Paşa Stadium]]
|referee = Schmetzer ([[German Football Association|West Germany]])
}}

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

{{football box
|date = 17 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173533/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Turkey/World_Cup/1954fwcTUR_v_ESP_2 Report]
|score = 2–2
|aet = yes
|team2 = {{fb|SPA|1945}}
|goals1 = [[Burhan Sargun|Burhan]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Suat Mamat|Suat]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = [[José Luis Artetxe|Artetxe]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Adrián Escudero|Escudero]] {{goal|78}}
|location = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|stadium = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|referee = Bernardi ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}

Luigi Franco Gemma, a 14-year-old Italian boy whose father worked at the stadium, picked Turkey's name from the lots with his eyes blindfolded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Play-off history provides no clues for Spain|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2005/m=10/news=play-off-history-provides-clues-for-spain-37037.html|date=20 Oct 2005|publisher=FIFA|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021005325/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2005/m=10/news=play-off-history-provides-clues-for-spain-37037.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rogers|first1=Iain|title=Don't mention the draw!|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/03/27/dont-mention-the-draw/|work=Reuters|date=27 March 2009|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115052022/http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/03/27/dont-mention-the-draw/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Therefore, '''Turkey''' qualified. This is the first time Spain failed to qualify.

Since the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]] finals, goal difference has been used as a tiebreaker for future qualifying rounds. Had those rules been in place, Spain would have qualified, and Turkey would have been eliminated. This was the only time winner of aggregate score failed to qualify.

===Group 7===

Since FIFA rejected the entry of {{fb|ISL}} and {{fb|POL|1928}} withdrew, the Group was scratched and '''Hungary''' qualified automatically.

===Group 8===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|TCH}}
|4||3||1||0||5||1||+4||'''7'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ROU|1952}}
|4||2||0||2||5||5||0||'''4'''
|-
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|BUL|1948}}
|4||0||1||3||3||7||−4||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 14 June 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174847/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Czech_Republic/World_Cup/1954fwcCZE_v_ROM Report]
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1952}}
|goals1 = [[Emil Pažický|Pažický]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[František Vlk|Vlk]] {{goal|63}}
|location = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
|stadium = [[Strahov Stadium]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = Pósa ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 28 June 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU|1952}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173033/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Romania/World_Cup/1954fwcROM_v_BGR Report]
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|goals1 = [[József Pecsovszky|Pecsovszky]] {{goal|20||30}}<br />[[Alexandru Ene|Ene]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Dobromir Tashkov|Tashkov]] {{goal|53}}
|location = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
|stadium = [[Stadionul Național (1953)|23 August Stadium]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = Schulz ([[German Football Association of the GDR|East Germany]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 6 September 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1948}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172807/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Bulgaria/World_Cup/1954fwcBGR_v_CZE Report]
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|TCH}}
|goals1 = [[Stefan Bozhkov|Bozhkov]] {{goal|55|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[František Vlk|Vlk]] {{goal|5||40}}
|location = [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]
|stadium = [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Aleksandrowicz ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 11 October 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1948}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174325/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Bulgaria/World_Cup/1954fwcBGR_v_ROM Report]
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1952}}
|goals1 = [[Ivan Kolev (footballer, born 1930)|Kolev]] {{goal|28}}
|goals2 = [[Gavril Serfözö|Serfözö]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Valeriu Călinoiu|Călinoiu]] {{goal|52}}
|location = [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]
|stadium = [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Dorogi ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 25 October 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU|1952}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426175141/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Romania/World_Cup/1954fwcROM_v_CZE Report]
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|TCH}}
|goals2 = [[František Šafránek|Šafránek]] {{goal|38|pen.}}
|location = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
|stadium = 23 August
|attendance = 90,000
|referee = Schulz ([[German Football Association of the GDR|East Germany]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 8 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172909/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Czech_Republic/World_Cup/1954fwcCZE_v_BGR Report]
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|location = [[Bratislava]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
|stadium = [[Tehelné pole (1939)|Tehelne Pole]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Chkhatarashvili ([[Football Federation of USSR|Soviet Union]])
}}

'''Czechoslovakia''' qualified. This was the first time Romania failed to qualify.

===Group 9===
{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 9}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ITA}}
|2||2||0||0||7||2||+5||'''4'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|EGY|1922}}
|2||0||0||2||2||7||−5||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 13 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1922}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|ITA}}
|goals1 = [[Ad-Diba]] {{goal|33}}
|goals2 = [[Amleto Frignani|Frignani]] {{goal|62}}<br />[[Ermes Muccinelli|Muccinelli]] {{goal|79}}
|location = [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
|stadium = [[Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium|Al Ahly Stadium]]
|attendance = {{formatnum:22000}}
|referee = Steiner ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 24 January 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score = 5–1
|team2 = {{fb|EGY|1922}}
|goals1 = [[Egisto Pandolfini|Pandolfini]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Amleto Frignani|Frignani]] {{goal|62}}<br />[[Giampiero Boniperti|Boniperti]] {{goal|65||86}}<br />[[Eduardo Ricagni|Ricagni]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = [[Alaa El-Hamouly|El-Hamouly]] {{goal|32}}
|location = [[Milan]], [[Italy]]
|stadium = [[San Siro|Milan Municipality Stadium]]
|attendance = {{formatnum:40000}}
|referee = [[Leo Horn|Horn]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

'''Italy''' qualified.

===Group 10===
{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 10}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|YUG}}
|4||4||0||0||4||0||+4||'''8'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|GRE|old}}
|4||2||0||2||3||2||+1||'''4'''
|-
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ISR}}
|4||0||0||4||0||5||−5||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 9 May 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426175737/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Yugoslavia/World_Cup/1954fwcGRC_v_YUG Report]
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|GRE|old}}
|goals1 = [[Frane Matošić|Matošić]] {{goal|71}}
|location = [[Belgrade]], [[Yugoslavia]]
|stadium = [[Partizan Stadium|Stadion JNA]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = Steiner ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 1 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GRE|old}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172744/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Greece/World_Cup/1954fwcGRC_v_ISR Report]
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|ISR}}
|goals1 = [[Thanasis Bembis|Bembis]] {{goal|52}}
|location = [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|stadium = [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]]
|attendance = 22,000
|referee = Massai ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 8 November 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174945/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Yugoslavia/World_Cup/1954fwcISR_v_YUG Report]
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|ISR}}
|goals1 = [[Miloš Milutinović|Milutinović]] {{goal|3}}
|location = [[Skopje]], [[Yugoslavia]]
|stadium = [[Toše Proeski Arena|Stadion Gradski Park]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = Alsteen ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 8 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ISR}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173711/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Israel/World_Cup/1954fwcISR_v_GRC Report]
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fb|GRE|old}}
|goals2 = [[Dimitris Kokkinakis|Kokkinakis]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Georgios Kamaras|Kamaras]] {{goal|83}}
|location = [[Ramat Gan]], [[Israel]]
|stadium = [[Ramat Gan Stadium]]
|attendance = 35,000
|referee = Buchmüller ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 21 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ISR}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172313/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Israel/World_Cup/1954fwcYUG_v_ISR Report]
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals2 = [[Branko Zebec|Zebec]] {{goal|80}}
|location = [[Ramat Gan]], [[Israel]]
|stadium = [[Ramat Gan Stadium]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = [[Reg Leafe|Leafe]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 28 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GRE|old}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173605/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Greece/World_Cup/1954fwcYUG_v_GRC Report]
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals2 = [[Todor Veselinović|Veselinović]] {{goal|50}}
|location = [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|stadium = [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = Rufli ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}

'''Yugoslavia''' qualified.

===Group 11===

FIFA rejected the entry of {{fb|BOL|civil}}.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|BRA|1889}}
|4||4||0||0||8||1||+7||'''8'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|PAR|1842}}
|4||2||0||2||8||6||+2||'''4'''
|-
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|CHI}}
|4||0||0||4||1||10||−9||'''0'''
|-
|—||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|PER|civil}}
|colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|-
|}

{{football box
|date = 14 February 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1842}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Manuel Lugo|Lugo]] {{goal|30}}<br />[[José Parodi|J. Parodi]] {{goal|52}}<br />[[Ireneo Hermosilla|Hermosilla]] {{goal|70}}<br />[[Silvio Parodi|S. Parodi]] {{goal|79}}
|location = [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]]
|referee = Steiner ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 21 February 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1842}}
|goals1 = [[Ted Robledo|Robledo]] {{goal|16}}
|goals2 = [[Manuel Lugo|Lugo]] {{goal|17||63}}<br />[[José Parodi|J. Parodi]] {{goal|84}}
|location = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]
|referee = Vincentini ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 28 February 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fb|BRA|1889}}
|goals2 = [[Baltazar (footballer, born 1926)|Baltazar]] {{goal|38||63}}
|location = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]
|referee = Vincentini ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 7 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1842}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|BRA|1889}}
|goals2 = [[Baltazar (footballer, born 1926)|Baltazar]] {{goal|52}}
|location = [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]]
|referee = Steiner ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 14 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Baltazar (footballer, born 1926)|Baltazar]] {{goal|35}}
|location = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|referee = Steiner ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 21 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1842}}
|goals1 = [[Júlio Botelho|Botelho]] {{goal|60||85}}<br />[[Baltazar (footballer, born 1926)|Baltazar]] {{goal|62}}<br />[[Maurinho (footballer, born 1933)|Maurinho]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] {{goal|75}}
|location = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|referee = Vincentini ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}

'''Brazil''' qualified. This was the first time they had to play qualifying matches.

===Group 12===

FIFA rejected the entries of {{fb|CRC}} and {{fb|CUB}}.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|MEX|1934}}
|4||4||0||0||19||1||+18||'''8'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|USA|1912}}
|4||2||0||2||7||9||−2||'''4'''
|-
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|HAI|civil}}
|4||0||0||4||2||18||−16||'''0'''
|- 
|}

{{football box
|date = 19 July 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}}
|score = 8–0
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|civil}}
|goals1 = [[Tomás Balcázar|Balcázar]] {{goal|23||26||76}}<br />[[Gregorio Gómez|Gómez]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Nicolás Tellez|Tellez]] {{goal|34}}<br />[[Pedro Arnauda|Arnauda]] {{goal|38||69||85}}
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = Crawford ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 27 December 1953
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|civil}}
|score = 0–4
|team2 = {{fb|MEX|1934}}
|goals2 = [[Rafael Ávalos|Ávalos]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[José Luis Lamadrid|Lamadrid]] {{goal|15||59}}<br />[[Tomás Balcázar|Balcázar]] {{goal|65}}
|location = [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]
|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands&nbsp;Antilles]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 10 January 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}}
|goals1 = [[Tomás Balcázar|Balcázar]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[William Scheppel|Scheppel]] {{goal|16|o.g.}}<br />[[José Luis Lamadrid|Lamadrid]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[José Naranjo (footballer, born 1926)|Naranjo]] {{goal|63}}
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = Sunderland ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 14 January 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}}
|goals1 = [[Alfredo Torres|A. Torres]] {{goal|60||89}}<br />[[José Luis Lamadrid|Lamadrid]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Bill Looby|Looby]] {{goal|6}}
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = Best ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 3 April 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|civil}}
|score = 2–3
|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}}
|goals1 = [[Gerard Ellie|Ellie]] {{goal|60|pen.|||89}}
|goals2 = [[Cornelius Casey|Casey]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Efrain Chacurian|Chacurian]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Bill Looby|Looby]] {{goal|83}}
|location = [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]
|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands&nbsp;Antilles]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 4 April 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|civil}}
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}}
|goals2 = [[Bill Looby|Looby]] {{goal|22||65}}<br />[[Ruben Mendoza|Mendoza]] {{goal|31}}
|location = [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]
|referee = Van Rosberg ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands&nbsp;Antilles]])
}}

'''Mexico ''' qualified.

===Group 13===
{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 13}}

FIFA rejected the entries of {{fb|IND}} and {{Fb|State of Vietnam|name=Vietnam}}.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=165|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|KOR|1949}}
|2||1||1||0||7||3||+4||'''3'''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|JPN|1870}}
|2||0||1||1||3||7||−4||'''1'''
|-
|||style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ROC}}
|colspan="8"|''Withdrew''
|-
|}

{{football box
|date = 7 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}
|score = 1–5
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1949}}
|goals1 = [[Ken Naganuma|Naganuma]] {{goal|16}}
|goals2 = [[Chung Nam-sik]] {{goal|22||83}}<br />[[Choi Kwang-suk]] {{goal|34}}<br />[[Choi Chung-min]] {{goal|68||87}}
|location = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|stadium = [[Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = Haran ([[The Hong Kong Football Association|Hong&nbsp;Kong]])
}}
---- 
{{football box
|date = 14 March 1954
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score = 2–2
|team2 = {{fb|JPN|1870}}
|goals1 = [[Chung Nam-sik]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Choi Chung-min]] {{goal|43}}
|goals2 = [[Toshio Iwatani|Iwatani]] {{goal|17||61}}
|location = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|stadium = [[Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium]]
|attendance = 13,000
|referee = Haran ([[The Hong Kong Football Association|Hong&nbsp;Kong]])
}}

'''South Korea''' qualified.

==Qualified teams==
[[File:Qualification for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.png|thumb|500px|FIFA World Cup qualification 1954]]
[[File:1954 world cup.png|thumb|500px|Qualifying countries]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=120|Date of qualification
!width=80|Finals appearance
!width=50|Streak
!width=80|Last appearance
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|AUT}}
|29 November 1953
|3rd||1||[[1934 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|BEL}}
|8 October 1953 
|4th||1||[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|BRA|1889}}
|21 March 1954 
|5th||5||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|TCH}}
|25 October 1953 
|3rd||1||[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ENG}}
|11 November 1953
|2nd||2||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|FRA}}
|25 November 1953
|4th||1||[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|HUN|1949}} (w)
|
|3rd||1||[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ITA}}
|24 January 1954
|4th||4||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|KOR|1949}}
|14 March 1954
|1st||1||—
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|MEX|1934}}
|14 January 1954
|3rd||2||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|SCO}}
|31 March 1954
|1st||1||—
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|SUI}} (h)
|22 July 1946
|4th||4||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|TUR}}
|17 March 1954
|1st||1||—
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|URU}} (c)
|16 July 1950
|3rd||2||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|FRG}}
|28 March 1954
|3rd||1||[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|YUG}}
|28 March 1954
|3rd||2||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|}

(h) – qualified automatically as hosts

(c) – qualified automatically as defending champions

(w) – qualified automatically because Poland withdrew

==Goalscorers==

;6 goals
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Max Morlock]]
{{div col end}}

;5 goals
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Erich Probst]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Baltazar (footballer, born 1926)|Baltazar]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Tomás Balcázar]]
{{div col end}}

;4 goals
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Henri Coppens]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[José Luis Lamadrid]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nils-Åke Sandell]]
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Bill Looby]]
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[František Vlk]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nat Lofthouse]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kalevi Lehtovirta]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Just Fontaine]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Pedro Arnauda]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1842}} [[Manuel Lugo]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Choi Chung-min]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Chung Nam-sik]]
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[John Charles]]
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Léopold Anoul]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Mathieu Bollen]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Júlio Botelho]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Harold Hassall]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dennis Wilshaw]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Olavi Lahtinen]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Desgranges]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Flamion]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Léon Glovacki]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Roger Piantoni]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Joseph Ujlaki]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Vincent]]
*{{flagicon|HAI|civil}} [[Gerard Ellie]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Arthur Fitzsimons]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Reg Ryan]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giampiero Boniperti]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Amleto Frignani]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Toshio Iwatani]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Alfredo Torres]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Peter McParland]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1842}} [[José Parodi]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[József Pecsovszky]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Allan Brown (footballer, born 1926)|Allan Brown]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Charlie Fleming]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Burhan Sargın]]
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Ivor Allchurch]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Fritz Walter]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Robert Dienst]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ernst Happel]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ernst Ocwirk]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Theodor Wagner]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Victor Lemberechts]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Victor Mees]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jean-Louis Straetmans]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Maurinho (footballer, born 1933)|Maurinho]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Stefan Bozhkov]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Ivan Kolev (footballer, born 1930)|Ivan Kolev]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Dobromir Tashkov]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Ted Robledo]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Emil Pažický]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[František Šafránek]]
*{{flagicon|EGY|1922}} [[Ad-Diba]]
*{{flagicon|EGY|1922}} [[Alaa El-Hamouly]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie Allen]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ivor Broadis]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy Mullen (footballer, born 1923)|Jimmy Mullen]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Johnny Nicholls]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Nils Rikberg]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jorma Vaihela]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raymond Cicci]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jacques Foix]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Édouard Kargu]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raymond Kopa]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Armand Penverne]]
*{{flagicon|GRE|old}} [[Thanasis Bembis]]
*{{flagicon|GRE|old}} [[Georgios Kamaras]]
*{{flagicon|GRE|old}} [[Dimitris Kokkinakis]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[George Cummins (footballer)|George Cummins]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Tommy Eglington]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Frank O'Farrell]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Davy Walsh]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ermes Muccinelli]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Egisto Pandolfini]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Eduardo Ricagni]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Ken Naganuma]]
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Antoine Kohn]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Rafael Ávalos]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Gregorio Gómez]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[José Naranjo (footballer, born 1926)|José Naranjo]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Nicolás Tellez]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Norman Lockhart (footballer)|Norman Lockhart]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Eddie McMorran]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Knut Dahlen]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Harald Hennum]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Hans Nordahl]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Gunnar Thoresen (footballer)|Gunnar Thoresen]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1842}} [[Ireneo Hermosilla]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1842}} [[Eulogio Martínez]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1842}} [[Silvio Parodi]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Águas]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Valeriu Călinoiu]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Alexandru Ene]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Gavril Serfözö]]
*{{flagicon|SAA}} [[Herbert Binkert]]
*{{flagicon|SAA}} [[Herbert Martin]]
*{{flagicon|SAA}} [[Werner Otto (footballer)|Werner Otto]]
*{{flagicon|SAA}} [[Gerhard Siedl]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jackie Henderson]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bobby Johnstone]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Willie Ormond]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Lawrence Reilly]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Choi Kwang-suk]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Rafael Alsua]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[José Artetxe]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Adrián Escudero]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Agustín Gaínza]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Miguel González (Spanish footballer)|Miguel González]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Venancio García]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Berndtsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hans Persson (footballer)|Hans Persson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gösta Sandberg]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Herbert Sandin]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Arne Selmosson]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Recep Adanır]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Suat Mamat]]
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Cornelius Casey]]
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Efrain Chacurian]]
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ruben Mendoza]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Helmut Rahn]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Horst Schade]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hans Schäfer]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ottmar Walter]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Frane Matošić]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Miloš Milutinović]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Todor Veselinović]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Branko Zebec]]
{{div col end}}

;1 own goal
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[William Scheppel]] (playing against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]])
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
* Turkey qualified via the drawing of lots, after they and Spain finished level on points in Group 6 and a drawn play-off match in Rome.
* For the first time, qualification matches were actually played in South America; in the four previous World Cups, the South American teams qualified automatically due to withdrawals (in the case of [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]) or through the [[Copa América|South American Football Championship]] (for the [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]] and [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] tournaments), while there was no qualifying process in [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]. [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] did not take part in the qualification process.
* As the French-occupied [[Saar (protectorate)|Saarland protectorate]] did not become part of Germany until 1957, the [[Saarland national football team|Saarland national team]] entered their only World Cup competition and actually had to play Germany in the qualifiers.
*The entries of [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]], [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], [[Cuba national football team|Cuba]], [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]], [[India national football team|India]] and [[South Vietnam national football team|South Vietnam]] were rejected by FIFA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-fwc_preliminaryhistory%28byyear%29_36285.pdf#page=10|title=History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)|publisher=FIFA|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-date=9 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709172018/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-fwc_preliminaryhistory%28byyear%29_36285.pdf#page=10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* After being banned from the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 tournament]] following the [[Second World War]], [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and [[Japan national football team|Japan]] were both allowed to play again. West Germany qualified and became champions after defeating [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] with a score of 3–2 in the final that became known as the [[1954 FIFA World Cup Final|Miracle of Bern]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/switzerland1954/preliminaries/index.html FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1954 World Cup Qualification] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001162821/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/switzerland1954/preliminaries/index.html |date=2014-10-01 }}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/54q.html RSSSF – 1954 World Cup Qualification]

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