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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification
| year           = 
| alt            =
| caption        =
| dates          = 30 September 1956 – 5 February 1958
| num_teams      = 55
| confederations = 6
| matches        = 89
| goals          = 341
| attendance     = 
| top_scorer     = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Taylor]] (8 goals)
| prevseason     = [[1954 FIFA World Cup qualification|1954]]
| nextseason     = [[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification|1962]]
}}
A total of 55 teams entered the '''[[1958 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification]]''' rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] as the hosts and [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

==Qualification Process==
The qualification rounds for the four previous World Cups differed widely, with controversial rules and many withdrawals. From this tournament onwards, [[FIFA]] divided the teams into several continental zones, assigned a pre-determined number of places in the final tournament to each zone, and delegated the organisation of the qualifying tournaments to its confederations: [[UEFA]] of Europe, [[CONMEBOL]] of South America, [[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]] of North America, [[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]] of Central America and Caribbean, [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] of Africa and [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] of Asia (and [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] of Oceania after it was formed later).

The 16 spots available in the 1958 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
*Europe ([[UEFA]]): ''11 places'', 2 of them went to automatic qualifiers [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] and [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], while the other 9 places were contested by 27 teams.
*South America ([[CONMEBOL]]): ''3 places'', contested by 9 teams.
*North, Central America and Caribbean ([[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]]/[[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]]): ''1 place'', contested by 6 teams.
*Africa ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]) and Asia ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]): ''1 place'', contested by 11 teams (including [[Israel national football team|Israel]], [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]] and [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]).
However, FIFA also imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match because many teams qualified for previous World Cups without playing due to withdrawals of their opponents. Because [[Israel national football team|Israel]]  won the African and Asian zone under this circumstance, FIFA required them to enter a play-off against a team from Europe who initially did not qualify, with the winner of this play-off qualifying. Therefore, effectively in the end, a total of ''11.5 places'' were granted to Europe while only ''0.5 places'' were granted to Africa and Asia.

A total of 46 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 89 qualifying matches were played, and 341 goals were scored (an average of 3.83 per match).

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

==Confederation qualification==

===AFC and CAF===
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)}}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Group 1
!align="center"|Group 2
!align="center"|Group 3
!align="center"|Group 4
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 3|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Group 4|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Second round
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Second Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Third round
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)|transcludesection=Third Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

===CCCF and NAFC===
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)}}

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 each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round. The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the winner qualifying for the final tournament.

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Group 1
!align="center"|Group 2
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|Final Round
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Final Round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}
===CONMEBOL===
{{main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)}}

The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 1)|Group 1]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)|Group 2]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 3)|Group 3]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 1)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 3)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

===UEFA===
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}}

The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Denmark, East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union made their debuts in World Cup qualification.

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 1)|Group 1]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 2)|Group 2]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 3)|Group 3]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 1)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 2)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 3)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 4)|Group 4]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 5)|Group 5]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 6)|Group 6]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 4)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 5)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 6)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 7)|Group 7]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 8)|Group 8]]
!align="center"|[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 9)|Group 9]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 7)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 8)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 9)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

==Inter-confederation play-offs: AFC/CAF v UEFA==
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off)}}

A special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA/CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Groups, where the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. Two-time champions Uruguay withdrew, while Northern Ireland and Italy had one final match yet to play, so all three were left out. Belgium, Bulgaria, Wales, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Peru, Bolivia and Costa Rica were left to draw. After [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] refused, [[Wales national football team|Wales]], the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Doyle|first1=Paul|title=The Joy of Six: international football play-offs|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/13/the-joy-of-six-international-play-offs|access-date=13 November 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

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==Qualified teams==
[[File:1958 world cup.png|thumb|500px|Qualifying countries]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=260|Team
!width=120|Date of qualification
!width=80|Finals appearance
!width=50|Streak
!width=80|Last appearance
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ARG}}
||27 October 1957||3rd||1||[[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|AUT}}
|29 September 1957||3rd||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BRA|1889}}
|21 April 1957||6th||6||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TCH}}
|27 October 1957||4th||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ENG}}
|19 May 1957||3rd||3||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRA|1794}}
|27 October 1957||5th||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HUN}}
|10 November 1957||4th||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MEX|1934}}
|27 October 1957||4th||3||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NIR}}
|15 January 1958||1st||1||—
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|PAR|1954}}
|14 July 1957||3rd||1||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SCO}}
|6 November 1957||2nd||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SWE}} (hosts)
|23 June 1950||4th||1||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|URS|1955}}
|24 November 1957||1st||1||—
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|WAL|1953}}
|5 February 1958||1st||1||—
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRG}} (defending champions)
|4 July 1954||4th||2||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|YUG}}
|17 November 1957||4th||3||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|}

==Goalscorers==

;8 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Taylor]]
{{div col end}}

;7 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Thadée Cisowski]]
{{div col end}}

;5 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Crescencio Gutiérrez]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jackie Mudie]]
{{div col end}}

;4 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Paul Vandenberg]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tadeusz Kraus]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Atyeo]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Machos]]
*{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Rusli Ramang]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jankowski]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Nikita Simonyan]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Ladislao Kubala]]
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Omar Oreste Corbatta]]
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Norberto Menéndez]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Gerhard Hanappi]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Maurice Willems]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Máximo Alcócer]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [[Hristo Iliev (footballer)|Hristo Iliev]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jorge Hernán Monge]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Rodolfo Herrera González]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Álvaro Murillo]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Jean Vincent]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Dermot Curtis]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Alfredo Hernández (footballer, born 1935)|Alfredo Hernández]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Héctor Hernández (footballer, born 1935)|Héctor Hernández]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Salvador Reyes Monteón]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Abe Lenstra]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Noud van Melis]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Jimmy McIlroy]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Juan Bautista Agüero]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Florencio Amarilla]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Anatoli Ilyin]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Eduard Streltsov]]
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Des Palmer]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Muhamed Mujić]]
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Roberto Zárate]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hans Buzek]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Theodor Wagner]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Henri Coppens]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Victor Mees]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Richard Orlans]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [[Georgi Dimitrov (footballer, born 1931)|Georgi Dimitrov]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [[Panayot Panayotov (footballer)|Panayot Panayotov]]
*{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} [[Art Hughes (Canadian soccer)|Art Hughes]]
*{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} [[Brian Philley]]
*{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} [[Gogie Stewart]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jaime Ramírez (footballer, born 1931)|Jaime Ramírez]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Mario Cordero]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Danilo Montero Campos]]
*{{flagicon|Territory of Curaçao}} [[Wilfred de Lanoy]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ove Bech Nielsen]]
*{{flagicon|GDR|1949}} [[Günther Wirth]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Duncan Edwards]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Célestin Oliver]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Roger Piantoni]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Joseph Ujlaki]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Francisco López Contreras]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Lajos Csordás]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Nándor Hidegkuti]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Ríkharður Jónsson]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Þórður Jónsson (footballer, born 1934)|Þórður Jónsson]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Þórður Þórðarson (footballer, born 1930)|Þórður Þórðarson]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Guido Gratton]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Carlos González (footballer, born 1935)|Carlos González]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Héctor Hernández (footballer, born 1935)|Héctor Hernández]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Ligorio López]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Enrique Sesma]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Cor van der Gijp]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Harald Hennum]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Ángel Jara Saguier]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Enrique Jara Saguier]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Lucjan Brychczy]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gerard Cieślik]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel Vasques]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Alexandru Ene]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Anatoli Isayev]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Igor Netto]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Estanislao Basora]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo di Stéfano]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Luis Suárez Miramontes]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Josef Hügi]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Vonlanthen]]
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ed Murphy (soccer)|Ed Murphy]]
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Ivor Allchurch]]
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer)|Cliff Jones]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Miloš Milutinović]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Norberto Conde]]
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Eliseo Prado]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Robert Dienst]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Walter Haummer]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Karl Koller (footballer)|Karl Koller]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ernst Kozlicek]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Helmut Senekowitsch]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Karl Stotz]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Otto Walzhofer]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[André Van Herpe]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Denis Houf]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[André Piters]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Ricardo Alcón]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Ausberto García]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Índio (footballer, born 1931)|Índio]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [[Spiro Debarski]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [[Todor Diev]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [[Ivan Petkov Kolev]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [[Krum Yanev]]
*{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} [[Norm McLeod (soccer)|Norm McLeod]]
*{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} [[Ostap Steckiw]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Guillermo Díaz (footballer, born 1930)|Guillermo Díaz]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Nian Weisi]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Fucheng]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Lu (footballer)|Wang Lu]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Honggen]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Arango]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Ricardo Díaz (footballer)|Ricardo Díaz]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Jaime Gutiérrez]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Juan Soto Quiros]]
*{{flagicon|Territory of Curaçao}} [[Edgard Meulens]]
*{{flagicon|Territory of Curaçao}} [[Hubert Sambo]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Vlastimil Bubník]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Pavol Molnár]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Anton Moravčík]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Ladislav Novák]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aage Rou Jensen]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Jensen (footballer, born 1937)|John Jensen]]
*{{flagicon|GDR|1949}} [[Manfred Kaiser]]
*{{flagicon|GDR|1949}} [[Helmut Müller]]
*{{flagicon|GDR|1949}} [[Willy Tröger]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Johnny Haynes]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Olavi Lahtinen]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Mauri Vanhanen]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Said Brahimi]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[René Dereuddre]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Maryan Wisnieski]]
*{{flagicon|GRE|old}} [[Kostas Nestoridis]]
*{{flagicon|GRE|old}} [[Vaggelis Panakis]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Augusto Espinoza]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Jorge Vickers]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Bozsik]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Károly Sándor]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Lajos Tichy]]
*{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Eddang Witarsa]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[George Cummins (footballer)|George Cummins]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Johnny Gavin (footballer)|Johnny Gavin]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Alf Ringstead]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sergio Cervato]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Dino da Costa]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gino Pivatelli]]
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Jean-Pierre Fiedler]]
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Johnny Halsdorf]]
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Léon Letsch]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Jaime Belmonte]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Toon Brusselers]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Coen Dillen]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Kees Rijvers]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Servaas Wilkes]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Billy Bingham]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Tommy Casey]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Wilbur Cush]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Billy Simpson (footballer, born 1929)|Billy Simpson]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kjell Kristiansen]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Óscar Aguilera]]
*{{flagicon|PER}} [[Alberto Terry]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ginter Gawlik]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Matateu]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[António Dias Teixeira]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Cornel Cacoveanu]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Titus Ozon]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Iosif Petschovsky]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} [[Nicolae Tătaru]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hewie]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tommy Ring]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Archie Robertson (footballer)|Archie Robertson]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Scott (footballer, born 1937)|Alex Scott]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gordon Smith (footballer, born 1924)|Gordon Smith]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Genrich Fedosov]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Valentin Kozmich Ivanov]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Boris Tatushin]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Yuri Voinov]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Miguel González (Spanish footballer)|Miguel González]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Enrique Mateos]]
*{{flagicon|SDN|1956}} [[Suleiman Faris]]
*{{flagicon|SDN|1956}} [[Siddiq Manzul]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Robert Ballaman]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Ferdinando Riva]]
*{{flagicon|SYR|1932}} [[Jabra Al-Zarqa]]
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Harry Keough]]
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ruben Mendoza]]
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[James Murphy (soccer, born 1936)|James Murphy]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Javier Ambrois]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Eladio Benítez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[William Martínez (footballer)|William Martínez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Óscar Míguez]]
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Dave Bowen]]
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Mel Charles]]
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Roy Vernon]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dobrosav Krstić]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Aleksandar Petaković]]
{{div col end}}

;1 own goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Edgar Falch]] (playing against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]])
*{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Ray Daniel (Welsh footballer)|Ray Daniel]] (playing against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]])
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
*Wales is the only team to ever qualify after having been eliminated and then reinstated. Their qualification meant that all four [[Home Nations]] qualified (the only time in history), and that no team from the separate African and Asian zone qualified. This remained Wales' only appearance in the finals until 2022, when they qualified through the European zone for the first time.
*Two-time former champions Uruguay, who in their three previous appearances had always benefited from direct qualifications or withdrawals, now failed in what was the first time they actually had to play qualifying games.
*Italy were eliminated in qualifying for the first time.

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409155257/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/sweden1958/groups/preliminaries/index.html FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1958 World Cup Qualification]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/58q.html RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification]

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