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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
| year           = 
| alt            =
| caption        =
| dates          = 21 August 1960 – 16 December 1961
| num_teams      = 56
| confederations = 6
| matches        = 92
| goals          = 325
| attendance     = 
| top_scorer     = {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Andrej Kvašňák]]<br />(7 goals)
| prevseason     = [[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification|1958]]
| nextseason     = [[1966 FIFA World Cup qualification|1966]]
}}
A total of 56 teams entered the '''[[1962 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification]]''' rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. [[Chile national football team|Chile]], as the hosts, and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds varied by confederation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf |title=History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) |date=2010-06-10 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=2022-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602004441/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-02}}</ref> The winners of the four weakest continental zones: North America ([[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]]), Central America and Caribbean ([[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]]), Africa ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]) and Asia ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]), were not guaranteed direct spots in the final tournament. Instead, they entered a play-off against a team from either Europe ([[UEFA]]) or South America ([[CONMEBOL]]), with the winners of the three play-offs qualifying.

==Format==
The 16 spots available in the 1962 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
*Europe ([[UEFA]]): ''8 direct places + 2 spots in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against teams from CAF and AFC), contested by 30 teams (including [[Israel national football team|Israel]] and [[Ethiopia national football team|Ethiopia]]).
*South America ([[CONMEBOL]]): ''5 direct places + 1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against a team from CCCF/NAFC); 2 direct places went to automatic qualifiers Chile and Brazil, while the other 3.5 places were contested by 7 teams.
*North, Central America and Caribbean ([[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]]/[[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]]): ''1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against a team from CONMEBOL), contested by 8 teams.
*Africa ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]): ''1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against a team from UEFA), contested by 6 teams.
*Asia ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]): ''1 spot in the Intercontinental Play-offs'' (against a team from UEFA), contested by 3 teams.

A total of 49 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 92 qualifying matches were played, and 325 goals were scored (an average of 3.53 per match).

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

==Confederation qualification==

===AFC===
{{main|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)}}

There would be only one round of play. The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}

===CAF===
{{main|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)}}

There would be two rounds of play:
*'''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.
*'''Final 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====
{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)#Group 1|Group 1]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)#Group 2|Group 2]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)#Group 3|Group 3]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|[[Sudan national football team|Sudan]] and the [[Egypt national football team|United Arab Republic]] both withdrew; the Group was scratched.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf |title=History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) |date=2010-06-10 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=2022-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602004441/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-02 |quote=Sudan and Egypt tried to rearrange their qualifying games to avoid the monsoon season. FIFA did not permit this, however, and both teams withdrew.}}</ref>
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|transcludesection=Group 3|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

====Second round====
{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)#Second round|Second round]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|transcludesection=Second round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

===CCCF and NAFC===
{{main|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)}}

There would be two rounds of play:

*'''First Round''': The remaining 7 teams ([[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] withdrew before the matches began) were divided into 3 groups of 2 or 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from [[Northern America]] and [[Mexico]], Group 2 with teams from [[Central America]] and Group 3 with teams from [[Caribbean]]). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
*'''Final Round''': The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the CONMEBOL/CCCF/NAFC Intercontinental Play-off.

====First round====
{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)#Group 1|Group 1]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)#Group 2|Group 2]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)#Group 3|Group 3]]
|-valign=top
|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Group 3|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|-valign=top
|}

====Second round====
{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)#Second round|Second round]]
|-valign=top
|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)|transcludesection=Second round|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|}

===CONMEBOL===
{{Main|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)}}
Among the 7 teams, [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] were drawn to play in the [[#CONMEBOL / CCCF / NAFC Intercontinental Play-off|CONMEBOL / CCCF / NAFC Intercontinental Play-off]]. The remaining 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 qualify.

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Group 1|Group 1]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Group 2|Group 2]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Group 3|Group 3]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|transcludesection=Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|transcludesection=Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|transcludesection=Group 3|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|-valign=top
|}

===UEFA===
{{Main|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}}

The 30 teams were divided into 10 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows:
*'''Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8''' had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
*'''Group 7''' had 5 teams. The teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
*'''Group 9''' had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / CAF Intercontinental Play-off. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.
*'''Group 10''' had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off. If the top two teams finished on level points, then a play-off at a neutral ground determined the final qualifier.

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|Group 1]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|Group 2]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|Group 3]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|Group 4]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|Group 5]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|Group 6]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8|Group 8]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9|Group 9]]
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 10|Group 10]]
|-valign=top
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|align="left"|{{:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 10|only_pld_pts=y|show_matches=n}}
|-valign=top
|}

{|
|-valign=top
!align="center"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7|Group 7]]
|-valign=top
|{{#section:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7|Bracket}}
|}

==Inter-confederation play-offs==
{{main article|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)}}

In each play-off, the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

===CAF v UEFA===
{{main article|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF–UEFA play-off)}}
{{#lst:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff1}}

===UEFA v AFC===
{{main article|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)}}
{{#lst:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff2}}

===CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL===
{{main article|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off)}}
{{#lst:1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff3}}

==Qualified teams==
[[File:Qualification for the 1962 FIFA World Cup.png|thumb|500px|FIFA World Cup qualification 1962]]
[[File:1962 world cup.png|thumb|500px|Qualifying countries]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=180|Team
!width=120|Date of qualification
!width=80|Finals appearance
!width=50|Streak
!width=80|Last appearance
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|ARG}}
|17 December 1960||4th||2||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|BRA|1960}} (defending champions)
|29 June 1958||7th||7||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|BUL|1946}}
|16 December 1961||1st||1||—
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|CHI}} (hosts)
|11 June 1956||3rd||1||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|COL}}
|7 May 1961||1st||1||—
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|TCH}}
|29 November 1961||5th||3||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|ENG}}
|25 October 1961||4th||4||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|HUN}}
|10 September 1961||5th||3||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|ITA}}
|4 November 1961||5th||1||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|MEX|1934}}
|5 November 1961||5th||4||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|ESP|1945}}
|23 November 1961||3rd||1||[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|SUI}}
|12 November 1961||5th||1||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|URU}}
|30 July 1961||4th||1||[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|URS|1955}}
|12 November 1961||2nd||2||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|FRG}}
|22 October 1961||5th||3||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|YUG}}
|26 November 1961||5th||4||[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|}

==Goalscorers==

;7 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Andrej Kvašňák]]
{{div col end}}

;6 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Juan Ulloa]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Salvador Reyes Monteón]]
{{div col end}}

;5 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Adolf Scherer]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Charlton]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Yngve Brodd]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Charles Antenen]]
{{div col end}}

;4 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Rubén Jiménez]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Marvin Rodríguez]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Pospíchal]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Francisco López Contreras]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Nahum Stelmach]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Omar Sivori]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Francisco Flores (footballer, born 1926)|Francisco Flores]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Yaúca]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Chung Soon-cheon]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Milan Galić]]
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oreste Omar Corbatta]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy Greaves]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Maryan Wisnieski]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Edward Acquah]]
*{{flagicon|GRE|old}} [[Andreas Papaemmanouil]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Lajos Tichy]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yehoshua Glazer]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shlomo Levi]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mario Corso]]
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Ady Schmit]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Sigfrido Mercado]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Abdallah Azhar]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Billy McAdams]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ralph Brand]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian St. John]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Börjesson]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Metin Oktay]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Albert Brülls]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gert Dörfel]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Uwe Seeler]]
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Martín Pando]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[José Francisco Sanfilippo]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Rubén Héctor Sosa]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Hristo Iliev (footballer)|Hristo Iliev]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Dimitar Yakimov]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Manrique Quesada]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Rigoberto Rojas]]
*{{flagicon|CYP|1960}} [[Michalis Shialis]]
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Dieter Erler]]
*{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Carlos Alberto Raffo]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ray Pointer]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933)|Bobby Smith]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kai Pahlman]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Jacques Faivre]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Augusto Espinoza]]
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Carlos Humberto Suazo]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[János Göröcs]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Károly Sándor]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Eduardo González Palmer]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Mohamed Khalfi]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henk Groot]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Tonny van der Linden]]
*{{flagicon|ANT|1959}} [[Eduvigis Rudolfo Dirksz]]
*{{flagicon|ANT|1959}} [[Edwin Miliano Loran]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Dejo Fayemi]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Jimmy McIlroy]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Jim McLaughlin (footballer)|Jim McLaughlin]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Águas]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Herd (footballer)|David Herd]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Denis Law]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Young (footballer, born 1937)|Alex Young]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Yoo Pan-soon]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Valentin Bubukin]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Mikheil Meskhi]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Slava Metreveli]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Viktor Ponedelnik]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Agne Simonsson]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Robert Ballaman]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Heinz Schneiter]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dragoslav Šekularac]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ricardo José Maria Ramaciotti]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Roger Claessen]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Paul van Himst]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marcel Paeschen]]
*{{flagicon|BOL|civil}} [[Máximo Alcócer]]
*{{flagicon|BOL|civil}} [[Wilfredo Camacho]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Todor Diev]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Ivan Petkov Kolev]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Petar Velichkov]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Eusebio Escobar]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Héctor Garzon González]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Carlos Vivo Goban]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Álvaro Grant MacDonald]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jorge Hernán Monge]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Walter Pearson (footballer)|Walter Pearson]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Hledík]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Jelínek]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Kadraba]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Masopust]]
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Peter Ducke]]
*{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Alberto Pedro Spencer]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Connelly (footballer, born 1938)|John Connelly]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron Flowers]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Johnny Haynes]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dennis Viollet]]
*{{flagicon|ETH|1897}} [[Mohammed Awad (Ethiopian footballer)|Mohammed Awad]]
*{{flagicon|ETH|1897}} [[Luciano Vassalo]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Sauli Pietiläinen]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Lucien Cossou]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Jean-Jacques Marcel]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Roger Piantoni]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Ernest Schultz]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Joseph Ujlaki]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Edward Boateng (footballer)|Edward Boateng]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Aggrey Fynn]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Mohamadu Salisu]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Fred Masella]]
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Ronald Leaky]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Flórián Albert]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Máté Fenyvesi]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tivadar Monostori]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ernő Solymosi]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Amby Fogarty]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Johnny Giles]]
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Joe Haverty]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Boaz Kofman]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shlomo Nahari]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Reuven Young]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[José Altafini]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Antonio Angelillo]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francisco Lojacono]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Koji Sasaki]]
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Camille Dimmer]]
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Nicolas Hoffmann]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Raúl Cárdenas]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Isidoro Díaz]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Crescencio Gutiérrez]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Lahcen Chicha]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Sellam Riahi]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Godwin Emenako]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Bjørn Borgen]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Eldar Hansen]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Roald Jensen]]
*{{flagicon|PER}} [[Faustino Delgado]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Lucjan Brychczy]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Szmidt]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Mário Coluna]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Eusébio]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Gennadi Gusarov]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Aleksei Mamykin]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Valery Voronin]]
*{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Enrique Collar]]
*{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Marcelino Martínez|Marcelino]]
*{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Joaquín Peiró]]
*{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfonso Rodríguez Salas]]
*{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Luis del Sol]]
*{{flagicon|NGY}} [[August Foe a Man]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Torbjörn Jonsson]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Norbert Eschmann]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Rolf Wüthrich]]
*{{flagicon|TUN|1959}} [[Abdelmajid Chetali]]
*{{flagicon|TUN|1959}} [[Brahim Kerrit]]
*{{flagicon|TUN|1959}} [[Rached Meddeb]]
*{{flagicon|TUN|1959}} [[Abdelmajid Tlemçani]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Aydın Yelken]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Helmut Bicek]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Fister]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Zerhusen]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Ángel Cabrera]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Alberto Cubilla]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Guillermo Escalada]]
*{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ivor Allchurch]]
*{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Phil Woosnam]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Helmut Haller]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Richard Kreß]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Zvezdan Čebinac]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dražan Jerković]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Tomislav Kaloperović]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Bora Kostić]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Petar Radaković]]
{{div col end}}

;1 own goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|ECU|1900}} [[Romulo Gómez]] (playing against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]])
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Fernand Brosius]] (playing against [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]])
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
* For the second World Cup in a row, no teams from [[Confederation of African Football|Africa]] or [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] qualified.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171021005303/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/chile1962/groups/preliminaries/index.html FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1962 World Cup Qualification]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/62q.html RSSSF – 1962 World Cup Qualification]

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