1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)

1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)
Tournament details
Dates12 May 1957 - 5 February 1958
Teams6[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played5
Goals scored12 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Indonesia Rusli Ramang
(4 goals)
1954

The 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asia and Africa served as the preliminary tournament for the region. The winner of the tournament went on to face a European team in an Inter-confederation play-off. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification.

FIFA rejected the entries of Ethiopia and South Korea, whereas Chinese Taipei withdrew.[2] The remaining 8 teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The tournament winner would qualify. As all their opening teams declined to play them, Israel won the tournament and advanced to the qualification play-off against Wales.

  1. ^ Turkey, pre-independent Cyprus, and Egypt withdrew without playing any matches. Israel (included in teams) didn’t play any matches besides the inter-confederation playoffs due the Arab League Boycott.
  2. ^ "FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

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