The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Poland and the Soviet Union finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner Soviet Union qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | ||||
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1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 5.333 | 6[a] | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
2 | Poland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | 6[a] | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
3 | Finland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0.105 | 0 | 0–10 | 1–3 | — |
Source: FIFA[1]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b As the Soviet Union and Poland finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine the group winner. The Soviet Union won the play-off 2–0 to win the group.
Matches
editFinland | 0 – 10 | Soviet Union |
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Report | Netto 6' Simonyan 9', 13', 31' Isayev 12', 20' Streltsov 29', 49' Ilyin 60', 87' |
Poland | 2 – 1 | Soviet Union |
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Cieślik 43', 50' | Report | Ivanov 80' |
Play-off
editPoland and USSR finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Soviet Union | 2 – 0 | Poland |
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Streltsov 31' Fedosov 75' |
Report |
References
edit- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.