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1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

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The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points and advanced to a play-off on neutral ground to decide who would qualify. The winner (Czechoslovakia) qualified for the seventh FIFA World Cup held in Chile.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 1 16 5 +11 6 Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground 4–0 7–1
2  Scotland 4 3 0 1 10 7 +3 6 3–2 4–1
3  Republic of Ireland 4 0 0 4 3 17 −14 0 1–3 0–3
Source: FIFA[1]

Matches

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Scotland 4–1 Republic of Ireland
Brand 14', 40'
Herd 59', 85'
Report Haverty 52'
Attendance: 46,696
Referee: Guigue (France)

Republic of Ireland 0–3 Scotland
Report Young 4', 16'
Brand 86'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Grandain (Belgium)

Czechoslovakia 4–0 Scotland
Pospíchal 8', 85'
Kadraba 40'
Kvašňák 15' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Steiner (Austria)

Scotland 3–2 Czechoslovakia
Law 62', 83'
St. John 20'
Report Kvašňák 6'
Scherer 51'
Attendance: 51,590
Referee: Gulliksen (Norway)

Republic of Ireland 1–3 Czechoslovakia
Giles 41' Report Scherer 2'
Kvašňák 61', 69'

Czechoslovakia 7–1 Republic of Ireland
Kvašňák 9', 37'
Scherer 24', 75'
Jelínek 31'
Masopust 62'
Pospíchal 58'
Report Fogarty 57'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lundell (Sweden)

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

Czechoslovakia 4 – 2
(a.e.t.)
 Scotland
Hledík 70'
Scherer 84'
Pospíchal 95'
Kvašňák 101'
Report St. John 38', 71'
Brussels, Belgium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

References

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  1. ^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 26 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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