1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

See also: 1962 FIFA World Cup

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6	Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground		—	4–0	2–0
2	Switzerland	4	3	0	1	9	9	0	6			3–2	—	2–1
3	Belgium	4	0	0	4	3	10	−7	0			0–2	2–4	—

Source: FIFA^[1]

Matches

19 October 1960

Sweden	2–0	Belgium
Börjesson 52' Brodd 73'	Report

Stockholm, Sweden

Attendance: 19,513

Referee: Wharton (Scotland)

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20 November 1960

Belgium	2–4	Switzerland
Paeschen 25' Van Himst 82'	Report	Antenen 22', 48', 79' Schneiter 41'

Brussels, Belgium

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Seipelt (Austria)

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20 May 1961

Switzerland	2–1	Belgium
Ballaman 8', 16'	Report	Claessen 82'

Lausanne, Switzerland

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Dorogi (Hungary)

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28 May 1961

Sweden	4–0	Switzerland
Jonsson 8' Börjesson 15', 75' Simonsson 70'	Report

Stockholm, Sweden

Attendance: 17,400

Referee: Scares (Portugal)

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4 October 1961

Belgium	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Brodd 70', 78'

Brussels, Belgium

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Guerra (Portugal)

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29 October 1961

Switzerland	3–2	Sweden
Antenen 8' Wüthrich 68' Eschmann 81'	Report	Simonsson 2' Brodd 79'

Bern, Switzerland

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Aston (England)

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

12 November 1961

Switzerland	2–1	Sweden
Schneiter 65' Antenen 76'	Report	Brodd 20'

West Berlin, Germany

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Dusch (West Germany)