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)
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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.

Format

There were four rounds:

CAF / AFC First round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification Indonesia China Taiwan
1  Indonesia 2 1 0 1 5 4 1.250 2 Advanced to second round with superior goal average — 2–0 —
2  China 2 1 0 1 4 5 0.800 2 4–3 — —
3  Republic of China 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Withdrew — — —
Source: [3]
Indonesia 2–0 China
Ramang 47', 80' Report
Ikada Stadium, Jakarta
Referee: Jonni (Italy)
China 4–3 Indonesia
Zhang Honggen 1'
Nian Weisi 9'
Sun Fucheng 47'
Wang Lu 75'		 Report Ramang 25', 55'
Witarsa 70'
Xiannongtan Stadium, Beijing
Referee: Chakravarti (India)
Indonesia 0–0
(a.e.t.)		 China
Report
Aung San Stadium, Rangoon (Burma)
Referee: U Ba Thaung (Burma)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification Israel Turkey
1  Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Advanced to second round automatically — —
2  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Refused to play Israel — —
Source: [4]

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification Egypt Cyprus
1  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Advanced to second round automatically — —
2  Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Withdrew — —
Source: [5]

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification Sudan Syria
1  Sudan 2 1 1 0 2 1 2.000 3 Advanced to Second Round — 1–0
2  Syria 2 0 1 1 1 2 0.500 1 1–1 —
Source: [3]
Sudan 1–0 Syria
Manzul 78' (pen.) Report
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
Syria 1–1 Sudan
Al-Zarqa 70' Report Faris 38'
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Konstantinos Ioannidis (Greece)

CAF / AFC Second round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to final round automatically — — — —
2  Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
3  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew — — — —
4  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
Source: [4]

CAF / AFC Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification Israel Sudan
1  Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Advanced to Inter-Confederation play-off
because they did not play a single match 		— —
2  Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Refused to play Israel due to Arab League boycott — —
Source: [4]

Inter-confederation play-off

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Wales Israel
1  Wales 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 4 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 2–0
2  Israel 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 0–2 —
Source: FIFA

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals
1 goal

References

  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.
  3. ^ a b "Sweden 1958 Preliminaries (CAF/AFC)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 December 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Spencer, Pete (5 March 2022). "Israel's gameless 1958 World Cup qualifying campaign: how Wales' stopped the madness". Football Pink. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ "The bizarre twists of fate behind 1958 World Cup Qualification". FC Cymru. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

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