1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)
Tournament details
Dates10 February – 27 October 1957
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored58 (4.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Crescencio Gutiérrez (5 goals)
← 1954
1962 →
CONCACAF Qualifiers
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CONCACAF era

The 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification for North, Central America and the Caribbean serves as the preliminary tournament for the region. Six teams entered the tournament to compete for one place in the final tournament.

Format

There were two rounds of play:

First round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 4 4 0 0 18 2 9.000 8 Qualification to Final Round — 3–0 6–0
2  Canada 4 2 0 2 8 8 1.000 4 0–2 — 5–1
3  United States 4 0 0 4 5 21 0.238 0 2–7 2–3 —
Source: FIFA[1]
Mexico 6–0 United States
C. Gutiérrez 14', 26'
Reyes 33', 69', 76'
H. Hernández 63'		 Report
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
United States 2–7 Mexico
E. Murphy 5', 45' Report A. Hernández 22', 36', 82'
C. Gutiérrez 38'
H. Hernández 65', 87'
Sesma 79'
Memorial Stadium, Long Beach, United States
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Canada 5–1 United States
McLeod 32'
Philley 35'
Hughes 55', 80'
Stewart 57'		 Report Keough 35' (pen.)
Varsity Stadium Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 7,567
Referee: Sadler (Canada)
Mexico 3–0 Canada
C. González 5', 72'
C. Gutiérrez 46'		 Report
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
Canada 0–2 Mexico
Report C. Gutiérrez 8'
Sesma 28'
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
United States [2]2–3 Canada
Mendoza 42'
J. Murphy 80'		 Report Philley 9'
Steckiw 14'
Stewart 25'
Public School Grounds, St. Louis, United States
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lutostanski (United States)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 4 4 0 0 15 4 3.750 8 Qualification to Final Round — 4–0 3–1
2  Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 4 7 0.571 2 1–2 — NP
3  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 4 12 0.333 0 2–6 1–3 —
Source: FIFA[3]
Guatemala 2–6 Costa Rica
Vickers 19'
Espinoza 87'		 Report Hernán 11', 28', 38'
Jiménez 17'
Montero 48'
Murillo 78'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Costa Rica 3–1
(66')[4]		 Guatemala
Jiménez 12'
Cordero 28'
Herrera 65'		 Report López 61'
Estadio Nacional de la Sabana, San José, Costa Rica
Referee: Orrego (Colombia)
Costa Rica 4–0 Netherlands Antilles
Herrera 16', 63'
Murillo 35', 67'		 Report
Estadio Nacional de la Sabana, San José, Costa Rica
Referee: McKenna (England)
Guatemala 1–3 Netherlands Antilles
López 51' Report De Lanoy 23', 31'
Meulens 65'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Referee: Sundheim (Colombia)
Netherlands Antilles 1–2 Costa Rica
Sambo 21' Report Cordero 53'
Montero 60'
Rif Stadion, Willemstad, Territory of Curaçao
Referee: Orlandini (Italy)
Netherlands Antilles Not played[6] Guatemala

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification Mexico Costa Rica
1  Mexico 2 1 1 0 3 1 3.000 3 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup — 2–0
2  Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 1 3 0.333 1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA[7]
Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica
Belmonte 77'
López 86'		 Report
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Husband (England)
Costa Rica 1–1 Mexico
Soto 32' Report López 27'
Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 35,738
Referee: Husband (England)

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Mexico Final Round winners 27 October 1957 3 (1930, 1950, 1954)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 4.46 goals per match.

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ Entire US squad pulled from St. Louis Kutis[1] Archived 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. ^ Match interrupted in the 66th minute by Guatemala abandoning the pitch; the result was later affirmed.
  5. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  6. ^ Territory of Curaçao v Guatemala was not played because the Guatemalan players were not permitted to travel to the Netherlands Antilles (the Netherlands Antilles were still using the nation's former "Curaçao" name).[5]
  7. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

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