The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, for national teams which are members of the CCCF and NAFC. Seven teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the inter-confederation play-offs against a CONMEBOL team.
Format
The qualification structure was as follows:
- First round: Seven teams were divided into three groups (one group of three teams and two groups of two teams) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group advanced to the second round.
- Second round: Three teams which had advanced from the first round played home-and-away round-robin matches in one group. The group winner qualified for the CCCF/NAFC–CONMEBOL play-off.
Entrants
Eight national teams from the region initially entered qualification, though Canada later withdrew.
Note: Bolded teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
First round
Group 1
Group 2
Play-off
Costa Rica and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the second round.
Group 3
Second round
Inter-confederation play-offs
Qualified teams
The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
Goalscorers
There were 57 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match. The inter-confederation play-offs are not included in this count.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Notes
References
External links
- FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1962 World Cup Qualification
- RSSSF – 1962 World Cup Qualification
