1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF) explained

Tourney Name:	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and CAF)
Dates:	12 May 1957 - 5 February 1958
Num Teams:	6^[1]
Confederations:	1
Matches:	5
Goals:	12
Top Scorer:	Rusli Ramang (4 goals)
Prevseason:	1954

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:

• First Round: 8 teams were divided into 4 groups of 2 teams to determine four winners.
• Second Round: The 4 first round winners played in one group with 2 advancing to the final round.
• Final Round: The remaining two teams contested one spot in the CAF/AFC–UEFA play-off.

CAF / AFC First round

Group 1

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Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

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CAF / AFC Second round

CAF / AFC Final round

Inter-confederation play-off

See main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC/CAF–UEFA play-off).

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Rusli Ramang

1 goal

• Zhang Honggen
• Nian Weisi
• Sun Fucheng
• Wang Lu
• Siddiq Manzul
• Suleiman Faris
• Endang Witarsa
• Jabra Ala-Zarqa

External links

• FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1958 World Cup Qualification
• RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification

Notes and References

1. [Turkey national football team|Turkey]
2. Web site: FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition . 2010 . 2010-06-09 . FIFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20100614212731/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf . 14 June 2010 . dead.