| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 November 1960 – 11 June 1961 |
| Teams | 2[1] (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 2 |
| Goals scored | 5 (2.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 31,000 (15,500 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Chung Soon-cheon (3 goals) |
← 1958 1966 → | |
The Asian section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification saw three teams enter and compete for a partial spot at the final tournament.
| AFC Asian Qualifiers |
|---|
Format
[edit]The tournament consisted of one round with three teams playing against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental play-off.[2]
Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|
|
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off | — | 2–1 | — | |
| 2 | Japan
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | 0–2 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Indonesia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — |
Source: RSSSF[3]
Matches
[edit]| South Korea | 2–1 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
Chung Soon-cheon  39', 41' |
Report | Sasaki 26' |
| Japan | 0–2 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Chung Soon-cheon 21' Yoo Pan-soon 26' |
Inter-confederation play-offs
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
|
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yugoslavia
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 5–1 | |
| 2 | South Korea
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | 1–3 | — |
Source: RSSSF[3]
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 5 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
3 goals
1 goal
References
[edit]- ^ Indonesia decided to withdraw
- ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ a b "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.