1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

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The 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification was the global preliminary competition in which national football teams competed for places at the 1962 World Cup finals in Chile.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup qualification
football tournament qualification
automaticQualificationReason Brazil qualified automatically as defending champions
Chile qualified automatically as host nation
competitionFor 1962 FIFA World Cup
confederationInvolved AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
UEFA
endTime 1961
followedBy 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
formatFeature group stages in some confederations
home-and-away knockout ties
hostCountryOfFinalTournament Chile
locationOfFinalTournament Chile
notableRule play-offs used when teams finished level
two-legged ties decided on aggregate score
numberOfConfederationsInvolved 6
numberOfFinalistsQualifiedViaQualification 14
numberOfFinalTournamentTeams 16
numberOfTeamsEntered 56
organisedBy FIFA
partOf 1962 FIFA World Cup
precededBy 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
qualifiedTeam Argentina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
Colombia
Czechoslovakia
England
Hungary
Italy
Mexico
Soviet Union
Spain
Switzerland
Uruguay
West Germany
Yugoslavia
regionAllocation Africa (CAF)
Asia (AFC)
linked to: Asia

Europe (UEFA)
linked to: UEFA European zone

North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)
linked to: CONCACAF

South America (CONMEBOL)
linked to: CONMEBOL

inter-confederation play-offs
sport association football
startTime 1959
teamQualifiedAutomatically Brazil
Chile

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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification previousEdition 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
1958 FIFA World Cup qualification nextEdition 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification