1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)
# 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CCCF and NAFC)

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: The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups with 3 teams each (Group 1 with teams from North America and Group 2 with teams from Central America and Caribbean). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the Final Round.
* Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner qualified.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | — |

## Final round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | — |

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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

* Crescencio Gutiérrez

### 3 goals

* Salvador Reyes Monteón
* Hector Hernández
* Alfredo Hernández
* Jorge Hernán Monge
* Álvaro Murillo
* Rodolfo Herrera González

### 2 goals

* Enrique Sesma
* Carlos González
* Ligorio López
* Brian Philley
* Art Hughes
* Gogie Stewart
* Rubén Jiménez Rodríguez
* Danilo Montero Campos
* Mario Cordero
* Ed Murphy
* López
* Wilfred de Lanoy

### 1 goal

* Harry Keough
* Ruben Mendoza
* James Murphy
* Norm McLeod
* Ostap Steckiw
* Jorge Vickers
* Augusto Espinoza
* Hubert Sambo
* Edgard Meulens
* Juan Soto Quiros
* Jaime Belmonte
