1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
# 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

For the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification, there were three inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final three qualification spots to the 1962 FIFA World Cup. The matches were played between 8 October – 26 November 1961.

## Format

The six teams from the five confederations (AFC, CAF, CONMEBOL, NAFC, and UEFA) were drawn into three ties.

In each tie, the two teams played a two-legged home-and-away series. The three winners, decided on aggregate score, qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile.

## Qualified teams

| Confederation | Placement | Team |
| - | - | - |
| AFC | Round-robin winners | South Korea |
| CAF | Second round winners | Morocco |
| CCCF/NAFC | Second round winners | Mexico |
| CONMEBOL | Randomly drawn into play-offs | Paraguay |
| UEFA | Group 9 winners | Spain |
| UEFA | Group 10 winners | Yugoslavia |

## Matches

The matches were played between 8 October – 26 November 1961.

### CAF v UEFA

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–2 |
| 2 | Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | | 0–1 | — |

### UEFA v AFC

| 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 | — |

### CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | | 0–0 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

### 3 goals

* Milan Galić

### 2 goals

* Dragoslav Šekularac

### 1 goal

* Salvador Reyes
* Abdallah Ben Barek
* Mohamed Riahi
* Chung Soon-cheon
* Yoo Pan-soon
* Enrique Collar
* Alfredo Di Stéfano
* Marcelino
* Luis del Sol
* Zvezdan Čebinac
* Dražan Jerković
* Petar Radaković
