1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner France qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification      
1   France 4 3 1 0 19 4 4.750 7 Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup 6–3 8–0
2   Belgium 4 2 1 1 16 11 1.455 5 0–0 8–3
3   Iceland 4 0 0 4 6 26 0.231 0 1–5 2–5
Source: FIFA[1]

Matches

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France  6 – 3  Belgium
Cisowski   13', 15', 44', 72', 88'
Vincent   18'
Report Houf   16'
Willems   61', 67'
Attendance: 46,049
Referee: Clough (England)

France  8 – 0  Iceland
C. Oliver   6', 11'
Vincent   29', 83'
Dereuddre   36'
Piantoni   45', 81'
Brahimi   49'
Report
Attendance: 15,080
Referee: Ellis (England)

Belgium  8 – 3  Iceland
Orlans   4', 57'
Piters   11'
Vandenberg   12'
Mees   22', 26'
Coppens   42', 44' (pen.)
Report Þórðarson   33', 77'
R. Jónsson   81'
Attendance: 6,792
Referee: Blitgen (Luxembourg)

Iceland  1 – 5  France
Þ. Jónsson   64' Report Cisowski   29', 32'
Ujlaki   48', 66'
Wisnieski   53'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

Iceland  2 – 5  Belgium
R. Jónsson   1'
Þ. Jónsson   65'
Report Van Herpe   9'
Willems   40'
Vandenberg   64', 81', 89'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

Belgium  0 – 0  France
Report
Attendance: 56,497
Referee: Helge (Denmark)

References

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  1. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries". FIFA. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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