| 10 Groups - 10 Berths. 7 groups with 3 teams and 2 groups with 2 teams. Group 7 with no european teams with 5. | | 28 UEFA members took part. Austria did not play. Romania withdrew. Israel and Ethiopia were included in Europe zone. | | Switzerland beat Sweden, Bulgaria beat France and Czechoslovakia beat Scotland after play-off. | | Spain played additional play-off with African winner Morocco and Yugoslavia with Asian winner South Korea. | | From 1958 Switzerland, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain replaced Sweden, France, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Austria. | | |
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| Group 1 | Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium | | Group 2 | Bulgaria, France, Finland | | Group 3 | West Germany, Northern Ireland, Greece | | Group 4 | Hungary, Netherlands, East Germany | | Group 5 | Soviet Union, Turkey, Norway |
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| Group 6 | England, Portugal, Luxembourg | | Group 7 | Italy, Romania, Israel, Ethiopia, Cyprus | | Group 8 | Czechoslovakia, Scotland, Ireland | | Group 9 | Spain, Wales | | Group 10 | Yugoslavia, Poland |
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| Group 1 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9: | 9 | 0 | | 2. Sweden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10: | 3 | +7 | | 3. Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3: | 10 | -7 |
| Team | Swit | Swed | Belg | | Switzerland | --- | 3:2 | 2:1 | | Sweden | 4:0 | --- | 2:0 | | Belgium | 2:4 | 0:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Wed 19.10.60 | Stockholm |  Sweden | 2-0 |  Belgium | 0-0 | | Sun 20.11.60 | Brussels | Belgium | 2-4 |  Switzerland | 1-2 | | Sat 20.05.61 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 2-1 | Belgium | 2-0 | | Sun 28.05.61 | Stockholm | Sweden | 4-0 | Switzerland | 2-0 | | Wed 04.10.61 | Brussels | Belgium | 0-2 | Sweden | 0-0 | | Sun 29.10.61 | Berne | Switzerland | 3-2 | Sweden | 1-1 | | Play-off | | 12.11.61 | Berlin | Switzerland | 2-1 | Sweden | |
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| Group 2 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6: | 4 | +2 | | 2. France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10: | 3 | +7 | | 3. Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3: | 12 | -9 |
| Team | Bulg | Fran | Finl | | Bulgaria | --- | 1:0 | 3:1 | | France | 3:0 | --- | 5:1 | | Finland | 0:2 | 1:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Sun 25.09.60 | Helsinki |  Finland | 1-2 |  France | 1-0 | | Wed 11.12.60 | Paris | France | 3-0 |  Bulgaria | 0-0 | | Sun 16.06.61 | Helsinki | Finland | 0-2 | Bulgaria | 0-1 | | Fri 28.09.61 | Paris | France | 5-1 | Finland | 3-1 | | Sun 29.10.61 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 3-1 | Finland | 2-1 | | Sun 12.11.61 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1-0 | France | 0-0 | | Play-off | | Sat 16.12.61 | Milano(ITA) | Bulgaria | 1-0 | France | 0-0 |
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| Group 3 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. West Germany | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11: | 5 | +6 | | 2. Northern Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7: | 8 | -1 | | 3. Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3: | 8 | -5 |
| Team | West | Nort | Gree | | West Germany | --- | 2:1 | 2:1 | | Northern Ireland | 3:4 | --- | 2:0 | | Greece | 0:3 | 2:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Wed 26.10.60 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 3-4 |  West Germany | 1-1 | | Sun 20.11.60 | Athens |  Greece | 0-3 | West Germany | 0-3 | | Wed 03.05.61 | Athens | Greece | 2-1 | Northern Ireland | 1-0 | | Wed 10.05.61 | West Berlin | West Germany | 2-1 | Northern Ireland | 1-0 | | Tue 17.10.61 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 2-0 | Greece | 1-0 | | Sun 22.10.61 | Augsburg | West Germany | 2-1 | Greece | 2-0 |
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| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Hungary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9: | 4 | +5 | | 2. Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3: | 6 | -3 | | 3. East Germany | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1: | 3 | -2 |
| Team | Hung | Neth | East | | Hungary | --- | 3:3 | 2:0 | | Netherlands | 0:3 | --- | - | | East Germany | 1:1 | 0:0 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Sat 16.04.61 | Budapest |  Hungary | 2-0 |  East Germany | 1-0 | | Sun 30.04.61 | Rotterdam |  Netherlands | 0-3 | Hungary | 0-3 | | Sun 14.05.61 | Leipzig | East Germany | 0-0 | Netherlands | | | Sun 10.09.61 | East Berlin | East Germany | 1-1 | Hungary | | | Sun 01.10.61 | | Netherlands | | East Germany | | | Cancelled. Not played due to visa problems for East Germany players. | | Sun 22.10.61 | Budapest | Hungary | 3-3 | Netherlands | 2-2 |
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| Group 5 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Soviet Union | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11: | 3 | +8 | | 2. Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4: | 4 | 0 | | 3. Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3: | 11 | -8 |
| Team | Sovi | Turk | Norw | | Soviet Union | --- | 1:0 | 5:2 | | Turkey | 1:2 | --- | 2:1 | | Norway | 0:3 | 0:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Thu 01.06.61 | Oslo |  Norway | 0-1 |  Turkey | 0-1 | | Sun 18.06.61 | Moscow |  Soviet Union | 1-0 | Turkey | 1-0 | | Sat 01.07.61 | Moscow | Soviet Union | 5-2 | Norway | 3-0 | | Wed 23.08.61 | Oslo | Norway | 0-3 | Soviet Union | 0-0 | | Sun 29.10.61 | Istanbul | Turkey | 2-1 | Norway | 0-0 | | Sun 12.11.61 | Istanbul | Turkey | 1-2 | Soviet Union | 1-2 |
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| Group 6 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. England | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16: | 2 | +14 | | 2. Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9: | 7 | +2 | | 3. Luxembourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5: | 21 | -16 |
| Team | Engl | Port | Luxe | | England | --- | 2:0 | 4:1 | | Portugal | 1:1 | --- | 6:0 | | Luxembourg | 0:9 | 4:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Wed 19.10.60 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0-9 |  England | 0-4 | | Sun 19.03.61 | Lisboa |  Portugal | 6-0 | Luxembourg | 1-0 | | Sun 21.05.61 | Lisboa | Portugal | 1-1 | England | 0-0 | | Thu 28.09.61 | London | England | 4-1 | Luxembourg | 1-0 | | Sun 08.10.61 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 4-2 | Portugal | 1-0 | | Wed 25.10.61 | London | England | 2-0 | Portugal | 2-0 |
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| Group 7 | | No european teams included in this groiup - Israel and Ethiopia. |
| Round 3 | | date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | aggr. | | Sun 15.10.61 | Ramat Gan | Israel | 2-4 |  Italy | 2-0 | 2-10 | | Sat 04.11.61 | Torino | Italy | 6-0 | Israel | 1-0 | | Round 2 | | | | Italy | wo |  Romania | wo | | Tue 14.03.61 | Ramat Gan | Israel | 1-0 |  Ethiopia | 0-0 | 4-2 | | Sun 19.03.61 | Ramat Gan | Israel | 3-2 | Ethiopia | 1-1 | | Round 1 | | Sun 13.11.60 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 1-1 | Israel | 1-1 | 2-7 | | Sun 27.11.60 | Ramat Gan | Israel | 6-1 | Cyprus | 3-0 |
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| Group 8 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Czechoslovakia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16: | 5 | +11 | | 2. Scotland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10: | 7 | +3 | | 3. Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3: | 17 | -14 |
| Team | Czec | Scot | Irel | | Czechoslovakia | --- | 4:0 | 7:1 | | Scotland | 3:2 | --- | 4:1 | | Ireland | 1:3 | 0:3 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Wed 03.05.61 | Glasgow |  Scotland | 4-1 |  Ireland | 2-0 | | Sun 07.05.61 | Dublin | Ireland | 0-3 | Scotland | 0-2 | | Sun 14.05.61 | Bratislava |  Czechoslovakia | 4-0 | Scotland | 3-0 | | Tue 26.09.61 | Glasgow | Scotland | 3-2 | Czechoslovakia | 1-1 | | Sun 08.10.61 | Dublin | Ireland | 1-3 | Czechoslovakia | 1-1 | | Sun 29.10.61 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 7-1 | Ireland | 4-0 | | Play-off | | Wed 29.11.61 | Brussels(BEL) | Czechoslovakia | 4-2 aet | Scotland | 1-2 | | After extra time. FT: 2-2. |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | aggr. | | Sun 12.11.61 | Casablanca |  Morocco | 0-1 |  Spain | 0-0 | 2-4 | | Thu 23.11.61 | Madrid | Spain | 3-2 | Morocco | 2-1 | | Round 1 | | Wed 19.04.61 | Cardiff |  Wales | 1-2 | Spain | 1-1 | 2-3 | | Thu 18.05.61 | Madrid | Spain | 1-1 | Wales | 0-0 |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | aggr. | | Sun 08.10.61 | Beograd |  Yugoslavia | 5-1 |  South Korea | 0-0 | 8-2 | | Sun 26.11.61 | Seoul | South Korea | 1-3 | Yugoslavia | 0-2 | | Round 1 | | Sun 04.06.61 | Beograd | Yugoslavia | 2-1 |  Poland | 1-0 | 3-2 | | Sun 25.06.61 | Chorzow | Poland | 1-1 | Yugoslavia | 1-1 |
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