1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
(UEFA–AFC play-off)

Event	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
Yugoslavia South Korea
Yugoslavia won 4–0 on points and qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
First leg
Yugoslavia South Korea 5 1
Date	8 October 1961 (1961-10-08)
Venue	JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Referee	Konstantinos Ioannidis (Greece)
Attendance	20,000
Second leg
South Korea Yugoslavia 1 3
Date	26 November 1961 (1961-11-26)
Venue	Hong Kong )
Attendance	25,000

The 1962 FIFA World Cup UEFA–AFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of UEFA Group 10, Yugoslavia, and the winners of the AFC final round, South Korea. The matches were played on 8 October and 26 November 1961 in Belgrade and Seoul, respectively.^[1]

After beating South Korea in both matches (5–1 in Belgrade and 3–1 in Seoul), Yugoslavia won the tie and qualified for the World Cup.

Teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification
Yugoslavia	UEFA	UEFA Group 10 winners
South Korea	AFC	AFC round-robin winners

Venues

JNA Stadium in Belgrade (left) and Hyochang Stadium in Seoul were the venues for the series

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Matches

First leg

8 October 1961 (1961-10-08)

Yugoslavia	5–1	South Korea
Čebinac 42' Šekularac 54', 70' Radaković 67' Galić 89'		Chung Sun-cheon 82'

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Konstantinos Ioannidis (Greece)

Yugoslavia

South Korea

Second leg

26 November 1961 (1961-11-26)

South Korea	1–3	Yugoslavia
Yoo Pan-sun 61'		Galić 17', 27' Jerković 89'

Hong Kong

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