1962 FIFA World Cup

The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the twelfth edition of the FIFA World Cup, a tournament that had been held every four years since 1906 except for a period during the World War. The edition which is going to be held in Mexico will be the first time that its been held outside of Europe and South America with North America hosting the tournament.

The format of the tournament remained at 16 teams for the third consecutive edition with the top two teams from each group qualifying through to the quarter-finals. From there the eight teams would battle in a knockout format with the winner taking out the title. The final two matches saw history being made with taking out the title for the first time as they defeated  2-1 in the final. In the third place play-off, the and  created history as they had created the first coin-toss match in World Cup history with the Dutch holding out on top.

Background
The 1962 FIFA World Cup is the 12th edition of the FIFA World Cup since the tournament began in 1906. Over that time, nine different champions have been won with and  winning two tournaments while seven others secured one title which also included the defending champions in. Another five nations have made an appearance in a World Cup final but haven't won the tournament.

The tournament was the first of it's kind to be held in North America with the previous tournaments being held in Europe and South America. Mexican FA and future NAFC president, Joaquín Soria Terrazas advised for a tournament to be held in Mexico instead of the more well known nation in Uruguay. By the end of the vote, Mexico would become the hosts of the World Cup.

Bids
Bidding for the 1962 FIFA World Cup saw the nations of Uruguay and Mexico putting in a bid to host the 1962 edition of the World Cup. After talks about the two bids did arrive, it was decided by a vote of 23 to 11 to give the hosting rights to Mexico and become the first North America nation to host the FIFA World Cup.

Qualifying
57 teams competed in the qualifying for the 1962 FIFA World Cup which had featured five brand new nations competing in World Cup qualifying for the first time. The main change that occurred between the previous qualifying period and this one was the fact that the European groups had shifted from eight groups to five while the AFC/CAF region had group stages throughout it's qualifying period.

At the end of qualifying, was the only nation to be making their first appearance at a World Cup after defeating  in a play-off. While for the nations of (formerly Germany) and, this was their first appearance at a World Cup since the 1934 edition in Italy.

EFU

🇧🇬 bulgaria 🇫🇷 france 🇬🇧 united kingdom 🇮🇹 italy 🇷🇴 romania

NACFC

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CONMEBOL

🇦🇷 argentina 🇧🇷 brazil 🇨🇴 colombia

AFC/CAF

Third Place Playoff
Netherlands won the match by a coin-toss

Goalscorers
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