1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

{{Short description|Football tournament}}

{{main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification}}

{{see also|1958 FIFA World Cup}}

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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|team2=BEL|name_BEL={{fb|BEL}}

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|win_BEL=2|draw_BEL=1|loss_BEL=1|gf_BEL=16|ga_BEL=11

|win_ISL=0|draw_ISL=0|loss_ISL=4|gf_ISL=6|ga_ISL=26

|result1=WC

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|match_FRA_BEL=6-3

|match_FRA_ISL=8–0

|match_BEL_FRA=0–0

|match_BEL_ISL=8–3

|match_ISL_FRA=1–5

|match_ISL_BEL=2–5

|winpoints=2

|drawpoints=1

|losspoints=0

|update=complete|source=FIFA{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D15/preliminaries/preliminary%3D10/index.html |title=1958 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries |date=28 March 2013 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328033947/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=15/preliminaries/preliminary=10/index.html |archive-date=28 March 2013}}

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Matches

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|id=France v Belgium

|date = 11 November 1956

|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1794}}

|score = 6 – 3

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/france-v-belgium-11-november-1956-226780/

|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}

|goals1 = Cisowski {{goal|13||15||44||72||88}}
Vincent {{goal|18}}

|goals2 = Houf {{goal|16}}
Willems {{goal|61||67}}

|location = Paris, France

|attendance= 46,049

|referee = Clough (England)

}}

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{{football box

|id=France v Iceland

|date = 2 June 1957

|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1794}}

|score = 8 – 0

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/france-v-iceland-02-june-1957-226903/

|team2 = {{fb|ISL}}

|goals1 = C. Oliver {{goal|6||11}}
Vincent {{goal|29||83}}
Dereuddre {{goal|36}}
Piantoni {{goal|45||81}}
Brahimi {{goal|49}}

|location = Nantes, France

|attendance= 15,080

|referee = Ellis (England)

}}

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{{football box

|id=Belgium v Iceland

|date = 5 June 1957

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}

|score = 8 – 3

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-iceland-05-june-1957-226907/

|team2 = {{fb|ISL}}

|goals1 = Orlans {{goal|4||57}}
Piters {{goal|11}}
Vandenberg {{goal|12}}
Mees {{goal|22||26}}
Coppens {{goal|42||44|pen.}}

|goals2 = Þórðarson {{goal|33||77}}
R. Jónsson {{goal|81}}

|location = Brussels, Belgium

|attendance= 6,792

|referee = Blitgen (Luxembourg)

}}

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{{football box

|id=Iceland v France

|date = 1 September 1957

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ISL}}

|score = 1 – 5

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/iceland-v-france-01-september-1957-226956/

|team2 = {{fb|FRA|1794}}

|goals1 = Þ. Jónsson {{goal|64}}

|goals2 = Cisowski {{goal|29||32}}
Ujlaki {{goal|48||66}}
Wisnieski {{goal|53}}

|location = Reykjavík, Iceland

|attendance= 9,000

|referee = Davidson (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|id=Iceland v Belgium

|date = 4 September 1957

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ISL}}

|score = 2 – 5

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/iceland-v-belgium-04-september-1957-226962/

|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}

|goals1 = R. Jónsson {{goal|1}}
Þ. Jónsson {{goal|65}}

|goals2 = Van Herpe {{goal|9}}
Willems {{goal|40}}
Vandenberg {{goal|64||81||89}}

|location = Reykjavík, Iceland

|attendance= 7,000

|referee = Davidson (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|id=Belgium v France

|date = 27 October 1957

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}

|score = 0 – 0

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-france-27-october-1957-227006/

|team2 = {{fb|FRA|1794}}

|location = Brussels, Belgium

|attendance= 56,497

|referee = Helge (Denmark)

}}

References

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