1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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|res_col_header=Q

|team1=FRA|name_FRA={{fb|FRA|1794}}

|team2=BUL|name_BUL={{fb|BUL|1948}}

|team3=FIN|name_FIN={{fb|FIN}}

|win_FRA=3|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=10|ga_FRA=3

|win_BUL=3|draw_BUL=0|loss_BUL=1|gf_BUL=6|ga_BUL=4

|win_FIN=0|draw_FIN=0|loss_FIN=4|gf_FIN=3|ga_FIN=12

|result1=WC |result2=WC

|col_WC=blue1 |text_WC=Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground

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|short_style=flag

|match_FRA_BUL=3–0

|match_FRA_FIN=5–1

|match_BUL_FRA=1–0

|match_BUL_FIN=3–1

|match_FIN_FRA=1–2

|match_FIN_BUL=0–2

|winpoints=2

|drawpoints=1

|losspoints=0

|update=complete|source=FIFA{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D21/preliminaries/preliminary%3D16/index.html |title=1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Preliminaries |date=2007-11-26 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=2022-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126030755/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/preliminaries/preliminary=16/index.html |archive-date=2007-11-26}}

}}

{{football box

|id = Finland v France

|date = 25 September 1960

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

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104164327/http://scoreshelf.com/gjbb/en/Finland/1962fwcFIN_v_FRA Report]

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

|goals1 = Pahlman {{goal|36|pen.}}

|goals2 = Wisnieski {{goal|63}}
Ujlaki {{goal|83}}

|stadium = Helsinki, Finland

|attendance = 15,572

|referee = Malka (West Germany)

}}

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{{football box

|id = France v Bulgaria

|date = 11 December 1960

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

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104203836/http://scoreshelf.com/gjbb/en/France/1962fwcFRA_v_BGR Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}

|goals1 = Wisnieski {{goal|48}}
Marcel {{goal|58}}
Cossou {{goal|80}}

|location = Colombes, France

|stadium = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

|attendance = 40,690

|referee = Bonetto (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Finland v Bulgaria

|date = 16 June 1961

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

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104143646/http://scoreshelf.com/gjbb/en/Finland/1962fwcFIN_v_BGR Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}

|goals2 = Iliev {{goal|33}}
Kolev {{goal|75|pen.}}

|location = Helsinki, Finland

|stadium = Olympiastadion

|attendance = 11,977

|referee = Latyshev (Soviet Union)

}}

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{{football box

|id = France v Finland

|date = 28 September 1961

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

|score = 5–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104153540/http://scoreshelf.com/gjbb/en/France/1962fwcFRA_v_FIN Report]

|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}

|goals1 = Faivre {{goal|6||41}}
Wisnieski {{goal|12}}
Piantoni {{goal|79}}
Schultz {{goal|86}}

|goals2 = Pahlman {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Paris, France

|attendance = 17,013

|referee = Dienst (Switzerland)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Bulgaria v Finland

|date = 29 October 1961

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1948}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104162924/http://scoreshelf.com/gjbb/en/Bulgaria/1962fwcBGR_v_FIN Report]

|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}

|goals1 = Yakimov {{goal|28}}
Diev {{goal|34}}
Velichkov {{goal|86}}

|goals2 = Pietiläinen {{goal|10}}

|location = Sofia, Bulgaria

|stadium = Vasil Levski

|attendance = 40,000

|referee = Baçar (Turkey)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Bulgaria v France

|date = 12 November 1961

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1948}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104165552/http://scoreshelf.com/gjbb/en/Bulgaria/1962fwcBGR_v_FRA Report]

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

|goals1 = Iliev {{goal|89}}

|location = Sofia, Bulgaria

|stadium = Vasil Levski

|attendance = 55,000

|referee = Fend (Czechoslovakia)

}}

Bulgaria and France finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

{{football box

|id = Bulgaria v France

|date = 16 December 1961

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1948}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104164222/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Bulgaria/World_Cup/1962fwcBGR_v_FRA_2 Report]

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

|goals1 = Yakimov {{goal|47}}

|location = Milan, Italy

|stadium = San Siro

|attendance = 34,740

|referee = Lo Bello (Italy)

}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.fifa.com/ FIFA official page]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/62qual.html RSSSF – 1962 World Cup Qualification]
• [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/ Allworldcup]

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