1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Poland and the Soviet Union finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner Soviet Union qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	4	3	0	1	16	3	5.333	6[a]	Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup		—	3–0	2–1
2	Poland	4	3	0	1	9	5	1.800	6[a]			2–1	—	4–0
3	Finland	4	0	0	4	2	19	0.105	0			0–10	1–3	—

Matches

23 June 1957

Soviet Union	3 – 0	Poland
Tatushin 9' Simonyan 55' Ilyin 77'	Report

Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union

Attendance: 102,000

Referee: Clough (England)

5 July 1957

Finland	1 – 3	Poland
Vanhanen 72'	Report	Jankowski 19', 56', 65'

Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 9,137

Referee: Nilsen (Norway)

27 July 1957

Soviet Union	2 – 1	Finland
Voinov 23' Netto 62'	Report	Lahtinen 42'

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Mayer (Austria)

15 August 1957

Finland	0 – 10	Soviet Union
	Report	Netto 6' Simonyan 9', 13', 31' Isayev 12', 20' Streltsov 29', 49' Ilyin 60', 87'

Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 18,154

Referee: A. Asmussen (Denmark)

20 October 1957

Poland	2 – 1	Soviet Union
Cieślik 43', 50'	Report	Ivanov 80'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland

Attendance: 93,000

Referee: Clough (England)

3 November 1957

Poland	4 – 0	Finland
Gawlik 2' Brychczy 4', 48' Jankowski 60'	Report

Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw, Poland

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

Play-off

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

24 November 1957

Soviet Union	2 – 0	Poland
Streltsov 31' Fedosov 75'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Clough (England)

References

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup