Israel at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
Template:Infobox FIFA World Cup Israel
At the 1958 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the Africa and Asia qualification round. The round was conducted in a knockout stage format.[1] Israel won its group by default because its three opponents, Turkey, Indonesia and Sudan, refused to play.
The national team was placed in the African/Asian zone and was drawn to play against Turkey in the first round. However, Turkey withdrew in protest of being placed in the African/Asian zone (instead of the European Zone), and Israel advanced to the second round without playing a match, along with Indonesia, Egypt and Sudan. Israel was drawn to play Indonesia, but, as Indonesia refused to play in Israel and as FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground, Indonesia withdrew and Israel advanced to the regional finals, again without playing a match, alongside Sudan. In the final round, Sudan refused to play Israel for political reasons and withdrew. FIFA had imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match, after it had happened in several previous World Cups. Wales, which finished second in its group behind Czechoslovakia, was drawn into a play-off, which they won.
CAF / AFC Preliminary Round - Group 2[edit]
Turkey refused to compete in the Asian group, so Israel advanced to the Second Round automatically.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Israel
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advanced | ||||||
| — |  Turkey
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withdrew | ||||||
CAF / AFC Second Round[edit]
Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground. Israel advanced to the Final Round automatically.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Israel
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advanced | ||||||
| 1= |  Sudan
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advanced | ||||||
| — |  Egypt
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withdrew | ||||||
| — |  Indonesia
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withdrew | ||||||
CAF / AFC Final Round[edit]
Sudan refused to play against Israel for political reasons, so Israel would technically qualify automatically, but before the qualification rounds began, FIFA ruled that no team would qualify without playing at least one match (except for the defending champions and the hosts), and Israel had yet to play any.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel
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advanced | ||||||
| — | Sudan
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withdrew | ||||||
UEFA / AFC Play-off[edit]
A special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA Groups, where the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. After Belgium refused, Wales, the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.[2]
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wales
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Israel
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 January 1958 | Israel | 0 – 2 | Wales | Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| Report | L. Allchurch  38'Bowen 65' |
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
| 5 February 1958 | Wales | 2 – 0 | Israel | Cardiff, Wales |
| I. Allchurch 76' Jones 80' |
Report | Stadium: Ninian Park Referee: Klas Schipper (Netherlands) |
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