Football World Cup 1962 / Czechoslovakia

This article covers the Czechoslovak national soccer team at the 1962 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	16: 5	6: 2
2	Scotland	10: 7	6: 2
3	Ireland	3:17	0: 8

Czechoslovakia	-	Scotland	4-0
Scotland	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 2
Ireland	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 3
Czechoslovakia	-	Ireland	7: 1
Czechoslovakia	-	Scotland	4: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 2)

Czechoslovak contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Viliam Schrojf	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	08/02/1931
13	František Schmucker	RH Brno	01/28/1940
22nd	Pavel Kouba	Dukla Prague	09/01/1938
Defense
2	Jan Lála	Dynamo Prague	09/10/1936
3	Ján Popluhár	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	09/12/1935
4th	Ladislav Novák	Dukla Prague	December 05, 1931
5	Svatopluk Pluskal	Dukla Prague	10/28/1930
12	Jiří Tichý	ČH Bratislava	02/06/1933
16	Titus Buberník	ČH Bratislava	10/12/1933
21st	Jozef Bomba	1. FC Tatran Prešov	03/30/1939
midfield
6th	Josef Masopust	Dukla Prague	02/09/1931
7th	Jozef Štibrányi	Spartak Trnava	04/11/1940
attack
8th	Adolf Scherer	ČH Bratislava	05/05/1938
9	Pavol Molnár	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	02/13/1936
10	Jozef Adamec	Dukla Prague	02/26/1942
11	Josef Jelínek	Dukla Prague	01/09/1941
14th	Václav Mašek	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	03/21/1941
15th	Vladimír Kos	ČKD Praha	March 31, 1936
17th	Tomáš Pospíchal	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	06/26/1936
18th	Josef Kadraba	SONP Kladno	09/29/1933
19th	Andrej Kvašňák	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	05/19/1936
20th	Jaroslav Borovička	Dukla Prague	01/26/1931
Trainer
	Rudolf Vytlačil		02/09/1912

Czechoslovak team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	4: 1	5: 1
2	Czechoslovakia	2: 3	3: 3
3	Mexico	3: 4	2: 4
4th	Spain	2: 3	2: 4

• Czechoslovakia - Spain 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 12,700

Referee: Steiner ( Austria )

Goals: 1-0 Štibranyi (80.)

• Brazil 0-0 Czechoslovakia

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 14,903

Referee: Schwinte ( France )

Goals: Nothing

• Mexico - Czechoslovakia 3: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 10,648

Referee: Service ( Switzerland )

Goals: 0: 1 Mašek (1st), 1: 1 Diáz (12th), 2: 1 del Águila (29th), 3: 1 Hernández (90th, penalty)

In the first group game, the Czechoslovaks defeated the Spaniards just 1-0. They were the only team to wrest a draw from Brazil and so they progressed in their last group game despite the 3-1 defeat against Mexico.

Quarter finals

11,690

Estadio El Teniente ( Rancagua )

Czechoslovakia

Hungary

Buergo Elcuaz ( Mexico )

1: 0 (1: 0)

1-0 Scherer

Semifinals

5,890

Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia

Service ( Switzerland )

3: 1 (0: 0)

1: 0 Kadraba (48th), 1: 1 Jerković (69th), 2: 1 Scherer (80th), 3: 1 Scherer (84th, penalty)

final

68,679

Estadio Nacional de Chile ( Santiago de Chile )

Brazil

Czechoslovakia

Latychev ( USSR )

3: 1 (1: 1)

0: 1 Masopust (15th), 1: 1 Amarildo (17th), 2: 1 Zito (68th), 3: 1 Vavá (77th)