The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Northern Ireland qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.
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Northern Ireland
Head coach: Peter Doherty
Italy
Head coach: Alfredo Foni
Portugal
Head coach: Tavares da Silva (first to third match); José Maria Antunes (fourth match)
References
1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 8) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA