Participating countries    37    Total matches              22
              Total goals                96    Goals per game average   4.36




 - WCQ GROUP 1 - 
              16.Jun 37  Stockholm     Sweden          4-0 Finland
              20.Jun 37  Stockholm     Sweden          7-2 Estonia
              29.Jun 37  Helsinki      Finland         0-2 Germany
              19.Aug 37  Turku         Finland         0-1 Estonia
              29.Aug 37  Königsberg    Germany         4-1 Estonia
              21.Nov 37  Hamburg       Germany         5-0 Sweden


                   P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts
1.Germany          3  3  0  0  11- 1   6
2.Sweden           3  2  0  1  11- 7   4
3.Estonia          3  1  0  2   4-11   2
4.Finland          3  0  0  3   0- 7   0




 - WCQ GROUP 2 - 
              10.Oct 37  Oslo          Norway          3-2 Rep. of Ireland
              07.Nov 37  Dublin        Rep. of Ireland 3-3 Norway



 - WCQ GROUP 3 - 
              10.Oct 37  Warsaw        Poland          4-0 Yugoslavia
              03.Apr 38  Belgrade      Yugoslavia      1-0 Poland



 - WCQ GROUP 4 - 
              Egypt withdrew so Romania had a walkover.



 - WCQ GROUP 5 - 
              01.May 38  Milan         Switzerland     2-1 Portugal



 - WCQ GROUP 6 - 
              1st round
              22.Jan 38  Tel Aviv      Palestina       1-3 Greece
              20.Feb 38  Athens        Greece          1-0 Palestina

              2nd round
              25.Mar 38  Budapest      Hungary        11-1 Greece



 - WCQ GROUP 7 - 
              07.Nov 37  Sofia         Bulgaria        1-1 Czechoslovakia
              24.Apr 38  Prague        Czechoslovakia  6-0 Bulgaria



 - WCQ GROUP 8 - 
              1st round
              29.Jul 37  Riga          Latvia          4-2 Lithuania
              03.Sep 37  Kaunas        Lithuania       1-5 Latvia

              2nd round
              05.Oct 37  Vienna        Austria         2-1 Latvia
              Austria qualified, but had to withdraw as the nation
              was swallowed by Germany after the 'Anschluss'. The open
              spot was offered to England, but they declined to go.



 - WCQ GROUP 9 - 
              28.Nov 37  Rotterdam     Netherlands     4-0 Luxembourg
              13.Mar 38  Luxembourg    Luxembourg      2-3 Belgium
              03.Apr 38  Antwerpen     Belgium         1-1 Netherlands


               P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts
1.Netherlands  2  1  1  0   5-1    3
2.Belgium      2  1  1  0   4-3    3
3.Luxembourg   2  0  0  2   2-7    0




 - WCQ GROUP 10 - 
              Argentina withdrew so Brazil had a walkover.



 - WCQ GROUP 11 - 
              1st round
              Sub-group A
              USA withdrew.

              Sub-group B
              Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador and Dutch 
              Guyana withdrew. Cuba had a walkover.

              Final round
              USA withdrew so Cuba had a walkover.



 - WCQ GROUP 12 - 
              Japan withdrew so Dutch East Indies had a walkover.




              QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
              Germany, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Romania, Switzerland,
              Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands and Belgium + Italy 
              as defending champions and France as host nation.

              QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
              Brazil

              QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
              Cuba

              QUALIFIED FROM ASIA:
              Dutch East Indies