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THE QUALIFICATION ROUNDS
Participating countries 74 Total matches 127
Total goals 393 Goals per game average 3.09
Europe
(UEFA Group 1)
09.May 65 Brussels Belgium 1-0 Israel
13.Jun 65 Sofia Bulgaria 4-0 Israel
26.Sep 65 Sofia Bulgaria 3-0 Belgium
27.Oct 65 Brussels Belgium 5-0 Bulgaria
10.Nov 65 Ramat Gan Israel 0-5 Belgium
21.Nov 65 Ramat Gan Israel 1-2 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Belgium 4 3 0 1 11- 3 6
Bulgaria 4 3 0 1 9- 6 6
3.Israel 4 0 0 4 1-12 0
Play-off
29.Dec 65 Firenze Bulgaria 2-1 Belgium
(UEFA Group 2)
04.Nov 64 Berlin West Germany 1-1 Sweden
24.Apr 65 Karlsruhe West Germany 5-0 Cyprus
05.May 65 Norrköping Sweden 3-0 Cyprus
26.Sep 65 Stockholm Sweden 1-2 West Germany
07.Nov 65 Famagusta Cyprus 0-5 Sweden
14.Nov 65 Nicosia Cyprus 0-6 West Germany
P W D L Gls Pts
1.West Germany 4 3 1 0 14- 2 7
2.Sweden 4 2 1 1 10- 3 5
3.Cyprus 4 0 0 4 0-19 0
(UEFA Group 3)
20.Sep 64 Belgrade Yugoslavia 3-1 Luxembourg
04.Oct 64 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-2 France
08.Nov 64 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-2 Norway
11.Nov 64 Paris France 1-0 Norway
18.Apr 65 Belgrade Yugoslavia 1-0 France
27.May 65 Trondheim Norway 4-2 Luxembourg
16.Jun 65 Oslo Norway 3-0 Yugoslavia
15.Sep 65 Oslo Norway 0-1 France
19.Sep 65 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-5 Yugoslavia
09.Oct 65 Paris France 1-0 Yugoslavia
06.Nov 65 Marseille France 4-1 Luxembourg
07.Nov 65 Belgrade Yugoslavia 1-1 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts
1.France 6 5 0 1 9- 2 10
2.Norway 6 3 1 2 10- 5 7
3.Yugoslavia 6 3 1 2 10- 8 7
4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 6-20 0
(UEFA Group 4)
24.Jan 65 Lisbon Portugal 5-1 Turkey
19.Apr 65 Ankara Turkey 0-1 Portugal
25.Apr 65 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0-1 Portugal
02.May 65 Bucharest Romania 3-0 Turkey
30.May 65 Bucharest Romania 1-0 Czechoslovakia
13.Jun 65 Lisbon Portugal 2-1 Romania
19.Sep 65 Prague Czechoslovakia 3-1 Romania
09.Oct 65 Istanbul Turkey 0-6 Czechoslovakia
23.Oct 65 Ankara Turkey 2-1 Romania
31.Oct 65 Porto Portugal 0-0 Czechoslovakia
21.Nov 65 Brno Czechoslovakia 3-1 Turkey
21.Nov 65 Bucharest Romania 2-0 Portugal
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Portugal 6 4 1 1 9- 4 9
2.Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 12- 4 7
3.Romania 6 3 0 3 9- 7 6
4.Turkey 6 1 0 5 4-19 2
(UEFA Group 5)
24.May 64 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-0 Albania
14.Oct 64 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-0 Switzerland
25.Oct 64 Tiranë Albania 0-2 Netherlands
14.Nov 64 Lausanne Switzerland 2-1 Northern Ireland
17.Mar 65 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-1 Netherlands
07.Apr 65 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-0 Northern Ireland
11.Apr 65 Tiranë Albania 0-2 Switzerland
02.May 65 Genčve Switzerland 1-0 Albania
07.May 65 Belfast Northern Ireland 4-1 Albania
17.Oct 65 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-0 Switzerland
14.Nov 65 Bern Switzerland 2-1 Netherlands
24.Nov 65 Tiranë Albania 1-1 Northern Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Switzerland 6 4 1 1 7- 3 9
2.Northern Ireland 6 3 2 1 9- 5 8
3.Netherlands 6 2 2 2 6- 4 6
4.Albania 6 0 1 5 2-12 1
(UEFA Group 6)
25.Apr 65 Vienna Austria 1-1 East Germany
23.May 65 Leipzig East Germany 1-1 Hungary
13.Jun 65 Vienna Austria 0-1 Hungary
05.Sep 65 Budapest Hungary 3-0 Austria
09.Oct 65 Budapest Hungary 3-2 East Germany
31.Oct 65 Leipzig East Germany 1-0 Austria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hungary 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7
2.East Germany 4 1 2 1 5- 5 4
3.Austria 4 0 1 3 1- 6 1
(UEFA Group 7)
21.Oct 64 Copenhagen Denmark 1-0 Wales
29.Nov 64 Athens Greece 4-2 Denmark
09.Dec 64 Athens Greece 2-0 Wales
17.Mar 65 Cardiff Wales 4-1 Greece
23.May 65 Moscow Soviet Union 3-1 Greece
30.May 65 Moscow Soviet Union 2-1 Wales
27.Jun 65 Moscow Soviet Union 6-0 Denmark
03.Oct 65 Athens Greece 1-4 Soviet Union
17.Oct 65 Copenhagen Denmark 1-3 Soviet Union
27.Oct 65 Copenhagen Denmark 1-1 Greece
27.Oct 65 Cardiff Wales 2-1 Soviet Union
01.Dec 65 Wrexham Wales 4-2 Denmark
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 19- 6 10
2.Wales 6 3 0 3 11- 9 6
3.Greece 6 2 1 3 10-14 5
4.Denmark 6 1 1 4 7-18 3
(UEFA Group 8)
21.Oct 64 Glasgow Scotland 3-1 Finland
04.Nov 65 Genova Italy 6-1 Finland
18.Apr 65 Warsaw Poland 0-0 Italy
23.May 65 Chorzów Poland 1-1 Scotland
27.May 65 Helsinki Finland 1-2 Scotland
23.Jun 65 Helsinki Finland 0-2 Italy
26.Sep 65 Helsinki Finland 2-0 Poland
13.Oct 65 Glasgow Scotland 1-2 Poland
24.Oct 65 Szczecin Poland 7-0 Finland
01.Nov 65 Rome Italy 6-1 Poland
09.Nov 65 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 Italy
07.Dec 65 Naples Italy 3-0 Scotland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 6 4 1 1 17- 3 9
2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 8- 8 7
3.Poland 6 2 2 2 11-10 6
4.Finland 6 1 0 5 5-20 2
(UEFA Group 9)
Syria withdrew.
05.May 65 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-0 Spain
27.Oct 65 Seville Spain 4-1 Rep. of Ireland
Play-off
10.Nov 65 Paris Spain 1-0 Rep. of Ireland
QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
Bulgaria, West Germany, France, Portugal, Switzerland,
Hungary, Soviet Union, Italy and Spain + England as
host nation.
South America
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
16.May 65 Lima Peru 1-0 Venezuela
23.May 65 Montevideo Uruguay 5-0 Venezuela
30.May 65 Caracas Venezuela 1-3 Uruguay
02.Jun 65 Caracas Venezuela 3-6 Peru
06.Jun 65 Lima Peru 0-1 Uruguay
13.Jun 65 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Peru
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Uruguay 4 4 0 0 11- 2 8
2.Peru 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4
3.Venezuela 4 0 0 4 4-15 0
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
20.Jul 65 Barranquilla Colombia 0-1 Ecuador
25.Jul 65 Guayaquil Ecuador 2-0 Colombia
01.Aug 65 Santiago Chile 7-2 Colombia
07.Aug 65 Barranquilla Colombia 2-0 Chile
15.Aug 65 Guayaquil Ecuador 2-2 Chile
22.Aug 65 Santiago Chile 3-1 Ecuador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Chile 4 2 1 1 12- 7 5
Ecuador 4 2 1 1 6- 5 5
3.Colombia 4 1 0 3 4-10 2
Play-off
12.Oct 65 Lima Chile 2-1 Ecuador
(CONMEBOL Group 3)
25.Jul 65 Asunción Paraguay 2-0 Bolivia
01.Aug 65 Buenos Aires Argentina 3-0 Paraguay
08.Aug 65 Asunción Paraguay 0-0 Argentina
17.Aug 65 Buenos Aires Argentina 4-1 Bolivia
22.Aug 65 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 Paraguay
29.Aug 65 La Paz Bolivia 1-2 Argentina
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Argentina 4 3 1 0 9- 2 7
2.Paraguay 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3
3.Bolivia 4 1 0 3 4- 9 2
QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
Uruguay, Chile and Argentina + Brazil as defending
champions.
North/Central America
(CONCACAF First round)
Sub-group A
28.Feb 65 San Pedro Sula Honduras 0-1 Mexico
04.Mar 65 Mexico City Mexico 3-0 Honduras
07.Mar 65 Los Angeles USA 2-2 Mexico
12.Mar 65 Mexico City Mexico 2-0 USA
17.Mar 65 San Pedro Sula Honduras 0-1 USA
21.Mar 65 Tegucigalpa USA 1-1 Honduras
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 3 1 0 8- 2 7
2.USA 4 1 2 1 4- 5 4
3.Honduras 4 0 1 3 1- 6 1
Sub-group B
16.Jan 65 Kingston Jamaica 2-0 Cuba
20.Jan 65 Kingston Dutch Antilles 1-1 Cuba
23.Jan 65 Kingston Jamaica 2-0 Dutch Antilles
30.Jan 65 Havana Cuba 0-1 Dutch Antilles
03.Feb 65 Havana Dutch Antilles 0-0 Jamaica
07.Feb 65 Havana Cuba 2-1 Jamaica
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Jamaica 4 2 1 1 5- 2 5
2.Dutch Antilles 4 1 2 1 2- 3 4
3.Cuba 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3
Sub-group C
07.Feb 65 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 4-1 Surinam
12.Feb 65 San José Costa Rica 1-0 Surinam
21.Feb 65 San José Costa Rica 4-0 Trinidad/Tobago
28.Feb 65 Paramaribo Surinam 1-3 Costa Rica
07.Mar 65 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 Costa Rica
14.Mar 65 Paramaribo Surinam 6-1 Trinidad/Tobago
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Costa Rica 4 4 0 0 9- 1 8
2.Surinam 4 1 0 3 8- 9 2
3.Trinidad/Tobago 4 1 0 3 5-12 2
(CONCACAF Final round)
24.Apr 65 San José Costa Rica 0-0 Mexico
03.May 65 Kingston Jamaica 2-3 Mexico
07.May 65 Mexico City Mexico 8-0 Jamaica
12.May 65 San José Costa Rica 7-0 Jamaica
16.May 65 Mexico City Mexico 1-0 Costa Rica
22.May 65 Kingston Jamaica 1-1 Costa Rica
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 3 1 0 12- 2 7
2.Costa Rica 4 1 2 1 8- 2 4
3.Jamaica 4 0 1 3 3-19 1
QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
Mexico
Africa/Asia/Oceania
Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana,
Guinea, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria,
Senegal, South Korea, Sudan and Tunisia all
withdrew.
South Africa was suspended by FIFA.
21.Nov 65 Phnom Penh North Korea 6-1 Australia
24.Nov 65 Phnom Penh Australia 1-3 North Korea
QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA, ASIA, OCEANIA:
North Korea
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