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THE QUALIFICATION ROUNDS
Participating countries 75 Total matches 172
Total goals 542 Goals per game average 3.15
Europe
(UEFA Group 1)
12.Oct 68 Basel Switzerland 1-0 Greece
27.Oct 68 Lisbon Portugal 3-0 Romania
23.Nov 68 Bucharest Romania 2-0 Switzerland
11.Dec 68 Athens Greece 4-2 Portugal
16.Apr 69 Lisbon Portugal 0-2 Switzerland
16.Apr 69 Athens Greece 2-2 Romania
04.May 69 Porto Portugal 2-2 Greece
14.May 69 Lausanne Switzerland 0-1 Romania
12.Oct 69 Bucharest Romania 1-0 Portugal
15.Oct 69 Thessaloniki Greece 4-1 Switzerland
02.Nov 69 Bern Switzerland 1-1 Portugal
16.Nov 69 Bucharest Romania 1-1 Greece
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Romania 6 3 2 1 7- 6 8
2.Greece 6 2 3 1 13- 9 7
3.Switzerland 6 2 1 3 5- 8 5
4.Portugal 6 1 2 3 8-10 4
(UEFA Group 2)
25.Sep 68 Copenhagen Denmark 0-3 Czechoslovakia
20.Oct 68 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1-0 Denmark
04.May 69 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-2 Czechoslovakia
25.May 69 Budapest Hungary 2-0 Czechoslovakia
27.May 69 Copenhagen Denmark 2-0 Rep. of Ireland
08.Jun 69 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-2 Hungary
15.Jun 69 Copenhagen Denmark 3-2 Hungary
14.Sep 69 Prague Czechoslovakia 3-3 Hungary
07.Oct 69 Prague Czechoslovakia 3-0 Rep. of Ireland
15.Oct 69 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-1 Denmark
22.Oct 69 Budapest Hungary 3-0 Denmark
05.Nov 69 Budapest Hungary 4-0 Rep. of Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hungary 6 4 1 1 16- 7 9
Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9
3.Denmark 6 2 1 3 6-10 5
4.Rep. of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3-14 1
Play-off
03.Dec 69 Marseille Czechoslovakia 4-1 Hungary
(UEFA Group 3)
23.Oct 68 Cardiff Wales 0-1 Italy
29.Mar 69 Berlin East Germany 2-2 Italy
16.Apr 69 Dresden East Germany 2-1 Wales
22.Oct 69 Cardiff Wales 1-3 East Germany
04.Nov 69 Rome Italy 4-1 Wales
22.Nov 69 Naples Italy 3-0 East Germany
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 4 3 1 0 10- 3 7
2.East Germany 4 2 1 1 7- 7 5
3.Wales 4 0 0 4 3-10 0
(UEFA Group 4)
23.Oct 68 Belfast Northern Ireland 4-1 Turkey
11.Dec 68 Istanbul Turkey 0-3 Northern Ireland
10.Sep 69 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-0 Soviet Union
15.Oct 69 Kiev Soviet Union 3-0 Turkey
22.Oct 69 Moscow Soviet Union 2-0 Northern Ireland
16.Nov 69 Istanbul Turkey 1-3 Soviet Union
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 4 3 1 0 8- 1 7
2.Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5
3.Turkey 4 0 0 4 2-13 0
(UEFA Group 5)
09.Oct 68 Stockholm Sweden 5-0 Norway
06.Nov 68 Strasbourg France 0-1 Norway
19.Jun 69 Oslo Norway 2-5 Sweden
10.Sep 69 Oslo Norway 1-3 France
15.Oct 69 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 France
01.Nov 69 Paris France 3-0 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 4 3 0 1 12- 5 6
2.France 4 2 0 2 6- 4 4
3.Norway 4 1 0 3 4-13 2
(UEFA Group 6)
19.Jun 68 Helsinki Finland 1-2 Belgium
25.Sep 68 Belgrade Yugoslavia 9-1 Finland
09.Oct 68 Waregem Belgium 6-1 Finland
16.Oct 68 Brussels Belgium 3-0 Yugoslavia
27.Oct 68 Belgrade Yugoslavia 0-0 Spain
11.Dec 68 Madrid Spain 1-1 Belgium
23.Feb 69 Ličge Belgium 2-1 Spain
30.Apr 69 Barcelona Spain 2-1 Yugoslavia
04.Jun 69 Helsinki Finland 1-5 Yugoslavia
25.Jun 69 Helsinki Finland 2-0 Spain
15.Oct 69 Cádiz Spain 6-0 Finland
19.Oct 69 Skopje Yugoslavia 4-0 Belgium
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Belgium 6 4 1 1 14- 8 9
2.Yugoslavia 6 3 1 2 19- 7 7
3.Spain 6 2 2 2 10- 6 6
4.Finland 6 1 0 5 6-28 2
(UEFA Group 7)
19.May 68 Vienna Austria 7-1 Cyprus
13.Oct 68 Vienna Austria 0-2 West Germany
06.Nov 68 Glasgow Scotland 2-1 Austria
23.Nov 68 Nicosia Cyprus 0-1 West Germany
11.Dec 68 Nicosia Cyprus 0-5 Scotland
16.Apr 69 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 West Germany
19.Apr 69 Nicosia Cyprus 1-2 Austria
10.May 69 Nürnberg West Germany 1-0 Austria
17.May 69 Glasgow Scotland 8-0 Cyprus
21.May 69 Essen West Germany 12-0 Cyprus
22.Oct 69 Hamburg West Germany 3-2 Scotland
05.Nov 69 Vienna Austria 2-0 Scotland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.West Germany 6 5 1 0 20- 3 11
2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 18- 7 7
3.Austria 6 3 0 3 12- 7 6
4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2-35 0
(UEFA Group 8)
04.Sep 68 Rotterdam Luxembourg 0-2 Netherlands
27.Oct 68 Sofia Bulgaria 2-0 Netherlands
26.Mar 69 Rotterdam Netherlands 4-0 Luxembourg
20.Apr 69 Kraków Poland 8-1 Luxembourg
23.Apr 69 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Luxembourg
07.May 69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-0 Poland
15.Jun 69 Sofia Bulgaria 4-1 Poland
07.Sep 69 Chorzów Poland 2-1 Netherlands
12.Oct 69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-5 Poland
22.Oct 69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 Bulgaria
09.Nov 69 Warsaw Poland 3-0 Bulgaria
07.Dec 69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-3 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Bulgaria 6 4 1 1 12- 7 9
2.Poland 6 4 0 2 19- 8 8
3.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 9- 5 7
4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 4-24 0
QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
Romania, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Soviet Union, Sweden,
Belgium, West Germany and Bulgaria + England as defending
champions.
South America
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
27.Jul 69 La Paz Bolivia 3-1 Argentina
03.Aug 69 Lima Peru 1-0 Argentina
10.Aug 69 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 Peru
17.Aug 69 Lima Peru 3-0 Bolivia
24.Aug 69 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 Bolivia
31.Aug 69 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-2 Peru
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Peru 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5
2.Bolivia 4 2 0 2 5- 6 4
3.Argentina 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
27.Jul 69 Bogotá Colombia 3-0 Venezuela
02.Aug 69 Caracas Venezuela 1-1 Colombia
06.Aug 69 Caracas Venezuela 0-2 Paraguay
06.Aug 69 Bogotá Colombia 0-2 Brazil
10.Aug 69 Caracas Venezuela 0-5 Brazil
10.Aug 69 Bogotá Colombia 0-1 Paraguay
17.Aug 69 Asunción Paraguay 0-3 Brazil
21.Aug 69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6-2 Colombia
21.Aug 69 Asunción Paraguay 1-0 Venezuela
24.Aug 69 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Colombia
24.Aug 69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6-0 Venezuela
31.Aug 69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-0 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Brazil 6 6 0 0 23- 2 12
2.Paraguay 6 4 0 2 6- 5 8
3.Colombia 6 1 1 4 7-12 3
4.Venezuela 6 0 1 5 1-18 1
(CONMEBOL Group 3)
06.Jul 69 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-2 Uruguay
13.Jul 69 Santiago Chile 0-0 Uruguay
20.Jul 69 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Ecuador
27.Jul 69 Santiago Chile 4-1 Ecuador
03.Aug 69 Guayaquil Ecuador 1-1 Chile
10.Aug 69 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Chile
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Uruguay 4 3 1 0 5- 0 7
2.Chile 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4
3.Ecuador 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1
QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru, Brazil and Uruguay.
North/Central America
(CONCACAF First round)
Sub-group 1
06.Oct 68 Toronto Canada 4-0 Bermuda
13.Oct 68 Toronto Canada 4-2 USA
20.Oct 68 Hamilton Bermuda 0-0 Canada
26.Oct 68 Atlanta USA 1-0 Canada
03.Nov 68 Kansas City USA 6-2 Bermuda
11.Nov 68 Hamilton Bermuda 0-2 USA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.USA 4 3 0 1 11- 6 6
2.Canada 4 2 1 1 8- 3 5
3.Bermuda 4 0 1 3 2-12 1
Sub-group 2
17.Nov 68 Guatemala Guatemala 4-0 Trinidad/Tobago
20.Nov 68 Guatemala Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 Guatemala
23.Nov 68 Port-au-Prince Trinidad/Tobago 0-4 Haiti
25.Nov 68 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-4 Trinidad/Tobago
08.Dec 68 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-0 Guatemala
23.Feb 69 Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Haiti
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Haiti 4 2 1 1 9- 5 5
2.Guatemala 4 1 2 1 5- 3 4
3.Trinidad/Tobago 4 1 1 2 4-10 3
Sub-group 3
27.Nov 68 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Jamaica
01.Dec 68 San José Jamaica 1-3 Costa Rica
29.Dec 68 San José Costa Rica 1-1 Honduras
05.Dec 68 Tegucigalpa Honduras 3-1 Jamaica
08.Dec 68 Tegucigalpa Jamaica 0-2 Honduras
22.Dec 68 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-0 Costa Rica
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Honduras 4 3 1 0 7- 2 7
2.Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5
3.Jamaica 4 0 0 4 2-11 0
Sub-group 4
24.Nov 68 Paramaribo Surinam 6-0 Dutch Antilles
01.Dec 68 San Salvador El Salvador 6-0 Surinam
05.Dec 68 Oranjestad Dutch Antilles 2-0 Surinam
12.Dec 68 San Salvador El Salvador 1-0 Dutch Antilles
15.Dec 68 San Salvador Dutch Antilles 1-2 El Salvador
22.Dec 68 Paramaribo Surinam 4-1 El Salvador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.El Salvador 4 3 0 1 10- 5 6
2.Surinam 4 2 0 2 10- 9 4
3.Dutch Antilles 4 1 0 3 3- 9 2
(CONCACAF Semifinal round)
20.Apr 69 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-0 USA
11.May 69 San Diego USA 0-1 Haiti
08.Jun 69 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-0 El Salvador
15.Jun 69 San Salvador El Salvador 3-0 Honduras
Play-off
26.Jun 69 Mexico City El Salvador 3-2 Honduras
[aet]
(CONCACAF Final round)
21.Sep 69 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-2 El Salvador
28.Sep 69 San Salvador El Salvador 0-3 Haiti
Play-off
08.Oct 69 Kingston El Salvador 1-0 Haiti
[aet]
QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
El Salvador + Mexico as host nation.
Africa
(CAF First round)
17.Nov 68 Alger Algeria 1-2 Tunisia
29.Dec 68 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Algeria
03.Nov 68 Casablanca Morocco 1-0 Senegal
05.Jan 69 Dakar Senegal 2-1 Morocco
Play-off
13.Feb 69 Las Palmas Morocco 2-0 Senegal
26.Jan 69 Tripoli Libya 2-0 Ethiopia
09.Feb 69 Adis Abeba Ethiopia 5-1 Libya
27.Oct 68 Ndola Zambia 4-2 Sudan
08.Nov 68 Khartoum Sudan 4-2 Zambia
(A bizarre rule gave Sudan the win on [aet]
more goals scored in match 2.)
07.Dec 68 Lagos Nigeria 1-1 Cameroon
22.Dec 68 Douala Cameroon 2-3 Nigeria
Ghana received a bye.
(CAF Second round)
27.Apr 69 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Morocco
18.May 69 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 Tunisia
[aet]
Play-off
13.Jun 69 Marseille Morocco 2-2 Tunisia
(Morocco progresses on toss of coin.) [aet]
04.May 69 Adis Abeba Ethiopia 1-1 Sudan
11.May 69 Khartoum Sudan 3-1 Ethiopia
10.May 69 Ibadan Nigeria 2-1 Ghana
18.May 69 Accra Ghana 1-1 Nigeria
(CAF Final round)
13.Sep 69 Lagos Nigeria 2-2 Sudan
21.Sep 69 Casablanca Morocco 2-1 Nigeria
03.Oct 69 Khartoum Sudan 3-3 Nigeria
10.Oct 69 Khartoum Sudan 0-0 Morocco
26.Oct 69 Casablanca Morocco 3-0 Sudan
08.Nov 69 Ibadan Nigeria 2-0 Morocco
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Morocco 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
2.Nigeria 4 1 2 1 8- 7 4
3.Sudan 4 0 3 1 5- 8 3
QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA:
Morocco
Asia/Oceania
(AFC/OFC First round)
10.Oct 69 Seoul Australia 3-1 Japan
12.Oct 69 Seoul Japan 2-2 South Korea
14.Oct 69 Seoul Australia 2-1 South Korea
16.Oct 69 Seoul Japan 1-1 Australia
18.Oct 69 Seoul South Korea 2-0 Japan
20.Oct 69 Seoul South Korea 1-1 Australia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Australia 4 2 2 0 7- 4 6
2.South Korea 4 1 2 1 6- 5 4
3.Japan 4 0 2 2 4- 8 2
(AFC/OFC Second round)
Sub-group A
23.Nov 69 Lourenço Marques Australia 1-1 Rhodesia
27.Nov 69 Lourenço Marques Rhodesia 0-0 Australia
[aet]
Play-off
29.Nov 69 Lourenço Marques Australia 3-1 Rhodesia
Sub-group B
North Korea withdrew.
28.Sep 69 Ramat Gan Israel 4-0 New Zealand
01.Oct 69 Ramat Gan New Zealand 0-2 Israel
(AFC/OFC Final round)
04.Dec 69 Ramat Gan Israel 1-0 Australia
14.Dec 69 Sydney Australia 1-1 Israel
QUALIFIED FROM ASIA/OCEANIA:
Israel
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