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THE QUALIFICATION
ROUNDS
Participating countries 107 Total matches 252
Total goals 721 Goals per game average 2.86
Europe
(UEFA Group 1)
23.May 76 Limassol Cyprus 1-5 Denmark
16.Oct 76 Porto Portugal 0-2 Poland
27.Oct 76 Copenhagen Denmark 5-0 Cyprus
31.Oct 76 Warsaw Poland 5-0 Cyprus
17.Nov 76 Lisbon Portugal 1-0 Denmark
05.Dec 76 Limassol Cyprus 1-2 Portugal
01.May 77 Copenhagen Denmark 1-2 Poland
15.May 77 Limassol Cyprus 1-3 Poland
21.Sep 77 Chorzów Poland 4-1 Denmark
09.Oct 77 Copenhagen Denmark 2-4 Portugal
29.Oct 77 Chorzów Poland 1-1 Portugal
16.Nov 77 Faro Portugal 4-0 Cyprus
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Poland 6 5 1 0 17- 4 11
2.Portugal 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9
3.Denmark 6 2 0 4 14-12 4
4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-24 0
(UEFA Group 2)
13.Jun 76 Helsinki Finland 1-4 England
22.Sep 76 Helsinki Finland 7-1 Luxembourg
13.Oct 76 London England 2-1 Finland
16.Oct 76 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-4 Italy
17.Nov 76 Rome Italy 2-0 England
30.Mar 77 London England 5-0 Luxembourg
26.May 77 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-1 Finland
08.Jun 77 Helsinki Finland 0-3 Italy
12.Oct 77 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-2 England
15.Oct 77 Turin Italy 6-1 Finland
16.Nov 77 London England 2-0 Italy
03.Dec 77 Rome Italy 3-0 Luxembourg
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 6 5 0 1 18- 4 10
2.England 6 5 0 1 15- 4 10
3.Finland 6 2 0 4 11-16 4
4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2-22 0
(UEFA Group 3)
31.Oct 76 Izmir Turkey 4-0 Malta
17.Nov 76 Dresden East Germany 1-1 Turkey
05.Dec 76 La Valletta Malta 0-1 Austria
02.Apr 77 La Valletta Malta 0-1 East Germany
17.Apr 77 Vienna Austria 1-0 Turkey
30.Apr 77 Salzburg Austria 9-0 Malta
24.Sep 77 Vienna Austria 1-1 East Germany
12.Oct 77 Leipzig East Germany 1-1 Austria
29.Oct 77 Potsdam East Germany 9-0 Malta
30.Oct 77 Izmir Turkey 0-1 Austria
16.Nov 77 Izmir Turkey 1-2 East Germany
27.Nov 77 La Valletta Malta 0-3 Turkey
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Austria 6 4 2 0 14- 2 10
2.East Germany 6 3 3 0 15- 4 9
3.Turkey 6 2 1 3 9- 5 5
4.Malta 6 0 0 6 0-27 0
(UEFA Group 4)
05.Sep 76 Reykjavik Iceland 0-1 Belgium
08.Sep 76 Reykjavik Iceland 0-1 Netherlands
13.Oct 76 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-2 Northern Ireland
10.Nov 76 Ličge Belgium 2-0 Northern Ireland
26.Mar 77 Antwerpen Belgium 0-2 Netherlands
11.Jun 77 Reykjavik Iceland 1-0 Northern Ireland
31.Aug 77 Nijmegen Netherlands 4-1 Iceland
03.Sep 77 Brussels Belgium 4-0 Iceland
21.Sep 77 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-0 Iceland
12.Oct 77 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-1 Netherlands
26.Oct 77 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-0 Belgium
16.Nov 77 Belfast Northern Ireland 3-0 Belgium
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 6 5 1 0 11- 3 11
2.Belgium 6 3 0 3 7- 6 6
3.Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 7- 6 5
4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 2-12 2
(UEFA Group 5)
09.Oct 76 Sofia Bulgaria 2-2 France
17.Nov 76 Paris France 2-0 Rep. of Ireland
30.Mar 77 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-0 France
01.Jun 77 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Rep. of Ireland
12.Oct 77 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria
16.Nov 77 Paris France 3-1 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.France 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5
2.Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 5- 6 4
3.Rep. of Ireland 4 1 1 2 2- 4 3
(UEFA Group 6)
16.Jun 76 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 Norway
08.Sep 76 Oslo Norway 1-0 Switzerland
09.Oct 76 Basel Switzerland 1-2 Sweden
08.Jun 77 Stockholm Sweden 2-1 Switzerland
07.Sep 77 Oslo Norway 2-1 Sweden
30.Oct 77 Berne Switzerland 1-0 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 4 3 0 1 7- 4 6
2.Norway 4 2 0 2 3- 4 4
3.Switzerland 4 1 0 3 3- 5 2
(UEFA Group 7)
13.Oct 76 Prague Czechoslovakia 2-0 Scotland
17.Nov 76 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 Wales
30.Mar 77 Wrexham Wales 3-0 Czechoslovakia
21.Sep 77 Glasgow Scotland 3-1 Czechoslovakia
12.Oct 77 Liverpool Wales 0-2 Scotland
16.Nov 77 Prague Czechoslovakia 1-0 Wales
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Scotland 4 3 0 1 6- 3 6
2.Czechoslovakia 4 2 0 2 4- 6 4
3.Wales 4 1 0 3 3- 4 2
(UEFA Group 8)
10.Oct 76 Seville Spain 1-0 Yugoslavia
16.Apr 77 Bucharest Romania 1-0 Spain
08.May 77 Zagreb Yugoslavia 0-2 Romania
26.Oct 77 Madrid Spain 2-0 Romania
13.Nov 77 Bucharest Romania 4-6 Yugoslavia
30.Nov 77 Belgrade Yugoslavia 0-1 Spain
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Spain 4 3 0 1 4- 1 6
2.Romania 4 2 0 2 7- 8 4
3.Yugoslavia 4 1 0 3 6- 8 2
(UEFA Group 9)
09.Oct 76 Athens Greece 1-1 Hungary
24.Apr 77 Moscow Soviet Union 2-0 Greece
30.Apr 77 Budapest Hungary 2-1 Soviet Union
10.May 77 Thessaloniki Greece 1-0 Soviet Union
18.May 77 Tbilisi Soviet Union 2-0 Hungary
25.May 77 Budapest Hungary 3-0 Greece
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hungary 4 2 1 1 6- 4 5
2.Soviet Union 4 2 0 2 5- 3 4
3.Greece 4 1 1 2 2- 6 3
Hungary required to play off against the bottom team of
South America's final group for one spot in the World Cup.
29.Oct 77 Budapest Hungary 6-0 Bolivia
30.Nov 77 La Paz Bolivia 2-3 Hungary
QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
Poland, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, France, Sweden, Scotland,
Spain and Hungary + West Germany as defending champions.
South America
(CONMEBOL First round)
Sub-group A
20.Feb 77 Bogotá Colombia 0-0 Brazil
24.Feb 77 Bogotá Colombia 0-1 Paraguay
06.Mar 77 Asunción Paraguay 1-1 Colombia
09.Mar 77 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6-0 Colombia
13.Mar 77 Asunción Paraguay 0-1 Brazil
20.Mar 77 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-1 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Brazil 4 2 2 0 8- 1 6
2.Paraguay 4 1 2 1 3- 3 4
3.Colombia 4 0 2 2 1- 8 2
Sub-group B
09.Feb 77 Caracas Venezuela 1-1 Uruguay
27.Feb 77 La Paz Bolivia 1-0 Uruguay
06.Mar 77 Caracas Venezuela 1-3 Bolivia
13.Mar 77 La Paz Bolivia 2-0 Venezuela
17.Mar 77 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Venezuela
27.Mar 77 Montevideo Uruguay 2-2 Bolivia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Bolivia 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7
2.Uruguay 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4
3.Venezuela 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1
Sub-group C
20.Feb 77 Quito Ecuador 1-1 Peru
27.Feb 77 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-1 Chile
06.Mar 77 Santiago Chile 1-1 Peru
12.Mar 77 Lima Peru 4-0 Ecuador
20.Mar 77 Santiago Chile 3-0 Ecuador
26.Mar 77 Lima Peru 2-0 Chile
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Peru 4 2 2 0 8- 2 6
2.Chile 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
3.Ecuador 4 0 1 3 1- 9 1
(CONMEBOL Final round)
10.Jul 77 Cali Brazil 1-0 Peru
14.Jul 77 Cali Brazil 8-0 Bolivia
17.Jul 77 Cali Peru 5-0 Bolivia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Brazil 2 2 0 0 9- 0 4
2.Peru 2 1 0 1 5- 1 2
3.Bolivia 2 0 0 2 0-13 0
Bolivia required to play off with winner of
European Group 9 for one spot in the World Cup.
29.Oct 77 Budapest Hungary 6-0 Bolivia
30.Nov 77 La Paz Bolivia 2-3 Hungary
QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
Brazil and Peru + Argentina as host nation.
North/Central America
(CONCACAF First round)
North American Zone
24.Sep 76 Vancouver Canada 1-1 USA
03.Oct 76 Los Angeles USA 0-0 Mexico
10.Oct 76 Vancouver Canada 1-0 Mexico
15.Oct 76 Puebla Mexico 3-0 USA
20.Oct 76 Seattle USA 2-0 Canada
27.Oct 76 Toluca Mexico 0-0 Canada
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 1 2 1 3- 1 4
2.USA 4 1 2 1 3- 4 4
Canada 4 1 2 1 2- 3 4
Play-off
22.Dec 76 Port-au-Prince Canada 3-0 USA
Central American Zone
04.Apr 76 Panama Panama 3-2 Costa Rica
02.May 76 Panama Panama 1-1 El Salvador
11.Jul 76 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Panama
01.Aug 76 San Salvador El Salvador 4-1 Panama
17.Sep 76 Panama Panama 2-4 Guatemala
26.Sep 76 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 7-0 Panama
01.Dec 76 San Salvador El Salvador 1-1 Costa Rica
05.Dec 76 San José Costa Rica 0-0 Guatemala
08.Dec 76 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 3-1 El Salvador
12.Dec 76 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Costa Rica
15.Dec 76 San José Costa Rica 1-1 El Salvador
19.Dec 76 San Salvador El Salvador 2-0 Guatemala
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Guatemala 6 3 2 1 15- 6 8
2.El Salvador 6 2 3 1 10- 7 7
3.Costa Rica 6 1 4 1 8- 6 6
4.Panama 6 1 1 4 7-21 3
Caribbean Zone
Sub-group A - 1st round
04.Jul 76 Georgetown Guyana 2-0 Surinam
29.Aug 76 Paramaribo Surinam 3-0 Guyana
15.Aug 76 Bridgetown Barbados 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago
31.Aug 76 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 1-0 Barbados
Play-off
14.Sep 76 Bridgetown Barbados 1-3 Trinidad/Tobago
Sub-group A - 2nd round
14.Nov 76 Paramaribo Surinam 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago
28.Nov 76 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 2-2 Surinam
Play-off
18.Dec 76 Cayenne Surinam 3-2 Trinidad/Tobago
[aet]
Sub-group B - Preliminary round
02.Apr 76 Santo Domingo Haiti 3-0 Dominican Rep.
17.Apr 76 Port-au-Prince Dominican Rep. 0-3 Haiti
Sub-group B - 1st round
31.Jul 76 Oranjestad Dutch Antilles 1-2 Haiti
14.Aug 76 Port-au-Prince Haiti 7-0 Dutch Antilles
15.Aug 76 Kingston Jamaica 1-3 Cuba
29.Aug 76 Havana Cuba 2-0 Jamaica
Sub-group B - 2nd round
28.Nov 76 Havana Cuba 1-1 Haiti
11.Dec 76 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-1 Cuba
Play-off
29.Dec 76 Panama Haiti 2-0 Cuba
(CONCACAF Final round)
08.Oct 77 Monterrey Guatemala 3-2 Surinam
08.Oct 77 Monterrey El Salvador 2-1 Canada
09.Oct 77 Mexico City Mexico 4-1 Haiti
12.Oct 77 Mexico City Mexico 3-1 El Salvador
12.Oct 77 Mexico City Canada 2-1 Surinam
12.Oct 77 Monterrey Haiti 2-1 Guatemala
15.Oct 77 Monterrey Mexico 8-1 Surinam
16.Oct 77 Mexico City Haiti 1-0 El Salvador
16.Oct 77 Mexico City Canada 2-1 Guatemala
19.Oct 77 Mexico City Mexico 2-1 Guatemala
20.Oct 77 Monterrey El Salvador 3-2 Surinam
20.Oct 77 Monterrey Canada 1-1 Haiti
22.Oct 77 Monterrey Mexico 3-1 Canada
23.Oct 77 Mexico City Haiti 1-0 Surinam
23.Oct 77 Mexico City Guatemala 2-2 El Salvador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 5 5 0 0 20- 5 10
2.Haiti 5 3 1 1 6- 6 7
3.El Salvador 5 2 1 2 8- 9 5
4.Canada 5 2 1 2 7- 8 5
5.Guatemala 5 1 1 3 8-10 3
6.Surinam 5 0 0 5 6-17 0
QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
Mexico
Africa
(CAF Preliminary round)
07.Mar 76 Freetown Sierra Leone 5-1 Niger
21.Mar 76 Niamey Niger 2-1 Sierra Leone
13.Mar 76 Ouagadougou Upper Volta 1-1 Mauretania
28.Mar 76 Nouakchott Mauretania 0-2 Upper Volta
(CAF First round)
01.Apr 76 Alger Algeria 1-0 Libya
16.Apr 76 Tripoli Libya 0-0 Algeria
12.Dec 76 Casablanca Morocco 1-1 Tunisia
09.Jan 77 Tunis Tunisia 1-1 Morocco
(Tunisia won 4-2 on penalties.)
17.Oct 76 Lomé Togo 1-0 Senegal
31.Oct 76 Dakar Senegal 1-1 Togo
10.Oct 76 Accra Ghana 2-1 Guinea
31.Oct 76 Conakry Guinea 2-1 Ghana
Play-off
16.Jan 77 Lomé Guinea 2-0 Ghana
Central Africa withdrew so Zaire had a walkover.
16.Oct 76 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-0 Nigeria
30.Oct 76 Lagos Nigeria 6-2 Sierra Leone
17.Oct 76 Brazzaville Congo 2-2 Cameroon
31.Oct 76 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-2 Congo
(Game abandoned at 1-2. Result stayed.)
04.Sep 76 Ouagadougou Upper Volta 1-1 Ivory Coast
26.Sep 76 Abidjan Ivory Coast 2-0 Upper Volta
29.Oct 76 Cairo Egypt 3-0 Ethiopia
14.Nov 76 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 1-2 Egypt
Sudan withdrew so Kenya had a walkover.
Tanzania withdrew so Uganda had a walkover.
09.May 76 Lusaka Zambia 4-0 Malawi
30.May 76 Blantyre Malawi 0-1 Zambia
(CAF Second round)
06.Feb 77 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Algeria
28.Feb 77 Alger Algeria 1-1 Tunisia
13.Feb 77 Lomé Togo 0-2 Guinea
27.Feb 77 Conakry Guinea 2-1 Togo
Zaire withdrew so Nigeria had a walkover.
13.Feb 77 Bouaké Ivory Coast 3-2 Congo
27.Feb 77 Brazzaville Congo 1-3 Ivory Coast
06.Feb 77 Nairobi Kenya 0-0 Egypt
27.Feb 77 Cairo Egypt 1-0 Kenya
13.Feb 77 Kampala Uganda 1-0 Zambia
27.Feb 77 Ndola Zambia 4-2 Uganda
[aet]
(CAF Third round)
05.Jun 77 Conakry Guinea 1-0 Tunisia
19.Jun 77 Tunis Tunisia 3-1 Guinea
10.Jul 77 Lagos Nigeria 4-0 Ivory Coast
25.Jul 77 Bouaké Ivory Coast 2-2 Nigeria
15.Jul 77 Cairo Egypt 2-0 Zambia
31.Jul 77 Lusaka Zambia 0-0 Egypt
(CAF Final round)
25.Sep 77 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Nigeria
08.Oct 77 Lagos Nigeria 4-0 Egypt
21.Oct 77 Cairo Egypt 3-1 Nigeria
12.Nov 77 Lagos Nigeria 0-1 Tunisia
25.Nov 77 Cairo Egypt 3-2 Tunisia
11.Dec 77 Tunis Tunisia 4-1 Egypt
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Tunisia 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5
2.Egypt 4 2 0 2 7-11 4
3.Nigeria 4 1 1 2 5- 4 3
QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA:
Tunisia
Asia/Oceania
(AFC/OFC First round)
Sub-group 1
Sri Lanka withdrew.
27.Feb 77 Singapore Singapore 2-0 Thailand
28.Feb 77 Singapore Hongkong 4-1 Indonesia
01.Mar 77 Singapore Malaysia 6-4 Thailand
02.Mar 77 Singapore Singapore 2-2 Hongkong
03.Mar 77 Singapore Indonesia 0-0 Malaysia
05.Mar 77 Singapore Hongkong 2-1 Thailand
06.Mar 77 Singapore Singapore 1-0 Malaysia
07.Mar 77 Singapore Thailand 3-2 Indonesia
08.Mar 77 Singapore Hongkong 1-1 Malaysia
09.Mar 77 Singapore Singapore 0-4 Indonesia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hongkong 4 2 2 0 9- 5 6
2.Singapore 4 2 1 1 5- 6 5
3.Malaysia 4 1 2 1 7- 6 4
4.Indonesia 4 1 1 2 7- 7 3
5.Thailand 4 1 0 3 8-12 2
Play-off 1st/2nd place
12.Mar 77 Singapore Hongkong 1-0 Singapore
Sub-group 2
North Korea withdrew.
27.Feb 77 Ramat Gan Israel 0-0 South Korea
06.Mar 77 Ramat Gan Israel 2-0 Japan
10.Mar 77 Ramat Gan Japan 0-2 Israel
20.Mar 77 Seoul South Korea 3-1 Israel
26.Mar 77 Tokyo Japan 0-0 South Korea
03.Apr 77 Seoul South Korea 1-0 Japan
P W D L Gls Pts
1.South Korea 4 2 2 0 4- 1 6
2.Israel 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
3.Japan 4 0 1 3 0- 5 1
Sub-group 3
Iraq withdrew.
12.Nov 76 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2-0 Syria
26.Nov 76 Damascus Syria 2-1 Saudi Arabia
07.Jan 77 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-3 Iran
28.Jan 77 Damascus Syria 0-1 Iran
06.Apr 77 Iran 2-0 Syria
(Syria withdrew. Awarded 2-0 by FIFA.)
22.Apr 77 Shiraz Iran 2-0 Saudi Arabia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Iran 4 4 0 0 8- 0 8
2.Saudi Arabia 4 1 0 3 3- 7 2
3.Syria 4 1 0 3 2- 6 2
Sub-group 4
United Arab Emirates withdrew.
11.Mar 77 Doha Kuwait 2-0 Bahrain
13.Mar 77 Doha Qatar 2-0 Bahrain
15.Mar 77 Doha Qatar 0-2 Kuwait
17.Mar 77 Doha Kuwait 2-1 Bahrain
19.Mar 77 Doha Qatar 0-3 Bahrain
21.Mar 77 Doha Qatar 1-4 Kuwait
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Kuwait 4 4 0 0 10- 2 8
2.Bahrain 4 1 0 3 4- 6 2
3.Qatar 4 1 0 3 3- 9 2
Sub-group 5
13.Mar 77 Suva Australia 3-0 Taiwan
16.Mar 77 Suva Taiwan 1-2 Australia
20.Mar 77 Auckland New Zealand 6-0 Taiwan
23.Mar 77 Auckland Taiwan 0-6 New Zealand
27.Mar 77 Sydney Australia 3-1 New Zealand
30.Mar 77 Auckland New Zealand 1-1 Australia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Australia 4 3 1 0 9- 3 7
2.New Zealand 4 2 1 1 14- 4 5
3.Taiwan 4 0 0 4 1-17 0
(AFC/OFC Final round)
19.Jun 77 Hongkong Hongkong 0-2 Iran
26.Jun 77 Hongkong Hongkong 0-1 South Korea
03.Jul 77 Pusan South Korea 0-0 Iran
10.Jul 77 Adelaide Australia 3-0 Hongkong
14.Aug 77 Melbourne Australia 0-1 Iran
27.Aug 77 Sydney Australia 2-1 South Korea
02.Oct 77 Hongkong Hongkong 1-3 Kuwait
09.Oct 77 Seoul South Korea 1-0 Kuwait
16.Oct 77 Sydney Australia 1-2 Kuwait
23.Oct 77 Seoul South Korea 0-0 Australia
28.Oct 77 Tehran Iran 1-0 Kuwait
30.Oct 77 Hongkong Hongkong 2-5 Australia
05.Nov 77 Kuwait Kuwait 2-2 South Korea
11.Nov 77 Tehran Iran 2-2 South Korea
12.Nov 77 Kuwait Kuwait 4-0 Hongkong
18.Nov 77 Tehran Iran 3-0 Hongkong
19.Nov 77 Kuwait Kuwait 1-0 Australia
25.Nov 77 Tehran Iran 1-0 Australia
03.Dec 77 Kuwait Kuwait 1-2 Iran
04.Dec 77 Seoul South Korea 5-2 Hongkong
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Iran 8 6 2 0 12- 3 14
2.South Korea 8 3 4 1 12- 8 10
3.Kuwait 8 4 1 3 13- 8 9
4.Australia 8 3 1 4 11- 8 7
5.Hongkong 8 0 0 8 5-26 0
QUALIFIED FROM ASIA/OCEANIA:
Iran
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