IX WORLD CUP (MEXICO 1970)
QUALIFYING STAGE
(From 19-05-1968 to 14-12-1969)
ENTRANTS: 71 teams from 5 continents |
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CONTINENTAL ZONES: 5 CONFEDERATIONS: 6 |
EUROPE - UEFA (30): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, FRG, GDR, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Wales, Yugoslavia. |
SOUTH AMERICA - CONMEBOL (10): Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. |
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NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA - CONCACAF (13): Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Dutch Antilles, Dutch Guyana, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, USA. |
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AFRICA - CAF (11): Algeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia. |
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ASIA - AFC (3) / ASIA (1) / OCEANIA - OFC (3): Japan, North Korea, South Korea / Israel / Australia, New Zealand, Rhodesia*. |
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* Rhodesia (present Zimbabwe) was assigned to the Asia/Oceania group, instead of Africa, because this country was not recognized by the international community, and therefore no national squad would play against them. In the end, Australia accepted to meet Rhodesia on a neutral venue (Mozambique). |
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GROUP 1 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 2 - EUROPE |
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12-10-68 |
Switzerland - Greece (Basel) |
1-0 (1-0) |
25-09-68 |
Denmark - Czechoslovakia (Køben.) |
0-3 (0-2) |
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27-10-68 |
Portugal - Romania (Lisboa) |
3-0 (2-0) |
20-10-68 |
Czechoslovakia - Denmark (Bratis.) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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23-11-68 |
Romania - Switzerland (Bucureşti) |
2-0 (0-0) |
4-05-69 |
Ireland - Czechoslovakia (Dublin) |
1-2 (1-0) |
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11-12-68 |
Greece - Portugal (Athína) |
4-2 (2-1) |
25-05-69 |
Hungary - Czechoslovakia (Budapest) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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16-04-69 |
Portugal - Switzerland (Lisboa) |
0-2 (0-2) |
27-05-69 |
Denmark - Ireland (København) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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16-04-69 |
Greece - Romania (Athína) |
2-2 (0-0) |
8-06-69 |
Ireland - Hungary (Dublin) |
1-2 (0-1) |
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4-05-69 |
Portugal - Greece (Porto) |
2-2 (0-0) |
15-06-69 |
Denmark - Hungary (København) |
3-2 (2-2) |
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14-05-69 |
Switzerland - Romania (Lausanne) |
0-1 (0-1) |
14-09-69 |
Czechoslovakia - Hungary (Praha) |
3-3 (1-2) |
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12-10-69 |
Romania - Portugal (Bucureşti) |
1-0 (1-0) |
7-10-69 |
Czechoslovakia - Ireland (Praha) |
3-0 (3-0) |
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15-10-69 |
Greece - Switzerland (Thessaloníkê) |
4-1 (3-0) |
15-10-69 |
Ireland - Denmark (Dublin) |
1-1 (1-0)* |
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2-11-69 |
Switzerland - Portugal (Bern) |
1-1 (0-1) |
22-10-69 |
Hungary - Denmark (Budapest) |
3-0 (2-0) |
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16-11-69 |
Romania - Greece (Bucureşti) |
1-1 (1-0) |
5-11-69 |
Hungary - Ireland (Budapest) |
4-0 (1-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Romania. |
* The original game Ireland-Denmark was played on 4-12-1968, but it was abandoned in minute 50 due to dense fog. Hungary and Czechoslovakia finished the group stage with the same points (goal difference is disregarded), and they had to play a tie-break to decide the qualifying berth. |
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PLAY-OFF |
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3-12-69 |
Czechoslovakia - Hungary (Marseille) |
4-1 (1-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Czechoslovakia. |
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GROUP 3 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 4 - EUROPE |
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23-10-68 |
Wales - Italy (Cardiff) |
0-1 (0-1) |
23-10-68 |
Northern Ireland - Turkey (Belfast) |
4-1 (1-1) |
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29-03-69 |
GDR - Italy (Ost-Berlin) |
2-2 (1-0) |
11-12-68 |
Turkey - Northern Ireland (İstanbul) |
0-3 (0-1) |
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16-04-69 |
GDR - Wales (Dresden) |
2-1 (1-0) |
10-09-69 |
North. Ireland - Soviet Union (Belfast) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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22-10-69 |
Wales - GDR (Cardiff) |
1-3 (0-0) |
15-10-69 |
Soviet Union - Turkey (Kiev) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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4-11-69 |
Italy - Wales (Roma) |
4-1 (1-0) |
22-10-69 |
Soviet Union - North. Ireland (Moskva) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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22-11-69 |
Italy - GDR (Napoli) |
3-0 (3-0) |
16-11-69 |
Turkey - Soviet Union (İstanbul) |
1-3 (1-2) |
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QUALIFIED: Italy. |
QUALIFIED: Soviet Union. |
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GROUP 5 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 6 - EUROPE |
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9-10-68 |
Sweden - Norway (Stockholm) |
5-0 (1-0) |
19-06-68 |
Finland - Belgium (Helsinki) |
1-2 (1-0) |
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6-11-68 |
France - Norway (Strasbourg) |
0-1 (0-0) |
25-09-68 |
Yugoslavia - Finland (Beograd) |
9-1 (2-0) |
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19-06-69 |
Norway - Sweden (Oslo) |
2-5 (0-3) |
9-10-68 |
Belgium - Finland (Waregem) |
6-1 (3-0) |
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10-09-69 |
Norway - France (Oslo) |
1-3 (0-1) |
16-10-68 |
Belgium - Yugoslavia (Bruxelles) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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15-10-69 |
Sweden - France (Stockholm) |
2-0 (1-0) |
27-10-68 |
Yugoslavia - Spain (Beograd) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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1-11-69 |
France - Sweden (Paris) |
3-0 (3-0) |
11-12-68 |
Spain - Belgium (Madrid) |
1-1 (0-1) |
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QUALIFIED: Sweden. |
23-02-69 |
Belgium - Spain (Liège) |
2-1 (1-0) |
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30-04-69 |
Spain - Yugoslavia (Barcelona) |
2-1 (2-0) |
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4-06-69 |
Finland - Yugoslavia (Helsinki) |
1-5 (1-3) |
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25-06-69 |
Finland - Spain (Helsinki) |
2-0 (2-0) |
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15-10-69 |
Spain - Finland (La Línea) |
6-0 (5-0) |
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19-10-69 |
Yugoslavia - Belgium (Skopje) |
4-0 (3-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Belgium. |
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GROUP 7 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 8 - EUROPE |
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19-05-68 |
Austria - Cyprus (Wien) |
7-1 (3-0) |
4-09-68 |
Luxembourg - Netherlands (Rotterdam) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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13-10-68 |
Austria - FRG (Wien) |
0-2 (0-1) |
27-10-68 |
Bulgaria - Netherlands (Sofija) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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6-11-68 |
Scotland - Austria (Glasgow) |
2-1 (0-1) |
26-03-69 |
Netherlands - Luxembourg (Rotterdam) |
4-0 (2-0) |
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23-11-68 |
Cyprus - FRG (Levkosía) |
0-1 (0-0) |
20-04-69 |
Poland - Luxembourg (Kraków) |
8-1 (3-0) |
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11-12-68 |
Cyprus - Scotland (Levkosía) |
0-5 (0-5) |
23-04-69 |
Bulgaria - Luxembourg (Sofija) |
2-1 (1-0) |
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16-04-69 |
Scotland - FRG (Glasgow) |
1-1 (0-1) |
7-05-69 |
Netherlands - Poland (Rotterdam) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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19-04-69 |
Cyprus - Austria (Levkosía) |
1-2 (0-1) |
15-06-69 |
Bulgaria - Poland (Sofija) |
4-1 (2-1) |
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10-05-69 |
FRG - Austria (Nürnberg) |
1-0 (0-0) |
7-09-69 |
Poland - Netherlands (Chorzów) |
2-1 (0-1) |
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17-05-69 |
Scotland - Cyprus (Glasgow) |
8-0 (3-0) |
12-10-69 |
Luxembourg - Poland (Luxembourg) |
1-5 (1-0) |
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21-05-69 |
FRG - Cyprus (Essen) |
12-0 (7-0) |
22-10-69 |
Netherlands - Bulgaria (Rotterdam) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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22-10-69 |
FRG - Scotland (Hamburg) |
3-2 (1-1) |
9-11-69 |
Poland - Bulgaria (Warszawa) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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5-11-69 |
Austria - Scotland (Wien) |
2-0 (1-0) |
7-12-69 |
Luxembourg - Bulgaria (Luxembourg) |
1-3 (0-2) |
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QUALIFIED: FRG. |
QUALIFIED: Bulgaria. |
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GROUP 9 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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GROUP 10 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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27-07-69 |
Bolivia - Argentina (La Paz) |
3-1 (1-1) |
27-07-69 |
Colombia - Venezuela (Bogotá) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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3-08-69 |
Peru - Argentina (Lima) |
1-0 (0-0) |
2-08-69 |
Venezuela - Colombia (Caracas) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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10-08-69 |
Bolivia - Peru (La Paz) |
2-1 (0-0) |
6-08-69 |
Venezuela - Paraguay (Caracas) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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17-08-69 |
Peru - Bolivia (Lima) |
3-0 (2-0) |
6-08-69 |
Colombia - Brazil (Bogotá) |
0-2 (0-2) |
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24-08-69 |
Argentina - Bolivia (Buenos Aires) |
1-0 (0-0) |
10-08-69 |
Venezuela - Brazil (Caracas) |
0-5 (0-0) |
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31-08-69 |
Argentina - Peru (Buenos Aires) |
2-2 (0-0) |
10-08-69 |
Colombia - Paraguay (Bogotá) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Peru. |
17-08-69 |
Paraguay - Brazil (Asunción) |
0-3 (0-0) |
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21-08-69 |
Brazil - Colombia (Rio de Janeiro) |
6-2 (2-1) |
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21-08-69 |
Paraguay - Venezuela (Asunción) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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24-08-69 |
Paraguay - Colombia (Asunción) |
2-1 (1-0) |
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24-08-69 |
Brazil - Venezuela (Rio de Janeiro) |
6-0 (5-0) |
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31-08-69 |
Brazil - Paraguay (Rio de Janeiro) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Brazil. |
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GROUP 11 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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GROUP 12 - NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA |
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6-07-69 |
Ecuador - Uruguay (Guayaquil) |
0-2 (0-1) |
SUBGROUP 1 |
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13-07-69 |
Chile - Uruguay (Santiago) |
0-0 (0-0) |
27-11-68 |
Costa Rica - Jamaica (San José) |
3-0 (0-0) |
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20-07-69 |
Uruguay - Ecuador (Montevideo) |
1-0 (0-0) |
1-12-68 |
Jamaica - Costa Rica (San José) |
1-3 (1-2) |
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27-07-69 |
Chile - Ecuador (Santiago) |
4-1 (0-0) |
5-12-68 |
Honduras - Jamaica (Tegucigalpa) |
3-1 (2-0) |
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3-08-69 |
Ecuador - Chile (Guayaquil) |
1-1 (1-0) |
8-12-68 |
Jamaica - Honduras (Tegucigalpa) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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10-08-69 |
Uruguay - Chile (Montevideo) |
2-0 (1-0) |
22-12-68 |
Honduras - Costa Rica (Tegucigalpa) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Uruguay. |
29-12-68 |
Costa Rica - Honduras (San José) |
1-1 (1-1) |
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SUBGROUP 2 |
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17-11-68 |
Guatemala - Trinidad&T. (Guatemala) |
4-0 (1-0) |
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20-11-68 |
Trinidad&T. - Guatemala (Guatemala) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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23-11-68 |
Trinidad&Tobago - Haiti (Port/Prince) |
0-4 (0-1) |
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25-11-68 |
Haiti - Trinidad&Tobago (Port/Prince) |
2-4 (1-2) |
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8-12-68 |
Haiti - Guatemala (Port-au-Prince) |
2-0 (2-0) |
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23-02-69 |
Guatemala - Haiti (Guatemala) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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SUBGROUP 3 |
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24-11-68 |
D. Guyana - D. Antilles (Paramaribo) |
6-0 (3-0) |
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1-12-68 |
El Salvador - D. Guyana (S. Salvador) |
6-0 (1-0) |
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5-12-68 |
Dutch Antilles - D. Guyana (Oranjest.) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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12-12-68 |
El Salvador - D. Antilles (San Salvador) |
1- 0 (0-0) |
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15-12-68 |
D. Antilles - El Salvador (S. Salvador) |
1-2 (0-0) |
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22-12-68 |
Dutch Guyana - El Salvador (Paramar.) |
4-1 (3-1) |
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SUBGROUP 4 |
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6-10-68 |
Canada - Bermuda (Toronto) |
4-0 (3-0) |
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13-10-68 |
Canada - USA (Toronto) |
4-2 (1-1) |
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20-10-68 |
Bermuda - Canada (Hamilton) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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26-10-68 |
USA - Canada (Atlanta) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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3-11-68 |
USA - Bermuda (Kansas City) |
6-2 (2-1) |
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11-11-68 |
Bermuda - USA (Hamilton) |
0-2 (0-2) |
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SEMIFINALS |
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20-04-69 |
Haiti - USA (Port-au-Prince) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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11-05-69 |
USA - Haiti (San Diego) |
0-1 (0-1) |
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8-06-69 |
Honduras - El Salvador (Tegucigalpa) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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15-06-69 |
El Salvador - Honduras (San Salvador) |
3-0 (3-0) |
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Tie-Break |
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27-06-69 |
El Salvador - Honduras (México D.F.) |
3-2 (2-2) |
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FINAL |
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21-09-69 |
Haiti - El Salvador (Port-au-Prince) |
1-2 (0-1) |
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28-09-69 |
El Salvador - Haiti (San Salvador) |
0-3 (0-3) |
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Tie-Break |
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8-10-69 |
El Salvador - Haiti (Kingston [Jamaica]) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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QUALIFIED: El Salvador. |
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GROUP 13 - AFRICA |
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GROUP 14 - ASIA/OCEANIA |
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FIRST ROUND |
SUBGROUP 1 |
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17-11-68 |
Algeria - Tunisia (Algiers) |
1-2 (1-0) |
10-10-69 |
Japan - Australia (Seoul) |
1-3 (1-1) |
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29-12-68 |
Tunisia - Algeria (Tunis) |
0-0 (0-0) |
12-10-69 |
South Korea - Japan (Seoul) |
2-2 (2-1) |
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14-10-69 |
Australia - South Korea (Seoul) |
2-1 (1-1) |
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3-11-68 |
Morocco - Senegal (Casablanca) |
1-0 (0-0) |
16-10-69 |
Australia - Japan (Seoul) |
1-1 (1-1) |
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5-01-69 |
Senegal - Morocco (Dakar) |
2-1 (2-1) |
18-10-69 |
Japan - South Korea (Seoul) |
0-2 (0-2) |
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Tie-Break |
20-10-69 |
South Korea - Australia (Seoul) |
1-1 (1-1) |
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13-02-69 |
Morocco - Senegal (Las Palmas [Spain]) |
2-0 (0-0) |
SUBGROUP 2 |
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28-09-69 |
Israel - New Zealand (Tel Aviv) |
4-0 (0-0) |
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26-01-69 |
Libya - Ethiopia (Tripoli) |
2-0 (1-0) |
1-10-69 |
New Zealand - Israel (Tel Aviv) |
0-2 (0-2) |
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9-02-69 |
Ethiopia - Libya (Addis Ababa) |
5-1 (2-1) |
North Korea withdrew before the competition. |
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BYE: Rhodesia*. |
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27-10-68 |
Zambia - Sudan (Ndola) |
4-2 (1-2) |
* Rhodesia (present Zimbabwe) was assigned to the Asia/Oceania group, instead of Africa, because this country was not recognized by the international community, and therefore no national squad would play against them. In the end, Australia accepted to meet Rhodesia on a neutral venue (Mozambique). |
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8-11-68 |
Sudan - Zambia (Khartoum) |
4-2 (1-1) |
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Sudan qualified because of a higher score in the second leg. |
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7-12-68 |
Nigeria - Cameroon (Lagos) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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22-12-68 |
Cameroon - Nigeria (Douala) |
2-3 (1-2) |
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SEMIFINALS |
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BYE: Ghana. |
23-11-69 |
Rhodesia - Australia (Lourenço Marques) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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SECOND ROUND |
27-11-69 |
Australia - Rhodesia (Lourenço Marques) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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27-04-69 |
Tunisia - Morocco (Tunis) |
0-0 (0-0) |
Tie-Break |
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18-05-69 |
Morocco - Tunisia (Casablanca) |
0-0 (0-0) |
1-12-69 |
Australia - Rhodesia (Lourenço Marques) |
3-1 (2-0) |
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Tie-Break |
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13-06-69 |
Morocco - Tunisia (Marseille [France]) |
2-2 (1-1) |
BYE: Israel. |
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* Morocco qualified on a coin toss after regulation and OT. |
FINAL |
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4-12-69 |
Israel - Australia (Tel Aviv) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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4-05-69 |
Ethiopia - Sudan (Addis Ababa) |
1-1 (0-1) |
14-12-69 |
Australia - Israel (Sydney) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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11-05-69 |
Sudan - Ethiopia (Khartoum) |
3-1 (1-0) |
QUALIFIED: Israel. |
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10-05-69 |
Nigeria - Ghana (Ibadan) |
2-1 (0-1) |
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18-05-69 |
Ghana - Nigeria (Accra) |
1-1 (1-1) |
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FINAL STAGE |
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13-09-69 |
Nigeria - Sudan (Ibadan) |
2-2 (2-2) |
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21-09-69 |
Morocco - Nigeria (Casablanca) |
2-1 (0-0) |
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3-10-69 |
Sudan - Nigeria (Khartoum) |
3-3 (1-0) |
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10-10-69 |
Sudan - Morocco (Khartoum) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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26-10-69 |
Morocco - Sudan (Casablanca) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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8-11-69 |
Nigeria - Morocco (Ibadan) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Morocco. |
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BYES: Mexico (host), England (title holder).
