XI WORLD CUP (ARGENTINA 1978)
QUALIFYING STAGE
(From 7-03-1976 to 11-12-1977)
ENTRANTS: 105 teams from 5 continents |
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CONTINENTAL ZONES: 5 CONFEDERATIONS: 6 |
EUROPE - UEFA (32): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, FRG, GDR, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, 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 (16): Barbados, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Dutch Antilles, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, USA. |
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AFRICA - CAF (26): Algeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Upper Volta, Zaire, Zambia. |
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ASIA - AFC (17) / ASIA (1) / OCEANIA - OFC (3): Bahrain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, North Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates / Israel / Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan. |
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GROUP 1 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 2 - EUROPE |
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23-05-76 |
Cyprus - Denmark (Lemesós) |
1-5 (1-3) |
13-06-76 |
Finland - England (Helsinki) |
1-4 (1-2) |
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16-10-76 |
Portugal - Poland (Porto) |
0-2 (0-0) |
22-09-76 |
Finland - Luxembourg (Helsinki) |
7-1 (3-0) |
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27-10-76 |
Denmark - Cyprus (København) |
5-0 (0-0) |
13-10-76 |
England - Finland (London) |
2-1 (1-0) |
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31-10-76 |
Poland - Cyprus (Warszawa) |
5-0 (3-0) |
16-10-76 |
Luxembourg - Italy (Luxembourg) |
1-4 (0-2) |
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17-11-76 |
Portugal - Denmark (Lisboa) |
1-0 (0-0) |
17-11-76 |
Italy - England (Roma) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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5-12-76 |
Cyprus - Portugal (Lemesós) |
1-2 (0-1) |
30-03-77 |
England - Luxembourg (London) |
5-0 (1-0) |
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1-05-77 |
Denmark - Poland (København) |
1-2 (0-1) |
26-05-77 |
Luxembourg - Finland (Luxembourg) |
0-1 (0-1) |
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15-05-77 |
Cyprus - Poland (Lemesós) |
1-3 (1-2) |
8-06-77 |
Finland - Italy (Helsinki) |
0-3 (0-1) |
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21-09-77 |
Poland - Denmark (Chorzów) |
4-1 (2-0) |
12-10-77 |
Luxembourg - England (Luxembourg) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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9-10-77 |
Denmark - Portugal (København) |
2-4 (1-2) |
15-10-77 |
Italy - Finland (Torino) |
6-1 (3-0) |
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29-10-77 |
Poland - Portugal (Chorzów) |
1-1 (1-0) |
16-11-77 |
England - Italy (London) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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16-11-77 |
Portugal - Cyprus (Faro) |
4-0 (2-0) |
3-12-77 |
Italy - Luxembourg (Roma) |
3-0 (2-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Poland. |
QUALIFIED: Italy. |
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GROUP 3 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 4 - EUROPE |
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31-10-76 |
Turkey - Malta (İzmir) |
4-0 (1-0) |
5-09-76 |
Iceland - Belgium (Reykjavík) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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17-11-76 |
GDR - Turkey (Dresden) |
1-1 (1-0) |
8-09-76 |
Iceland - Netherlands (Reykjavík) |
0-1 (0-1) |
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5-12-76 |
Malta - Austria (Valletta) |
0-1 (0-0) |
13-10-76 |
Netherlands - N. Ireland (Rotterdam) |
2-2 (0-1) |
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2-04-77 |
Malta - GDR (Valletta) |
0-1 (0-0) |
10-11-76 |
Belgium - Northern Ireland (Liège) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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17-04-77 |
Austria - Turkey (Wien) |
1-0 (1-0) |
26-03-77 |
Belgium - Netherlands (Antwerpen) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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30-04-77 |
Austria - Malta (Salzburg) |
9-0 (5-0) |
11-06-77 |
Iceland - Northern Ireland (Reykjavík) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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24-09-77 |
Austria - GDR (Wien) |
1-1 (1-1) |
31-08-77 |
Netherlands - Iceland (Nijmegen) |
4-1 (3-0) |
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12-10-77 |
GDR - Austria (Leipzig) |
1-1 (0-1) |
3-09-77 |
Belgium - Iceland (Bruxelles) |
4-0 (2-0) |
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29-10-77 |
GDR - Malta (Potsdam) |
9-0 (3-0) |
21-09-77 |
Northern Ireland - Iceland (Belfast) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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30-10-77 |
Turkey - Austria (İzmir) |
0-1 (0-0) |
12-10-77 |
North. Ireland - Netherlands (Belfast) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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16-11-77 |
Turkey - GDR (İzmir) |
1-2 (0-1) |
26-10-77 |
Netherlands - Belgium (Amsterdam) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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27-11-77 |
Malta - Turkey (Valletta) |
0-3 (0-2) |
16-11-77 |
Northern Ireland - Belgium (Belfast) |
3-0 (1-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Austria. |
QUALIFIED: Netherlands. |
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GROUP 5 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 6 - EUROPE |
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9-10-76 |
Bulgaria - France (Sofija) |
2-2 (1-2) |
16-06-76 |
Sweden - Norway (Stockholm) |
2-0 (2-0) |
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17-11-76 |
France - Ireland (Paris) |
2-0 (0-0) |
8-09-76 |
Norway - Switzerland (Oslo) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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30-03-77 |
Ireland - France (Dublin) |
1-0 (1-0) |
9-10-76 |
Switzerland - Sweden (Basel) |
1-2 (1-1) |
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1-06-77 |
Bulgaria - Ireland (Sofija) |
2-1 (1-0) |
8-06-77 |
Sweden - Switzerland (Stockholm) |
2-1 (0-0) |
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12-10-77 |
Ireland - Bulgaria (Dublin) |
0-0 (0-0) |
7-09-77 |
Norway - Sweden (Oslo) |
2-1 (1-0) |
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16-11-77 |
France - Bulgaria (Paris) |
3-1 (1-0) |
30-10-77 |
Switzerland - Norway (Bern) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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QUALIFIED: France. |
QUALIFIED: Sweden. |
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GROUP 7 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 8 - EUROPE |
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13-10-76 |
Czechoslovakia - Scotland (Praha) |
2-0 (0-0) |
10-10-76 |
Spain - Yugoslavia (Sevilla) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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17-11-76 |
Scotland - Wales (Glasgow) |
1-0 (1-0) |
16-04-77 |
Romania - Spain (Bucureşti) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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30-03-77 |
Wales - Czechoslovakia (Wrexham) |
3-0 (1-0) |
8-05-77 |
Yugoslavia - Romania (Zagreb) |
0-2 (0-2) |
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21-09-77 |
Scotland - Czechoslovakia (Glasgow) |
3-1 (2-0) |
26-10-77 |
Spain - Romania (Madrid) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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12-10-77 |
Wales - Scotland (Liverpool) |
0-2 (0-0) |
13-11-77 |
Romania - Yugoslavia (Bucureşti) |
4-6 (3-2) |
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16-11-77 |
Czechoslovakia - Wales (Praha) |
1-0 (1-0) |
30-11-77 |
Yugoslavia - Spain (Beograd) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Scotland. |
QUALIFIED: Spain. |
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GROUP 9 - EUROPE |
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GROUP 10 - SOUTH AMERICA |
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9-10-76 |
Greece - Hungary (Athína) |
1-1 (0-0) |
SUBGROUP 1 |
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24-04-77 |
Soviet Union - Greece (Moskva) |
2-0 (1-0) |
20-02-77 |
Colombia - Brazil (Bogotá) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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30-04-77 |
Hungary - Soviet Union (Budapest) |
2-1 (1-0) |
24-02-77 |
Colombia - Paraguay (Bogotá) |
0-1 (0-1) |
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10-05-77 |
Greece - Soviet Union (Thessaloníkê) |
1-0 (0-0) |
6-03-77 |
Paraguay - Colombia (Asunción) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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18-05-77 |
Soviet Union - Hungary (Tbilisi) |
2-0 (2-0) |
9-03-77 |
Brazil - Colombia (Rio de Janeiro) |
6-0 (4-0) |
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28-05-77 |
Hungary - Greece (Budapest) |
3-0 (2-0) |
13-03-77 |
Paraguay - Brazil (Asunción) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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The winner of this group advances to a UEFA / CONMEBOL Play-Off with the winner of the South American group. |
20-03-77 |
Brazil - Paraguay (Rio de Janeiro) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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SUBGROUP 2 |
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UEFA / CONMEBOL PLAY-OFF |
9-02-77 |
Venezuela - Uruguay (Caracas) |
1-1 (0-1) |
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29-10-77 |
Hungary - Bolivia (Budapest) |
6-0 (5-0) |
27-02-77 |
Bolivia - Uruguay (La Paz) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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30-11-77 |
Bolivia - Hungary (La Paz) |
2-3 (1-2) |
6-03-77 |
Venezuela - Bolivia (Caracas) |
1-3 (0-1) |
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QUALIFIED: Hungary. |
13-03-77 |
Bolivia - Venezuela (La Paz) |
2-0 (2-0) |
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17-03-77 |
Uruguay - Venezuela (Montevideo) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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27-03-77 |
Uruguay - Bolivia (Montevideo) |
2-2 (1-1) |
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SUBGROUP 3 |
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20-02-77 |
Ecuador - Peru (Quito) |
1-1 (0-1) |
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27-02-77 |
Ecuador - Chile (Guayaquil) |
0-1 (0-1) |
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6-03-77 |
Chile - Peru (Santiago) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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12-03-77 |
Peru - Ecuador (Lima) |
4-0 (1-0) |
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20-03-77 |
Chile - Ecuador (Santiago) |
3-0 (2-0) |
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26-03-77 |
Peru - Chile (Lima) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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FINAL STAGE (Cali, COLOMBIA) |
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10-07-77 |
Brazil - Peru |
1-0 (0-0) |
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14-07-77 |
Brazil - Bolivia |
8-0 (4-0) |
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17-07-77 |
Peru - Bolivia |
5-0 (2-0) |
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The last team in the Final Stage advances to a UEFA / CONMEBOL Play-Off with the winner of the European Group 9 (see above). |
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QUALIFIED: Brazil, Peru. |
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GROUP 11 - NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA |
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GROUP 12 - AFRICA |
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NORTH AMERICAN ZONE |
PRELIMINARY ROUND |
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24-09-76 |
Canada - USA (Vancouver) |
1-1 (0-1) |
7-03-76 |
Sierra Leone - Niger (Freetown) |
5-1 (1-1) |
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3-10-76 |
USA - Mexico (Los Angeles) |
0-0 (0-0) |
21-03-76 |
Niger - Sierra Leone (Niamey) |
2-1 (1-1) |
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10-10-76 |
Canada - Mexico (Vancouver) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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15-10-76 |
Mexico - USA (Puebla) |
3-0 (2-0) |
13-03-76 |
Up. Volta - Mauritania (Ouagadougou) |
1-1 (1-1) |
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20-10-76 |
USA - Canada (Seattle) |
2-0 (0-0) |
28-03-76 |
Mauritania - Upper Volta (Nouakchott) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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27-10-76 |
Mexico - Canada (Toluca) |
0-0 (0-0) |
FIRST ROUND |
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USA and Canada finished the group stage with the same points (4) and goal difference (-1), so they had to play a tie-break in order to decide the North American runner-up, who would qualify for the Final Stage. |
1-04-76 |
Algeria - Libya (Algiers) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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16-04-76 |
Libya - Algeria (Tripoli) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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Runner-Up Play-Off |
12-12-76 |
Morocco - Tunisia (Casablanca) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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22-12-76 |
Canada - USA (Port-au-Prince [Haiti]) |
3-0 (1-0) |
9-01-77 |
Tunisia - Morocco (Tunis) |
1-1 (1-0)* |
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CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE |
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4-04-76 |
Panama - Costa Rica (Panamá) |
3-2 (0-1) |
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2-05-76 |
Panama - El Salvador (Panamá) |
1-1 (0-1) |
17-10-76 |
Togo - Senegal (Lomé) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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11-07-76 |
Costa Rica - Panama (San José) |
3-0 (3-0) |
31-10-76 |
Senegal - Togo (Dakar) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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1-08-76 |
El Salvador - Panama (San Salvador) |
4-1 (2-0) |
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17-09-76 |
Panama - Guatemala (Panamá) |
2-4 (2-0) |
10-10-76 |
Ghana - Guinea (Accra) |
2-1 (0-0) |
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26-09-76 |
Guatemala - Panama (Guatemala) |
7-0 (3-0) |
31-10-76 |
Guinea - Ghana (Conakry) |
2-1 (0-0) |
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1-12-76 |
El Salvador - Costa Rica (San Salvador) |
1-1 (1-0) |
Tie-Break |
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5-12-76 |
Costa Rica - Guatemala (San José) |
0-0 (0-0) |
16-01-77 |
Guinea - Ghana (Lomé [Togo]) |
2-0 (2-0) |
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8-12-76 |
Guatemala - El Salvador (Guatemala) |
3-1 (2-1) |
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12-12-76 |
Guatemala - Costa Rica (Guatemala) |
1-1 (0-0) |
Central African Rep. withdrew before the competition and Zaire qualified. |
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15-12-76 |
Costa Rica - El Salvador (San José) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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19-12-76 |
El Salvador - Guatemala (San Salvador) |
2-0 (2-0) |
16-10-76 |
Sierra Leone - Nigeria (Freetown) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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CARIBBEAN ZONE |
30-10-76 |
Nigeria - Sierra Leone (Lagos) |
6-2 (4-0) |
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Subgroup A |
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First Round |
17-10-76 |
Congo - Cameroon (Brazzaville) |
2-2 (0-2) |
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4-07-76 |
Guyana - Surinam (Georgetown) |
2-0 (1-0) |
31-10-76 |
Cameroon - Congo (Yaoundé) |
0-2 (*) |
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29-08-76 |
Surinam - Guyana (Paramaribo) |
3-0 (2-0) |
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15-08-76 |
Barbados - Trinidad&T. (Bridgetown) |
2-1 (0-0) |
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31-08-76 |
Trinidad&T. - Barbados (Port of Spain) |
1-0 (1-0) |
4-09-76 |
Upper Volta - Ivory C. (Ouagadougou) |
1-1 (0-1) |
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Tie-Break |
26-09-76 |
Ivory Coast - Upper Volta (Abidjan) |
2-0 (2-0) |
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14-09-76 |
Barbados - Trinidad&T. (Bridgetown) |
1-3 (1-1) |
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Second Round |
29-10-76 |
Egypt - Ethiopia (Cairo) |
3-0 (2-0) |
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14-11-76 |
Surinam - Trinidad&T. (Paramaribo) |
1-1 (1-1) |
14-11-76 |
Ethiopia - Egypt (Addis Ababa) |
1-2 (1-1) |
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28-11-76 |
Trinidad&T. - Surinam (Port of Spain) |
2-2 (1-1) |
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Tie-Break |
Sudan withdrew before the competition and Kenya qualified. |
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18-12-76 |
Surinam - Trinidad&Tobago (Cayenne) |
3-2 (0-1) |
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Subgroup B |
Tanzania withdrew before the competition and Uganda qualified. |
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Preliminary Round |
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2-04-76 |
Dominican Rep. - Haiti (Santo Domingo) |
0-3 (0-3) |
9-05-76 |
Zambia - Malawi (Lusaka) |
4-0 (2-0) |
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17-04-76 |
Haiti - Dominican Rep. (Port-au-Prince) |
3-0 (2-0) |
30-05-76 |
Malawi - Zambia (Blantyre) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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First Round |
SECOND ROUND |
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31-07-76 |
Dutch Antilles - Haiti (Oranjestad) |
1-2 (0-2) |
6-02-77 |
Tunisia - Algeria (Tunis) |
2-0 (0-0) |
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14-08-76 |
Haiti - Dutch Antilles (Port-au-Prince) |
7-0 (4-0) |
28-02-77 |
Algeria - Tunisia (Algiers) |
1-1 (1-0) |
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15-08-76 |
Jamaica - Cuba (Kingston) |
1-3 (0-1) |
13-02-77 |
Togo - Guinea (Lomé) |
0-2 (0-1) |
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29-08-76 |
Cuba - Jamaica (La Habana) |
2-0 (1-0) |
27-02-77 |
Guinea - Togo (Conakry) |
2-1 (2-0) |
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Second Round |
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28-11-76 |
Cuba - Haiti (La Habana) |
1-1 (1-0) |
Zaire withdrew before the competition and Nigeria qualified. |
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11-12-76 |
Haiti - Cuba (Port-au-Prince) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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Tie-Break |
13-02-77 |
Ivory Coast - Congo (Bouaké) |
3-2 (2-1) |
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29-12-76 |
Haiti - Cuba (Panamá) |
2-0 (0-0) |
27-02-77 |
Congo - Ivory Coast (Brazzaville) |
1-3 (1-2) |
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FINAL STAGE (MEXICO) |
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8-10-77 |
Guatemala - Surinam (Monterrey) |
3-2 (2-1) |
6-02-77 |
Kenya - Egypt (Nairobi) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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8-10-77 |
El Salvador - Canada (Monterrey) |
2-1 (1-0) |
27-02-77 |
Egypt - Kenya (Cairo) |
1-0 (1-0) |
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9-10-77 |
Mexico - Haiti (México D.F.) |
4-1 (1-0) |
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12-10-77 |
Mexico - El Salvador (México D.F.) |
3-1 (1-0) |
13-02-77 |
Uganda - Zambia (Kampala) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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12-10-77 |
Canada - Surinam (México D.F.) |
2-1 (1-1) |
27-02-77 |
Zambia - Uganda (Ndola) |
4-2 (2-1) |
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12-10-77 |
Haiti - Guatemala (Monterrey) |
2-1 (2-0) |
THIRD ROUND |
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15-10-77 |
Mexico - Surinam (Monterrey) |
8-1 (3-1) |
5-06-77 |
Guinea - Tunisia (Conakry) |
1-0 (0-0) |
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16-10-77 |
Haiti - El Salvador (México D.F.) |
1-0 (1-0) |
19-06-77 |
Tunisia - Guinea (Tunis) |
3-1 (1-1) |
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16-10-77 |
Canada - Guatemala (México D.F.) |
2-1 (2-0) |
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19-10-77 |
Mexico - Guatemala (México D.F.) |
2-1 (1-1) |
10-07-77 |
Nigeria - Ivory Coast (Lagos) |
4-0 (3-0) |
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20-10-77 |
El Salvador - Surinam (Monterrey) |
3-2 (1-0) |
25-07-77 |
Ivory Coast - Nigeria (Bouaké) |
2-2 (1-0) |
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20-10-77 |
Canada - Haiti (Monterrey) |
1-1 (0-0) |
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22-10-77 |
Mexico - Canada (Monterrey) |
3-1 (2-1) |
15-07-77 |
Egypt - Zambia (Cairo) |
2-0 (1-0) |
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23-10-77 |
Haiti - Surinam (México D.F.) |
1-0 (1-0) |
31-07-77 |
Zambia - Egypt (Lusaka) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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23-10-77 |
Guatemala - El Salvador (México D.F.) |
2-2 (0-1) |
FINAL STAGE |
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QUALIFIED: Mexico. |
25-09-77 |
Tunisia - Nigeria (Tunis) |
0-0 (0-0) |
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8-10-77 |
Nigeria - Egypt (Lagos) |
4-0 (1-0) |
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21-10-77 |
Egypt - Nigeria (Cairo) |
3-1 (2-0) |
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12-11-77 |
Nigeria - Tunisia (Lagos) |
0-1 (0-0) |
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25-11-77 |
Egypt - Tunisia (Cairo) |
3-2 (1-0) |
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11-12-77 |
Tunisia - Egypt (Tunis) |
4-1 (2-0) |
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QUALIFIED: Tunisia. |
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GROUP 13 - ASIA/OCEANIA |
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SUBGROUP 1 (Singapore) |
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27-02-77 |
Singapore - Thailand |
2-0 (0-0) |
28-02-77 |
Hong Kong - Indonesia |
4-1 (0-1) |
1-03-77 |
Malaysia - Thailand |
6-4 (4-1) |
2-03-77 |
Singapore - Hong Kong |
2-2 (1-1) |
3-03-77 |
Indonesia - Malaysia |
0-0 (0-0) |
5-03-77 |
Hong Kong - Thailand |
2-1 (0-0) |
6-03-77 |
Singapore - Malaysia |
1-0 (1-0) |
7-03-77 |
Thailand - Indonesia |
3-2 (3-1) |
8-03-77 |
Hong Kong - Malaysia |
1-1 (1-1) |
9-03-77 |
Indonesia - Singapore |
4-0 (3-0) |
Sri Lanka withdrew before the competition. |
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Final |
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12-03-77 |
Hong Kong - Singapore |
1-0 (1-0) |
SUBGROUP 2 |
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27-02-77 |
Israel - South Korea (Tel Aviv) |
0-0 (0-0) |
6-03-77 |
Israel - Japan (Tel Aviv) |
2-0 (1-0) |
10-03-77 |
Japan - Israel (Tel Aviv) |
0-2 (0-1) |
20-03-77 |
South Korea - Israel (Seoul) |
3-1 (1-0) |
26-03-77 |
Japan - South Korea (Tokyo) |
0-0 (0-0) |
3-04-77 |
South Korea - Japan (Seoul) |
1-0 (0-0) |
North Korea withdrew before the competition. |
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SUBGROUP 3 |
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12-11-76 |
Saudi Arabia - Syria (Jeddah) |
2-0 (1-0) |
26-11-76 |
Syria - Saudi Arabia (Damascus) |
2-1 (1-1) |
7-01-77 |
Saudi Arabia - Iran (Riyadh) |
0-3 (0-1) |
28-01-77 |
Syria - Iran (Damascus) |
0-1 (0-1) |
6-04-77 |
Iran - Syria (Shiraz) |
2-0 (*) |
22-04-77 |
Iran - Saudi Arabia (Shiraz) |
2-0 (1-0) |
Iraq withdrew before the competition. * Syria withdrew before the game and Iran received a 2-0 w.o. |
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SUBGROUP 4 (Doha, QATAR) |
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11-03-77 |
Bahrain - Kuwait |
0-2 (0-2) |
13-03-77 |
Qatar - Bahrain |
2-0 (1-0) |
15-03-77 |
Qatar - Kuwait |
0-2 (0-1) |
17-03-77 |
Kuwait - Bahrain |
2-1 (1-0) |
19-03-77 |
Bahrain - Qatar |
3-0 (1-0) |
21-03-77 |
Kuwait - Qatar |
4-1 (3-0) |
United Arab Emirates withdrew before the competition. |
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SUBGROUP 5 |
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13-03-77 |
Australia - Taiwan (Ba [Fiji]) |
3-0 (2-0) |
16-03-77 |
Taiwan - Australia (Ba [Fiji]) |
1-2 (1-1) |
20-03-77 |
New Zealand - Taiwan (Auckland) |
6-0 (4-0) |
23-03-77 |
Taiwan - New Zealand (Auckland) |
0-6 (0-2) |
27-03-77 |
Australia - New Zealand (Sydney) |
3-1 (0-1) |
30-03-77 |
New Zealand - Australia (Auckland) |
1-1 (1-1) |
FINAL STAGE |
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19-06-77 |
Hong Kong - Iran (Hong Kong) |
0-2 (0-1) |
26-06-77 |
Hong Kong - South Korea (Hong Kong) |
0-1 (0-0) |
3-07-77 |
South Korea - Iran (Pusan) |
0-0 (0-0) |
10-07-77 |
Australia - Hong Kong (Adelaide) |
3-0 (1-0) |
14-08-77 |
Australia - Iran (Melbourne) |
0-1 (0-0) |
27-08-77 |
Australia - South Korea (Sydney) |
2-1 (0-1) |
2-10-77 |
Hong Kong - Kuwait (Hong Kong) |
1-3 (1-1) |
9-10-77 |
South Korea - Kuwait (Seoul) |
1-0 (0-0) |
16-10-77 |
Australia - Kuwait (Sydney) |
1-2 (0-1) |
23-10-77 |
South Korea - Australia (Seoul) |
0-0 (0-0) |
28-10-77 |
Iran - Kuwait (Tehran) |
1-0 (0-0) |
30-10-77 |
Hong Kong - Australia (Hong Kong) |
2-5 (0-3) |
5-11-77 |
Kuwait - South Korea (Kuwait) |
2-2 (0-1) |
11-11-77 |
Iran - South Korea (Tehran) |
2-2 (0-1) |
12-11-77 |
Kuwait - Hong Kong (Kuwait) |
4-0 (3-0) |
18-11-77 |
Iran - Hong Kong (Tehran) |
3-0 (3-0) |
19-11-77 |
Kuwait - Australia (Kuwait) |
1-0 (0-0) |
25-11-77 |
Iran - Australia (Tehran) |
1-0 (0-0) |
3-12-77 |
Kuwait - Iran (Kuwait) |
1-2 (1-0) |
4-12-77 |
South Korea - Hong Kong (Seoul) |
5-2 (2-0) |
QUALIFIED: Iran. |
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BYES: Argentina (host), FRG (title holder).
