World Cup 1978 Qualifying (original) (raw)

Qualified as hosts: Argentina Qualified as holders: West Germany

Europe Group 1 [Poland] 23.05.76 Limassol Cyprus 1-5 Denmark 1.POLAND 6 5 1 0 17- 4 11 16.10.76 Porto Portugal 0-2 Poland 2.Portugal 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9 27.10.76 København Denmark 5-0 Cyprus 3.Denmark 6 2 0 4 14-12 4 31.10.76 Warszawa Poland 5-0 Cyprus 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-24 0 17.11.76 Lisboa Portugal 1-0 Denmark 05.12.76 Limassol Cyprus 1-2 Portugal 01.05.77 København Denmark 1-2 Poland 15.05.77 Limassol Cyprus 1-3 Poland 21.09.77 Chorzów Poland 4-1 Denmark 09.10.77 København Denmark 2-4 Portugal 29.10.77 Chorzów Poland 1-1 Portugal 16.11.77 Faro Portugal 4-0 Cyprus

Europe Group 2 [Italy] 13.06.76 Helsinki Finland 1-4 England 1.ITALY 6 5 0 1 18- 4 10 22.09.76 Helsinki Finland 7-1 Luxembourg 2.England 6 5 0 1 15- 4 10 13.10.76 London England 2-1 Finland 3.Finland 6 2 0 4 11-16 4 16.10.76 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-4 Italy 4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2-22 0 17.11.76 Roma Italy 2-0 England 30.03.77 London England 5-0 Luxembourg 26.05.77 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-1 Finland 08.06.77 Helsinki Finland 0-3 Italy 12.10.77 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-2 England 15.10.77 Torino Italy 6-1 Finland 16.11.77 London England 2-0 Italy 03.12.77 Roma Italy 3-0 Luxembourg

Europe Group 3 [Austria] 31.10.76 Izmir Turkey 4-0 Malta 1.AUSTRIA 6 4 2 0 14- 2 10 17.11.76 Dresden East Germany 1-1 Turkey 2.East Germany 6 3 3 0 15- 4 9 05.12.76 La Valletta Malta 0-1 Austria 3.Turkey 6 2 1 3 9- 5 5 02.04.77 La Valletta Malta 0-1 East Germany 4.Malta 6 0 0 6 0-27 0 17.04.77 Wien Austria 1-0 Turkey 30.04.77 Salzburg Austria 9-0 Malta 24.09.77 Wien Austria 1-1 East Germany 12.10.77 Leipzig East Germany 1-1 Austria 29.10.77 Potsdam East Germany 9-0 Malta 30.10.77 Izmir Turkey 0-1 Austria 16.11.77 Izmir Turkey 1-2 East Germany 27.11.77 La Valletta Malta 0-3 Turkey

Europe Group 4 [Netherlands] 05.09.76 Reykjavik Iceland 0-1 Belgium 1.NETHERLANDS 6 5 1 0 11- 3 11 08.09.76 Reykjavik Iceland 0-1 Netherlands 2.Belgium 6 3 0 3 7- 6 6 13.10.76 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-2 Northern Ireland 3.Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 7- 6 5 10.11.76 Liège Belgium 2-0 Northern Ireland 4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 2-12 2 26.03.77 Antwerpen Belgium 0-2 Netherlands 11.06.77 Reykjavik Iceland 1-0 Northern Ireland 31.08.77 Nijmegen Netherlands 4-1 Iceland 03.09.77 Brussel Belgium 4-0 Iceland 21.09.77 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-0 Iceland 12.10.77 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-1 Netherlands 26.10.77 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-0 Belgium 16.11.77 Belfast Northern Ireland 3-0 Belgium

Europe Group 5 [France] 09.10.76 Sofia Bulgaria 2-2 France 1.FRANCE 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5 17.11.76 Paris France 2-0 Ireland 2.Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 5- 6 4 30.03.77 Dublin Ireland 1-0 France 3.Ireland 4 1 1 2 2- 4 3 01.06.77 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Ireland 12.10.77 Dublin Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria 16.11.77 Paris France 3-1 Bulgaria

Europe Group 6 [Sweden] 16.06.76 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 Norway 1.SWEDEN 4 3 0 1 7- 4 6 08.09.76 Oslo Norway 1-0 Switzerland 2.Norway 4 2 0 2 3- 4 4 09.10.76 Basel Switzerland 1-2 Sweden 3.Switzerland 4 1 0 3 3- 5 2 08.06.77 Stockholm Sweden 2-1 Switzerland 07.09.77 Oslo Norway 2-1 Sweden 30.10.77 Bern Switzerland 1-0 Norway

Europe Group 7 [Scotland] 13.10.76 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-0 Scotland 1.SCOTLAND 4 3 0 1 6- 3 6 17.11.76 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 Wales 2.Czechoslovakia 4 2 0 2 4- 6 4 30.03.77 Wrexham Wales 3-0 Czechoslovakia 3.Wales 4 1 0 3 3- 4 2 21.09.77 Glasgow Scotland 3-1 Czechoslovakia 12.10.77 Liverpool Wales 0-2 Scotland 16.11.77 Praha Czechoslovakia 1-0 Wales

Europe Group 8 [Spain] 10.10.76 Sevilla Spain 1-0 Yugoslavia 1.SPAIN 4 3 0 1 4- 1 6 16.04.77 Bucuresti Romania 1-0 Spain 2.Romania 4 2 0 2 7- 8 4 08.05.77 Zagreb Yugoslavia 0-2 Romania 3.Yugoslavia 4 1 0 3 6- 8 2 26.10.77 Madrid Spain 2-0 Romania 13.11.77 Bucuresti Romania 4-6 Yugoslavia 30.11.77 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 Spain

Europe Group 9 [Hungary] 09.10.76 Athinai Greece 1-1 Hungary 1.Hungary 4 2 1 1 6- 4 5 24.04.77 Moskva Soviet Union 2-0 Greece 2.Soviet Union 4 2 0 2 5- 3 4 30.04.77 Budapest Hungary 2-1 Soviet Union 3.Greece 4 1 1 2 2- 6 3 10.05.77 Thessaloniki Greece 1-0 Soviet Union 18.05.77 Tbilisi Soviet Union 2-0 Hungary 28.05.77 Budapest Hungary 3-0 Greece Hungary required to play off with the last of South America's final group. 29.10.77 Budapest Hungary 6-0 Bolivia 30.11.77 La Paz Bolivia 2-3 Hungary

South America Group 10 [Brazil, Peru]

1st round

Subgroup A 20.02.77 Bogotá Colombia 0-0 Brazil 1.Brazil 4 2 2 0 8- 1 6 24.02.77 Bogotá Colombia 0-1 Paraguay 2.Paraguay 4 1 2 1 3- 3 4 06.03.77 Asunción Paraguay 1-1 Colombia 3.Colombia 4 0 2 2 1- 8 2 09.03.77 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6-0 Colombia 13.03.77 Asunción Paraguay 0-1 Brazil 20.03.77 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-1 Paraguay

Subgroup B 09.02.77 Caracas Venezuela 1-1 Uruguay 1.Bolivia 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7 27.02.77 La Paz Bolivia 1-0 Uruguay 2.Uruguay 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4 06.03.77 Caracas Venezuela 1-3 Bolivia 3.Venezuela 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1 13.03.77 La Paz Bolivia 2-0 Venezuela 17.03.77 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Venezuela 27.03.77 Montevideo Uruguay 2-2 Bolivia

Subgroup C 20.02.77 Quito Ecuador 1-1 Peru 1.Peru 4 2 2 0 8- 2 6 27.02.77 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-1 Chile 2.Chile 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5 06.03.77 Santiago Chile 1-1 Peru 3.Ecuador 4 0 1 3 1- 9 1 12.03.77 Lima Peru 4-0 Ecuador 20.03.77 Santiago Chile 3-0 Ecuador 26.03.77 Lima Peru 2-0 Chile

2nd round 10.07.77 Cali Brazil 1-0 Peru 1.BRAZIL 2 2 0 0 9- 0 4 14.07.77 Cali Brazil 8-0 Bolivia 2.PERU 2 1 0 1 5- 1 2 17.07.77 Cali Peru 5-0 Bolivia 3.Bolivia 2 0 0 2 0-13 0 Bolivia required to play off with winner of Europe Group 9 (see above).

North and Central America Group 11 [Mexico]

1st round

North American Zone 24.09.76 Vancouver Canada 1-1 USA 1.Mexico 4 1 2 1 3- 1 4 03.10.76 Los Angeles USA 0-0 Mexico 2.Canada 4 1 2 1 2- 3 4 10.10.76 Vancouver Canada 1-0 Mexico USA 4 1 2 1 3- 4 4 15.10.76 Puebla Mexico 3-0 USA 20.10.76 Seattle USA 2-0 Canada 27.10.76 Toluca Mexico 0-0 Canada Playoff: 22.12.76 Port-au-Prince Canada 3-0 USA

Central American Zone 04.04.76 Panama Panama 3-2 Costa Rica 1.Guatemala 6 3 2 1 15- 6 8 02.05.76 Panama Panama 1-1 El Salvador 2.El Salvador 6 2 3 1 10- 7 7 11.07.76 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Panama 3.Costa Rica 6 1 4 1 8- 6 6 01.08.76 San Salvador El Salvador 4-1 Panama 4.Panama 6 1 1 4 7-21 3 17.09.76 Panama Panama 2-4 Guatemala 26.09.76 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 7-0 Panama 01.12.76 San Salvador El Salvador 1-1 Costa Rica 05.12.76 San José Costa Rica 0-0 Guatemala 08.12.76 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 3-1 El Salvador 12.12.76 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Costa Rica 15.12.76 San José Costa Rica 1-1 El Salvador 19.12.76 San Salvador El Salvador 2-0 Guatemala

Caribbean Zone

Subgroup A 1st round 04.07.76 Georgetown Guyana 2-0 Surinam 29.08.76 Paramaribo Surinam 3-0 Guyana 15.08.76 Bridgetown Barbados 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 31.08.76 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 1-0 Barbados Playoff: 14.09.76 Bridgetown Barbados 1-3 Trinidad/Tobago 2nd round 14.11.76 Paramaribo Surinam 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago 28.11.76 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 2-2 Surinam Playoff: 18.12.76 Cayenne Surinam 3-2 Trinidad/Tobago [aet]

Subgroup B Preliminary round 02.04.76 Santo Domingo Dominican Rep. 0-3 Haiti 17.04.76 Port-au-Prince Haiti 3-0 Dominican Rep. 1st round 31.07.76 Oranjestad Dutch Antilles 1-2 Haiti 14.08.76 Port-au-Prince Haiti 7-0 Dutch Antilles 15.08.76 Kingston Jamaica 1-3 Cuba 29.08.76 Havana Cuba 2-0 Jamaica 2nd round 28.11.76 Havana Cuba 1-1 Haiti 11.12.76 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-1 Cuba Playoff: 29.12.76 Panama Haiti 2-0 Cuba

2nd round

08.10.77 Monterrey Guatemala 3-2 Surinam 1.MEXICO 5 5 0 0 20- 5 10 08.10.77 Monterrey El Salvador 2-1 Canada 2.Haiti 5 3 1 1 6- 6 7 09.10.77 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 4-1 Haiti 3.El Salvador 5 2 1 2 8- 9 5 12.10.77 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 3-1 El Salvador 4.Canada 5 2 1 2 7- 8 5 12.10.77 Cd. de Mexico Canada 2-1 Surinam 5.Guatemala 5 1 1 3 8-10 3 12.10.77 Monterrey Haiti 2-1 Guatemala 6.Surinam 5 0 0 5 6-17 0 15.10.77 Monterrey Mexico 8-1 Surinam 16.10.77 Cd. de Mexico Haiti 1-0 El Salvador 16.10.77 Cd. de Mexico Canada 2-1 Guatemala 19.10.77 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 2-1 Guatemala 20.10.77 Monterrey El Salvador 3-2 Surinam 20.10.77 Monterrey Canada 1-1 Haiti 22.10.77 Monterrey Mexico 3-1 Canada 23.10.77 Cd. de Mexico Haiti 1-0 Surinam 23.10.77 Cd. de Mexico Guatemala 2-2 El Salvador

Africa Group 12 [Tunisia]

Preliminary round

07.03.76 Freetown Sierra Leone 5-1 Niger 21.03.76 Niamey Niger 2-1 Sierra Leone

13.03.76 Ouagadougou Upper Volta 1-1 Mauretania 28.03.76 Nouakchott Mauretania 0-2 Upper Volta

1st round

01.04.76 Alger Algeria 1-0 Libya 16.04.76 Tripoli Libya 0-0 Algeria

12.12.76 Casablanca Morocco 1-1 Tunisia 09.01.77 Tunis Tunisia 1-1 Morocco [aet] Tunisia 4-2 on penalties.

17.10.76 Lomé Togo 1-0 Senegal 31.10.76 Dakar Senegal 1-1 Togo

10.10.76 Accra Ghana 2-1 Guinea 31.10.76 Conakry Guinea 2-1 Ghana 16.01.77 Lomé Guinea 2-0 Ghana

Central Africa withdrew. Zaire had a walkover.

16.10.76 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-0 Nigeria 30.10.76 Lagos Nigeria 6-2 Sierra Leone

17.10.76 Brazzaville Congo 2-2 Cameroon 31.10.76 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-2 Congo (abandoned at 1-2; Congo proclaimed winner)

04.09.76 Ouagadougou Upper Volta 1-1 Ivory Coast 26.09.76 Abidjan Ivory Coast 2-0 Upper Volta

29.10.76 Cairo Egypt 3-0 Ethiopia 14.11.76 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 1-2 Egypt

Sudan withdrew. Kenya had a walkover.

Tanzania withdrew. Uganda had a walkover.

09.05.76 Lusaka Zambia 4-0 Malawi 30.05.76 Blantyre Malawi 0-1 Zambia

2nd round

06.02.77 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Algeria 28.02.77 Alger Algeria 1-1 Tunisia

13.02.77 Lomé Togo 0-2 Guinea 27.02.77 Conakry Guinea 2-1 Togo

Zaire withdrew. Nigeria had a walkover.

13.02.77 Bouaké Ivory Coast 3-2 Congo 27.02.77 Brazzaville Congo 1-3 Ivory Coast

06.02.77 Nairobi Kenya 0-0 Egypt 27.02.77 Cairo Egypt 1-0 Kenya

13.02.77 Kampala Uganda 1-0 Zambia 27.02.77 Ndola Zambia 4-2 Uganda [aet]

3rd round

05.06.77 Conakry Guinea 1-0 Tunisia 19.06.77 Tunis Tunisia 3-1 Guinea

10.07.77 Lagos Nigeria 4-0 Ivory Coast 25.07.77 Bouaké Ivory Coast 2-2 Nigeria

15.07.77 Cairo Egypt 2-0 Zambia 31.07.77 Lusaka Zambia 0-0 Egypt

4th round

25.09.77 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Nigeria 1.TUNISIA 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5 08.10.77 Lagos Nigeria 4-0 Egypt 2.Egypt 4 2 0 2 7-11 4 21.10.77 Cairo Egypt 3-1 Nigeria 3.Nigeria 4 1 1 2 5- 4 3 12.11.77 Lagos Nigeria 0-1 Tunisia 25.11.77 Cairo Egypt 3-2 Tunisia 11.12.77 Tunis Tunisia 4-1 Egypt

Asia and Oceania Group 13 [Iran]

1st round

Subgroup 1 Sri Lanka withdrew 27.02.77 Singapore Singapore 2-0 Thailand 1.Hongkong 4 2 2 0 9- 5 6 28.02.77 Singapore Hongkong 4-1 Indonesia 2.Singapore 4 2 1 1 5- 6 5 01.03.77 Singapore Malaysia 6-4 Thailand 3.Malaysia 4 1 2 1 7- 6 4 02.03.77 Singapore Singapore 2-2 Hongkong 4.Indonesia 4 1 1 2 7- 7 3 03.03.77 Singapore Indonesia 0-0 Malaysia 5.Thailand 4 1 0 3 8-12 2 05.03.77 Singapore Hongkong 2-1 Thailand 06.03.77 Singapore Singapore 1-0 Malaysia 07.03.77 Singapore Thailand 3-2 Indonesia 08.03.77 Singapore Hongkong 1-1 Malaysia 09.03.77 Singapore Singapore 0-4 Indonesia Playoff first and second: 12.03.77 Singapore Hongkong 1-0 Singapore

Subgroup 2 North Korea withdrew. 27.02.77 Ramat Gan Israel 0-0 South Korea 1.South Korea 4 2 2 0 4- 1 6 06.03.77 Ramat Gan Israel 2-0 Japan 2.Israel 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5 10.03.77 Ramat Gan Japan 0-2 Israel 3.Japan 4 0 1 3 0- 5 1 20.03.77 Seoul South Korea 3-1 Israel 26.03.77 Tokyo Japan 0-0 South Korea 03.04.77 Seoul South Korea 1-0 Japan

Subgroup 3 Iraq withdrew 12.11.76 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2-0 Syria 1.Iran 4 4 0 0 8- 0 8 26.11.76 Damascus Syria 2-1 Saudi Arabia 2.Saudi Arabia 4 1 0 3 3- 7 2 07.01.77 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-3 Iran 3.Syria 4 1 0 3 2- 6 2 28.01.77 Damascus Syria 0-1 Iran 06.04.77 Iran - Syria (Syria withdrew; awarded 2-0) 22.04.77 Shiraz Iran 2-0 Saudi Arabia

Subgroup 4 United Arab Emirates withdrew. 11.03.77 Doha Kuwait 2-0 Bahrain 1.Kuwait 4 4 0 0 10- 2 8 13.03.77 Doha Qatar 2-0 Bahrain 2.Bahrain 4 1 0 3 4- 6 2 15.03.77 Doha Qatar 0-2 Kuwait 3.Qatar 4 1 0 3 3- 9 2 17.03.77 Doha Kuwait 2-1 Bahrain 19.03.77 Doha Qatar 0-3 Bahrain 21.03.77 Doha Qatar 1-4 Kuwait

Subgroup 5 13.03.77 Suva Australia 3-0 Taiwan 1.Australia 4 3 1 0 9- 3 7 16.03.77 Suva Taiwan 1-2 Australia 2.New Zealand 4 2 1 1 14- 4 5 20.03.77 Auckland New Zealand 6-0 Taiwan 3.Taiwan 4 0 0 4 1-17 0 23.03.77 Auckland Taiwan 0-6 New Zealand 27.03.77 Sydney Australia 3-1 New Zealand 30.03.77 Auckland New Zealand 1-1 Australia

2nd round

19.06.77 Hongkong Hongkong 0-2 Iran 1.IRAN 8 6 2 0 12- 3 14 26.06.77 Hongkong Hongkong 0-1 South Korea 2.South Korea 8 3 4 1 12- 8 10 03.07.77 Pusan South Korea 0-0 Iran 3.Kuwait 8 4 1 3 13- 8 9 10.07.77 Adelaide Australia 3-0 Hongkong 4.Australia 8 3 1 4 11- 8 7 14.08.77 Melbourne Australia 0-1 Iran 5.Hongkong 8 0 0 8 5-26 0 27.08.77 Sydney Australia 2-1 South Korea 02.10.77 Hongkong Hongkong 1-3 Kuwait 09.10.77 Seoul South Korea 1-0 Kuwait 16.10.77 Sydney Australia 1-2 Kuwait 23.10.77 Seoul South Korea 0-0 Australia 28.10.77 Tehran Iran 1-0 Kuwait 30.10.77 Hongkong Hongkong 2-5 Australia 05.11.77 Kuwait Kuwait 2-2 South Korea 11.11.77 Tehran Iran 2-2 South Korea 12.11.77 Kuwait Kuwait 4-0 Hongkong 18.11.77 Tehran Iran 3-0 Hongkong 19.11.77 Kuwait Kuwait 1-0 Australia 25.11.77 Tehran Iran 1-0 Australia 03.12.77 Kuwait Kuwait 1-2 Iran 04.12.77 Seoul South Korea 5-2 Hongkong

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1978 Final Tournament

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