Qualified as hosts: West Germany Qualified as holders: Brazil Europe Group 1 [Sweden] 14.11.71 La Valletta Malta 0-2 Hungary 1.SWEDEN 6 3 2 1 15- 8 8 30.04.72 Wien Austria 4-0 Malta Austria 6 3 2 1 14- 7 8 06.05.72 Budapest Hungary 3-0 Malta 3.Hungary 6 2 4 0 12- 7 8 25.05.72 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 Hungary 4.Malta 6 0 0 6 1-20 0 10.06.72 Wien Austria 2-0 Sweden 15.10.72 Wien Austria 2-2 Hungary 15.10.72 Göteborg Sweden 7-0 Malta 25.11.72 La Valletta Malta 0-2 Austria 29.04.73 Budapest Hungary 2-2 Austria 23.05.73 Göteborg Sweden 3-2 Austria 13.06.73 Budapest Hungary 3-3 Sweden 11.11.73 La Valletta Malta 1-2 Sweden Playoff: 27.11.73 Gelsenkirchen Sweden 2-1 Austria Europe Group 2 [Italy] 07.10.72 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-4 Italy 1.ITALY 6 4 2 0 12- 0 10 21.10.72 Bern Switzerland 0-0 Italy 2.Turkey 6 2 2 2 5- 3 6 22.10.72 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-0 Turkey 3.Switzerland 6 2 2 2 2- 4 6 10.12.72 Istanbul Turkey 3-0 Luxembourg 4.Luxembourg 6 1 0 5 2-14 2 13.01.73 Napoli Italy 0-0 Turkey 25.02.73 Istanbul Turkey 0-1 Italy 31.03.73 Genova Italy 5-0 Luxembourg 08.04.73 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-1 Switzerland 09.05.73 Basel Switzerland 0-0 Turkey 26.09.73 Luzern Switzerland 1-0 Luxembourg 20.10.73 Roma Italy 2-0 Switzerland 18.11.73 Izmir Turkey 2-0 Switzerland Europe Group 3 [Netherlands] 18.05.72 Liège Belgium 4-0 Iceland 1.NETHERLANDS 6 4 2 0 24- 2 10 22.05.72 Brugge Iceland 0-4 Belgium 2.Belgium 6 4 2 0 12- 0 10 03.08.72 Oslo Norway 4-1 Iceland 3.Norway 6 2 0 4 9-16 4 04.10.72 Oslo Norway 0-2 Belgium 4.Iceland 6 0 0 6 2-29 0 01.11.72 Rotterdam Netherlands 9-0 Norway 19.11.72 Antwerpen Belgium 0-0 Netherlands 02.08.73 Reykjavik Iceland 0-4 Norway 22.08.73 Amsterdam Netherlands 5-0 Iceland 29.08.73 Deventer Iceland 1-8 Netherlands 12.09.73 Oslo Norway 1-2 Netherlands 31.10.73 Brussel Belgium 2-0 Norway 18.11.73 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-0 Belgium Europe Group 4 [East Germany] 21.06.72 Helsinki Finland 1-0 Albania 1.EAST GERMANY 6 5 0 1 18- 3 10 20.09.72 Helsinki Finland 1-1 Romania 2.Romania 6 4 1 1 17- 4 9 07.10.72 Dresden East Germany 5-0 Finland 3.Finland 6 1 1 4 3-21 3 29.10.72 Bucuresti Romania 2-0 Albania 4.Albania 6 1 0 5 3-13 2 07.04.73 Magdeburg East Germany 2-0 Albania 06.05.73 Tiranë Albania 1-4 Romania 27.05.73 Bucuresti Romania 1-0 East Germany 06.06.73 Tampere Finland 1-5 East Germany 26.09.73 Leipzig East Germany 2-0 Romania 10.10.73 Tiranë Albania 1-0 Finland 14.10.73 Bucuresti Romania 9-0 Finland 03.11.73 Tiranë Albania 1-4 East Germany Europe Group 5 [Poland] 15.11.72 Cardiff Wales 0-1 England 1.POLAND 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5 24.01.73 London England 1-1 Wales 2.England 4 1 2 1 3- 4 4 28.03.73 Cardiff Wales 2-0 Poland 3.Wales 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3 06.06.73 Chorzów Poland 2-0 England 26.09.73 Chorzów Poland 3-0 Wales 17.10.73 London England 1-1 Poland Europe Group 6 [Bulgaria] 29.03.72 Lisboa Portugal 4-0 Cyprus 1.BULGARIA 6 4 2 0 13- 3 10 10.05.72 Nicosia Cyprus 0-1 Portugal 2.Portugal 6 2 3 1 10- 6 7 18.10.72 Sofia Bulgaria 3-0 Northern Ireland 3.Northern Ireland 6 1 3 2 5- 6 5 19.11.72 Lisi (Akdogan) Cyprus 0-4 Bulgaria 4.Cyprus 6 1 0 5 1-14 2 14.02.73 Nicosia Cyprus 1-0 Northern Ireland 28.03.73 Coventry Northern Ireland 1-1 Portugal 02.05.73 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Portugal 08.05.73 London Northern Ireland 3-0 Cyprus 26.09.73 Sheffield Northern Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria 13.10.73 Lisboa Portugal 2-2 Bulgaria 14.11.73 Lisboa Portugal 1-1 Northern Ireland 18.11.73 Sofia Bulgaria 2-0 Cyprus Europe Group 7 [Yugoslavia] 19.10.72 Las Palmas Spain 2-2 Yugoslavia 1.YUGOSLAVIA 4 2 2 0 7- 4 6 19.11.72 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-0 Greece Spain 4 2 2 0 8- 5 6 17.01.73 Athinai Greece 2-3 Spain 3.Greece 4 0 0 4 5-11 0 21.02.73 Málaga Spain 3-1 Greece 21.10.73 Zagreb Yugoslavia 0-0 Spain 19.12.73 Athinai Greece 2-4 Yugoslavia Playoff: 13.02.74 Frankfurt Yugoslavia 1-0 Spain Europe Group 8 [Scotland] 18.10.72 København Denmark 1-4 Scotland 1.SCOTLAND 4 3 0 1 8- 3 6 15.11.72 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Denmark 2.Czechoslovakia 4 2 1 1 9- 3 5 02.05.73 København Denmark 1-1 Czechoslovakia 3.Denmark 4 0 1 3 2-13 1 06.06.73 Praha Czechoslovakia 6-0 Denmark 26.09.73 Glasgow Scotland 2-1 Czechoslovakia 17.10.73 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1-0 Scotland Europe Group 9 [none] 13.10.72 Paris France 1-0 Soviet Union 1.Soviet Union 4 3 0 1 5- 2 6 18.10.72 Dublin Ireland 1-2 Soviet Union 2.Ireland 4 1 1 2 4- 5 3 15.11.72 Dublin Ireland 2-1 France 3.France 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3 13.05.73 Moskva Soviet Union 1-0 Ireland 19.05.73 Paris France 1-1 Ireland 26.05.73 Moskva Soviet Union 2-0 France Soviet Union required to play off with the winner of South America Group 3. 26.09.73 Moskva Soviet Union 0-0 Chile 21.11.73 Santiago Chile - Soviet Union [Soviet Union refused to play in Chile, Chile qualified.] South America Group 10 [Uruguay] 21.06.73 Bogotá Colombia 1-1 Ecuador 1.URUGUAY 4 2 1 1 6- 2 5 24.06.73 Bogotá Colombia 0-0 Uruguay 2.Colombia 4 1 3 0 3- 2 5 28.06.73 Guayaquil Ecuador 1-1 Colombia 3.Ecuador 4 0 2 2 3- 8 2 01.07.73 Quito Ecuador 1-2 Uruguay 05.07.73 Montevideo Uruguay 0-1 Colombia 08.07.73 Montevideo Uruguay 4-0 Ecuador South America Group 11 [Argentina] 02.09.73 La Paz Bolivia 1-2 Paraguay 1.ARGENTINA 4 3 1 0 9- 2 7 09.09.73 Buenos Aires Argentina 4-0 Bolivia 2.Paraguay 4 2 1 1 8- 5 5 16.09.73 Asunción Paraguay 1-1 Argentina 3.Bolivia 4 0 0 4 1-11 0 23.09.73 La Paz Bolivia 0-1 Argentina 30.09.73 Asunción Paraguay 4-0 Bolivia 07.10.73 Buenos Aires Argentina 3-1 Paraguay South America Group 12 [Chile] Venezuela withdrew 29.04.73 Lima Peru 2-0 Chile 13.05.73 Santiago Chile 2-0 Peru Playoff: 05.08.73 Montevideo Chile 2-1 Peru Chile required to play off with winner of Europe Group 9 (see above). North and Central America Group 13 [Haiti] 1st round Subgroup A 20.08.72 St. John's Canada 3-2 USA 1.Mexico 4 4 0 0 8- 3 8 24.08.72 Toronto Canada 0-1 Mexico 2.Canada 4 1 1 2 6- 7 3 29.08.72 Baltimore USA 2-2 Canada 3.USA 4 0 1 3 6-10 1 03.09.72 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 3-1 USA 06.09.72 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 2-1 Canada 10.09.72 Los Angeles USA 1-2 Mexico Subgroup B 03.12.72 Guatemala Guatemala 1-0 El Salvador 10.12.72 San Salvador El Salvador 0-1 Guatemala Subgroup C 03.12.72 Tegucigalpa Honduras 2-1 Costa Rica 10.12.72 San José Costa Rica 3-3 Honduras Subgroup D Jamaica withdrew. Dutch Antilles had a walkover. Subgroup E 15.04.72 Port-au-Prince Haiti 7-0 Puerto Rico 23.04.72 San Juan Puerto Rico 0-5 Haiti Subgroup F 10.11.72 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 11-1 Antigua 1.Trinidad/Tobago 4 3 1 0 16- 4 7 19.11.72 St. John's Antigua 1-2 Trinidad/Tobago 2.Surinam 4 2 1 1 11- 4 5 28.11.72 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 2-1 Surinam 3.Antigua 4 0 0 4 3-22 0 30.11.72 San Fernando Surinam 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago 03.12.72 Saint John's Antigua 0-6 Surinam 05.12.72 Saint John's Surinam 3-1 Antigua 2nd round 29.11.73 Port-au-Prince Honduras 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 1.HAITI 5 4 0 1 8- 3 8 30.11.73 Port-au-Prince Mexico 0-0 Guatemala 2.Trinidad/Tobago 5 3 0 2 11- 4 6 01.12.73 Port-au-Prince Haiti 3-0 Dutch Antilles 3.Mexico 5 2 2 1 10- 5 6 03.12.73 Port-au-Prince Honduras 1-1 Mexico 4.Honduras 5 1 3 1 6- 6 5 04.12.73 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 5.Guatemala 5 0 3 2 4- 6 3 05.12.73 Port-au-Prince Dutch Antilles 2-2 Guatemala 6.Dutch Antilles 5 0 2 3 4-19 2 07.12.73 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-0 Honduras 08.12.73 Port-au-Prince Mexico 8-0 Dutch Antilles 10.12.73 Port-au-Prince Trinidad/Tobago 1-0 Guatemala 12.12.73 Port-au-Prince Honduras 2-2 Dutch Antilles 13.12.73 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-1 Guatemala 14.12.73 Port-au-Prince Trinidad/Tobago 4-0 Mexico 15.12.73 Port-au-Prince Honduras 1-1 Guatemala 17.12.73 Port-au-Prince Trinidad/Tobago 4-0 Dutch Antilles 18.12.73 Port-au-Prince Haiti 0-1 Mexico Africa Group 14 [Zaire] 1st round 19.11.72 Agadir Morocco 0-0 Senegal 03.12.72 Dakar Senegal 1-2 Morocco 02.03.72 Alger Algeria 1-0 Guinea 12.03.72 Conakry Guinea 5-1 Algeria 08.12.72 Cairo Egypt 2-1 Tunisia 17.12.72 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Egypt 15.10.72 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 Ivory Coast 29.10.72 Abidjan Ivory Coast 2-0 Sierra Leone 16.07.72 Nairobi Kenya 2-0 Sudan 23.07.72 Khartoum Sudan 1-0 Kenya Madagascar withdrew. Mauritius had a walkover. 25.11.72 Dar Es Salaam Tanzania 1-1 Ethiopia 03.12.72 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 0-0 Tanzania 10.12.72 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 3-0 Tanzania 30.04.72 Maseru Lesotho 0-0 Zambia 04.06.72 Ndola Zambia 6-1 Lesotho 05.08.72 Ibadan Nigeria 2-1 Congo 15.08.72 Brazzaville Congo 1-1 Nigeria 18.06.72 Cotonou Dahomey 0-5 Ghana 02.07.72 Kumasi Ghana 5-1 Dahomey 06.06.72 Lomé Togo 0-0 Zaire 20.06.72 Kinshasa Zaire 4-0 Togo Gabon withdrew. Cameroon had a walkover. 2nd round 11.02.73 Conakry Guinea 1-1 Morocco 25.02.73 Tetouan Morocco 2-0 Guinea 11.02.73 Tunis Tunisia 1-1 Ivory Coast 25.02.73 Abidjan Ivory Coast 2-1 Tunisia 10.12.72 Port Louis Mauritius 1-3 Kenya 17.12.72 Nairobi Kenya 2-2 Mauritius 01.04.73 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 0-0 Zambia 15.04.73 Lusaka Zambia 4-2 Ethiopia 10.02.73 Lagos Nigeria Abd Ghana [abandoned at 2-3; awarded 0-2] 25.02.73 Accra Ghana 0-0 Nigeria 04.02.73 Douala Cameroon 0-1 Zaire 25.02.73 Kinshasa Zaire 0-1 Cameroon 27.02.73 Kinshasa Zaire 2-0 Cameroon 3rd round 20.05.73 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-1 Morocco 03.06.73 Tetouan Morocco 4-1 Ivory Coast 12.08.73 Ndola Zambia 2-0 Kenya 19.08.73 Nairobi Kenya 2-2 Zambia 05.08.73 Accra Ghana 1-0 Zaire 19.08.73 Kinshasa Zaire 4-1 Ghana 4th round 21.10.73 Lusaka Zambia 4-0 Morocco 1.ZAIRE 4 4 0 0 9- 1 8 04.11.73 Lusaka Zambia 0-2 Zaire 2.Zambia 4 1 0 3 5- 6 2 18.11.73 Kinshasa Zaire 2-1 Zambia 3.Morocco 4 1 0 3 2- 9 2 25.11.73 Tetouan Morocco 2-0 Zambia 09.12.73 Kinshasa Zaire 3-0 Morocco 23.12.73 Morocco - Zaire [Morocco withdrew; awarded 0-2] Asia and Oceania Group 15 [Australia] Group allocation matches 16.05.73 Seoul South Vietnam 1-0 Thailand 16.05.73 Seoul Israel 2-1 Japan 17.05.73 Seoul Hongkong 1-0 Malaysia Subgroup A 20.05.73 Seoul Japan 4-0 South Vietnam 1.Hongkong 2 2 0 0 2- 0 4 22.05.73 Seoul Hongkong 1-0 Japan 2.Japan 2 1 0 1 4- 1 2 24.05.73 Seoul Hongkong 1-0 South Vietnam 3.South Vietnam 2 0 0 2 0- 5 0 Subgroup B 19.05.73 Seoul South Korea 4-0 Thailand 1.Israel 3 2 1 0 9- 0 5 19.05.73 Seoul Israel 3-0 Malaysia 2.South Korea 3 1 2 0 4- 0 4 21.05.73 Seoul South Korea 0-0 Malaysia 3.Malaysia 3 1 1 1 2- 3 3 21.05.73 Seoul Israel 6-0 Thailand 4.Thailand 3 0 0 3 0-12 0 23.05.73 Seoul South Korea 0-0 Israel 23.05.73 Seoul Malaysia 2-0 Thailand Semifinals subgroups A/B 26.05.73 Seoul South Korea 3-1 Hongkong 26.05.73 Seoul Israel 1-0 Japan [aet] Final subgroups A/B 28.05.73 Seoul South Korea 1-0 Israel [aet] Subgroup C 04.05.73 Tehran Iran 0-0 North Korea 1.Iran 6 4 1 1 7- 3 9 04.05.73 Tehran Syria 2-1 Kuwait 2.Syria 6 3 1 2 6- 6 7 06.05.73 Tehran Iran 2-1 Kuwait 3.North Korea 6 1 3 2 5- 5 5 06.05.73 Tehran North Korea 1-1 Syria 4.Kuwait 6 1 1 4 4- 8 3 08.05.73 Tehran North Korea 0-0 Kuwait 08.05.73 Tehran Iran 1-0 Syria 11.05.73 Tehran Iran 2-1 North Korea 11.05.73 Tehran Syria 2-0 Kuwait 13.05.73 Tehran Iran 2-0 Kuwait 13.05.73 Tehran North Korea 3-0 Syria 15.05.73 Tehran Syria 1-0 Iran 15.05.73 Tehran Kuwait 2-0 North Korea Subgroup D 04.03.73 Auckland Australia 1-1 New Zealand 1.Australia 6 3 3 0 15- 6 9 11.03.73 Sydney Australia 3-1 Iraq 2.Iraq 6 3 2 1 11- 6 8 11.03.73 Sydney New Zealand 1-1 Indonesia 3.Indonesia 6 1 2 3 6-13 4 13.03.73 Sydney Australia 2-1 Indonesia 4.New Zealand 6 0 3 3 5-12 3 13.03.73 Sydney Iraq 2-0 New Zealand 16.03.73 Sydney Iraq 1-1 Indonesia 16.03.73 Sydney Australia 3-3 New Zealand 18.03.73 Melbourne Australia 0-0 Iraq 18.03.73 Melbourne Indonesia 1-0 New Zealand 21.03.73 Sydney Iraq 3-2 Indonesia 24.03.73 Sydney Australia 6-0 Indonesia 24.03.73 Sydney Iraq 4-0 New Zealand Final subgroups C/D 18.08.73 Sydney Australia 3-0 Iran 24.08.73 Tehran Iran 2-0 Australia Final 28.10.73 Sydney Australia 0-0 South Korea 10.11.73 Seoul South Korea 2-2 Australia Playoff: 13.11.73 Hong Kong Australia 1-0 South Korea
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