World Cup 1974 qualifications
World Cup 1974 qualifications
Europe
33 teams entered, including GER (hosts). Winners of nine groups (five
groups of four teams and four groups of three teams) progressing to finals,
except Group 9, whose winner battled the best team of South American
Group 12.
Goal difference was used to separate teams, but teams level on it still
had a play-off game.
Group 1 (1971-73)
14.11. La Valetta MLT-HUN 0:2 (0:1) Bene 3,56 (LoBello ITA)
30.04. Wien AUT-MLT 4:0 (3:0) Hickersberger 29,34,36, Hof 85
(Kruashvili ZSR)
06.05. Budapest HUN-MLT 3:0 (1:0) L.Kocsis 35, Bene 60, Juhasz 75
(Guguloviæ JUG)
25.05. Stockholm SWE-HUN 0:0 (van Ravens HOL)
10.06. Wien AUT-SWE 2:0 (0:0) Pants 65, Pumm 78 (Bucheli SUI)
15.10. Wien AUT-HUN 2:2 (0:2) Hasil 58p, Jara 71 - A.Dunai 16,
L.Kocsis 20 (Glöckner DDR)
15.10. Göteborg SWE-MLT 7:0 (5:0) Edstróm 2, 32, 64, B.Larsson 18, 35 p,
Sandberg 44, Szepanski 57p (Hirviniemi
FIN)
25.11 La Valetta MLT-AUT 0:2 (0:0) Kóglberger 48, Spiteri 77 o (Francescon
ITA)
29.04 Budapest HUN-AUT 2:2 (1:2) Zambo 12, Balint 69 - Starek 14, Jara 28
(Kitabdjian FRA)
23.05 Góteborg SWE-AUT 3:2 (1:0) Sandberg (2), Grahn - Jara 56, Starek 88
(Loraux BEL)
13.06 Budapest HUN-SWE 3:3 (1:1) Kozma 9, Vidats 59, Zambo 71 - Kindvall
38, Sandberg 57, Edström 77 (Lo Bello ITA)
11.11 La Valetta MLT-SWE 1:2 (1:2) Camilleri 20 - Kindvall 20, B. Larsson 35p
(Katsoras GRE)
1.SWE> 6 8 3 2 1 15- 8
2.AUT> 6 8 3 2 1 14- 7
3.HUN 6 8 2 4 0 12- 7
4.MLT 6 0 0 0 6 1-20
- play-off match in West Germany
27.11. G'kirchen SWE-AUT 2:1 (2:1) Sandberg 12, B.Larsson 28p - Hattenberger
39 (Glöckner DDR)
Group 2 (1972-73)
07.10. Luxembourg LUX-ITA 0:4 (0:3) Chinaglia 3, Riva 6,36, Capello 62 (Wurtz
FRA)
21.10. Bern SUI-ITA 0:0 (Tschenscher GER)
22.10. Luxembourg LUX-TUR 2:0 (2:0) Dussier 14, Braun 16 (Riegg GER)
10.12. Stambul TUR-LUX 3:0 (2:0) Osman 6,39, Köksal 79p (Bachramov ZSR)
13.01. Napoli ITA-TUR 0:0 (Kruashvili ZSR)
25.02. Stambul TUR-1TA 0:1 (0:1) Anastasi 35 (Aouissi ALG)
31.03. Genoa ITA-LUX 5:0 (2:0) Riva 18,45,70,80, Rivera 63 (Seoudi TUN)
08.04. Luxembourg LUX-SUI 0:1 (0:1) Odermatt 20 (Wöhrer AUT)
09.05. Basel SUI-TUR 0:0 (Emsberger HUN)
26.09. Lucerne SUI-LUX 1:0 (1:0) Blattler 2 (Riedel DDR)
20.10. Roma ITA-SUI 2:0 (1:0) Rivera 39p, Riva 79 (Jimenez ESP)
18.11. Ismir TUR-SUI 2:0 (0:0) F.Mehmet 51, Melih 54 (Davidson SCO)
1.ITA^ 6 10 4 2 0 12- 0
2.TUR 6 6 2 2 2 5- 3
3.SUI 6 6 2 2 2 2- 4
4.LUX 6 2 1 0 5 2-14
Group 3 (1972-73)
18.05. Liege BEL-ISL 4:0 (2:0) van Himst 12, Polleunis 34,57, Gunnarsson
89 o (Rasmussen DAN)
22.05. Brugges ISL-BEL 0:4 (0:2) Janssens 28, Lambert 30p, 49p, Dockx 60
(Byrne IRL)
03.08. Stavanger NOR-ISL 4:1 (0:0) Fulgset 48. Lund, Hestad, Johansen -
Oskarsson 90 (Riedel DDR)
04.10. Oslo NOR-BEL 0:2 (0:0) Dolman 58p, Lambert 60 (Mullan SCO)
01.11. Rotterdam HOL-NOR 9:0 (1:0) Neeskens (3), Cruyff (2), Brokamp (2), de
Jong, Keizer (p) (Eksztajn POL)
19.11. Antwerpia BEL-HOL 0:0 (Walker ENG)
02.08. Reykjavik ISL-NOR 0:4 (0:1) Sunde, Johansen (2), Pettersen (Dahlberg
SWE)
22.08. Amsterdam HOL-ISL 5:0 (4:0) Cruyff (2), van Hanegem, Haan, Brokamp
(Coiling LUX)
29.08. Deventer ISL-HOL 1:8 (1:4) Cruyff (2), Brokamp (2), Schneider (p),
Neeskens, van Hanegem, R. van de
Kerkhof - E.Geirsson 44 (Hirviniemi FIN)
12.09. Oslo NOR-HOL 1:2 (0:1) Hestad 77 - Hulshoff, Cruyff (Wright NIR)
31.10. Bruksela BEL-NOR 2:0 (1:0) Dolman 32p, Lambert 85p (Jursa ÈZE)
18.11. Amsterdam HOL-BEL 0:0 (Kazakov ZSR)
- both matches ISL-BEL and ISL-HOL away
1.HOL^ 6 10 4 2 0 24- 2
2.BEL 6 6 4 2 0 12- 0
3.NOR 6 6 2 0 4 9-16
4.ISL 6 2 0 0 6 2-29
Group 4 (1972-73)
21.06. Helsinki FIN-ALB 1:0 (1:0) Toivola 13 (Lööw SWE)
20.09. Helsinki FIN-ROM 1:1 (0:0) Rissanen 86 - R.Nunweiler 52 (Eksztajn
POL)
07.10. Dresden DDR-FIN 5:0 (0:0) Kreische 26, Sparwasser 68,86, Streich
70,76 (Radunchev BUL)
29.10. Bukarest ROM-ALB 2:0 (2:0) Dobrin 38, Dembrovschi 41 (Vamvacopoulos
GRE)
07.04. Magdeburg DDR-ALB 2:0 (0:0) Streich 62, Sprawasser 69 (Helies FRA)
06.05. Tirana ALB-ROM 1:4 (0:2) Bizi - Dumitru 12, Dumitrache 25,57,
Taralunga 72 (Raus JUG)
27.05. Bukarest ROM-DDR 1:0 (0:0) Dumitrache 53 (Linemayr AUT)
06.06. Tampere FIN-DDR 1:5 (0:3) Mannmen 88 - Streich 7,30, Löwe 44, P.Ducke 75,
Kreische 83 (Kazakov ZSR)
26.09. Leipzig DDR-ROM 2:0 (1:0) Bransch 42, 64 (Scheurer SUI)
10.10. Tirana ALB-FIN 1:0 (1:0) Ragami (p) (Angonese ITA)
14.10. Bukarest ROM-FIN 9:0 (5:0) Dumitru 6, Marcu 8,42, Mircea 25,65,
Dumitrache 45,63, Pantea 55, D. Georgescu
81 (Emsberger HUN)
13.11 Tirana ALB-DDR 1:4 (1:2) Ghika 15 - Streich 5,35. Löwe 62,
Sparwasser 77 (Bonett MLT)
1.DDR^ 6 10 5 0 1 18- 3
2.ROM 6 9 4 1 1 17- 4
3.FIN 6 3 1 1 4 3-21
4.ALB 6 2 1 0 5 3-13
Group 5 (1972-73)
15.11. Cardiff WAL-ENG 0:1 (0:1) Bell 35 (Mullan SCO)
24.01. London ENG-WAL 1:1 (1:1) Hunter 41 - Toshack 23 (Wright NIR)
28.03. Cardiff WAL-POL 2:0 (0:0) James 46, Hockey 85 (Sureda ESP)
06.06. Chorzów POL-ENG 2:0 (1:0) Bana¶ 7, Lubañski 47 (Schiller AUT)
26.09. Chorzów POL-WAL 3:0 (2:0) Gadocha 29, Lato 34, Domarski 53 (Dahlberg
SWE)
17.10. London ENG-POL 1:1 (0:0) Clarke 63 p - Domarski 57 (Loraux BEL)
1.POL^ 4 5 2 1 1 6- 3
2.ENG 4 4 1 2 1 3- 4
3.WAL 4 3 1 1 2 3- 5
Group 6 (1972-73)
29.03. Lisboa POR-CYP 4:0 (2:0) Humberto, Nene, A.Jorge, Jordao (Loraux
BEL)
10.05. Nicosia CYP-POR 0:1 (0:0) Faria 36 (Chevorc ROM)
18.10. Sofia BUL-NIR 3:0 (1:0) Bonev 18p,85p, Kolev 53 (Schulenburg GER)
19.11. Limassol CYP-BUL 0:4 (0:3) Mikhailov 2, Denev 15, Bonev 17, 80
(Lo Bello ITA)
14.02. Nicosia CYP-NIR 1:0 (0:0) Savva 88 (Bentu ROM)
28.03. Coventry NIR-POR 1:1 (0:1) O'Neill - Eusebio 84p (Schiller AUT)
02.05. Sofia BUL-POR 2:1 (1:0) Denev 38, Bonev 60 - Nene 74 (Guguloviæ
JUG)
08.05. London NIR-CYP 3:0 (3:0) Anderson (2), Morgan (Jones WAL)
26.09. Sheffield NIR-BUL 0:0 (Nyhus NOR)
13.10. Lisboa POR-BUL 2:2 (0:0) Simoes, Quaresma - Bonev 56, 65 (Taylor
ENG)
14.11. Lisboa POR-NIR 1:1 (1:0) Jordao - Lutton (Ibanez ESP)
18.11. Sofia BIL-CYP 2:0 (1:0) Kolev 2, Denev 65 (Placek CZE)
- all home matches of NIR played in England
1.BUL^ 6 10 4 2 0 13- 3
2.POR 6 7 2 3 1 10- 6
3.NIR 6 5 1 3 2 5- 6
4.CYP 6 2 1 0 5 1-14
Group 7 (1972-1973)
19.10. Las Palmas ESP-JUG 2:2 (1:0) Amancio 30, Asensi 89 - Bajeviæ 52, 60
(Walker ENG)
18.11. Belgrad JUG-GRE 1:0 (1:0) Aèimoviæ 14 (Tschenscher GER)
17.01. Athina GRE-ESP 2:3 (0:1) Domazos 41, Koudas 56 - Valdez 40, 86,
Claramunt 65 (Glöckner DDR)
21.02. Malaga ESP-GRE 3:1 (2:1) Claramunt, Martinez, Sol - Antoniadis
(Kitabdjian FRA)
21.10. Zagreb JUG-ESP 0:0 (Linemayr AUT)
19.12. Athina GRE-JUG 2:4 (2:2) Sarafis 36, Karasi (o) - Bajeviæ 12, Petroviæ
60, Karasi 15,90 (Tschenscher GER)
1.ESP> 4 6 2 2 0 8- 5
2.JUG> 4 6 2 2 0 7- 4
3.GRE 4 0 0 0 4 5-11
- play-off game in West Germany (1974)
13.02. F'kfurt JUG-ESP 1:0 (1:0) Katalinski 10 (Loraux BEL)
Group 8 (1972-73)
18.10. Kobenhavn DAN-SCO 1:4 (1:2) F.Laudrup 28 - Macari 18, Bone 20, Harper
80, Morgan 83 (Bachramov ZSR)
15.11. Glasgow SCO-DAN 2:0 (1:0) Dalglish 2, Lorimer 46 (Corver HOL)
02.05. Kobenhavn DAN-CZE 1:1 (1:1) Björnemose 15 - Petras 32 (Lo Bello ITA)
06.06. Praha CZE-DAN 6:0 (0:0) Nehoda 46, Vesely 56,65,80, Bicovsky 57,
Hagara 60 (Bucheli SUI)
26.09. Glasgow SCO-CZE 2:1 (1:1) Holton 40, Jordan 74 - Nehoda 32 (Õberg
NOR)
17.10. Bratislava CZE-SCO 1:0 (1:0) Nehoda (p) (Biwersi GER)
1.SCO^ 4 6 3 0 1 8- 3
2.CZE 4 5 2 1 1 9- 3
3.DAN 4 1 0 1 4 2-13
Group 9 (1972-73)
13.10. Paris FRA-ZSR 1:0 (0:0) Bereta 61 (Scheurer SUI)
18.10. Dublin IRL-ZSR 1:2 (0:0) Conroy 83 - Fiedotow 55, Kototow 65
(Õberg NOR)
15.11. Dublin IRL-FRA 2:1 (1:0) Conroy 27, Treacy 77 - Larqué 66
(Rasmussen DAN)
13.05. Moscow ZSR-IRL 1:0 (0:0) Oniszczcnko 58 (Dahlberg SWE)
19.05. Paris FRA-IRL 1:1 (0:0) Chiesa 78 - Martin 83 (Rainea ROM)
26.05. Moscow ZSR-FRA 2:0 (0:0) Blochin 81, Oniszczenko 84 (Biwersi GER)
1.ZSR^ 4 6 3 0 1 5- 2
2.IRL 4 3 1 1 2 4- 5
3.FRA 4 3 1 1 2 3- 5
- play-off between winners of groups 9 and 12
26.09. Moscow ZSR-CHI 0:0 (Marques BRA)
21.11. Santiago CHI-ZSR (wo. CHI)
- the second leg not played due to the refusal of ZSR to travel to Chile
and FIFA's subsequent decision (5 Jan 1974) to award a walkover
South America
10 teams entered, including BRA (champions). Winners of two first groups
progressing into the finals, winner of the third group to play a tie with
group 9 winner.
Group 10 (1973)
21.06. Bogota COL-ECU 1:1 (1:0) Ortiz 44 - Muñoz 72 (Guenero PER)
24.06. Bogota COL-URU 0:0 (Goicoechea ARG)
28.06. Guayaquil ECU-COL 1:1 (1:0) Muñoz 29 - Ortiz 50 (Pestarino ARG)
01.07. Quito ECU-URU 1:2 (1:1) Estupinan 35 - Esparrago 41, Morena 74
(Arppi Filho BRA)
05.07. Montevideo URU-COL 0:1 (0:0) Ortiz 71 (González CHI)
08.07. Montevideo URU-ECU 4:0 (3:0) Morena 4, 27, Cubilla 30, Milar 62
(Canete PAR)
1.URU^ 4 5 2 1 1 6- 2
2.COL 4 5 1 3 0 3- 5
3.ECU 4 2 0 2 2 3- 8
Group 11 (1973)
02.09. La Paz BOL-PAR 1:2 (1:1) Morales 30 - Escobar 41, Insfran 74
(Rendón Villads ECU)
09.09. B.Aires ARG-BOL 4:0 (2:0) Brindisi 30,43, Ayala 66,75 (Pazos
Bianchi URU)
16.09. Asunción PAR-ARG 1:1 (1:1) Arrua 41 - Ayala 33 (Delgado COL)
23.09. La Paz BOL-ARG 0:1 (0:1) Fomari 17 (Coelho BRA)
30.09. Asunción PAR-BOL 4:0 (3:0) Bareiro 10, Osorio 13, Insfran 18, Arrua
89 (Tejada Burga PER)
07.10. B.Aires ARG-PAR 3:1 (1:1) Ayala 32,57, Guerini 89 - Escobar 22
(Diaz CHI)
1.ARG^ 4 7 3 1 0 9- 2
2.PAR 4 5 2 1 1 8- 5
3.BOL 4 0 0 0 4 1-11
Group 12 (1973)
29.04. Lima PER-CHI 2:0 (1:0) Sotil (2) (Marques BRA)
13.05. Santiago CHI-PER 2:0 (0:0) Crisosto, Ahumada (Barreto Ruiz URU)
05.08. Montevideo CHI-PER 2:1 (1:1) Valdez, Farias Bailctti (da Rosa URU)
- VEN withdrew after seeding, play-off match in Uruguay
CONCACAF
14 teams entered. Winners of six zonal groups (four pairs and two groups
of three teams) to play in the final group on Haiti, winner progresses to
finals. JAM withdrew after seeding.
Group 13 (1972)
First Round
Subgroup A
20.08. St.John's CAN-USA 3:2 (2:0) Parsons 5, Twamley 41, Johanson 83 -
Roy 65, Gelzinger 88 (Parsons BER)
24.08. Toronto CAN-MEX 0:1 (0:0) Barbolla 61 (Chaplin JAM)
29.08. Baltimore USA-CAN 2:2 (2:1) Roy 14, Gcimer 25 - Mackay 9, Douglas 81
(Henriquez SAL)
03.09. Mexico Ct. MEX-USA 3:1 (1:0) Victorino, Bustos, Borja - Roy
(de Gourville TRI)
06.09. Mexico Ct. MEX-CAN 2:1 (1:1) Victorino 21, Bustos 46 - Robinson 40
(Koetsier AHO)
10.09. L.Angeles USA-MEX 1:2 (1:1) Geimer 8 - Ceballos 11, Borbolla 55
(Soto Paris COS)
1.MEX^ 4 8 4 0 0 8- 2
2.CAN 4 3 1 1 2 6- 7
3.USA 4 1 0 1 3 6-10
Subgroup B
03.12. Guatemala GUA-SAL 1:0 (0:0) (Pageotte HAI)
10.12. S.Salvador SAL-GUA 0:1 (0:0) (Kibritpan USA)
Subgroup C
03.12. T'cigalpa HON-COS 2:1 (1:1) (Archundia MEX)
10.12. San José COS-HON 3:3 (1:0) (Ramirez PUE)
Subgroup D - JAM withdrew, AHO had a walkover
Subgroup E
15.04. Port-au-Pr.HAI-PUE 7:0 (5:0) Sanon (3), Désir, Vorbe, François,
Barthélemy (Archundia MEX)
23.04. San Juan PUE-HAI 0:5 (0:2) Sanon (3), Désir, Bayonne (Canessa GUA)
Subgroup F
- note: SUR and ANT scorers missing
10.11. Port of Sp.TRI-ANT11:1 (4:1) Llewellyn (3), David (4), Brewster, Spann,
Roberts - ? (Alvarez Alfaro NIC)
19.11. St.John's ANT-TRI 1:2 (0:2) ? - Llewellyn, David (Ortiz Perez HON)
28.11. Port of Sp.TRI-SUR 2:1 (0:0) Brewster, David - Schal (Landauer USA)
30.11. S.Fernando TRI-SUR 1:1 (0:0) David - ? (Landauer USA)
03.12. St.John's ANT-SUR 0:6 (0:2) (Amarica CAN)
05.12. St.John's ANT-SUR 1:3 (1:2) (Amarica CAN)
- SUR played all matches away
1.TRI^ 4 8 4 0 0 17- 4
2.SUR 4 4 2 0 2 11- 5
3.ANT 4 0 0 0 4 3-22
Second Round - tournament on Haiti
29.11. Port-au-Pr.HON-TRI 2:1 (1:0) Guifarro, Hernandez - David (Davies CAN)
30.11. MEX-GUA 0:0 (Highet CAN)
01.12. HAI-AHO 3:0 (2:0) Sanon (2), Vorbe (Soto Paris COS)
03.12. HON-MEX 1:1 (0:0) Guifarro - H.López (Winsemann CAN)
04.12. HAI-TRI 2:1 (1:1) Sanon, R.St.Vil - David (Henriquez SAL)
05.12. AHO-GUA 2:2 (1:1) Schoop, Koots - Morales (2) (Kibritjian
USA)
07.12. HA1-HON 1:0 (0:0) G. St.Vil (Winsemann CAN)
08.12. MEX-AHO 8:0 (4:0) Mucmo (4), H.López (2), Lapuente, Siles
+ 1o (Calderón COS)
10.12. TRI-GUA 1:0 (1:0) David 30 (Soto Paris COS)
12.12. HON-AHO 2:2 (1:0) Guifarro, Soza - Clemencia, St. Jago
(Chaplin JAM)
13.12. HAI-GUA 2:1 (1:1) Sanon (2) - Bolanos (Davies CAN)
14.12. TRT-MEX 4:0 (2:0) Cummings 35,39, David 52, Archibald 62
(Winsemann CAN)
15.12. HON-GUA 1:1 (1:0) Guifarro - Mendez (Schott USA)
17.12. TR1-AHO 4:0 (2:0) David (3), Morgan (Ramirez PUE)
18.12. HAI-MEX 0:1 (0:1) Borja 29 (Kibritjian USA)
1.HAI^ 5 8 4 0 1 8- 3
2.TRI 5 6 3 0 2 11- 4
3.MEX 5 6 2 2 1 10- 5
4.HON 5 5 1 3 1 6- 6
5.GUA 5 3 0 3 2 4- 6
6.AHO 5 2 0 2 3 4-19
Africa
24 teams entered. Winners of three cup rounds to play in a final group,
winner progresses into the finals
Group 14 (1972-73)
First Round
(1)
19.11. Agadir MAR-SEN 0:0 (Jimenez ESP)
03.12. Dacar SEN-MAR 1:2 (1:1) (Lamptey GHA)
(2)
02.03. Algier ALG-GUI 1:0 (0:0) Khalcm 65 Helies FRA
12.03. Conacra GUI-ALG 5:1 (2:0) Camara 28, I.Keita 36, Soumah 54p, Cherif
78, Smith 82 - Gamouh 62 (Ba MLI)
(3)
08.12. Cairo EGY-TUN 2:1 (1:0) Al-Khalil 10, Abderrazak 69 - Chakroun 61
(Zlatanos GRE)
17.12. Tunis TUN-EGY 2:0 (1:0) Chakroun 16, Moheiddine 71 (Babaçan TUR)
(4)
15.10. Freetown SLE-IVC 0:1 (0:1) (Faber GUI)
29.10. Abidjan IVC-SLE 2:0 (1:0) Kouame 42, Quatarra 72 (N'Gom SEN)
(5)
16.07. Nairobi KEN-SUD 2:0 (1:0) Anyanza, Ouma (Tessema ETH)
23.07. Khartoum SUD-KEN 1:0 (1:0) (Kamei EGY)
(6)
- MAD withdrew, MRS had a walkover
(7)
25.11. D/Salaam TAN-ETH 1:1 (0:1) Mashoto 78 - ? (Olimba KEN)
03.12. A.Abeba ETH-TAN 0:0 (0:0) (El-Khider SUD)
10.12. A.Abeba ETH-TAN 3:0 (3:0) Ingdawerk (2), Tesfaye (Saleh SUD)
(8)
30.04. Maseru LES-ZAM 0:0 (Ndimbo TAN)
04.06. Ndola ZAM-LES 6:1 (3:1) Chitalu 20,40, Sinyangwe 35,65, Mapulanga
50, Simutwe 72 - ? (Ratsitohara MAD)
(9)
05.08. Ibadan NGA-CON 2:1 (1:0) (Atangana CAM)
15.08. B'zzaville CON-NGA 1:1 (0:1) Moukila - Olayombo (Onwanlele GAB)
(10)
18.06. Cotonou DAH-GHA 0:5 (0:3) (Attiogbe TOG)
02.07. Kumasi GHA-DAH 5:1 (2:0) (Koudou IVC)
(11)
06.06. Lome TOG-ZAI 0:0 (Woghiren NGA)
20.06. Kinshasa ZAI-TOG 4:0 (2:0) Kakoko (3), Kembo (Kamden CAM)
(12)
- GAB withdrew, CAM had a walkover
Second Round
(1)
11.02. Conacra GUI-MAR 1:1 (1:1) S. Cherif 38 - Tazi (Mutombo ZAI)
25.02. Tetuan MAR-GUI 2:0 (0:0) Haddadi, Paras (Bertin LBR)
(2)
11.02. Tunis TUN-IVC 1:1 (0:1) Moheddine 50 - Kouame (Adal LBA)
25.02. Abidjan IVC-TUN 2:1 (1:1) Nguessa (2) - Adhouma 15 (Lamptey GHA)
(3)
10.12. Port Louis MRS-KEN 1:3 (1:1) (Galloway ZAM)
17.12. Nairobi KEN-MRS 2:2 (0:2) Azibwa, Aluko - Imbert (2) (Ngaah KEN)
- KEN-MRS match refereed by a local referee
(4)
01.04. A.Abeba ETH-ZAM 0:0 (Kamei EGY)
15.04. Lusaka ZAM-ETH 4:2 (0:1) Mugala 52, Simutwe 63, Simwala 76,
Mapulanga 86 - ? (Gindil Salih SUD)
(5)
10.02. Lagos NGA-GHA 2:3 (2:1) (Nkounkou CON)
25.02. Acra GHA-NGA 0:0 (N'Gom SEN)
- first leg abandoned in 85 min due to riots and verified 2:0 to GHA
(6)
04.02. Douala CAM-ZAI 0:1 (0:1) Ntumba (Kangni DAH)
25.02. Kinshasa ZAI-CAM 0:1 (0:1) Onguene (Wolbert CON)
27.02. Kinshasa ZAI-CAM 2:0 (1:0) Maruba, Kakoko (Wolbert CON)
Third Round
20.05. Abid¿an IVC-MAR 1:1 (0:1) Pokou - Acila (N'Diaye SEN)
03.06. Tetuan MAR-IVC 4:1 (2:1) Faras (2), Fetoui, Chukry - Pokou
(Khelifi ALG)
12.08. Ndola ZAM-KEN 2:0 (1:0) Chanda 34, Sinyangwe 72 (Matovu TAN)
19.08. Nairobi KEN-ZAM 2:2 (0:2) (Addo SOM)
05.08. Acra GHA-ZAI 1:0 (1:0) (Camara GUI)
19.08. Kinshasa ZAI-GHA 4:1 (2:0) Ntumba (3), Bwanga - Owusu (N'Difo CAM)
Fourth Round
21.10. Lusaka ZAM-MAR 4:0 (2:0) Simulambo 17, Chanda 39, Sinyangwe 52,
Simwala 74 (Tesfaye ETH)
04.11. Lusaka ZAM-ZAI 0:2 (0:2) Mayanga, Kakoko (Addo SOM)
18.11. Kinshasa ZAI-ZAM 2:1 (1:1) Kembo, Kakoko - Chitalu (N'Diaye SEN)
25.11. Tetuan MAR-ZAM 2:0 (1:0) Maghfour, Faras (El-Attar EGY)
09.12. Kinshasa ZAI-MAR 3:0 (0:0) Ndaye 60, Kembo 61, Ndungu 80 (Lamptey
GHA)
23.12. MAR-ZAI 0:2 wo.
- MAR-ZAI match awarded wo. to ZAI due to the resignation of hosts.
1.ZAI^ 4 8 4 0 0 9- 1
2.ZAM 4 2 1 0 3 5- 6
3.NAR 4 2 1 0 3 2- 9
Asia
16 teams entered, including two Oceanian teams (AUS, NZE). IND, SRI, FIL
withdrew after seeding. The originally planned cup system was replaced
by a complicated two-zone qualifier routine; winners played in a two-leg
match for a finals spot.
Group 15 (1973)
Zone A - all matches in Seoul, South Korea
- preliminary matches to determine group placement. Winners of pairs (2)
and (3) and the loser in pair (1) alloted to group A, the rest to group B.
(1)
16.05. Seoul ISR-JAP 2:1 (1:1) Spiegler 5, Onana 61 - Hirasawa 62
(Boskovic AUS)
(2)
16.05. VIE-THA 1:0 (0:0) (Coffman NZE)
(3)
17.05. HKG-MAL 1:0 (0:0) Lo Hung Hoi (Azam IND)
First Round
Group A
20.05. JAP-VIE 4:0 (2:0) Kamamoto 5,86, Mori 19 + 1 o 54
(Coffman NZE)
22.05. HKG-JAP 1:0 (0:0) ? (Boskovic AUS)
24.05. HKG-VIE 1:0 (0:0) Yuen Kuen Choo (Aing Kim Ean KAM)
1.HKG^ 2 4 2 0 0 2- 0
2.JAP 2 2 1 0 1 4- 1
3.VIE 2 2 0 0 2 0- 5
Group B
19.05. ISR-MAL 3:0 (0:0) Farkas 50, Shum 62, Onana 82 (Aing Kim
Ean KAM)
19.05. KOR-THA 4:0 (0:0) Kim Jim-kook (2), Kim Joo-hwan, Cha
Bun-keun (Hatta INA)
21.05. KOR-MAL 0:0 (U Tin Thut BIR)
21.05. ISR-THA 6:0 (1:0) Shum 65, Rozen 69,83, Onana 78, 12 o,
62 o (Dhillon SIN)
23.05. KOR-ISR 0:0 (U Tin Thut BIR)
23.05. MAL-THA 2:0 (0:0) Abdullah, Jusoh (Azam IND)
1.ISR^ 3 5 2 1 0 9- 0
2.KOR 3 4 1 2 0 4- 0
3.MAL 3 3 1 1 1 2- 3
4.THA 3 0 0 0 3 0-12
Secound Round
26.05. KOR-HKG 3:1 (1:1) (Hatta INA)
26.05. ISR-JAP 1:0 (0:0,0:0,0:0) Onana 110 (DhiUon SIN)
Third Round
28.05. KOR-ISR 1:0 (0:0,0:0,0:0) Hon Joo-wook 109 (U Tin Thut BIR)
Group C - tournament in Iran
04.05. Tehran IRN-KLD 0:0 (Ramalingam MAL)
04.05. SYR-KUW 2:1 (0:0) Shahreston 62, Nano 65 - Duraheem 57
(Ong Eng Young SIN)
06.05. KLD-SYR 1:1 (0:0) (Getkaew THA)
06.05. Tehran IRN-KUW 2:1 (1:0) Vafakhah 20, Parvin 56 - Kameel 83
(Er Wee Kiam MAL)
08.05. KLD-KUW 0:0 (Vaz IND)
08.05. Tehran IRN-SYR 1:0 (0:0) Kargarjam 85 (Sridaranop THA)
11.05. Tehran IRN-KLD 2:1 (1:0) Monajati 19, Sadeghi 89 - ? (Ong Eng
Young SIN)
11.05. SYR-KUW 2:0 (1:0) (Hamza Ali Mirza BHR)
13.05. KLD-SYR 3:0 (2:0) Ma Jung-u (2), An See-uk (Vaz IND)
13.05. Tehran IRN-KDW 2:0 (0:0) Geilichkhani 60, Djabari 75 (Sridaranop
THA)
15.05. Tehran SYR-IRN 1:0 (1:0) Tatiche 12 (Demirdjian LBN)
15.05. KUW-KLD 2:0 (1:0) Karam (2) (Getkaew THA)
1.IRN^ 6 9 4 1 1 7- 3
2.SYR 6 7 3 1 2 6- 6
3.KLD 6 5 1 3 2 5- 5
4.KUW 6 3 1 1 4 4- 8
Group D - tournament in Australia
04.03. Auckland NZE-AUS 1:1 (0:0) B. Turner 57 - Campbell 85 (Luk Tat Sun
HKG)
11.03. Sydney AUS-IRK 3:1 (0:0) Richards 49, Alston 80,85 - Noory 89
(Suppiah SIN)
11.03. Sydney INA-NZE 1:1 (1:0) Panggabean - Taylor (Mahendran MAL)
13.03. Sydney AUS-INA 2:1 (2:1) Camphell 23. Alston 42 - Iswadi 36 (Dan
Van Dzu VIE)
13.03. Sydney IRK-NZE 2:0 (2:0) Rasheed, Hatem (Alvarez FIL)
16.03. Sydney AUS-NZE 3:3 (3:1) Utjescnovic 11, Baartz 19, Buljevic 26 -
Vest 10, Tindall 50. (Hogg 86 s)
(Mahendran MAL)
16.03. Sydney IRK-1NA 1:1 (1:1) Khadum - Iswadi (Kim Joo-wom KOR)
18.03. Melbourne AUS-IRK 0:0 (Nagashima JAP)
18.03. Melbourne INA-NZE 1:0 (1:0) Tillotson o (Suppiah SIN)
21.03. Sydney IRK-INA 3:2 (2:1) Azziz, Ubeed, Hatem - Panggabean, Asmara
(Luk Tat Sun HKG)
24.03. Sydney IRK-NZE 4:0 (3:0) Hatem (3), Khadum (Kim Joo-won KOR)
24.03. Sydney AUS-INA 6:0 (3:0) Mackay 3,40, Abonyi 23,54. Richards 72,
Baartz 78 (Nagashima JAP)
1.AUS^ 6 9 3 3 0 15- 6
2.IRK 6 8 3 2 1 11- 6
3.INA 6 4 1 2 3 6-13
4.NZE 6 3 0 3 3 5-12
Zonal final
18.08. Sydney AUS-IRN 3:0 (1:0) Alston 43, Abonyi 45, Wilson 83
(Schcurer SVl)
24.08. Teheran IRN-AUS 2:0 (2:0) Geilichkhami 14,32 (Kazakov ZSR)
Fourth Round - Continental final
28.10. Sydney AUS-KOR 0:0 (Loraux BEL)
10.11. Seoul KOR-AUS 2:2 (2:1) Jae Han-kim 15, Jae Wook-koh 27 -
Buljevic 29, Raartz 48 (van Gemert HOL)
13.11. Hongkong AUS-KOR 1:0 (0:0) Mackay 70 (van Gemert HOL)
Oceania
2 teams entered, allotted to the Asian zone (see Group 15)