World Cup 1978 Qualifying

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

Detailed Infos

1978 Final Tournament

Overview File


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