World Cup 1978 qualifications
World Cup 1978 qualifications
Europe
32 teams entered, including GER (champions). Winners of nine groups
(four groups of four teams and five groups of three teams) progress into
the finals, except for Group 9, whose winner battled the third team of
South American Group 10
Group 1 (1976-77)
23.05. Limassol CYP-DAN 1:5 (1:3) Michael - Bastrup (2), T.Hansen,
Rasmussen, Simonsen (Dudin BUL)
16.10. Pórto POR-POL 0:2 (0:0) Lato 49,77 (Kitabdjian FRA)
27.10. Kobehavn DAN-CYP 5:0 (0:0) H.Jensen (2), Nielsen, Röntved,
Kristensen (Coiling LUX)
31.10. Warszawa POL-CYP 5:0 (3:0) Deyna 24,40, Szarmach 25, Boniek 58,
Terlecki 76 (Müncs HUN)
17.11. Lizbona POR-DAN 1:0 (0:0) M.Fernandes 69 (Aoussi ALG)
05.12. Limassol CYP-POR 1:2 (0:1) Stylianou 74p - Chalana 36, Nene 76
(Ghita ROM)
01.05. Kobehavn DAN-POL 1:2 (0:1) Simonsen 50 - Lubañski 7,55 (Mattsson FIN)
15.05. Limassol CYP-POL 1:3 (1:2) Antomou 13 - Lato 26, Terlecki 40, Mazur
82 (Ashkenazi ISR)
21.09. Chorzów POL-DAN 4:1 (2:0) Masztaler 27, Lato 38, Deyna 62, Szarmach
81 - Nygaard 66p (Rainea ROM)
09.10. Kobehavn DAN-POR 2:4 (1:2) Röntved 45p, A.Hansen 88 - Jordao 15,
Nene 35, M.Fernandes 61, Octavo 79 (Azim
Zade ZSR)
29.10. Chorzów POL-POR 1:1 (1:0) Deyna 36 - M.Fernandes 61 (Eschweiler GER)
16.11. Faro POR-CYP 4:0 (2:0) Seninho 11, Chalana 35, Vital 58,
M.Fernandes 71 (Jursa ÈZE)
1.POL^ 6 11 5 1 0 17- 4
2.POR 6 9 4 1 1 12- 6
3.DAN 6 4 2 0 2 14-12
4.CYP 6 0 0 0 6 3-24
Group 2 (1976-77)
12.06. Helsinki FIN-ENG 1:4 (1:2) Paatelainen - Pearsson, Keegan (2),
Channon (Delcourt BEL)
22.09. Helsinki FIN-LUX 7:1 (3:0) A.Heiskanen 15, E.Heiskanen 22, 27,
Rissanen 51,61, Heikanen 54, Makinen
82p - G.Zender 52 (Thime NOR)
13.10. London ENG-FIN 2:1 (1:0) Tueart, Royle - Nieminen (Eriksson SWE)
16.10. Luxembourg LUX-ITA 1:4 (0:2) Braun 86 - Graziani 24, Bettega 44,81,
Antognoni 50 (Dörflinger SUI)
17.11. Roma ITA-ENG 2:0 (1:0) Antognoni 36, Bettega 77 (Klein ISR)
30.03. London ENG-LUX 5:0 (1:0) Keegan 9, T.Francis 58, Kennedy 65,
Chillnon 68, 79 (Bonett MLT)
26.05. Luxembourg LUX-FIN 0:1 (0:0) A.Heiskanen 57 (Amundsen DAN)
08.06. Helsinki FIN-ITA 0:3 (0:1) Gentile 8, Bettega 56, Benetti 81 (Helies
FRA)
12.10. Luxembourg LUX-ENG 0:2 (0:1) Kennedy 31, Mariner 90 (Jarguz POL)
15.10. Torino ITA-FIN 6:1 (3:0) Bettega 29,38,59,62, Graziani 45,
Zaccarelli 71 - Haaskivi 67 (Dudin BUL)
16.11. London ENG-ITA 2:0 (1:0) Keegan 11, Brooking 80 (Palotai HUN)
03.12. Roma ITA-LUX 3:0 (2:0) Bettega 4, Graziani 11, Causio 56
(Maksimoviæ JUG)
1.ITA^ 6 10 5 0 1 18- 4
2.ENG 6 10 5 0 1 15- 4
3.FIN 6 4 2 0 4 11-16
4.LUX 6 0 0 0 6 2-22
Group 3 (1976-77)
31.10. Izmir TUR-MLT 4:0 (1:0) Çemil 54,57,75, K.Mehmet 22 (Jursa CZE)
17.11. Dresden DDR-TÜR 1:1 (1:0) Kotte 3p - Çemil 31p Partridge ENG
05.12. La Valetta MLT-AUT 0:1 (0:0) Krankl (Seouidi TUN)
02.04. La Valetta MLT-DDR 0:1 (0:0) Streich 55 (Delia Bruna SUI)
17.04. Wien AUT-TUR 1:0 (1:0) Schachner 43 (Yarkov ZSR)
30.04. Salzburg AUT-MLT 9:0 (5:0) Krankl (6), Stering (2), Pirkner
(Jarguz POL)
24.09. Wien AUT-DDR 1:1 (1:1) Kreuz 9 - Hoffmann 40 (Reynolds WAL)
12.10. Leipzig DDR-AUT 1:1 (0:1) Löwe 50 - Hattenberger 43 (Foote SCO)
29.10. Babelsberg DDR-MLT 9:0 (3:0) Hoffman 2,44,84, Schade 38. Sparwasser
52, Weber 56, Streich 63p,79,82
(Namdar IRN)
30.10. Izmir TUR-AUT 0:1 (0:0) Prohaska 72 (Gordon SCO)
16.11. Izmir TUR-DDR 1:2 (0:1) Volkan 81 - Schade 30, Hoffmann 62
(Michelotti ITA)
27.11. La Valetta MLT-TUR 0:3 (0:2) Sedat 21, 48 - Çemil 36 (Larache MAR)
1.AUT^ 6 10 4 2 0 14- 2
2.DDR 6 9 3 3 0 15- 4
3.TUR 6 5 2 1 3 9- 5
4.MLT 6 0 0 0 6 0-27
Group 4 (1976-77)
05.09. Reykjavik ISL-BEL 0:1 (0:0) van der Eist 73 (Carpenter IRL)
08.09. Reykjavik ISL-HOL 0:1 (0:1) Geels (Mulhall IRL)
13.10. Rotterdam HOL-NIR 2:2 (0:1) Kroi, Cruyff - McGrath, Spence
(Martinez ESP)
10.11. Liege BEL-NIR 2:0 (1:0) van Gool 29, Lambert 52 (Prokop DDR)
26.03. Antwerp BEL-HOL 0:2 (0:1) Rep 19, Cruyff 65 (Gonella ITA)
11.06. Reykjavik ISL-NIR 1:0 (1:0) Albertsson (Glöckner DDR)
31.08. Nijmegen HOL-ISL 4:1 (3:0) van Hanegem 15, Geels 18,89p, Rep 35 -
Sigurvinsson 68 (Hirviniemi FIN)
03.09. Brussels BEL-ISL 4:0 (2:0) van Binst 15, Martens 20, Courant 60,
Lambert 65 (Thime NOR)
21.09. Belfast NIR-ISL 2:0 (0:0) McGrath 67, Mcllroy 76 (Lund-Sorensen
DAN)
12.10. Belfast NIR-HOL 0:1 (0:0) W.van de Kerkhof 76 (Garrido POR)
26.10. Amsterdam HOL-BEL 1:0 (1:0) R.van de Kerkhof 4 (Partridge ENG)
16.11. Belfast NIR-BEL 3:0 (1:0) Armstrong 42,74, McGrath 58 (Konrath FRA)
1.HOL^ 6 11 5 1 0 11- 3
2.BEL 6 6 3 0 3 7- 6
3.NIR 6 5 2 1 3 7- 6
4.ISL 6 2 1 0 5 2-12
Group 5 (1976-77)
09.10. Sofia BUL-FRA 2:2 (1:2) Bonev 45, Panov 68 - Platini 37, Lacombe
40 (Foote SCO)
17.11. Paris FRA-IRL 2:0 (0:0) Platini 47, Bathenay 88 (Maksimovic JUG)
30.03. Dublin IRL-FRA 1:0 (1:0) Brady 11 (Linemayr AUT)
01.06. Sofia BUL-IRL 2:1 (1:0) Panov 14, Zhelazkov 76 - Givens 47
(Zlatanos GRE)
12.10. Dublin IRL-BUL 0:0 (GoneUa ITA)
16.11. Paris FRA-BUL 3:1 (1:0) Rocheteau 38, Platini 63, Dalger 89 -
Tsvetkov 85 (Corver HOL)
1.FRA^ 4 5 2 1 1 7- 4
2.BUL 4 4 1 2 1 5- 6
3.IRL 4 3 1 1 2 2- 4
Group 6 (1976-77)
16.06. Stockholm SWE-NOR 2:0 (2:0) Andersson, Sjöberg (Corver HOL)
08.09. Oslo NOR-SUI 1:0 (0:0) Lund (Rion BEL)
09.10. Basel SUI-SWE 1:2 (1:1) Trinchero - Sjöberg, Börjesson (Ok TUR)
08.06. Stockholm SWE-SUI 2:1 (0:0) Sjöberg, Börjesson - Risi (Wright IRL)
07.09. Oslo NOR-SWE 2:1 (1:0) Ottensen 34, Iversen 66 - Sjöberg 53
(Prokop DDR)
30.10. Bern SUI-NOR 1:0 (1:0) Sulser 29 (Lipatov ZSR)
1.SWE^ 4 6 3 0 1 7- 4
2.NOR 4 4 2 0 2 3- 4
3.SUI 4 2 1 0 3 3- 5
Group 7 (1976-77)
13.10. Praha CZE-SCO 2:0 (0:0) Panenka, Petras (Michelotti ITA)
17.11. Glasgow SCO-WAL 1:0 (1:0) Evans o (Biwersi GER)
30.03. Wrexham WAL-CZE 3:0 (1:0) L.James 27, 65, Deacy 65 (Garrido POR)
21.09. Glasgow SCO-CZE 3:1 (2:0) Jordan, Hartford, Dalglish - Gajdu¹ek
(Rion BEL)
12.10. Liverpool WAL-SCO 0:2 (0:0) Mason 78p, Dalglish 85 (Wurtz FRA)
16.11. Praha CZE-WAL 1:0 (1:0) Nehoda 12 (Prokop DDR)
- the WAL-SCO match on neutral ground in England
1.SCO^ 4 6 3 0 1 6- 3
2.CZE 4 4 2 0 2 4- 6
3.WAL 4 2 1 0 3 3- 4
Group 8 (1976-77)
10.10. Sevilla ESP-JUG 1:0 (0:0) Pirri (Palotai HUN)
16.04. Bukarest ROM-ESP 1:0 (1:0) Benito 8 o (Gordon SCO)
08.05. Zagrzeb JUG-ROM 0:2 (0:2) D.Georgescu 37, lordanescu 44 (Ashkenazi
ISR)
26.10. Madrid ESP-ROM 2:0 (0:0) Leal 75, Cano 83 (Wurtz FRA)
13.11. Bukarest ROM-JUG 4:6 (3:2) Vigu 2, lordanescu 40, Bölöni 43,
Georgescu 68 - Susiæ 18,56,63, Muziniæ
18, Trifunoviæ 78, Filipoviæ 84 (Delcourt
BEL)
30.11. Belgrad JUG-ESP 0:1 (0:0) Cano 71 (Burns ENG)
1.ESP^ 4 6 3 0 1 4- 1
2.ROM 4 4 2 0 2 7- 8
3.JUG 4 2 1 0 3 6- 8
Group 9 (1976-77)
09.10. Athina GRE-HUN 1:1 (0:0) Papaioannou 68 - Kereki 84 (Wöhrer AUT)
24.04. Moskva ZSR-GRE 2:0 (1:0) Konkov 26, Kipiani 77 (Dubach SUI)
30.04. Budapest HUN-ZSR 2:1 (1:0) Nyilasi 44, Kereki 67 - Kipiani 88
(Aldinger GER)
10.05. Saloniki GRE-ZSR 1:0 (0:0) Papaioannou 58 (Gussoni ITA)
18.05. Tbilisi ZSR-HUN 2:0 (2:0) Burjak 3, Balint 14 o (Taylor ENG)
28.05. Budapest HUN-GRE 3:0 (2:0) Pusztai 13, Nyilasi 15, Fazekas 88
(Beck HOL)
1.HUN^ 4 5 2 1 1 6- 4
2.ZSR 4 4 2 0 2 5- 3
3.GRE 4 3 1 1 2 2- 6
- play-off between winner of Group 9 and third-placed team from Group 10
29.10. Budapest HUN-BOL 6:0 (5:0) Nyilasi 12, Tórócsik 19, Zombori 22,
Varadi 27, Pinter 39, Nagy 81 (Barreto
Ruiz URU)
30.11. La Paz BOL-HUN 2:3 (1:2) Aragonés 45p, 90 - Tórócsik 36, Halasz
43, del Llano 84o (Corver HOL)
South America
10 teams entered, including ARG (hosts). Winners of the first round
groups play in a group of three on a neutral venue; two first teams qualify,
the third team battles European Group 9 winner.
Group 10 (1977) J
First Round
Subgroup A
20.02. Bogota COL-BRA 0:0 (0:0) (Comesafta ARG)
24.02. Bogota COL-PAR 0:1 (0:1) Jara 26 (Orozco Guerrero PER)
06.03. Asunción PAR-COL 1:1 (0:0) Jara 90 - Vilarete 58 (Cerullo Giuliano
URU)
09.03. R/Janeiro BRA-COL 6:0 (4:0) Roberto 15,31, F.Marinho 41,55, Zico 25,
Rivelino 85 (Coerezza ARG)
13.03. Asunción PAR-BRA 0:1 (0:0) Insfran 59o (Pestarino ARG)
20.03. R/Janeiro BRA-PAR 1:1 (1:0) Roberto 6p - Baez 54 (Barreto Ruiz URU)
1.BRA^ 4 6 2 2 0 8- 1
2.PAR 4 4 1 2 1 3- 3
3.COL 4 2 0 2 2 1- 8
Subgroup B
09.02. Caracas VEN-URU 1:1 (0:1) Flores 88 - Oliveira 5 (Ramírez COL)
27.02. La Paz BOL-URU 1:0 (0:0) Jiménez 48 (Arppi Filho BRA)
06.03. Caracas VEN-BOL 1:3 (0:1) Iriarte 86 - Mezza 5, Jiménez 76, Aguilar
80 (Silvagno Cavanna CHI)
13.03. La Paz BOL-VEN 2:0 (2:0) Jiménez 17, Aragonés 53 (Pérez Nuflez
PER)
17.03. Montevideo URU-VEN 2:0 (1:0) Pizzani 11, 83 (Marques BRA)
27.03. Montevideo URU-BOL 2:2 (1:1) Pereyra 23,49 - Aguilar 25,59 (Ithurralde
ARG)
1.BOL^ 4 7 3 1 0 8- 3
2.URU 4 4 1 2 1 5- 4
3.VEN 4 1 0 1 3 2- 8
Subgroup C
20.02. Quito ECU-PER 1:1 (0:1) Paz 81 - Oblitas 43 (Rohrig BRA)
27.02. Guayaquil ECU-CH1 0:1 (0:1) Gamboa 33 (Romero ARG)
06.03. Santiago CHI-PER 1:1 (1:0) Ahumada 42 - Múnante 70 (Faville Neto BRA)
12.03. Lima PER-ECU 4:0 (1:0) Oblitas (2), Velasquez, Luces (Barrancos
Alvarez BOL)
20.03. Santiago CHI-ECU 3:0 (2:0) Figueroa 29,55, Castro 40 (Llobregat
Vicedo VEN)
26.03. Lima PER-CHI 2:0 (0:0) Sotil 49, Oblitas 54 (Coelho BRA)
1.PER^ 4 6 2 2 0 8- 2
2.CHI 4 5 2 1 1 5- 3
3.ECU 4 1 0 1 3 1- 9
Second Round - final Tournament in Cali, Columbia
10.07. Cali BRA-PER 1:0 (0:0) Gil 53 (Comesana ARG)
14.07. BRA-BOL 8:0 (4:0) Zico 5,10,27p,60, Roberto 22, Gil 54,
Cerezzo 70, Marcelo 89 (Cavanna CHI)
17.07. PER-BOL 5:0 (2:0) Cubillas 31,44, Velasquez 65,89, Rojas 74
(Barreto Ruiz URU)
1.BRA^ 2 4 2 0 0 9- 0
2.PER^ 2 2 1 0 1 5- 1
3.BOL> 2 0 0 0 2 0-13
CONCACAF
17 teams entered. HON withdrew after seeding. North and Central zones
plays in groups, Carribean zone in a cup system - each gave two teams
to the final pool (one round tournament in Mexico). Winner progresses
into the finals.
Group 11 (1976)
First Round
North Zone
24.09. Vancouver CAN-USA 1:1 (0:1) Bolitho - Bandov (Dorantes García MEX)
03.10. L.Angeles USA-MEX 0:0 (Maglio CAN)
10.10. Vancouver CAN-MEX 1:0 (1:0) Parsons (Kibritjian USA)
15.10. Puebla MEX-USA 3:0 (2:0) Dávila, Solis, Damian (Winsemann CAN)
20.10. Seattle USA-CAN 2:0 (0:0) Rys, Vee (Rubio Vasquez MEX)
27.10. Toluca MEX-CAN 0:0 (Landauer USA)
1.MEX^ 4 4 1 2 1 3- 1
2.CAN> 4 4 1 2 1 2- 3
3.ISA> 4 4 1 2 1 3- 4
- play-off at Haiti
22.12. Port-au-Pr.CAN-USA 3:0 (1:0) Budd, Lenarduzzi, Bolitho (Velasquez
Ramírez COL)
Central Zone
- note: most goal info missing
04.04. Panama PAN-COS 3:2 (0:1) (Cedillos HON)
02.05. Panama PAN-SAL 1:1 (0:1) (Rojas Luis COS)
11.07. San José COS-PAN 3:0 (3:0) (Gazo Alvarez NIC)
01.08. S.Salvador SAL-PAN 4:1 (2:0) (Rubio Vasquez MEX)
17.09. Panama PAN-GUA 2:4 (2:0) (Alvarez Morales COS)
26.09. Guatemala GUA-PAN 7:0 (3:0) (Avendano Ruiz SAL)
01.12. S.Salvador SAL-COS 1:1 (1:0) (Méndez Molina GUA)
05.12. San José COS-GUA 0:0 (Archundia MEX)
08.12. Guatemala GUA-SAL 3:1 (2:1) McNish, Monterosso, Sánchez - Valencia
(Siles Calderón COS)
12.12. Guatemala GUA-COS 1:1 (0:0) Sandoval - Salgado (Andino Pinel HON)
15.12. San José COS-SAL 1:1 (1:0) (Mollinedo GUA)
19.12. S.Salvador SAL-GUA 2:0 (2:0) Cabrera, Valencia (Segura MEX)
1.GUA^ 6 8 3 2 1 15- 6
2.SAL^ 6 7 2 3 1 10- 7
3.COS 6 6 1 4 1 8- 6
4.PAN 6 3 1 1 4 7-21
Carribean Zone
- note: most goal info missing
Subgroup A
First Round
(1)
04.07. Georgetown GUY-SUR 2:0 (1:0) (Gay TRI)
29.08. Paramaribo SUR-GUY 3:0 (2:0) (Wooding TRI)
(2)
15.08. Bridgetown BAR-TRI 2:1 (0:0) Clarke (2) - David (Steeman SUR)
31.08. P.of Spain TRI-BAR 1:0 (1:0) (Koetsier AHO)
14.09. Bridgetown TRI-BAR 3:1 (1:1) (Calderón Castro CUB)
Second Round
14.11. Paramaribo SUR-TRI 1:1 (1:1) (Chandler BAR)
28.11. P.Spain TRI-SUR 2:2 (1:1) (Llobregat Vicedo VEN)
18.12. Cayenne SUR-TRI 3:2 (1:0,2:2,2:2) (Llobregat Vicedo VEN)
Subgroup B
Preliminary
02.04. S.Domingo DOM-HAl 0:3 (0:3) Auguste, Berthelemy, Marie (Wuertz USA)
17.04. Port-au-Pr.HAI-DOM 3:0 (2:0) (Villarejo Ramírez PUE)
First Round
(1)
31.07. Aruba AHO-HAI 1:2 (0:2) (Chaplin JAM)
14.08. Port-au-Pr.HAI-AHO 7:0 (4:0) (Montane Bosch PUE)
(2)
15.08. Kingston JAM-CUB 1:3 (0:1) Brown - Sarinas (2), Laza (de la Puente
DOM)
29.08. Havana CUB-JAM 2:0 (1:0) (Pastor DOM)
Second Round
28.11. Havana CUB-HAI 1:1 (1:0) Nunez - Sanon (Stewart JAM)
11.12. Port-au-Pr.HAI-CUB 1:1 (0:0) Sanon - Perreira (Montane Bosch PUE)
29.12. Panama HAI-CUB 2:0 (0:0) Sanon (2) (Dorantes Garcia MEX)
Second Round - final tournament in Mexico
08.10. Monterrey GUA-SUR 3:2 (2:1) McDonald 15,38, Alfaro 85 - Schal 2,
Rigters 55 (Wuertz USA)
08.10. Monterrey CAN-SAL 1:2 (0:1) Budd 85 - Zapata 44,84 (Pestarino ARG)
09.10. Mexico Ct. MEX-HAI 4:1 (1:0) Rangel 46, 70, 82, H.Sánchez 1 -
Auguste 78 (Barreto Ruiz URU)
12.10. Mexico Ct. CAN-SUR 2:1 (1:1) Parsons 32, Bakic 74 - Olmberg 40p (Siles
Calderón COS)
12.10. Mexico Ct. MEX-SAL 3:1 (1:0) Rangel (2), J.Cárdenas - Huezo
(Kibritjian USA)
12.10. Monterrey GUA-HAI 1:2 (0:2) Mitrovich - Leintz, Gerald (Pestarino ARG)
15.10. Monterrey MEX-SUR 8:1 (3:1) Isiordia (2), H. Sánchez (2), Jiménez (2),
Rangel, Chávez - ? (Valverde Salazar COS)
16.10. Mexico Ct. SAL-HAI 0:1 (0:1) Sanon 24 (Calderón Castro CUB)
16.10. Mexico Ct. CAN-GUA 2:1 (2:0) Parsons 20, Lenarduzzi 35 - Alfaro 62
(Barreto Ruiz URU)
19.10. Mexico Ct. MEX-GUA 2:1 (1:1) Cárdenas 81, Vasquez 28p - Mitrovich 44
(Pestarino ARG)
20.10. Monterrey SAL-SUR 3:2 (1:0) (Crokwell BER)
20.10. Monterrey CAN-HAI 1:1 (0:0) Bakic 89 - Dorsainville 70 (Valverde
Salazar COS)
22.10. Monterrey MEX-CAN 3:1 (2:1) Guzmán 31,40, H.Sánchez 65 - Parsons 9
(Moses AHO)
23.10. Mexico Ct. GUA-SAL 2:2 (0:1) Rivera 58,75 - Helmer 44, Montoya 85
(de la Puente DOM)
23.10. Mexico Ct. HAI-SUR 1:0 (1:0) (Oritz Pérez HON)
1.MEX^ 5 10 5 0 0 20- 5
2.HAI 5 7 3 1 1 6- 6
3.SAL 5 5 2 1 2 8- 9
4.CAN 5 5 2 1 2 7- 8
5.GUA 5 3 1 1 3 8-10
6.SUR 5 0 0 0 5 6-17
Africa
26 teams entered. Four-stage cup qualifications in three zones; winners
of zones play in the final group, winner progresses into the finals.
CAF, SUD and TAN withdrew after seeding. ZAI withdrew after first round
(without playing a match).
Group 12 (1976-77)
Preliminaries for Zone 2
(1)
07.03. Freetown SLE-NGR 5:1 (1:1) (Komia TOG)
21.03. Niamey NGR-SLE 2:1 (1:1) (Badru NGA)
(2)
13.03. Oouadoug. VOL-MTN 1:1 (1:0) (Amadou NGR)
28.03. Nouakchott MTN-VOL 0:2 (0:1) (Ba MLI)
First Round
(1)
01.04. Algers ALG-LBA 1:0 (0:0) Betrouni 83 (Dubach SUI)
16.04. Tripolis LBA-ALG 0:0 (Guruceta Muro ESP)
(2)
12.12. Casablanca MAR-TUN 1:1 (1:0) Ghouimi 35 - ? (Wöhrer AUT)
09.01. Tunis TUN-MAR 1:1 (1:0,1:1,1:1) ? - Mustapha (Hungerbühler SUI)
- TUN won 4:2 on pens
(3)
17.10. Lome TOG-SEN 1:0 (0:0) (Dwomoh GHA)
31.10. Dakar SEN-TOG 1:1 (0:0) (Naciri MAR)
(4)
10.10. Acra GHA-GUI 2:1 (0:0) (Koudou IVC)
31.10. Conacri GUI-GHA 2:1 (0:0,2:1,2:1) (Aouissi ALG)
16.01. Lome GHA-GUI 0:2 (0:2) P.Cámara, S.Sylla (N'Diaye SEN)
(5)
- CAF withdrew, ZAI had a walkover
(6)
16.10. Freetown SLE-NGA 0:0 (Turkson GHA)
30.10. Lagos NGA-SLE 6:2 (4:0) (Matovu TAN)
(7)
17.10. B'ville CON-CAM 2:2 (0:2) (Gumboh ZAM)
31.10. Yaounde CAM-CON 1:2 (1:1) (N'Jai GAM)
- interrupted in 82 mins due to riots; verified 0:2
(8)
04.09. Ouagadoug. VOL-IVC 1:1 (0:1) (N'Diaye SEN)
26.09. Abidjan IVC-VOL 2:0 (2:0) (Diagne GUI)
(9)
29.10. Cairo EGY-ETH 3:0 (2:0) (Menegali ITA)
14.11. A. Abeba ETH-EGY 1:2 (1:1) (Wurtz FRA)
(10)
- SUD withdrew, KEN had a walkover
(11)
- TAN withdrew, UGA had a walkover
(12)
09.05. Lusaka ZAM-MWI 4:0 (2:0) (Muamba-Kabwe ZAI)
30.05. Blantyre MWI-ZAM 0:1 (0:0) (Randrianaly MAD)
Second Round
(1)
06.02. Tunis TUN-ALG 2:0 (0:0) Akid 56, Kaabi 73 (Queudeville LUX)
28.02. Algers ALG-TUN 1:1 (1:0) Guendouz 34 - Jebali 89 (Bonett MLT)
(2)
13.02. Lome TOG-GUI 0:2 (0:1) Bangoura, Chcrif (Balloux IVC)
27.02. Conacri GUI-TOG 2:1 (2:0) (Dieng SEN)
(3)
- ZAI withdrew, NGA had a walkover
(4)
13.02. Bouaké IVC-CON 3:2 (2:1) (Dwomoh GHA)
27.02. B'ville CON-IVC 1:3 (1:2) (Okubule NGA)
(5)
06.02. Nairobi KEN-EGY 0:0 (Ahmcd Jama SOM)
27.02. Cairo EGY-KEN 1:0 (1:0) Al-Khalil (El-Ghoul £BA)
(6)
13.02. Kampala UGA-ZAM 1:0 (0:0) (Kemale ETH)
27.02. Ndola ZAM-UGA 4:2 (2:1,2:1,?) (Matovu TAN)
Third Round
05.06. Conakci GUI-TUN 1:0 (0:0) Ismail Eusebio (Larache MAR)
19.06. Tunis TUN-GUI 3:1 (1:1) Liman, B.Abdullah, Khouini - L.Sylla
(Bahig EGY)
10.07. Lagos NGA-IVC 4:0 (3:0) (Chayu ZAM)
25.07. Bouaké IVC-NGA 2:2 (1:0) (N'Diaye SEN)
15.07. Cairo EGY-ZAM 2:0 (1:0) Gaafar 29, Hamam 49 (Michelotti ITA)
31.07. Lusaka ZAM-EGY 0:0 (Gordon SCO)
Fourth Round
25.09. Tunis TUN-NGA 0:0 (Carpenter IRL)
08.10. Lagos NGA-EGY 4:0 (1:0) (Correia POR)
21.10. Cairo EGY-NGA 3:1 (2:0) Abdou (2), Mokhtar - Iwelumo (Platopoulos
GRE)
12.11. Lagos NGA-TUN 0:1 (0:0) Odiye 61o (Dörflinger SUI)
25.11. Cairo EGY-TUN 3:2 (1:0) Gaafar 25, Abdou 53, Al-Khatib 82 - Raouf
80, Akid 87 (Ok TUR)
11.12. Tunis TUN-EGY 4:1 (2:0) Akid 15, Temime 43, Ben Aziza 64, Labidi
75 - Mokhtar 80 (Menegali ITA)
1.TUN^ 5 5 2 1 1 7- 4
2.EGY 5 4 2 0 2 7-11
3.NGA 5 3 1 1 2 5- 4
Asia
19 teams entered, including AUS and NZE from Oceania. EMI, SRI and KLD
withdrew after seeding. Winners of five zonal groups advance into the
final group; winner progresses into the finals.
Group 13 (1977)
First Round
Group 1 - tournament in Singapour
podgrupa I - turniej w Singapurze (po losowaniu wycofa³ siê zespó³ SRÍ)
27.02. Singapur SIN-THA 2:0 (0:0) Kim Song, S.Rajagopol (Boskovic AUS)
28.02. HKG-INA 4:1 (0:1) (Namdar IRN)
01.03. MAL-THA 6:4 (4:1) Wong (4), Baker (2) - Jesdapong (2),
Widthaya, Niwat (Vaz IND)
02.03. SIN-HKG 2:2 (1:1) (Harries NZE)
03.03. INA-MAL 0:0 (Asami JAP)
05.03. HKG-THA 2:1 (0:0) (Kim Joo-won KOR)
06.03. SIN-MAL 1:0 (1:0) (Asami JAP)
07.03. THA-INA 3:2 (3:1) (Vaz IND)
08.03. MAL-HKG 1:1 (1:1) (Harries NZE)
09.03. SIN-INA 0:4 (0:3) Iswanto, Asmara, Faisal, Iswadi (Kim
Joo-won KOR)
1.HKG> 4 6 2 2 0 9- 5
2.SIN> 4 5 2 1 1 5- 6
3.MAL 4 4 1 2 1 7- 6
4.INA 4 3 1 1 2 7- 7
5.THA 4 2 1 0 3 8-12
- SRI withdrew after seeding
- play-off between two best teams (points didn't count)
12.03. Singapur SIN-HKG 0:1 (0:1) (Boskovic AUS)
Group 2
27.02. Tel-Aviv ISR-KOR 0:0 (McGinlay SCO)
06.03. Tel-Aviv ISR-JAP 2:0 (1:0) (Kitabdjian FRA)
10.03. Tel-Aviv ISR-JAP 2:0 (1:0) (Verbeke FRA)
20.03. Seoul KOR-ISR 3:1 (1:0) Cha Bun-keun 23, Park Sang-in 86, Choi Chong-dock 88 - Malmillian 76
26.03. Tokyo JAP-KOR 0:0 (Kathiravalc MAL)
03.04. Seoul KOR-JAP 1:0 (0:0) Cha Bun-keun (Zainal Abidin MAL)
- both matches ISR-JAP in Israel
1.KOR^ 4 6 2 2 0 4- 1
2.ISR 4 5 2 1 1 5- 3
3.JAP 4 1 0 1 3 0- 5
- KLD withdrew after seeding
Group 3
12.11. Jeddah ARS-SYR 2:0 (1:0) (Dörflinger SUI)
26.11. Damascus SYR-ARS 2:1 (1:1) (Babaçan TUR)
07.01. Riyadh ARS-IRN 0:3 (0:1) Mazloomi 16, 78, Rowshan 62 (Linemayr AUT)
28.01. Damascus SYR-IRN 0:1 (0:1) Parvin (Fratz FRA)
06.04. Shiraz IRN-SYR 2:0 wo.
22.04. Shiraz IRN-ARS 2:0 (1:0) Yousifi 10, Shareefi 84 (Dörflinger SUI)
1.IRN^ 4 8 4 0 0 8- 0
2.ARS 4 2 1 0 3 3- 7
3.SYR 4 2 1 0 3 2- 6
- IRK withdrew after seeding
- the IRN-SYR match given up by visitors; 2:0 wo.
Group 4 - tournament in Doha, Qatar
11.03. Doha BHR-KUW 0:2 (0:2) Y.Yacoub, Al-Anbari (Partridge ENG)
13.03. QAT-BHR 2:0 (1:0) (Hungerbühler SUI)
15.03. QAT-KUW 0:2 (0:1) (Ohmsen GER)
17.03. BHR-KUW 1:2 (0:1) Shagr 73 - Al-Anbari 33, Durhayen 56
(Lattana ITA)
19.03. QAT-BHR 0:3 (0:1) (Partridge ENG)
21.03. QAT-KUW 1:4 (0:3) (Lattanzi ITA)
1.KUW^ 4 8 4 0 0 10- 2
2.BHR 4 2 1 0 3 4- 6
3.QAT 4 2 1 0 3 3- 9
Group 5
13.03. Suva AUS-TAI 3:0 (2:0) Rooney (2), Abonyi (Promakash THA)
16.03. Suva AUS-TAI 2:1 (1:1) Kosmina, Abonyi - Fung (Getkaew THA)
20.03. Auckland NZE-TAI 6:0 (4:0) Nelson (3), Campbell, Taylor, Weynmouth
(Suppiah SIN)
23.03. Auckland NZE-TAI 6:0 (2:0) Sumner (2), Nelson (2), B.Turner + 1o
(Dhillon SIN)
27.03. Sydney AUS-NZE 3:1 (0:1) Ollerton (2), Kosmina - Nelson (Chan Tam
Sun HKG)
30.03. Auckland NZE-AUS 1:1 (1:1) Nelson - Ollerton (Cheung Kwok Kui HKG)
- both matches AUS-TAI in Fiji; both matches NZE-TAI in New Zealand
1.AUS^ 4 7 3 1 0 9- 3
2.NZE 4 5 2 1 1 14- 4
3.TAI 4 0 0 0 4 1-17
Second Round
19.06. Hongkong HKG-IRN 0:2 (0:1) Kazerani 22, Jahani 77 (Gussoni ITA)
26.06. Hongkong HKG-KOR 0:1 (0:0) (o) (Biwersi GER)
03.07. Pusan KOR-IRN 0:0 (Foote SCO)
10.07. Adelaide AUS-HKG 3:0 (1:0) Kosmina (2), Barnes (Hungerbühler SUI)
14.08. Melbourne AUS-IRN 0:1 (0:0) Rowshan 70 (Wöhrer AUT)
27.08. Sydney AUS-KOR 2:1 (0:1) Kosmina (2) - ? (Keizer HOL)
02.10. Hongkong HKG-KUW 1:3 (1:1) Chung Cho-wai - Al-Dakheel, Bo-Homod,
Y.Yacob (Martinez ESP)
09.10. Seoul KOR-KUW 1:0 (0:0) Park Sang-in 59 (Ciacci ITA)
16.10. Sydney AUS-KUW 1:2 (0:1) Rooney 83 - Kameel 42, Al-Anbari 49
(Vautrot FRA)
23.10. Seoul KOR-AUS 0:0 (Eriksson SWE)
28.10. Teheran IRN-KUW 1:0 (0:0) Jahani 48 (Thomas WAL)
30.10. Hongkong HKG-AUS 2:5 (0:3) Chung Chor-Wai 80, Tang Hung-Cheong 65 -
(Ollerton 19,31,65, Abonyi 39, Bennett
85 (Ponnet BEL)
05.11. Al-Kuwait KUW-KOR 2:2 (0:1) Al-Dakheel, Bouabbas - Cha Bun-keun, Chor
Chong-doek (Dubach SUI)
11.11. Teheran IRN-KOR 2:2 (0:1) Rowshan 55,57 - Lee Yung-moo 28,88
(Partridge ENG)
12.11. Kuwejt KUW-HKG 4:0 (3:0) Al-Dakheel 3,17, Al-Anbari 45, Kameel 80
(Victor LUX)
18.11. Teheran IRN-HKG 3:0 (3:0) Jahani 3, 35, Kazerani 19 (Raus JUG)
19.11. Al-Kuwait KUW-AUS 1:0 (0:0) Al-Dakheel 52 (Bucek AUT)
25.11. Teheran IRN-AUS 1:0 (1:0) Jahani 44 (Kitabdjian FRA)
03.12. Al-Kuwait KUW-IRN 1:2 (1:0) Al-Dukhail 14 - Fariba 48, Khabiri 59
(Wright NIR)
04.12. Seoul KOR-HKG 5:2 (2:0) (Aldinger GER)
1.IRN^ 8 14 6 2 0 12- 3
2.KOR 8 10 3 4 1 12- 8
3.KUW 8 9 4 1 3 13- 8
4.AUS 8 7 3 1 4 11- 8
5.HKG 8 0 0 0 8 5-26
Oceania
2 teams entered, alloted to the Asian zone (see Group 13)