Organised by the CISM (Conseil International du Sport Militaire). In 1961 no final world group was organised.
Since 2001 there is also a women's edition.
Year Venues Winner Runners-up Third 1946 Praha England Czechoslovakia Belgium 1947 Hannover Belgium Netherlands Denmark 1948 København France Denmark Belgium 1949 Paris France Turkey Belgium 1950 Den Haag Italy Belgium France 1951 Cairo Italy Egypt France 1952 Athinai Greece Belgium Netherlands 1953 Ankara Belgium Turkey Greece 1954 Bruxelles Belgium Turkey Portugal 1955 Roma Turkey Italy Egypt 1956 Lisboa Italy Portugal Egypt 1957 Buenos Aires France Argentina Italy 1958 Lisboa Portugal France Netherlands 1959 Firenze Italy Portugal France 1960 Oran Belgium Turkey Greece 1961 Ankara Turkey Greece France 1962 Seoul Greece South Korea Turkey 1963 Athinai Greece Belgium France and Turkey 1964 Ankara France Turkey Germany and Netherlands 1965 Madrid Spain Turkey Morocco 1966 Rabat Turkey Morocco Netherlands and Spain 1967 Brussel Turkey Belgium Netherlands and Morocco 1968 Baghdad Greece Turkey Netherlands 1969 Athinai Greece Algeria Iran 1972 Baghdad Iraq Italy Greece 1973 Brazzaville Italy Iraq Kuwait 1975 Hagen Germany Netherlands Kuwait 1977 Damas Iraq Kuwait Italy 1979 Kuwait Iraq Italy Kuwait 1981 Doha Kuwait Qatar Syria 1983 Kuwait Kuwait Belgium ? 1987 Arezzo Italy Germany Egypt 1989 Caserta Italy Morocco Belgium 1991 Arnhem Italy Germany Turkey 1993 Rabat Egypt Morocco Germany 1995* Roma France Iran South Korea 1997 Tehran Greece Italy France 1999* Zagreb Egypt Greece Croatia 2001 Cairo Egypt Greece North Korea 2003* Catania North Korea Egypt Italy 2005 Warendorf Egypt Algeria Qatar 2007* Hyderabad Egypt Cameroon North Korea 2011* Rio de Janeiro Algeria Egypt Brazil 2013 Baku Iraq Oman Ivory Coast 2015* Mungyeong Algeria Oman South Korea 2017 Muscat Oman Qatar Syria 2019* Wuhan Bahrain Qatar Algeria * held as part of the Military World Games Number of Wins 8 Italy 6 Greece 5 Egypt, France 4 Belgium, Iraq, Turkey 2 Algeria, Kuwait 1 Bahrain, England, North Korea, Oman, Portugal, Spain, West Germany Medals Country G S B tot Italy 8 4 3 15 Greece 6 3 3 12 Egypt 5 3 3 11 France 5 1 6 12 Turkey 4 7 3 14 Belgium 4 5 4 13 Iraq 4 1 5 Algeria 2 2 1 5 Kuwait 2 1 3 6 (West) Germany 1 2 2 5 Portugal 1 2 1 4 Oman 1 2 3 North Korea 1 2 3 Spain 1 1 2 England 1 1 Bahrain 1 1 Morocco 3 2 5 Qatar 3 1 4 Netherlands 2 6 8 South Korea 1 2 3 Denmark 1 1 2 Iran 1 1 2 Czechoslovakia 1 1 Argentina 1 1 Cameroon 1 1 Syria 2 2 Croatia 1 1 Brazil 1 1 Ivory Coast 1 1
19 to 23.10.1946 in Praha Final standings 1. England 2. Czechoslovakia 3. Belgium
23 to 29.11.1947 in Hannover Final standings 1. Belgium 2. Netherlands 3. Denmark
June 1948 in København Final standings 1. France 2. Denmark 3. Belgium 4. Luxembourg France 3-2 Denmark 2-0 Belgium 6-0 Luxembourg
in France First Round Belgium 8-1 Luxembourg Netherlands 3-1 Denmark Semifinals 05.10.49 Lille France 3-2 Belgium 05.10.49 Lille Turkey 2-1 Netherlands Third place 08.10.49 Lille Belgium 3-1 Netherlands Final 08.10.49 Paris France 3-1 Turkey [other source: in Lille]
Qualifications 25.05.50 Roma Italy 3-0 Turkey Italy is qualified Final Round in Den Haag (06.1950) Semifinals Belgium 4-1 Netherlands Italy 1-1 France (corners) Third place France 4-4 Netherlands (corners) Final Italy 2-1 Belgium
Qualifications 22.01.51 Ankara Turkey 1-2 Italy Italy is qualified Final Round in Cairo Semifinals 02.03.51 Egypt 3-1 France 02.03.51 Italy 2-0 Belgium Third place 08.03.51 France 3-1 Belgium Final 08.03.51 Italy 3-1 Egypt
Qualifications Group ? 25.11.51 Liège Belgium 3-1 France 13.12.51 Napoli Italy 2-2 Belgium 23.12.51 Nice France 1-0 Italy Belgium is qualified Group ? 25.11.51 Luxemb. Luxemburg 2-5 Turkey 23.12.51 Athinai Greece 1-2 Turkey Turkey is qualified Final Round in Athinai Semifinals 16.03.52 Belgium 4-2 Turkey 16.03.52 Greece 6-1 Netherlands Third place 23.03.52 Netherlands 1-0 Turkey Final 23.03.52 Greece 3-2 Belgium
Final Round in Turkey (in Ankara and Istanbul) Group A 14.03.53 Belgium 1-1 Netherlands 15.03.53 Italy 5-3 Netherlands 17.03.53 Belgium 2-0 Italy 1. Belgium 2 1 1 0 3-1 3 2. Italy 2 1 0 1 5-5 2 3. Netherlands 2 0 1 1 4-6 1 Group B 15.03.53 France 5-2 Egypt 17.03.53 Greece 1-0 France 18.03.53 Greece 2-0 Egypt 1. Greece 2 2 0 0 3-0 4 2. France 2 1 0 1 5-3 2 3. Egypt 2 0 0 2 2-7 0 Final Group 19.03.53 Istanbul Belgium 3-2 Turkey 21.03.53 Ankara Turkey 1-0 Greece 23.03.53 Ankara Belgium 1-0 Greece 1. Belgium 2 2 0 0 4-2 4 2. Turkey 2 1 0 1 3-3 2 3. Greece 2 0 0 2 0-2 0 Match played for the victims of the earthquake of march 1953 in the Canakkale peninsula region (Turkey) : 22.03.53 Ankara France 4-1 Netherlands
Final round in Belgium Group A 06.04.54 Brussels Belgium 1-0 Netherlands 08.04.54 Arlon Belgium 3-0 Luxemburg 10.04.54 ? Netherlands - Luxemburg Group B 07.04.54 ? Egypt 6-1 USA 09.04.54 Gent Turkey 10-0 USA 11.04.54 Liège Turkey 4-1 Egypt Group C 07.04.54 Mons Italy 5-1 Greece 09.04.54 Brugge Portugal 1-0 Greece 11.04.54 Beringen Portugal 2-0 Italy France bye (par tirage au sort) Semifinals 14.04.54 Liège Belgium 3-1 France 14.04.54 Oostende Turkey 3-1 Portugal Final 17.04.54 Brussels Belgium 5-1 Turkey Third place 17.04.54 Turnhout Portugal 1-0 France Fifth place 15.04.54 Brussels Italy 6-1 Egypt 16.04.54 ? Netherlands 2-1 Egypt 17.04.54 Gent Netherlands 2-1 Italy 5. Netherlands 6. Italy 7. Egypt 8. Greece 9. Luxembourg 10. USA
Qualifications Group ? ? France 4-3 Luxembourg 28.01.55 Damascus Syria 5-8 Turkey Final group 27.02.55 Ankara Turkey 4-2 France Turkey qualified 30.01.55 Baghdad Iraq 2-3 Egypt Egypt qualified. Final Round in Italy 20.03.55 Firenze Turkey 3-0 Netherlands Italy 1-1 Egypt 23.03.55 Napoli Egypt 2-1 Turkey Italy 2-1 Netherlands 27.03.55 Roma Turkey 3-2 Italy Netherlands 5-2 Egypt 1. Turkey 3 2 0 1 7-4 4 2. Italy 3 1 1 1 5-5 3 3. Egypt 3 1 1 1 5-7 3 4. Netherlands 3 1 0 2 6-7 2
Qualifications 07.03.56 Brussels France 1-1 Belgium 22.03.56 Brussels Egypt 2-0 France .56 Brussels Belgium ? Egypt Egypt qualified 11.02.56 Nürnberg USA 0-5 Turkey 11.03.56 Ankara Turkey 0-0 Netherlands Netherlands 5-1 USA Turkey qualified 26.02.56 Athinai Greece 1-1 Italy 11.03.56 Napoli Italy 3-0 Greece Italy qualified Final Round in Portugal 01.04.56 Lisboa Turkey 3-1 Egypt Italy 3-0 Portugal 04.04.56 Évora Italy 7-1 Turkey Egypt 1-0 Portugal 08.04.56 Porto Portugal 6-2 Turkey Italy 2-1 Egypt 1. Italy 3 3 0 0 12- 2 6 2. Portugal 3 1 0 2 6- 6 2 3. Egypt 3 1 0 2 3- 5 2 4. Turkey 3 1 0 2 6-14 2
Qualification matches 17.02.57 Adana Turkey 19-0 USA 24.02.57 Izmir Turkey 0-1 Italy 03.03.57 Verona Italy 6-0 USA 13.03.57 Bari Italy 1-0 Turkey 17.03.57 Nürnberg USA 0-8 Turkey Italy qualified 17.02.57 Paris France 3-1 Portugal France qualified Final Round in Buenos Aires (7 to 14.07.57) France 5-0 Argentina 1-1 Italy 4-1 Brazil Argentina 5-4 Italy 4-2 Brazil Italy 2-2 Brazil 1. France 3 2 1 0 6 2. Argentina 3 2 0 1 4 3. Italy 3 0 2 1 2 4. Brazil 3 0 1 2 1
Qualifications matches 06.03.58 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-1 Turkey 13.03.58 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-6 Turkey 20.03.58 Paris France 2-0 Turkey Netherlands and France qualified .05.58 Portugal 2-1 Belgium Portugal is qualified Belgium is also qualified [Group of South America withdrew] 09.02.58 Napoli Italy 0-2 Egypt Egypt qualified Final Round in Lisboa (23 to 27.11.58) Semifinals Portugal 4-3 Netherlands France 4-0 Belgium Third place Netherlands 4-3 Belgium Final Portugal 2-1 France
Qualification matches Group 1 08.03.59 Metz France 5-2 Luxembourg 05.04.59 Ankara Turkey 0-0 France 19.04.59 Esch/Alz. Luxembourg 2-5 Turkey Final group 1 21.05.59 Roma France 1-0 Turkey France qualified Group 2 Portugal 2-0 Netherlands Portugal 3-0 Greece Netherlands 6-3 Greece Portugal qualified Group 3 04.03.59 Catania Italy 2-0 Belgium Nürnberg USA 0-8 Italy Belgium 9-0 USA Italy qualified Final Round in Italy 07.06.59 Firenze Italy 8-2 Portugal 10.06.59 Livorno Portugal 1-0 France 14.06.59 Bologna Italy 2-1 France 1. Italy 2 2 0 0 4 2. Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 3. France 2 0 0 2 0
Qualifications Group A 17.12.59 Eindhoven Netherlands 1-4 France 07.01.60 Mulhouse France 3-1 Luxembourg 07.02.60 Lorient France 1-1 Netherlands 21.02.60 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-1 France Luxembourg 4-3 Netherlands Netherlands 3-0 Luxembourg France qualified Group B Belgium 5-2 Portugal Portugal 2-0 Belgium Belgium qualified Group C 17.01.60 Ankara Turkey 1-1 UAR 04.03.60 Cairo UAR 0-0 Turkey Turkey qualified on corners Group D 27.01.60 Athens Greece 1-0 Italy 19.03.60 Brescia Italy 1-1 Greece Greece qualified Final Round in Oran 15.05.60 Oran France 1-1 Belgium 15.05.60 Oran Turkey 1-0 Greece 19.05.60 Oran Belgium 2-2 Greece 19.05.60 Oran France 0-0 Turkey 22.05.60 Oran Greece 3-2 France 22.05.60 Oran Belgium 1-0 Turkey 1. Belgium 3 1 2 0 4-3 4 2. Turkey 3 1 1 1 1-1 3 2. Greece 3 1 1 1 5-5 3 4. France 3 0 2 0 3-4 2
Qualification matches Group A Netherlands ? Belgium Netherlands qualified Group B 18.01.61 Dijon France 3-0 Luxembourg 29.01.61 Lisboa Portugal 3-2 France 01.03.61 Esch Luxembourg 0-5 France 12.03.61 Lorient France 3-0 Portugal France qualified Group C 08.01.61 Ankara Turkey 4-1 Iraq 10.03.61 Baghdad Iraq 2-2 Turkey Turkey qualified Group D Greece ? USA Greece qualified Final Round in Ankara (Zone Europe or World Tournament ?) 25.05.61 Ankara Turkey 2-2 France 28.05.61 Ankara Turkey 1-0 Netherlands 31.05.61 Ankara Turkey 0-0 Greece Ankara Greece 1-1 Netherlands Ankara Greece 3-2 France Ankara France 1-0 Netherlands 1. Turkey 3 1 2 0 3-2 4 1. Greece 3 1 2 0 4-3 4 3. France 3 1 1 1 5-5 3 4. Netherlands 3 0 1 2 1-3 1 NB: apparently Turkey won on goal average (1.50 vs 1.33)
Qualifications 21.01.62 Ankara Turkey 6-0 USA 28.01.62 Ankara Turkey 2-0 Morocco 21.02.62 Casablanca Turkey 2-0 USA 25.02.62 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 Turkey Turkey qualified Second Round 30.05.62 Athinai Turkey 1-1 Greece 03.06.62 Saloniki Turkey 4-1 Belgium 06.06.62 Athinai Turkey 0-0 Netherlands Greece qualified Final Round in Seoul Final Greece bt South Korea Third Turkey
Qualifications Group A : Greece - Egypt - USA .04.63 München Usa 0-1 Greece Group B : Turkey - Netherlands - Luxembourg Group C : Belgium - Iraq 18.01.63 Baghdad Iraq 0-1 Belgium 27.01.63 Belgium 4-1 Iraq Group D : .04.63 Lyon France 2-0 Morocco .04.63 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 France Final Round in Greece (Athinai and Saloniki) France 2-2 Turkey Greece 2-1 Belgium Belgium 2-1 France Greece 0-0 Turkey Belgium 3-2 Turkey Greece 1-1 France 1. Greece 3 1 2 0 3-2 4 (1.50) 2. Belgium 3 2 0 1 6-5 4 (1.20) 3. France 3 0 2 1 4-5 2 3. Turkey 3 0 2 1 4-5 2
Qualifications Group A : Germany - Egypt / Greece / Tunisia Group B : Netherlands - Morocco / Belgium / Norway Group C : Turkey - Iran / Iraq / Syria Iraq 1-2 Syria Iraq 0-0 Iran Iraq 0-1 Turkey Syria 0-0 Iraq Iran 0-1 Iraq Turkey 4-1 Iraq Group D : France - Portugal / USA / Luxembourg Final Round in Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara) France 2-1 Germany Netherlands 1-1 Turkey Netherlands 1-1 Germany France 2-2 Turkey France 2-1 Netherlands Turkey 1-1 Germany 1. France 3 2 1 0 6-4 5 2. Turkey 3 0 3 0 4-4 3 3. Germany 3 0 2 1 3-4 2 3. Netherlands 3 0 2 1 3-4 2
Qualifications Group ? : 16.12.64 Spain 1-1 France 14.01.65 France 0-1 Spain 2nd round 03.03.65 Portugal 1-1 Spain 01.04.65 Spain 1-0 Portugal Spain is qualified Final Round in Spain 01.07.65 Gijon Spain 1-2 Turkey 01.07.65 Oviedo Belgium 2-2 Morocco 05.07.65 Gijon Morocco 1-0 Turkey 05.07.65 Oviedo Spain 5-1 Belgium 08.07.65 Gijon Spain 3-0 Morocco 08.07.65 Oviedo Turkey 2-1 Belgium 1. Spain 3 2 0 1 9-3 4 2. Turkey 3 2 0 1 4-3 4 3. Morocco 3 1 1 1 3-5 3 4. Belgium 3 0 1 2 4-9 1
Qualifications Group ? 16.12.65 Spain 5-0 USA 26.01.66 USA 0-5 Spain [in Frankfurt/GER] 2nd round 31.03.66 Spain 1-0 Portugal 06.04.66 Portugal 0-1 Spain Spain is qualified Group ? 14.01.66 Turkey 3-0 Iraq 28.01.66 Iraq 1-3 Turkey Turkey is qualified Final Round in Rabat (Morocco) Semifinals Turkey 5-0 Netherlands Spain 2-0 Morocco (*) (*) result annulled, Spain withdrew, Morocco qualified Final Turkey 2-1 Morocco Morocco 0-0 Turkey 1. Turkey 2. Morocco 3. Netherlands 3. Spain
Qualifications Group ? 28.01.67 Turkey 4-1 Iraq 03.02.67 Iraq 0-1 Turkey Turkey is qualified Final Round in Brussel (Belgium) 1. Turkey 2. Belgium 3. Morocco 3. Netherlands
Qualifications Group ? Iraq 1-0 Kuwait Iraq 0-0 Iran Iraq 0-3 Turkey Kuwait 1-1 Iraq Iran 3-0 Iraq Turkey 3-1 Iraq Turkey is qualified Final Round in Baghdad (Iraq) : 1st round 14.06.68 Turkey 1-0 Netherlands 16.06.68 Greece 2-1 Spain 16.06.68 Ivory Coast 2-1 South Korea Turkey, Greece and Ivory Coast in the final round for the title Final round places 4-6 18.06.68 Netherlands 1-0 South Korea 19.06.68 Spain 3-1 South Korea 21.06.68 Netherlands 3-0 Spain 4.Netherlands 2 2 0 0 4-0 4 5.Spain 2 1 0 1 3-4 2 6.South Korea 2 0 0 2 1-4 0 Final round places 1-3 19.06.68 Turkey 2-1 Ivory Coast 20.06.68 Greece 2-1 Ivory Coast 22.06.68 Greece 4-1 Turkey 1.Greece 2 2 0 0 6-2 4 2.Turkey 2 1 0 1 3-5 2 3.Ivory Coast 2 0 0 2 2-4 0 CISM Players of the Tournament: Pirri (Spain) & Yusuf (Turkey) Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Jan van Beveren (Netherlands)
Prelims 13.04.69 Quimper France 2-2 Iran 10.05.69 Tehran Iran 2-1 France Iran qualified Final Round in Athinai (Greece) : Group A Greece 1-1 Iraq South Korea 1-0 Iraq Greece 2-1 Korea 1.Greece 2 1 1 0 3-2 3 2.South Korea 2 1 0 1 2-2 2 3.Iraq 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 Group B Iran 2-1 Syria Algeria 3-1 Iran Algeria 2-2 Syria 1.Algeria 2 1 1 0 5-3 3 2.Iran 2 1 0 1 3-4 2 3.Syria 2 0 1 1 3-4 1 Third Place Match Iran 1-1 South Korea Final Greece w/o Algeria NB: Algeria withdrew citing rough play and unsportsmenlike behaviour of Greek players Final Standing 1. Greece 2. Algeria 3. Iran 4. South Korea 5. Iraq Syria
Prelims Group 1 19.01.72 Charleroi Belgium 2-1 France 23.02.72 Saint-Ouen France 2-1 Greece Greece bt Belgium 1.Greece - 2.France - 3.Belgium Group 2 13.10.1971 L'Aquila Italy 2-2 Netherlands Germany 2-0 Austria 16.02.1972 Caserta Italy 1-1 Germany 01.03.1972 Enschede Netherlands 1-1 Germany 12.04.1972 Mannesdorf Austria 0-4 Italy .1972 Austria 0-4 Netherlands 24.05.1972 Terni Italy 3-2 Netherlands [aet] 1.Italy - 2.Netherlands - 3.Germany - 4. Austria Group 3 1.Ivory Coast - Zaire - Ghana - Cameroon Group 4 04.05.1972 Shuwaikh Kuwait 2-1 Turkey [Hassan Shehata, Hamad Bu-Hamad / Ahmet Yılmaz] 27.05.1972 Ankara Turkey 3-1 Kuwait [Ahmet Yılmaz 21', Cemil 59' 64' / Hassan Shehata 2'] 1.Turkey - Iran - Kuwait - Syria NB: unclear whether Iran and Syria played; Turkey qualified thanks to their win on 27.05 Group 5 1.Vietnam - South Korea - Thailand Final Round in Baghdad (11 to 20.06.1972) (South Vietnam withdrew) Played at Ashshab Stadion 11.06.72 Iraq 2-2 Turkey 12.06.72 Italy 2-2 Greece 13.06.72 Turkey 4-1 Ivory Coast 14.06.72 Iraq 1-0 Greece 15.06.72 Italy 9-1 Ivory Coast 16.06.72 Greece 2-0 Turkey 17.06.72 Iraq 1-1 Italy 18.06.72 Greece 2-0 Ivory Coast 19.06.72 Italy 0-0 Turkey 20.06.72 Iraq 3-0 Ivory Coast Final Standing 1. Iraq 4 2 2 0 7-3 6 2. Italy 4 2 1 1 12-4 5 3. Greece 4 2 1 1 6-3 5 4. Turkey 4 1 2 1 6-5 4 5. Ivory Coast 4 0 0 4 2-18 0
Prelims (5 groups) Group ? 07.02.1973 Alger Algeria 5-4 Italy 18.04.1973 Lecce Italy 3-0 Belgium Belgium ? Algeria Italy qualified Group ? 26.04.73 Bourges France 2-1 Netherlands 09.05.73 Baghdad Iraq 4-2 France Netherlands ? Iraq Iraq qualified Final Round in Brazzaville (Congo) : [June 20 to July 10, 1973] Italy 1-0 Iraq Italy 0-0 Kuwait Italy 2-1 Congo Italy 1-0 Ivory Coast Iraq 1-0 Kuwait Iraq 2-1 Congo Iraq 2-1 Ivory Coast Kuwait 3-1 Congo Kuwait 3-1 Ivory Coast Congo 5-2 Ivory Coast Final Standing 1. Italy 4 3 1 0 4- 1 7 2. Iraq 4 3 0 1 5- 3 6 3. Kuwait 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5 4. Congo 4 1 0 3 8- 9 2 5. Ivory Coast 4 0 0 4 4-11 0 Greece withdrew
Prelims Group ? 30.01.1975 Tehran Iran 1-1 Italy 05.03.1975 Messina Italy 0-1 Iran Iran qualified Group ? 06.03.74 Alger Algeria 2-0 France 20.03.74 Epinal France 1-2 Greece 10.04.74 Chateauroux France 2-0 Algeria 27.11.74 Athens Greece 4-1 France Algeria ? Greece Greece ? Algeria Greece qualified Group ? (in Kuwait) Iraq 2-0 UAE Iraq 1-1 Bahrain Kuwait 3-0 Iraq Final Round in Germany (01.07 to 12.07.1975) Group A 02.07.75 Emmerich Netherlands 1-0 Kuwait 02.07.75 Oberbrüch Greece 2-1 Nigeria 04.07.75 Baeswiler Netherlands 0-0 Nigeria 05.07.75 Düren Kuwait 3-1 Greece 08.07.75 Rheine Netherlands 2-1 Greece 09.07.75 Ratingen Kuwait 2-0 Nigeria Group B 01.07.75 Hagen Cameroon 0-0 Iran 02.07.75 Essen Germany 2-0 Syria 04.07.75 Dinslaken-Loh. Iran 0-0 Syria 05.07.75 Homberg Germany 2-1 Cameroon 08.07.75 Siegen Germany 1-1 Iran 09.07.75 Warendorf Cameroon 4-0 Syria Seventh place match 11.07.75 Gelsenkirchen Syria 1-0 Nigeria Fifth place match 11.07.75 Herford Iran 2-1 Greece Third place match 11.07.75 Herford Kuwait 6-5 Cameroon [aet] Final 12.07.75 Hagen Germany 1-0 Netherlands
Prelims Group 1 Germany - Saudi Arabia - Iran Group 2 18.02.76 Vire France 5-0 Morocco 03.03.76 Chateauroux France 2-1 Algeria 28.04.76 Leerdam Netherlands 1-1 France 18.05.76 Oran Algeria 0-1 France 26.01.77 Chateauroux France 3-0 Netherlands 16.03.77 Rabat Morocco 2-0 France France qualified Group 3 24.11.76 Saloniki Greece 2-2 Italy 16.02.77 Cagliari Italy 3-1 Algeria Algeria ? Greece Italy qualified Group 4 Cameroon - Ghana - Senegal - Zaïre Group 5 Nigeria - Gabon - Congo - Ivory Coast Group 6 Kuwait - Belgium - Jordan Group 7 Iraq - Bahrain - Qatar - North Yemen - UAE Final Round in Damascus (23.06 to 03.07.1977) Group A Iraq 1-0 France Iraq 1-0 Nigeria Iraq 4-2 Germany France 2-2 Nigeria France 6-2 Germany Nigeria 0-0 Germany Group B Kuwait 1-0 Italy Kuwait 2-1 Syria Kuwait 1-0 Cameroon Italy 0-0 Syria Italy 6-0 Cameroon Syria 2-0 Cameroon Final in Damascus Iraq 0-0 Kuwait [5-4 pen] Third place Italy 3-1 France [aet] Fifth place Syria 1-0 Nigeria Seventh place Germany 3-2 Cameroon
Prelims 11.11.77 Lokeren Belgium 1-0 France 29.03.78 Bourges France 2-1 Iran 05.04.78 ? Belgium 1-0 Iran 06.12.78 Grenoble France 1-1 Belgium 20.12.78 Linz Austria 4-3 France 21.02.79 Châteauroux France 3-0 Austria Iran n/p France Austria qualified 18.02.78 Alger Algeria 1-3 Italy 01.03.78 Stuttgart Germany 0-2 Italy 04.04.78 ? Netherlands 3-0 Algeria 03.05.78 Trieste Italy 2-1 Netherlands 08.11.78 Harderwijk Netherlands 0-1 Italy 31.01.79 Napoli Italy 1-0 Germany 07.03.79 Roma Italy 1-2 Algeria Italy qualified Final Round in Kuwait (01 to 15.06.1979) : Match Details Iraq Group A Italy 0-0 Kuwait Italy 4-0 Senegal Kuwait 3-0 Senegal Group B Iraq 4-0 Austria Iraq 5-0 Bahrain Austria 0-0 Bahrain Semifinals Italy 2-0 Austria Iraq 2-0 Kuwait Fifth place Senegal 3-2 Bahrain [aet] Third place Kuwait 3-1 Austria Final Iraq 0-0 Italy [4-3 pen] Match Details Iraq
Prelims (5 groups) Group A Turkey - Netherlands - Austria Group B Syria - Algeria - UAE Group C 29.04.80 Thonon France 1-0 Morocco 06.09.80 Fontainebleau France 0-1 Iraq 03.12.80 Rabat Morocco 3-4 France Iraq n/p France France qualified Group D Kuwait - Bahrain - Sudan Group E Upper Volta - Belgium - Nigeria Final Round in Doha, Qatar [12 to 23.06.1981] : Group A Kuwait 1-1 Qatar Kuwait 3-1 Turkey Qatar 0-0 Turkey Group B France 3-0 Syria France 4-2 Upper Volta Syria 6-0 Upper Volta Semifinals Kuwait 2-1 Syria Qatar 2-1 France Fifth place Turkey 7-1 Upper Volta Third place Syria 2-0 France Final Kuwait 1-0 Qatar
in Kuwait Prelims 17.11.82 Rabat Morocco 1-0 Italy 23.02.83 Caserta Italy 1-0 Morocco 01.06.83 La Louvière Belgium 1-0 Italy ? Italy ? Belgium Italy qualified Final in Kuwait-City [25.06.83] Kuwait 2-0 Belgium Italy / Germany / Algeria
Prelims 03.12.1985 Epinal France 2-1 Germany 10.05.1986 Münster Germany 3-0 France Germany is qualified Final Round in Arezzo, Italy (15 to 22.06.1987) Group A Italy 1-0 Egypt Italy 4-0 Morocco Egypt 1-0 Morocco Group B Germany 4-3 Belgium Germany 4-0 Zimbabwe Belgium 1-1 Zimbabwe Fifth place Zimbabwe 2-1 Morocco Third place Egypt 4-1 Belgium Final Italy 2-0 Germany
Prelims .02.88 ? Germany 3-1 Belgium 16.03.88 Auxerre France Germany 04.05.88 ? Belgium France Belgium qualified Final Round in Caserta, Italy (3 to 16.07.1989) Group A Italy 1-0 Morocco Italy 3-0 Qatar Morocco bt Qatar Italy and Morocco qualified Group B Belgium 1-0 Zambia Belgium 3-0 USA Zambia 5-0 USA Belgium and Zambia qualified Group C UAE 3-1 Netherlands UAE 4-1 Guinea Netherlands 3-2 Guinea UAE and Netherlands qualified Semifinal Groups Group 1 Italy 3-0 Zambia Italy 1-1 EAU UAE 1-1 Zambia Group 2 Morocco 1-1 Belgium Morocco 1-0 Netherlands Belgium 0-0 Netherlands Seventh place Qatar 1-1 Guinea Fifth place [in Portici] Netherlands 2-1 Zambia Third place [July 15 in Cava dei Tirreni] Belgium 1-0 UAE Final [July 16, in Caserta] Italy 3-1 Morocco [25'40'Mancini, 73'Simone; 78'El Ouardi]
Prelims 19.12.90 St Ouen France 0-0 Turkey 21.11.90 Antwerpen Belgium 0-6 France Turkey bt Belgium France and Turkey qualified 28.11.90 Ettelbrück Luxembourg 1-6 Italy 05.12.90 Arezzo Italy 0-0 Germany Germany bt Luxembourg Italy and Germany qualified Final Round in Arnhem and Apeldoorn, Netherlands : Group A Netherlands 2-0 Iran Netherlands 8-1 USA Iran 4-1 USA Netherlands and Iran qualified Group B Turkey 2-1 France Turkey 4-0 Guinea France 3-0 Guinea Turkey and France qualified Group C Italy 0-0 Germany Italy 5-0 Zambia Germany 2-2 Zambia Italy and Germany qualified Semifinal groups Group 1 Italy 1-1 France Italy 2-1 Netherlands France 1-0 Netherlands Group 2 Germany 1-0 Turkey Germany 1-0 Iran Turkey 2-2 Iran Consolation Round Guinea 2-0 Zambia Guinea 2-0 USA Zambia 3-2 USA Fifth place match Netherlands 2-0 Iran Third place match Turkey 1-0 France Final [16.06.91 in Apeldoorn] Italy 3-3 Germany [aet; 5-4 pen]
Prelims 29.04.92 Messina Italy 1-1 France 28.01.93 Caserta Italy 3-0 Russia 02.02.93 Martigues France 4-0 Russia France qualified Final Round in Morocco (Rabat-Casablanca-Kenitra) : Group A Morocco 2-0 Gabon Morocco 2-1 Germany Germany 1-1 Gabon Morocco and Germany qualified Group B Poland 2-0 USA Poland 4-0 Tanzania USA 1-0 Tanzania Poland and USA qualified Group C France 1-1 Egypt France 3-1 Iran Egypt 1-0 Iran Egypt and France qualified Semifinal groups Group 1 Morocco 4-1 France Morocco 6-0 USA France 5-1 USA Group 2 Egypt 3-0 Germany Egypt 3-1 Poland Germany 2-1 Poland Third place Germany 3-0 France Final Egypt 3-2 Morocco [aet] [A.El-Kass, Y.Rayan, M.Sadeq]
Prelims 19.12.1996 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 Italy 19.02.1997 Viterbo Italy 1-0 Bulgaria Italy qualified Final Round in Tehran, Iran [22.07 to 7.08.1997] : First Round France 2-0 Italy France 1-0 Burkina Faso Italy 2-2 Burkina Faso Iran 3-0 Uganda Other results unk Quarterfinals France 5-0 Belgium Italy 3-2 Guinea Greece 3-2 Iran Burkina Faso 1-0 Ukraine Semifinals Italy 1-0 France Greece 3-2 Burkina Faso Third place France 3-2 Burkina Faso [aet] Final Greece 1-0 Italy
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