1966 FIFA World Cup qualification

June 2021 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification 24 May 1964 – 29 December 1965 74 5 127 393 POR Eusébio (7 goals) 1962 1970 The 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the five FIFA confederations. The 1966 FIFA World Cup featured 16 teams with one place reserved for the host nation, England, and one reserved for defending champions Brazil. The remaining 14 places were determined by a qualification process in which the other 72 entered teams, from the five FIFA confederations, competed. UEFA, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL qualification was determined within the confederations, whilst AFC and CAF teams (alongside Australia) competed for one place at the tournament. Of these 72 teams, 51 competed, while Guatemala, Congo-Brazzaville and the Philippines had their entries rejected. In the Africa/Asia/Oceania zone: South Africa were disqualified after being suspended by FIFA due to apartheid. All 15 African nations later boycotted in protest after FIFA, citing competitive and logistical issues, confirmed there would be no direct qualification for an African team, with Syria (who were grouped in Europe) withdrawing in support of the African teams. South Korea were forced to withdraw due to logistical issues after the Asia/Oceania tournament was moved from Japan to Cambodia. The first qualification match, between Netherlands and Albania, was played on 24 May 1964 and the first goal in qualification was a penalty, scored by Dutch defender Daan Schrijvers. Qualification ended on 29 December 1965, when Bulgaria eliminated Belgium in a group tiebreaker to become the final qualifier for the World Cup. There were 393 goals scored over 127 games, for an average of 3.09 goals per game and 51 teams played in qualification.http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110717045303/http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf dead 17 July 2011 History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) 27 July 2007 FIFA.com 9 October 2017 Qualified teams center|thumb|700x700px|#0000ff Country qualified for World Cup #ffcc00 Country failed to qualify #000000 Country did not enter World Cup #e0e0e0 Country not a FIFA member Team Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Streak Previous bestperformanceENG Hosts22 August 19605th5Quarter-finals (1954, 1962)BRA 1960 Defending champions17 June 19628th8 Winners (1958, 1962)MEX 1934 CONCACAF final round winners16 May 19656th5Group stage (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962)URU CONMEBOL Group 1 winners13 June 19655th2 Winners (1930, 1950)ARG CONMEBOL Group 3 winners22 August 19655th3Runners-up (1930)HUN UEFA Group 6 winners9 October 19656th4Runners-up (1938, 1954)CHI CONMEBOL Group 2 winnersplay-off12 October 19654th2 Third place (1962)URS 1955 UEFA Group 7 winners17 October 19653rd3Quarter-finals (1958, 1962)POR UEFA Group 4 winners31 October 19651st1–FRA 1794 UEFA Group 3 winners6 November 19656th1 Third place (1958)ESP 1945 UEFA Group 9 winnersplay-off Group ended with two teams tied on points, meaning a play-off was required.10 November 19654th2Fourth place (1950)FRG UEFA Group 2 winners14 November 19656th4 Winners (1954)PRK 1948 Asia/Oceania first round winnersDue to the withdrawal of all CAF nations, the Final Round was scratched and North Korea qualified.24 November 19651st1–SUI UEFA Group 5 winners24 November 19656th2 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)ITA 1946 UEFA Group 8 winners7 December 19656th2 Winners (1934, 1938)BUL 1948 UEFA Group 1 winnersplay-off29 December 19652nd2Group stage (1962) Qualification process The 16 spots available in the 1966 World Cup were distributed among the continental zones as follows: Europe (UEFA): 10 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier England, while the other 9 places were contested by 32 teams (including Israel and Syria). South America (CONMEBOL): 4 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier Brazil, while the other 3 places were contested by 9 teams. North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 1 place, contested by 10 teams. Africa and Asia (CAF/AFC): 1 place, contested by 19 teams (including Australia from Oceania). UEFA, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF had a guaranteed number of places, whereas the CAF and AFC had to contest a play-off to determine which confederation would be represented. After the first round of 1966 FIFA World Cup finals, the percentage of teams from each confederation that passed through to the quarter-finals was as follows:https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1966england 1966 FIFA World Cup England FIFA.com 9 October 2017 AFC (Asia): 100% (1 of 1 places) CAF (Africa): No nations entered CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean): 0% (0 of 1 places) CONMEBOL (South America): 50% (2 of 4 places) Oceania (No confederation): Only entrant, Australia, failed to qualify UEFA (Europe): 50% (5 of 10 places) Summary of qualification 450x450pxConfederationTeams startedTeams that secured qualificationTeams that were eliminatedTotal places in finalsQualifying start dateQualifying end dateAFC, CAF and Oceania21120121 November 196524 November 1965CONCACAF1019116 January 196522 May 1965CONMEBOL9+13+163+116 May 196512 October 1965UEFASyria and Israel, although members of AFC, competed in European qualification.32+19+1239+124 May 196429 December 1965Total72+214+25814+224 May 196429 December 1965 Tiebreakers For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a league format, the method used for separating teams level on points was the same for all Confederations. If teams were even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams played a play-off at a neutral ground. Confederation qualification AFC, CAF and Oceania 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (Africa, Asia and Oceania) 21 teams – Australia (who were not a member of a confederation at the time, as the OFC was not founded until 1966), South Africa (who had been expelled from CAF in 1958 due to the country's apartheid policies),https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36763036 How Africa boycotted the 1966 World Cup 11 July 2016 BBC News 8 October 2017 en-GB three teams from AFC and 16 teams from CAF – applied to take part in qualification, but the entries of Congo-Brazzaville and the Philippines were rejected; the former for submitting their application after the deadline and the latter due to their entry fee not being paid in time. The qualification process began with four national teams split between two sections for qualification: Israel and Syria competed in European qualification for geographical reasons, whilst North Korea and South Korea were in a group with Australia and South Africa. The winner of this group would then go on to play the three group winners from the second round of CAF qualifiers. However, South Africa was disqualified after being suspended by FIFA, and all 15 members of CAF boycotted in protest after FIFA, citing competitive and logistical issues, confirmed that there would be no direct qualification for an African team. Less than three weeks before the tournament, South Korea were forced to withdraw due to logistical difficulties after the tournament was moved from Japan to Cambodia.http://scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1966/MSC Miscellaneous Qualifiers for the World Cup 1966 Score Shelf https://web.archive.org/web/20160712231907/http://scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1966/MSC 12 July 2016 9 October 2017 main WDL Asia Oceania First Round Q 2 PRK North Korea 1948 AUS Australia RSA — South Africa 1928 KOR — South Korea 1949 2 0 0 9 2 0 0 2 2 9 – – – – – D – – – – – W Disqualified Withdrew #ebffcb Q complete African boycott Qualification for the 15 remaining African teams saw them sorted into six groups: three groups of two and three groups of three. The winners of these groups were then to play a two-legged tie in the following combinations: Group 1 winners v Group 5 winners, Group 2 winners v Group 4 winners and Group 3 winners v Group 6 winners, with the winners advancing to play in the final group with each other and the winner of the Asia/Oceania group.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36763036 How Africa boycotted the 1966 World Cup 11 July 2016 BBC News 8 October 2017 en-GB However, the African nations were aggrieved that their second-round winners would be required to enter a final round against the winners of the Asia/Oceania group in order to qualify for the final tournament: they demanded that Africa be represented in the tournament, and also objected to the readmission of South Africa to FIFA in 1963. Due to pressure from the African nations and CAF, South Africa was suspended again on 21 September 1964, and were subsequently disqualified. However, after FIFA declined to change the qualifying format or the allocation of places, citing competitive and logistical issues, all 15 African teams immediately boycotted the competition: subsequently, CAF informed FIFA that they would refuse to participate in qualifying for 1970 unless at least one African team had an automatic place in the World Cup. In 1968, FIFA unanimously voted to grant an automatic place for CAF from the 1970 World Cup onwards. CONCACAF 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 10 teams initially entered, but the entry of Guatemala was rejected. The remaining nine teams were placed in to three groups of three, with the winner of each group proceeding to a final group. The winner of this group would go on to the final tournament.http://scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1966/CONCACAF CONCACAF Qualifiers for the World Cup 1966 Score Shelf https://web.archive.org/web/20160713021550/http://scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1966/CONCACAF 13 July 2016 9 October 2017 LegendCountry that directly qualified for the 1966 World Cup main WDL Q n y Final positions (final round) 2 MEX MEX 1934 CRC CRC JAM JAM 3 1 0 12 2 1 2 1 8 2 0 1 3 3 19 #ccffcc A complete CONMEBOL 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) As Brazil had already qualified as reigning champions, the remaining nine CONMEBOL teams were split into three groups of 3, playing each other twice (home and away). The top team from each group qualified.http://scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1966/CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Qualifiers for the World Cup 1966 Score Shelf https://web.archive.org/web/20160712182523/http://scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1966/CONMEBOL 12 July 2016 9 October 2017 LegendCountries that directly qualified for the 1966 World CupCountries that took part in a group play-off Final positions (group stage) Group 1 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1URU44008Final Tournament2PER420243VEN 195440040Group 2 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1=CHI42115Final Tournament1=ECU421153COL41032Group 3 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1ARG43107Final Tournament2PAR 1954411233BOL41032 In Group B, Chile and Ecuador finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Chile won the match to win the group. UEFA 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) England qualified automatically as hosts and a further 30 European teams took part in qualification. They were joined by Israel and Syria, although Syria then withdrew in support of the African teams. The teams were divided into 9 groups - four groups of 3 and five groups of 4. Syria's withdrawal meant that group 9 only contained two teams.https://scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1966/UEFA UEFA Qualifiers for the World Cup 1966 Score Shelf https://web.archive.org/web/20160818164407/https://scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1966/UEFA 18 August 2016 9 October 2017 LegendCountries that directly qualified for the 1966 World CupCountries that took part in a group play-off Final positions (group stage) Group 1 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1=BEL430161=BUL 194843016Final Tournament3ISR40040Group 2 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1FRG43107Final Tournament2SWE421153CYP 196040040Group 3 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1FRA 1794650110Final Tournament2NOR631273YUG631274LUX60060Group 4 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1POR64119Final Tournament2TCH631273ROU 1965630364TUR61052Group 5 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1SUI64119Final Tournament2NIR632183NED622264ALB 194660151Group 6 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1HUN43107Final Tournament2GDR412143AUT40131Group 7 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1URS 1955650110Final Tournament2WAL630363GRE old621354DEN61143Group 8 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1ITA 194664119Final Tournament2SCO631273POL 1928622264FIN61052Group 9 Pos PositionTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostPts PointsQualification1=ESP 194521012Final Tournament1=IRL21012—SYR 1963 SyriaWithdrew In Group 1, Belgium and Bulgaria finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Bulgaria won the match 2–1. In Group 9, the Republic of Ireland and Spain finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Spain won the match 1–0. Goalscorers 7 goals POR Eusébio 6 goals GRE old Mimis Papaioannou 5 goals 20em BEL Paul Van Himst BUL 1948 Georgi Asparuhov ITA Sandro Mazzola MEX 1934 Isidoro Díaz NIR Jobby Crossan POL Włodzimierz Lubański URS 1955 Anatoliy Banishevskiy URU Héctor Silva 4 goals 20em BUL 1948 Nikola Kotkov CRC Errol Daniels CRC Leonel Hernández TCH František Knebort MEX 1934 Ernesto Cisneros URU Pedro Rocha WAL Roy Vernon YUG Milan Galić 3 goals 20em ARG Luis Artime ARG Ermindo Onega BEL Johnny Thio CHI Alberto Fouilloux CHI Leonel Sánchez CRC Edgar Marín CRC William Quirós TCH Karol Jokl ECU 1900 Enrique Raymondi FIN Juhani Peltonen FRA 1794 Nestor Combin FRA 1794 Philippe Gondet GRE old Giorgos Sideris ITA Paolo Barison JAM Lascelles Dunkley LUX Louis Pilot PRK 1948 Pak Seung-Zin PER Pedro Pablo León POL Jerzy Sadek URS 1955 Valentin Kozmich Ivanov URS 1955 Slava Metreveli ESP 1945 Chus Pereda NGY Siegfried Haltman SUI Köbi Kuhn WAL Ivor Allchurch FRG Rudolf Brunnenmeier 2 goals 20em ARG Raúl Bernao AUS Les Scheinflug CHI Carlos Campos Sánchez CHI Rubén Marcos CHI Eugenio Méndez CHI Ignacio Prieto COL Antonio Rada COL Hermenegildo Segrera TCH Ivan Mráz DEN Ole Fritsen DEN Ole Madsen GDR Peter Ducke GDR Jürgen Nöldner ECU 1900 Alberto Spencer HUN János Farkas HUN Máté Fenyvesi ITA Giacinto Facchetti ITA Bruno Mora ITA Gianni Rivera MEX 1934 José Luis González Dávila MEX 1934 Javier Fragoso MEX 1934 Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez MEX 1934 Salvador Reyes Monteón NED Hennie van Nee ANT 1959 Virgilio Sille PRK 1948 Han Bong-Zin PRK 1948 Kim Seung-Il NIR George Best NOR Harald Berg NOR Erik Johansen PER Luis Zavalla POL Ernest Pol ROU 1952 Nicolae Georgescu ROU 1952 Viorel Mateianu SCO John Greig SCO Denis Law URS 1955 Vladimir Barkaya NGY Stanley Humbert Krenten NGY Edmund Waterval SWE Lars Granström SWE Bo Larsson SWE Agne Simonsson SWE Torbjörn Jonsson SUI René-Pierre Quentin TRI Andy Aleong TUR Fevzi Zemzem USA Ed Murphy FRG Werner Krämer FRG Wolfgang Overath FRG Klaus-Dieter Sieloff YUG Dragan Džajić 1 goal 20em ALB 1946 Mexhit Haxhiu ALB 1946 Robert Jashari AUT Erich Hof BEL Armand Jurion BEL Wilfried Puis BEL Jacques Stockman BOL Fortunato Castillo BOL Ramón Quevedo BOL Rolando Vargas BUL 1948 Stoyan Kitov BUL 1948 Ivan Petkov Kolev CRC Fernando Jiménez CRC Tarcisio Rodríguez Viquez CRC Juan González Soto CUB Nicolás Martínez CUB Ángel Piedra CUB Antonio dos Santos TCH Alexander Horváth TCH Dušan Kabát TCH Andrej Kvašňák DEN Mogens Berg DEN Kaj Poulsen DEN Tommy Troelsen GDR Eberhard Vogel ECU 1900 Romulo Gómez ECU 1900 Washington Muñoz FIN Martti Hyvärinen FIN Semi Nuoranen FRA 1794 Marcel Artelesa FRA 1794 André Guy FRA 1794 Angel Rambert GRE old Andreas Papaemmanouil HON 1949 José Ricardo Taylor HUN Ferenc Bene HUN Kálmán Mészöly HUN Dezső Novák HUN Gyula Rákosi IRL Andy McEvoy ISR Rahamim Talbi ITA Giacomo Bulgarelli ITA Ezio Pascutti JAM Syd Bartlett JAM Oscar Black JAM Patrick Blair JAM Art Welch JAM Asher Welch LUX Ernest Brenner LUX Edy Dublin LUX Ady Schmit MEX 1934 José Luis Aussin MEX 1934 Ignacio Jáuregui MEX 1934 Ramiro Navarro NED Frans Geurtsen NED Theo Laseroms NED Bennie Muller NED Daan Schrijvers PRK 1948 Im Seung-Hwi PRK 1948 Pak Doo-Ik NIR Willie Irvine NIR Terry Neill NOR Per Kristoffersen NOR Olav Nilsen NOR Arne Pedersen NOR Finn Seemann NOR Kai Sjøberg NOR Ole Stavrum PAR 1954 Celino Mora PAR 1954 Vicente Rodríguez PAR 1954 Juan Carlos Rojas PER Nemesio Mosquera PER Jesús Peláez PER Víctor Zegarra POL Roman Lentner POR Mário Coluna POR Jaime Graça ROU 1952 Sorin Avram ROU 1952 Alexandru Badea ROU 1952 Dan Coe ROU 1952 Carol Creiniceanu ROU 1952 Ion Pârcălab SCO Stevie Chalmers SCO Dave Gibson SCO Billy McNeill SCO Davie Wilson URS 1955 Boris Kazakov URS 1955 Galimzyan Khusainov URS 1955 Mikheil Meskhi URS 1955 Yozhef Sabo URS 1955 Valery Voronin ESP 1945 Carlos Lapetra ESP 1945 José Ufarte NGY Kenneth Kluivert SWE Kurt Hamrin SWE Ove Kindvall SUI Anton Allemann SUI Robert Hosp TRI Alvin Corneal TRI Jeff Gellineau TRI Bobby Sookram TUR Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu TUR Nedim Doğan USA Helmut Bicek USA Walt Schmotolocha URU Danilo Menezes URU José Urruzmendi VEN 1954 Freddy Elie VEN 1954 Rafael Santana VEN 1954 Humberto Francisco Scovino VEN 1954 Argenis Tortolero WAL Ron Davies WAL Wyn Davies WAL Mike England WAL Ronnie Rees FRG Alfred Heiß FRG Uwe Seeler FRG Heinz Strehl FRG Horst Szymaniak YUG Dražan Jerković YUG Vladica Kovačević YUG Džemaludin Mušović YUG Velibor Vasović 1 own goal 20em ARG José Ramos Delgado (playing against Bolivia) BUL 1948 Ivan Vutsov (playing against Belgium) CYP Kostas Panayiotou (playing against West Germany) FIN Stig Holmqvist (playing against Italy) PAR 1954 Ricardo González (playing against Argentina) ESP 1945 José Ángel Iribar (playing against Ireland) WAL Graham Williams (playing against the Soviet Union) References External links RSSSF - 1966 World Cup Qualification Qualification Category:FIFA World Cup qualification