1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification 14 November 1971 – 13 February 1974 99 6 226 619 TRI Steve David (12 goals) 1970 1978 99 teams entered the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for 16 places in the final tournament. West Germany, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. The 16 spots available in the 1974 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: Europe (UEFA): 9.5 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier West Germany, while the other 8.5 places were contested by 32 teams. The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from CONMEBOL). South America (CONMEBOL): 3.5 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier Brazil, while the other 2.5 places were contested by 9 teams. The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from UEFA). North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 1 place, contested by 14 teams. Africa (CAF): 1 place, contested by 24 teams. Asia (AFC) and Oceania (OFC): 1 place, contested by 18 teams. 90 teams played at least one qualifying match. 226 qualifying matches were played, and 619 goals were scored (an average of 2.74 per match). Confederation qualification AFC and OFC 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)Final Round +TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationAustralia20202202*Final TournamentSouth Korea20202202* *As Australia and South Korea were tied on points, a playoff was organised. Australia won 1-0. Australia qualified. CAF 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationZaire44009188Final TournamentZambia410356 -12Morocco410329 -72 Zaire qualified. CONCACAF 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification 1973 CONCACAF Championship PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1Haiti540183 +58Final Tournament2Trinidad and Tobago5302114 +763Mexico5221105 +564Honduras513166055Guatemala503246−236Netherlands Antilles5023419−152 Haiti qualified. CONMEBOL 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Group 1 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1URU421162 +45Final Tournament2COL413032 +153ECU402238−52 Group 2 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1ARG431092 +77Final Tournament2PAR 1954421185 +353BOL4004111−100 Group 3 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1=CHI21012202*Intercontinental Playoffs1=PER21012202*—VEN 1930withdrew *Chile and Peru finished with the same record, so a playoff was organised. Chile won 2-1. Group 1 – Uruguay qualified. Group 2 – Argentina qualified. Group 3 – Chile advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off. UEFA 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 1 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1=SWE6321158 +78*Final Tournament1=AUT6321147 +78*3HUN6240127 +584MLT6006120−190 *Sweden and Austria finished with the same record so a playoff was organised. Sweden won 2-1. Group 2 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1ITA6420120 +1210Final Tournament2TUR622253 +263SUI622224−264LUX6105214−122 Group 3 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1NED6420242 +2210Final Tournament2BEL6420120 +12103NOR6204916−744ISL6006229−270 Group 4 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1GDR6501183 +1510Final Tournament2ROU 19656411174 +1393FIN6114321−1834ALB 19466105313−102 Group 5 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1POL 1928421163 +35Final Tournament2ENG412134−143WAL411235−23 Group 6 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1BUL 19716420133 +1010Final Tournament2POR6231106 +473NIR613256−154CYP 19606105114−132 Group 7 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1=YUG422074 +36*Final Tournament1=ESP 1945422085 +36*3GRE 19704004511−60 *Yugoslavia and Spain finished with the same record so a playoff was organised. Yugoslavia won 1-0. Group 8 RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1SCO430183 +56Final Tournament2TCH421193 +653DEN4013213−111 Group 9 ankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification1URS 1955430152 +36Intercontinental Playoffs2IRL411245−133FRA411235−23 Group 1 – Sweden qualified. Group 2 – Italy qualified. Group 3 – Netherlands qualified. Group 4 – East Germany qualified. Group 5 – Poland qualified. Group 6 – Bulgaria qualified. Group 7 – Yugoslavia qualified. Group 8 – Scotland qualified. Group 9 – Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off. Inter-confederation play-offs: UEFA v CONMEBOL 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off) The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying to the finals. The second leg was scratched as the Soviet Union were disqualified after they refused to travel to Santiago for the return leg due to the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and the executions of left-wing prisoners in the Santiago stadium. The match did "go ahead" with the eleven Chilean players facing zero Soviet players before thousands of bemused spectators,http://www.planetworldcup.com/GUESTS/peter20020103.html Planet World Cup - Peter Goldstein (Columnist) Jan 03 2002 and half a dozen Chilean players slowly passed the ball to each other in mock play until the captain walked the ball into the net. URS w.o.note URS-CHI The Soviet Union refused to play in Chile for the second leg, so Chile were awarded a 2–0 walkover victory. CHI 0–0 0–2note URS-CHI Qualified teams thumb|500px|Final qualification status #000cff Country qualified for World Cup #ffb400 Country failed to qualify #000000 Country did not enter World Cup #ababab Country not a FIFA member The following 16 teams qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup: TeamDate of qualificationFinals appearanceStreakLast appearanceARG alt7 October 19736th11966AUS13 November 19731st1—BRA 1968 (defending champions)21 June 197010th101970BUL 197114 November 19734th41970CHI21 November 19735th11966DDR13 November 19731st1—HAI 196414 December 19731st1—ITA20 October 19738th41970NED18 November 19733rd11938POL17 October 19732nd11938SCO26 September 19733rd11958SWE27 November 19736th21970URU8 July 19737th41970FRG (hosts)6 July 19668th61970YUG13 February 19746th11962ZAI9 December 19731st1— Goalscorers 12 goals 20em yes TRI Steve David 11 goals 20em yes HAI 1964 Emmanuel Sanon 7 goals 20em yes BUL 1971 Hristo Bonev East Germany Joachim Streich ITA Luigi Riva NED Johan Cruyff 6 goals 20em yes KEN William Ouma ZAI Kembo Uba Kembo 5 goals 20em yes ARG Rubén Ayala GHA Kwasi Owusu IRQ 1963 Sabah Hatim ISR Moshe Onana MAR Ahmed Faras NED Willy Brokamp ROU 1965 Florea Dumitrache SWE Roland Sandberg 4 goals 20em yes AUS Adrian Alston BEL Raoul Lambert GDR Jürgen Sparwasser MEX Octavio Muciño NED Johan Neeskens NGY Arnold Robert Zebeda SWE Ralf Edström SWE Bo Larsson TRI Sammy Llewellyn ZAI Kakoko Etepé ZAI Jean-Kalala N'Tumba 3 goals 20em yes AUT Josef Hickersberger AUT Kurt Jara AUS Attila Abonyi AUS Ray Baartz AUS Jimmy Mackay BUL 1971 Georgi Denev COL Willington Ortiz TCH Zdeněk Nehoda TCH Bohumil Veselý ETH 1897 Tariku Ingdawerk HAI 1964 Jean-Claude Désir HON 1949 Rigoberto Gómez HON 1949 Rubén Guifarro HUN Ferenc Bene IRN 1964 Parviz Ghelichkhani MEX Horacio López Salgado MAR Moustapha Choukri NOR Tor Egil Johansen KOR 1949 Chung Kyu-poong KOR 1949 Kim Jae-han SYR 1972 Joseph Chahrestan TRI Raymond Roberts URU Fernando Morena USA 1960 Willy Roy YUG Dušan Bajević ZAM 1964 Freddie Mwila ZAM 1964 Moses Simwala ZAM 1964 Brighton Sinyangwe 2 goals 20em yes ARG Miguel Ángel Brindisi ATG Patrick Morris AUT August Starek AUS Branko Buljevic AUS Ernie Campbell AUS Ray Richards BEL Léon Dolmans BEL Odilon Polleunis BUL 1971 Bozhil Kolev CIV Noël Kouamé CIV Bernard N'Guessan CIV Mama Ouattara GDR Bernd Bransch GDR Hans-Jürgen Kreische GDR Wolfram Löwe ECU Washington Muñoz GHA Abwcari Gariba GHA Osei Kofi GHA Ibrahim Sunday GUA Nelson Melgar GUI Chérif Souleymane HKG colonial Yuen Kuen-Chu HON 1949 Jorge Bran HUN Lajos Kocsis HUN Sándor Zámbó IDN Iswadi Idris IDN Sarman Panggabean IRL Terry Conroy IRQ 1963 Ali Kadhim ISR Zvi Rozen ISR Itzhak Shum ITA Gianni Rivera JPN 1947 Kunishige Kamamoto KUW Hamad Bo Hamad MRI Daniel Imbert MEX Juan Manuel Borbolla MEX Enrique Borja MEX Fernando Bustos MEX Cesário Victorino NED Willem van Hanegem NGA Yakubu Mambo NGA Kenneth Olayombo NZL Alan Vest PRK 1948 Ma Jung-U NIR Trevor Anderson NOR Harry Hestad PAR Adalberto Escobar PAR Saturnino Arrúa PAR Jorge Insfran PER state Hugo Sotil POL Jan Domarski POL Robert Gadocha POR Rui Jordão POR Nené ROU 1965 Ion Dumitru ROU 1965 Dumitru Marcu ROU 1965 Mircea Sandu KOR 1949 Cha Bum-kun URS Volodymyr Onyshchenko ESP 1945 José Claramunt ESP 1945 Rubén Óscar Valdez NGY Armand Doesburg NGY Arnold Miller NGY Edwin Schalf SWE Ove Kindvall TRI Leo Brewster TRI Everald Cummings TRI Leroy Spann TUN Ezzedine Chakroun TUN Mohieddine Habita TUR Osman Arpacıoğlu URU Luis Cubilla USA 1960 Gene Geimer YUG Stanislav Karasi ZAM 1964 Bernard Chanda ZAM 1964 Godfrey Chitalu ZAM 1964 Joseph Mapulanga 1 goal 20em yes ALB 1946 Sabah Bizi ALB 1946 Mihal Gjika ALB 1946 Ramazan Rragami ALG Rabah Gamouh ALG Mokhtar Kalem ATG Veron Edwards ARG Oscar Fornari ARG Carlos Guerini AUS Doug Utjesenovic AUS Peter Wilson AUT Franz Hasil AUT Roland Hattenberger AUT Norbert Hof AUT Helmut Köglberger AUT Thomas Parits AUT Peter Pumm BEL Jean Dockx BEL Paul Van Himst BEL Frans Janssens BOL Raúl Morales BUL 1971 Atanas Mihaylov CAN Jimmy Douglas CAN Glen Johnson CAN Ike MacKay CAN Buzz Parsons CAN Brian Robinson CAN Bruce Twamley CMR 1961 Paul-Gaston Ndongo CHI Sergio Ahumada CHI Julio Crisosto CHI Rogelio Farias CHI Francisco Valdés People's Republic of the Congo Jean-Michel M'Bono People's Republic of the Congo Noël Minga CRC Selvin Cárcamo CRC Wálter Elizondo CRC Asdrúbal Paniagua CRC Roy Sáenz CIV Kouman Kobinam CIV Laurent Pokou CYP Kokos Antoniou TCH Přemysl Bičovský TCH Vladimír Hagara TCH Ladislav Petráš Dahomey Damien Kamilou DEN Ole Bjørnmose DEN Finn Laudrup GDR Peter Ducke ECU Ítalo Estupiñán ENG Colin Bell ENG Allan Clarke ENG Norman Hunter EGY 1972 Sayed Abdelrazak EGY 1972 Ali Khalil ETH 1897 Tekeste Gebremedhin ETH 1897 Kassahun Teka ETH 1897 Seyoum Tesfaye FIN Jarmo Manninen FIN Olavi Rissanen FIN Miikka Toivola FRA 1794 Georges Bereta FRA 1794 Serge Chiesa FRA 1794 Jean-Michel Larqué GHA Akuetteh Armah GHA Joseph Ghartey GHA Clifford Odame GHA Joseph Sam GRE 1970 Antonis Antoniadis GRE 1970 Mimis Domazos GRE 1970 Kostas Eleftherakis GRE 1970 Giorgos Koudas GUI Maxime Camara GUI Smith Samuel GUI Petit Sory GUI Soriba Soumah GUA Juan Banegas GUA Benjamín Monterroso GUA René Morales GUA Jorge Roldán HAI 1964 Claude Barthélemy HAI 1964 Pierre Bayonne HAI 1964 Guy François HAI 1964 Guy Saint-Vil HAI 1964 Roger Saint-Vil HAI 1964 Philippe Vorbe HON 1949 Óscar Rolando Hernández HON 1949 Rigoberto Sosa HON 1949 Jorge Urquía HKG colonial Kwok Ka-Ming HKG colonial Lo Hung-Hoi HUN László Bálint HUN Antal Dunai HUN István Juhász HUN Mihály Kozma HUN Csaba Vidáts ISL Elmar Geirsson ISL Örn Óskarsson IDN Andjas Asmara IRN 1964 Ali Jabbari IRN 1964 Akbar Kargarjam IRN 1964 Mehdi Monajati IRN 1964 Ali Parvin IRN 1964 Mohammad Sadeghi IRN 1964 Gholam Vafakhah IRQ 1963 Douglas Aziz IRQ 1963 Riyadh Nouri IRQ 1963 Bashar Rashid IRQ 1963 Salah Obeid IRL Mick Martin IRL Ray Treacy ISR George Borba ISR Zvi Farkash ISR Mordechai Spiegler ITA Pietro Anastasi ITA Fabio Capello ITA Giorgio Chinaglia JPN 1947 Shusaku Hirasawa JPN 1947 Takaji Mori KEN Daniel Anyanzwa KEN Peter Ouma KEN John Shore KUW Ibrahim Al Duraihem KUW Fathi Kameel LES 1966 Ramoseli Thietsi LUX Nico Braun LUX Gilbert Dussier MAS Shaharuddin Abdullah MAS Harun Jusoh MLT Anton Camilleri MRI Anwar Jackaria MEX Manuel Lapuente MEX Héctor Pulido MEX Sergio Ceballos Aldape MAR Hassan Amcharrat MAR Chérif Fetoui MAR Maouhoub Ghazouani MAR Mohamed Maghfour NED Arie Haan NED Barry Hullshoff NED Theo de Jong NED Piet Keizer NED René van de Kerkhof NED Dick Schneider ANT 1959 Rignald Alfonso Clemencia ANT 1959 Adelbert Toppenberg ANT 1959 Siegfried Schoop ANT 1959 Erroll Maximino St. Jago NZL Dennis Tindall NZL Brian Turner NGA Sunday Oyarekhua PRK 1948 An Se-Uk PRK 1948 Kim Jong-Min PRK 1948 Pak Sung-Jin NIR Sammy Morgan NIR Liam O'Kane NIR Martin O'Neill NOR Jan Fuglset NOR Tom Lund NOR Per Pettersen NOR Harald Sunde PAR Pedro Alcides Bareiro PAR Juvencio Osorio PER state Héctor Bailetti POL Grzegorz Lato POL Włodzimierz Lubański POR Humberto Coelho POR Eusébio POR Chico Faria POR Artur Jorge POR Alfredo Quaresma POR António Simões ROU 1965 Emerich Dembrovschi ROU 1965 Nicolae Dobrin ROU 1965 Dudu Georgescu ROU 1965 Radu Nunweiller ROU 1965 Nicolae Pantea ROU 1965 Teodor Tarălungă SCO Jimmy Bone SCO Kenny Dalglish SCO Joe Harper SCO Jim Holton SCO Joe Jordan SCO Peter Lorimer SCO Lou Macari SCO Willie Morgan SEN Louis Gomis Diop KOR 1949 Ko Jae-wook KOR 1949 Park Lee-chun URS Oleh Blokhin URS Vladimir Fedotov URS Viktor Kolotov ESP 1945 Amancio Amaro ESP 1945 Juan Manuel Asensi ESP 1945 Roberto Juan Martínez ESP 1945 Juan Cruz Sol SUD Izzeldin Osman NGY Eugene Sordam SWE Ove Grahn SWE Dag Szepanski SUI Rolf Blättler SUI Karl Odermatt SYR 1972 Nabil Nano SYR 1972 Samir Said SYR 1972 Abdulghani Tatiche TAN Nassoro Mashoto TRI Warren Archibald TUN Abdesselam Adhouma TUR Köksal Mesçi TUR Mehmet Türkkan TUR Melih Atacan URU Denís Milar USA 1960 Rudy Getzinger WAL Trevor Hockey WAL Leighton James WAL John Toshack YUG Jovan Aćimović YUG Josip Katalinski YUG Ivica Šurjak ZAI Mbungu Ekofa ZAI Mavuba Mafuila ZAI Mayanga Maku ZAI Kamunda Tshinabu ZAM 1964 Obby Kapita ZAM 1964 Simon Kaushi ZAM 1964 Burton Mugala ZAM 1964 Boniface Simutowe 1 own goal 20em yes AUS Bobby Hogg (playing against New Zealand) ANT 1959 Siegfried Brunken (playing against Trinidad and Tobago) ISL Einar Gunnarsson (playing against Belgium) MLT Charles Spiteri (playing against Austria) NZL Maurice Tillotson (playing against Indonesia) VSO Nguyễn Vinh Quang (playing against Japan) THA Supakit Meelarpkit (playing against South Vietnam) YUG Josip Katalinski (playing against Greece) Notes note For the first time in the qualifiers, goal difference was used as a tie-breaker for teams who finished level on points. Aggregate score was also used to determine the winners of two-legged ties. References External links FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1974 World Cup Qualification RSSSF - 1974 World Cup Qualification Qualification Category:FIFA World Cup qualification