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     World Cup 1966 qualifications        
       Europe                             
       South America                      
       Africa                             
       Asia                               
       Oceania                            

= World Cup 1966 qualifications =





== Europe ==


31 teams entered, icluding ENG (hosts) and two Asian teams - ISR
and SYR (later withdrew solidarising with African teams). Nine groups with
winners progressing into the finals. Teams finishing on level points
had a play-off game.

Group 1 (1965)  §gr1

09.05. Brussels   BEL-ISR 1:0 (1:0) Jurion (Poulsen DAN)
13.06. Sofia      BUL-ISR 4:0 (2:0) Kotkov (2), Asparoukhov, Kitov (Talu
                                    TUR)
26.09. Sofia      BUL-BEL 3:0 (2:0) Kotkov (2), Asparoukhov (Zečevič JUG)
27.10. Brussels   BEL-BUL 5:0 (1:0) van Himst (2), Thio (2), Stockman (Bois
                                    FRA)
10.11. Tel-Awiw   ISR-BEL 0:5 (0:3) van Himst (3), Thio, Puts (SbardeUa
                                    ITA)
21.11. Tel-Awiw   ISR-BUL 1:2 (0:1) Talbi - I.Kolev, Asparoukhov (Babauczek
                                    AUT)

1.BEL^  4   6  3  0  1  11- 3
2.BUL   4   6  3  0  1   9- 6
3.ISR   4   0  0  0  4   1-12

- playoff game in Italy
29.12. Florence   BUL-BEL 2:1 (2:0) Asparuchow (2) - Wutzov o
                                    (Sbardella ITA)

Group 2 (1964-65)  §gr2

04.11. Westberlin GER-SWE 1:1 (1:0) Brunnenmeier - Hamrin (Dienst SUI)
24.04. Karlsruhe  GER-CYP 5:0 (3:0) Overath (2), Sieloff (2), Strehl (Mootz
                                    LUX)
05.05. Norrköping SWE-CYP 3:0 (1:0) Simonsson (2), T. Jonsson (Petursson
                                    ISL)
26.09. Stockholm  SWE-GER 1:2 (1:1) T.Jonsson - Seeler, Kramer (Dagnall ENG)
07.11. Famagusta  CYP-SWE 0:5 (0:4) B.Larsson (2), Granström (2), Kindvall
                                    (Zsengeller HUN)
14.11. Nicosia    CYP-GER 0:6 (0:2) Brunnemeier (2), Szymaniak, Heiss,
                                    Kramer + 1o (Francescon ITA)

1.GER^  4   7  3  1  0  14- 2
2.SWE   4   5  2  1  1  10- 3
3.CYP   4   0  0  0  4   0-19

Group 3 (1964-65)  §gr4

20.09. Belgrad    JUG-LUX 3:1 (2:0) Kovačevič, Jerkovič, Galić - A.Schmit
                                    (Tsouvaras GRE)
04.10. Luxembourg LUX-FRA 0:2 (0:1) Guy 17, Artelesa 80 (Loraux BEL)
08.11. Luxembourg LUX-NOR 0:2 (0:1) E.Johansen, Berg (PoweU WAL)
11.11. Paris      FRA-NOR 1:0 (1:0) Rambert 17 (Adair NIR)
18.04. Belgrad    JUG-FRA 1:0 (0:0) Galić 59 (Wlachojanis AUT)
27.05. Trondheim  NOR-LUX 4:2 (1:2) Pedersen, E.Johansen, Kristofersen,
                                    Sjöberg - Brenner, Dublin (Hirviniemi FIN)
16.06. Oslo       NOR-JUG 3:0 (1:0) Nilsen, Berg, Seemann (Lowry WAL)
15.09. Oslo       NOR-FRA 0:1 (0:1) Combin 22 (Phillips SCO)
19.09. Luxembourg LUX-JUG 2:5 (1:4) Pilot (2) - Galić (2), Džajić (2),
                                    Musović (Vales ČZE)
09.10. Paris      FRA-JUG 1:0 (0:0) Gondet 77 (Hansen DAN)
06.11. Marseilles FRA-LUX 4:1 (4:0) Gondet 8,27, Combin 11,38 - Pilot 53
                                    (Zariquiegui Izco ESP)
07.11  Belgrad    JUG-NOR 1:1 (1:1) Vasovič - Stavrum (Ashkenazi ISR)

1.FRA^  6  10  5  0  1   9- 2
2.NOR   6   7  3  1  2  10- 5
3.JUG   6   7  3  1  2  10- 8
4.LUX   6   0  0  0  6   6-20

Group 4 (1965)  §gr4

24.01. Lisboa     POR-TUR 5:1 (2:1) Coluña, Eusebio (3), Graça -
                                    Fevzi 33 (Gardeazábal ESP)
19.04. Ankara     TUR-POR 0:1 (0:0) Eusebio (Dachan SYR)
25.04. Bratislava CZE-POR 0:1 (0:1) Eusebio (Stavrev BUL)
02.05. Bucuresti  ROM-TUR 3:0 (1:0) N.Georgescu, Mateanu, Creiniceanu
                                    (Schiller AUT)
30.05. Bucuresti  ROM-CZE 1:0 (1:0) Mateanu (Köpcke DDR)
13.06. Lisboa     POR-ROM 2:1 (2:0) Eusebio (2) - Avram (Kitabdjian FRA)
19.09. Prag       CZE-ROM 3:1 (1:1) Knebort (2), Jokl - Coe (Storoniak POL)
09.10. Stambul    TUR-CZE 0:6 (0:3) Knebort (2), Jokl (2), Kabat, Kvašňák
                                    (Righi ITA)
23.10. Ankara     TUR-ROM 2:1 (1:0) Fevzi 13, Nedim 48 - N.Georgescu
                                    (Pregja ALB)
31.10. Pórto      POR-CZE 0:0       (Horn HOL)
21.11. Brün       CZE-TUR 3:1 (2:1) Mráz (2), Horváth - Ayhan 8 (Aranyosi
                                    HUN)
21.11. Bucuresti  ROM-POR 2:0 (2:0) Pircalab, Badea (Dienst SUI)

1.POR^  6   9  4  1  1   9- 4
2.CZE   6   7  3  1  2  12- 4
3.ROM   6   6  3  0  3   9- 7
4.TUR   6   2  1  0  5   4-19

Group 5 (1964-65)  §gr5

24.05. Rotterdam  HOL-ALB 2:0 (0:0) Schrijvers, Muller (Meighan IRL)
14.10. Belfast    NIR-SUI 1:0 (0:0) Crossan (Burguet BEL)
25.10. Tiranë     ALB-HOL 0:2 (0:1) Geurtsen, van Nee (Dinow BUL)
14.11. Lausanne   SUI-NIR 2:1 (2:1) Quentin 29, Kühn 34 - Best 31 (Schiller
                                    AUT)
17.03. Belfast    NIR-HOL 2:1 (1:1) Crossan, Best - Gashari (Sörensen DAN)
07.04. Rotterdam  HOL-NIR 0:0       (Clements ENG)
11.04. Tiranë     ALB-SUI 0:2 (0:1) Quentin 21, Kuhn 88 k                  Sbardella ITA
02.05. Geneva     SUI-ALB 1:0 (1:0) Kühn (Bueno Perales ESP)
07.05. Belfast    NIR-ALB 4:1 (2:0) Crossan (3), Best - Gashari (Mootz LUX)
17.10. Amsterdam  HOL-SUI 0:0       (Boström SWE)
14.11. Bern       SUI-HOL 2:1 (1:0) Allemann, Hosp - Laseroms (Tschenscher
                                    GER)
24.11. Tiranë     ALB-NIR 1:1 (0:0) Haxhiu - Irwine (Sotir ROM)

1.SUI^  6   9  4  1  1   7- 3
2.NIR   6   8  3  2  1   9- 5
3.HOL   6   6  2  2  2   6- 4
4.ALB   6   1  0  1  5   2-12

grupa 6 (1965)  §gr6

25.04. Wien       AUT-DDR 1:1 (0:0) Hof 46 - Nöldner 74 (Mihailescu ROM)
23.05. Lepizig    DDR-HUN 1:1 (1:1) Vogel 17 - Bene 28 (Johansson SWE)
13.06. Wien       AUT-HUN 0:1 (0:1) Fenyvesi (Schwinte FRA)
05.09. Budapest   HUN-AUT 3:0 (2:0) Farkas, Fenyvesi, Meszöly (Gorączniak
                                    POL)
09.10. Budapest   HUN-DDR 3:2 (1:1) Rakosi 41, Novak 53, Farkas 80 -
                                    P.Ducke 31,71 (Andziulis ZSR)
31.10. Lepizig    DDR-AUT 1:0 (1:0) Nöldner 1 (Carswell IRL)

1.HUN^  4   7  3  1  0   8- 3
2.DDR   4   4  1  2  1   5- 5
3.AUT   4   1  0  1  3   1- 6

grupa 7 (1964-65)  §gr7

21.10. Kobehavn   DAN-WAL 1:0 (0:0) O.Madsen 47 (Huber SUI)
29.11. Athina     GRE-DAN 4:2 (1:0) Sideris 30,46, Papaiannou 71,85 - Berg 60,
                                    O.Madsen 70 (Zsolt HUN)
09.12. Athina     GRE-WAL 2:0 (1:0) Papaioannou, Papaemanouil (Majdan POL)
17.03. Cardiff    WAL-GRE 4:1 (1:1) Allchurch (2), Vernon, England -
                                    Papaioannou (Roomer HOL)
23.05. Moscow     ZSR-GRE 3:1 (1:0) Kazakov 14, V.Iwanov 71,83 -
                                    Papaioannou 60 (Beijar FIN)
30.05. Moscow     ZSR-WAL 2:1 (1:0) V.Iwanov 39, Williams 48o - R.Davies
                                    69 (Fritz GER)
27.06. Moscow     ZSR-DAN 6:0 (1:0) Khusainow 9, Metreveli 47, Voronin 64,
                                    Barkaia 69,77, Meskhi 72 (Zečević JUG)
03.10. Athina     GRE-ZSR 1:4 (1:2) Papaiannou 27 - Metreveli 46, Malafeev
                                    62, Sabo 69 (Shoshany ISR)
17.10. Kobehavn   DAN-ZSR 1:3 (0:0) Troelsen 79 - Metreveli 47, Banishevski 62,
                                    Sabo 68 (Webster SCO)
27.10. Kobehavn   DAN-GRE 1:1 (1:1) Fritsen 12 - Sideris 45 (McCarthy IRL)
27.10. Cardiff    WAL-ZSR 2:1 (1:1) Vernon 20, Allchurch 77 - Banishevski
                                    17 (Nilsen NOR)
01.12. Wrexham    WAL-DAN 4:2 (3:1) Vernon 11,79, W.Davies 2, Rees 18 - Poulsen 4,
                                    Fritsen 48 (Kitabdjian FRA)

1.ZSR^  6  10  5  0  1  19- 6
2.WAL   6   6  3  0  3  11- 9
3.GRE   6   5  2  1  3  10-14
4.DAN   6   3  1  1  4   7-18

Group 8 (1964-65)  §gr8

21.10. Glasgow    SCO-FIN 3:1 (3:0) Law, Chalmers, Gibson - Peltonen
                                    (Hannet BEL)
04.11. Genoa      ITA-FIN 6:1 (3:0) Facchetti 1, Holmquist 8o, Rivera 16,
                                    Bulgarelli 49, Mazzola 54,83 - Peltonen
                                    88 (Rodrigues POR)
18.04. Warszawa   POL-ITA 0:0       (Roomer HOL)
23.05. Warszawa   POL-SCO 1:1 (0:0) Lentner 52 - Law 76 (Alimow ZSR)
27.05. Helsinki   FIN-SCO 1:2 (1:1) Hyvarinen - D. Wilson, Greig (Vetter
                                    DDR)
23.06. Helsinki   FIN-ITA 0:2 (0:1) Mazzola 33,78 (Bachramov ZSR)
26.09. Helsinki   FIN-POL 2:0 (2:0) Peltonen, Nuoranen (Grandlund NOR)
13.10. Glasgow    SCO-P01 1:2 (1:0) McNeill 13 - Pol 85, Sadek 86 (Carlsson
                                    SWE)
24.10. Szczecin   POL-FIN 7:0 (6:0) Lubański 19,21,24,41, Pol 29, Sadek 35,
                                    79 (Obtulović ČZE)
01.11. Roma       ITA-POL 6:1 (2:0) Mazzola 5, Barison 25,65,87, Rivera 71,
                                    Mora 79 - Lubański 84 (Klein ISR)
09.11. Glasgow    SCO-ITA 1:0 (0:0) Greig 88 (Kreitlein GER)
07.12. Napoli     ITA-SCO 3:0 (1:0) Pascutti 38, Facchetti 73, Mora 89
                                    (Zsolt HUN)

1.ITA^  6   9  4  1  1  17- 3
2.SCO   6   7  3  1  2   8- 8
3.POL   6   6  2  2  2  11-10
4.FIN   6   2  1  0  5   5-20

Group 9 (1965)  §gr9

05.05. Dublin     IRL-ESP 1:0 (0:0) (o) (Callaghan WAL)
27.10. Sevilla    ESP-IRL 4:1 (2:1) Pereda (3), Lapetra - McEvoy (Freitas
                                    POR)
- SYR withdrew afrer seeding;

- play-off game in France:
10.11. Paris      ESP-IRL 1:0 (0:0) Ufarte (Schwinte FRA)


== South America ==


10 teams entered, including BRA (champions). Nine groups with winners
progressing into the finals. Teams finishing on level points had a play-off
game.

Group 10 (1965)  §gr10

16.05. Lima       PER-VEN 1:0 (1:0) Zegarra (Melina CHI)
23.05. Montevideo URU-VEN 5:0 (2:0) Rocha 18, H.Silva 23, 52, 69, Meneses 61
                                    (Dimas Larrosa PAR)
30.05. Caracas    VEN-URU 1:3 (1:1) Tortolero 40 - Rocha 10, 47, Urruzmendi 88
                                    (Goicoechea ARG)
02.06. Caracas    VEN-PER 3:6 (1:3) Motta, Scovino, Ellie - N.Mosquera,
                                    Zavalla (2), Leon (3) (Sundheim COL)
06.06. Lima       PER-URU 0:1 (0:0) Urruzmendi 77 (Vicuńa CHI)
13.06. Montevideo URU-PER 2:1 (1:1) Silva 20, Rocha 62 - Peláetz 2 (Marques BRA)

1.URU^  4   8  4  0  0  11- 2
2.PAR   4   4  2  0  2   8- 6
3.VEN   4   0  0  0  4   4-15

Group 11 (1965)  §gr11

20.07. B'quilla   COL-ECU 0:1 (0:1) Muñoz (Pedraza PER)
25.07. Guayaquil  ECU-COL 2:0 (0:0) Raimondi (2) (Spinetto ARG)
01.08. Santiago   CHI-COL 7:2 (4:0) L.Sánchez 11, Méndez 15, 70, Fouilloux 25, 65,
                                    Campos 42, Prieto 58 - Segrera 40, 70 (Pedraza PAR)
07.08. B'guilla   COL-CHI 2:0 (0:0) Rada 67p, 87 (Rica VEN)
15.08. Guayaquil  ECU-CHI 2:2 (1:1) Spencer 15, Raimondi 84 - Campos 38, Prieto 57
                                    (Queiroz BRA)
22.08. Santiago   CHI-ECU 3:1 (1:1) L.Sánchez 10p, Marcos 62, Fouilloux 74 - Spencer 36
                                    (Codesal URU)

1.CHI^  4   5  2  1  1  12- 7
2.ECU   4   5  2  1  1   6- 5
3.COL   4   2  1  0  3   4-10

- playoff game in Peru:
12.10. Lima       CHI-ECU 2:1 (2:0) L.Sánchez 16, Marcos 40 - Gómez 89
                                    (Goicoechea ARG)

Group 12 (1965)  §gr12

25.07. Asunción   PAR-BOL 2:0 (1:0) Rodriguez, J.Rojas (Sundheim COL)
01.08. B.Aires    ARG-PAR 3:0 (3:0) Onega, Artime + 1o (Albergati URU)
08.08. Asunción   PAR-ARG 0:0       (Viug BRA)
17.08. B.Aires    ARG-BOL 4:1 (3:0) Bernao (2), Onega (2) - Vargas 55 (Marino
                                    URU)
22.08. La Paz     BOL-PAR 2:1 (1:1) M. Ramirez, Castillo - C.Mora (Viuacis
                                    ECU)
29.08. La Paz     BOL-ARG 1:2 (1:2) R.Delgado o -- Artime (2) (Angeles PER)

1.ARG^  4   7  3  1  0   9- 2
2.PAR   4   3  1  1  2   3- 5
3.BUL   4   2  1  0  3   4- 9

CONCACAF - 10 teams entered, including GUA after the deadline.
Winners of two rounds (zonal and general) progressing into the
finals.

Group 13  §gr13

First Round

Subgroup A

28.02. S.P.Sula   HON-MEX 0:1 (0:0) Diaz (Corado GUA)
04.03. Mexico Ct. MEX-HON 3:0 (2:0) González, Reyes, Aussin (Mendez GUA)
07.03. L.Angeles  USA-MEX 2:2 (0:1) Beck, Shmotooloch - González, Reyes
                                    (Morgan CAN)
12.03. Mexico Ct. MEX-USA 2:0 (1:0) Diaz, R. Navarro (Gutierrez NIC)
17.03. S.P.Sula   HON-USA 0:1 (0:0) E.Murphy (Moreno NIC)
21.03. T'cigalpa  HON-USA 1:1 (0:0) ? - E.Murphy (Vargas COS)

- both matches HON-USA in Honduras

1.MEX^  4   7  3  1  0   8- 2
2.USA   4   4  1  2  1   4- 5
3.HON   4   1  0  1  3   1- 6

Subgroup B

- note: most goal info missing

16.01. Kingston   JAM-CUB 2:0 (1:0) (BoniUa COS)
20.01. Kingston   CUB-AHO 1:1 (0:0) (Gómez HON)
23.01. Kingston   JAM-AHO 2:0 (1:0) (Gómez HON)
30.01. Havana     CUB-AHO 0:1 (0:1) (Fernando Buergo) MEX
03.02. Havana     JAM-AHO 0:0 (0:0) (Felipe Buergo MEX)
07.02. Havana     CUB-JAM 2:1 (2:1) Nicholas, dos Santos - Dunkley (Garcia
                                    MEX)

- AHO played all matches away

1.JAM^  4   5  2  1  1   5- 2
2.AHO   4   4  1  2  1   2- 3
3.CUB   4   3  1  1  2   3- 5

Subgroup C

- note: most goal info missing

07.02. P.of Spain TRI-SUR 4:1 (3:1) (Koetsier AHO)
12.02. San José   COS-SUR 1:0 (1:0) (McKeand JAM)
21.02. San José   COS-TRI 4:0 (1:0) Hernández (2), Daniels, Marin
                                    (Valenzuela MEX)
28.02. Paramaribo SUR-COS 1:3 (0:2) ? - Daniels (2), Marin (Ortega VEN)
07.03. P.of Spain TRI-COS 0:1 (0:1) (Figaroa AHO)
14.03. Paramaribo SUR-TRI 6:1 (4:1) (Kathetein VEN)

1.COS^  4   8  4  0  0   9- 1
2.SUR   4   2  1  0  3   8- 9
3.TRI   4   2  1  0  3   5-12

Second Round

25.04. San José   COS-MEX 0:0       (Morgan CAN)
03.05. Kingston   JAM-MEX 2:3 (2:1) Welsh (2) - Jauregui, Cisneros, Padilla
                                    (Montes de Oca GUA)
07.05. Mexico Ct. MEX-JAM 8:0 (2:0) Diaz (3), Fragoso (2), Cisneros (2),
                                    Padilla (Moreno NIC)
11.05. San José   COS-JAM 7:0 (1:0) Jimenez, Daniels (2), Peńa, Quiros (2),
                                    (Hernández) Giebner USA
16.05. Mexico Ct. MEX-COS 1:0 (1:0) Cisneros (Morgan CAN)
22.05. Kingston   JAM-COS 1:1 (0:1) Welsh - Quiros (Carcamo HON)

1.COS^  4   7  3  1  0  12- 2
2.SUR   4   4  1  2  1   8- 2
3.TRI   4   1  0  1  3   3-19


== Africa ==


17 teams entered, including SAF (later banned from FIFA for apartheid
issues) and CON (after deadline). The remaining 15 teams withdrew after
seeding due to FIFA reserving one place for both Africa and Asia.


== Asia ==


5 teams entered, including ISR and SYR seeded in Europe. SYR withdrew after
seeding solidarising with African countries. The entry of FIL was rejected
due to payment delays. KOR withdrew. The remaining team (KLD) played against
the only entered team from Oceania, AUS.


== Oceania ==


AUS entered as first country from that confederation, played against KLD
after other Asian countries resigned.

Group 14 (1965) - withdrawn African teams: ALG, CAM, EGY, ETH, GĄB, GHA, GUI,  §gr14
ŁBA, LBR, MAR, MLI, NGA, SEN, SUD i TUN, and KOR from Asia.

21.11 PhnomPenh   KLD-AUS 6:1 (1:0) Park Seung-zin (2), Im Seung-hwi, Han
                                    Bong-zin (2), Park Doo-ik - Scheinflug
                                    (Nice MAL)
24.11 PhnomPenh   KLD-AUS 3:1 (1:1) Kim Seung-il (3) - Scheinflug (de Silva
                                    MAL)

- both matches in CAM


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