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The 16 spots available in the 1966 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
After having no teams from Africa or Asia qualifying for the previous two World Cups, FIFA decided to allocate a single spot to the winner of a play-off between the winners of the African and Asian zones. However, the African teams believed that winning their zone should have been enough to go straight through to the final tournament, and all of them withdrew as a protest. Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. EUROPE The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. UEFA Group 1 May 9 , 1965 , Brussels , Belgium - 1 - 0 June 13 , 1965 , Sofia , Bulgaria - 4 - 0 September 26 , 1965 , Sofia , Bulgaria - 3 - 0 October 27 , 1965 , Brussels , Belgium - 5 - 0 November 10 , 1965 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 0 - 5 November 21 , 1965 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 1 - 2 Belgium and Bulgaria finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. December 29 , 1965 , Florence , Italy - 2 - 1 Bulgaria qualified. UEFA Group 2 November 4 , 1964 , Berlin , West Germany - 1 - 1 April 24 , 1965 , Karlsruhe , West Germany - 5 - 0 May 5 , 1965 , Norrköping , Sweden - 3 - 0 September 26 , 1965 , Stockholm , Sweden - 1 - 2 November 7 , 1965 , Famagusta , Cyprus - 0 - 5 November 14 , 1965 , Nicosia , Cyprus - 0 - 6 West Germany qualified. UEFA Group 3 September 20 , 1964 , Belgrade , Yugoslavia - 3 - 1 October 4 , 1964 , Luxembourg , Luxembourg - 0 - 2 November 8 , 1964 , Luxembourg , Luxembourg - 0 - 2 November 11 , 1964 , Paris , France - 1 - 0 April 18 , 1965 , Belgrade , Yugoslavia - 1 - 0 May 27 , 1965 , Trondheim , Norway - 4 - 2 June 16 , 1965 , Oslo , Norway - 3 - 0 September 15 , 1965 , Oslo , Norway - 0 - 1 September 19 , 1965 , Luxembourg , Luxembourg - 2 - 5 October 9 , 1965 , Paris , France - 1 - 0 November 6 , 1965 , Marseille , France - 4 - 1 November 7 , 1965 , Belgrade , Yugoslavia - 1 - 1 France qualified. UEFA Group 4 January 24 , 1965 , Lisbon , Portugal - 5 - 1 April 19 , 1965 , Ankara , Turkey - 0 - 1 April 25 , 1965 , Bratislava , Czechoslovakia - 0 - 1 May 2 , 1965 , Bucharest , Romania - 3 - 0 May 30 , 1965 , Bucharest , Romania - 1 - 0 June 13 , 1965 , Lisbon , Portugal - 2 - 1 September 19 , 1965 , Prague , Czechoslovakia - 3 - 1 October 9 , 1965 , Istanbul , Turkey - 0 - 6 October 23 , 1965 , Ankara , Turkey - 2 - 1 October 31 , 1965 , Porto , Portugal - 0 - 0 November 21 , 1965 , Brno , Czechoslovakia - 3 - 1 November 21 , 1965 , Bucharest , Romania - 2 - 0 Portugal qualified. UEFA Group 5 May 24 , 1964 , Rotterdam , Netherlands - 2 - 0 October 14 , 1964 , Belfast , Northern Ireland - 1 - 0 October 25 , 1964 , Tirana , Albania - 0 - 2 November 14 , 1964 , Lausanne , Switzerland - 2 - 1 March 17 , 1965 , Belfast , Northern Ireland - 2 - 1 April 7 , 1965 , Rotterdam , Netherlands - 0 - 0 April 11 , 1965 , Tirana , Albania - 0 - 2 May 2 , 1965 , Geneva , Switzerland - 1 - 0 May 7 , 1965 , Belfast , Northern Ireland - 4 - 1 October 17 , 1965 , Amsterdam , Netherlands - 0 - 0 November 14 , 1965 , Bern , Switzerland - 2 - 1 November 24 , 1965 , Tirana , Albania - 1 - 1 Switzerland qualified. UEFA Group 6 April 25 , 1965 , Vienna , Austria - 1 - 1 May 23 , 1965 , Leipzig , East Germany - 1 - 1 June 13 , 1965 , Vienna , Austria - 0 - 1 September 5 , 1965 , Budapest , Hungary - 3 - 0 October 9 , 1965 , Budapest , Hungary - 3 - 2 October 31 , 1965 , Leipzig , East Germany - 1 - 0 Hungary qualified. UEFA Group 7 October 21 , 1964 , Copenhagen , Denmark - 1 - 0 November 29 , 1964 , Athens , Greece - 4 - 2 December 9 , 1964 , Athens , Greece - 2 - 0 March 17 , 1965 , Cardiff , Wales - 4 - 1 May 23 , 1965 , Moscow , USSR - 3 - 1 May 30 , 1965 , Moscow , USSR - 2 - 1 June 27 , 1965 , Moscow , USSR - 6 - 0 October 3 , 1965 , Athens , Greece - 1 - 4 October 17 , 1965 , Copenhagen , Denmark - 1 - 3 October 27 , 1965 , Cardiff , Wales - 2 - 1 October 27 , 1965 , Copenhagen , Denmark - 1 - 1 December 1 , 1965 , Wrexham , Wales - 4 - 2 USSR qualified. UEFA Group 8 October 21 , 1964 , Glasgow , Scotland - 3 - 1 November 4 , 1964 , Genova , Italy - 6 - 1 April 18 , 1965 , Warsaw , Poland - 0 - 0 May 23 , 1965 , Chorzow , Poland - 1 - 1 May 27 , 1965 , Helsinki , Finland - 1 - 2 June 23 , 1965 , Helsinki , Finland - 0 - 2 September 26 , 1965 , Helsinki , Finland - 2 - 0 October 13 , 1965 , Glasgow , Scotland - 1 - 2 October 24 , 1965 , Szczecin , Poland - 7 - 0 November 1 , 1965 , Rome , Italy - 6 - 1 November 9 , 1965 , Glasgow , Scotland - 1 - 0 December 7 , 1965 , Naples , Italy - 3 - 0 Italy qualified. UEFA Group 9 Syria withdrew to support the African teams who withdrew in protest of allocation of spots. May 5 , 1965 , Dublin , Ireland - 1 - 0 October 27 , 1965 , Seville , Spain - 4 - 1 With one win for either team, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. This match was initially to be played in London, which would have been ideal for the Irish, but the Spanish and Irish football associations later came to an agreement and moved the match to Paris. November 10 , 1965 , Paris , France - 1 - 0 Spain qualified. SOUTH AMERICA The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. CONMEBOL Group 1 May 16 , 1965 , Lima , Peru - 1 - 0 May 23 , 1965 , Montevideo , Uruguay - 5 - 0 May 30 , 1965 , Caracas , Venezuela - 1 - 3 June 2 , 1965 , Caracas , Venezuela - 3 - 6 June 6 , 1965 , Lima , Peru - 0 - 1 June 13 , 1965 , Montevideo , Uruguay - 2 - 1 Uruguay qualified. CONMEBOL Group 2 July 20 , 1965 , Barranquilla , Colombia - 0 - 1 July 25 , 1965 , Guayaquil , Ecuador - 2 - 0 August 1 , 1965 , Santiago , Chile - 7 - 2 August 7 , 1965 , Barranquilla , Colombia - 2 - 0 August 15 , 1965 , Guayaquil , Ecuador - 2 - 2 August 22 , 1965 , Santiago , Chile - 3 - 1 Chile and Ecuador finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. October 12 , 1965 , Lima , Peru - 2 - 1 Chile qualified. CONMEBOL Group 3 July 25 , 1965 , Asunción , Paraguay - 2 - 0 August 1 , 1965 , Buenos Aires , Argentina - 3 - 0 August 8 , 1965 , Asunción , Paraguay - 0 - 0 August 17 , 1965 , Buenos Aires , Argentina - 4 - 1 August 22 , 1965 , La Paz , Bolivia - 2 - 1 August 29 , 1965 , La Paz , Bolivia - 1 - 2 Argentina qualified. NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN There would be two rounds of play:
CONCACAF First Round Group 1 February 28 , 1965 , San Pedro Sula , Honduras - 0 - 1 March 4 , 1965 , Mexico City , Mexico - 3 - 0 March 7 , 1965 , Los Angeles , USA - 2 - 2 March 12 , 1965 , Mexico City , Mexico - 2 - 0 March 17 , 1965 , San Pedro Sula , Honduras - 0 - 1 March 21 , 1965 , Tegucigalpa , Honduras - 1 - 1 : This match was played in Honduras instead of in USA. ''Mexico'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 2 All home matches of Netherlands Antilles were played on neutral ground instead. January 16 , 1965 , Kingston , Jamaica - 2 - 0 January 20 , 1965 , Kingston , Jamaica - 1 - 1 January 23 , 1965 , Kingston , Jamaica - 2 - 0 January 30 , 1965 , Havana , Cuba - 0 - 1 February 3 , 1965 , Havana , Cuba - 0 - 0 February 7 , 1965 , Havana , Cuba - 2 - 1 ''Jamaica'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 3 February 7 , 1965 , Port Of Spain , Trinidad And Tobago - 4 - 1 February 12 , 1965 , San José , Costa Rica - 1 - 0 February 21 , 1965 , San José , Costa Rica - 4 - 0 February 28 , 1965 , Paramaribo , Dutch Guyana - 1 - 3 March 7 , 1965 , Port Of Spain , Trinidad And Tobago - 0 - 1 March 14 , 1965 , Paramaribo , Dutch Guyana - 6 - 1 ''Costa Rica'' advanced to the Final Round. CONCACAF Final Round April 24 , 1965 , San José , Costa Rica - 0 - 0 May 3 , 1965 , Kingston , Jamaica - 2 - 3 May 7 , 1965 , Mexico City , Mexico - 8 - 0 May 12 , 1965 , San José , Costa Rica - 7 - 0 May 16 , 1965 , Mexico City , Mexico - 1 - 0 May 22 , 1965 , Kingston , Jamaica - 1 - 1 Mexico qualified. AFRICA AND ASIA Algeria , Cameroon , Egypt , Ethiopia , Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Libya , Mali , Morocco , Nigeria , Senegal , Sudan , Tunisia and South Korea all withdrew in protest of the allocation of spots, and South Africa was suspended by FIFA due to Apartheid . The remaining 2 teams would play against each other twice on neutral ground. The winner would qualify. CAF / AFC Final Round November 21 , 1965 , Phnom Penh , Cambodia - 6 - 1 November 24 , 1965 , Phnom Penh , Cambodia - 1 - 3 North Korea qualified. QUALIFIED TEAMS (h) - qualified automatically as hosts (c) - qualified automatically as defending champions 1 Includes appearances by pre-division Germany. This is their 4th appearance as West Germany. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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