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The 16 spots available in the 1978 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. EUROPE The 31 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (five groups with 3 teams and four groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off. UEFA Group 1 May 23 , 1976 , Limassol , Cyprus - 1 - 5 October 16 , 1976 , Porto , Portugal - 0 - 2 October 27 , 1976 , Copenhagen , Denmark - 5 - 0 October 31 , 1976 , Warsaw , Poland - 5 - 0 November 17 , 1976 , Lisbon , Portugal - 1 - 0 December 5 , 1976 , Limassol , Cyprus - 1 - 2 May 1 , 1977 , Copenhagen , Denmark - 1 - 2 May 15 , 1977 , Limassol , Cyprus - 1 - 3 September 21 , 1977 , Chorzow , Poland - 4 - 1 October 9 , 1977 , Copenhagen , Denmark - 2 - 4 October 29 , 1977 , Chorzow , Poland - 1 - 1 November 16 , 1977 , Faro , Portugal - 4 - 0 Poland qualified. UEFA Group 2 June 13 , 1976 , Helsinki , Finland - 1 - 4 September 22 , 1976 , Helsinki , Finland - 7 - 1 October 13 , 1976 , London , England - 2 - 1 October 16 , 1976 , Luxembourg , Luxembourg - 1 - 4 November 17 , 1976 , Rome , Italy - 2 - 0 March 30 , 1977 , London , England - 5 - 0 May 26 , 1977 , Luxembourg , Luxembourg - 0 - 1 June 8 , 1977 , Helsinki , Finland - 0 - 3 October 12 , 1977 , Luxembourg , Luxembourg - 0 - 2 October 15 , 1977 , Turin , Italy - 6 - 1 November 16 , 1977 , London , England - 2 - 0 December 3 , 1977 , Rome , Italy - 3 - 0 Italy qualified. UEFA Group 3 October 31 , 1976 , Izmir , Turkey - 4 - 0 November 17 , 1976 , Dresden , East Germany - 1 - 1 December 5 , 1976 , Valletta , Malta - 0 - 1 April 2 , 1977 , Valletta , Malta - 0 - 1 April 17 , 1977 , Vienna , Austria - 1 - 0 April 30 , 1977 , Salzburg , Austria - 9 - 0 September 24 , 1977 , Vienna , Austria - 1 - 1 October 12 , 1977 , Leipzig , East Germany - 1 - 1 October 29 , 1977 , Potsdam , East Germany - 9 - 0 October 30 , 1977 , Izmir , Turkey - 0 - 1 November 16 , 1977 , Izmir , Turkey - 1 - 2 November 27 , 1977 , Valletta , Malta - 0 - 3 Austria qualified. UEFA Group 4 September 5 , 1976 , Reykjavík , Iceland - 0 - 1 September 8 , 1976 , Reykjavík , Iceland - 0 - 1 October 13 , 1976 , Rotterdam , Netherlands - 2 - 2 November 10 , 1976 , Liège , Belgium - 2 - 0 March 26 , 1977 , Antwerpen , Belgium - 0 - 2 June 11 , 1977 , Reykjavík , Iceland - 1 - 0 August 31 , 1977 , Nijmegen , Netherlands - 4 - 1 September 3 , 1977 , Brussels , Belgium - 4 - 0 September 21 , 1977 , Belfast , Northern Ireland - 2 - 0 October 12 , 1977 , Belfast , Northern Ireland - 0 - 1 October 26 , 1977 , Amsterdam , Netherlands - 1 - 0 November 16 , 1977 , Belfast , Northern Ireland - 3 - 0 Netherlands qualified. UEFA Group 5 October 9 , 1976 , Sofia , Bulgaria - 2 - 2 November 17 , 1976 , Paris , France - 2 - 0 March 30 , 1977 , Dublin , Ireland - 1 - 0 June 1 , 1977 , Sofia , Bulgaria - 2 - 1 October 12 , 1977 , Dublin , Ireland - 0 - 0 November 16 , 1977 , Paris , France - 3 - 1 France qualified. UEFA Group 6 June 16 , 1976 , Stockholm , Sweden - 2 - 0 September 8 , 1976 , Oslo , Norway - 1 - 0 October 9 , 1976 , Basel , Switzerland - 1 - 2 June 8 , 1977 , Stockholm , Sweden - 2 - 1 September 7 , 1977 , Oslo , Norway - 2 - 1 October 30 , 1977 , Berne , Switzerland - 1 - 0 Sweden qualified. UEFA Group 7 October 13 , 1976 , Prague , Czechoslovakia - 2 - 0 November 17 , 1976 , Glasgow , Scotland - 1 - 0 March 30 , 1977 , Wrexham , Wales - 3 - 0 September 21 , 1977 , Glasgow , Scotland - 3 - 1 October 12 , 1977 , Liverpool , England - 0 - 2 : This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Wales because Wales wanted to play at a larger stadium. November 16 , 1977 , Prague , Czechoslovakia - 1 - 0 Scotland qualified. UEFA Group 8 October 10 , 1976 , Seville , Spain - 1 - 0 April 16 , 1977 , Bucharest , Romania - 1 - 0 May 8 , 1977 , Zagreb , Yugoslavia - 0 - 2 October 26 , 1977 , Madrid , Spain - 2 - 0 November 13 , 1977 , Bucharest , Romania - 4 - 6 November 30 , 1977 , Belgrade , Yugoslavia - 0 - 1 Spain qualified. UEFA Group 9 October 9 , 1976 , Athens , Greece - 1 - 1 April 24 , 1977 , Moscow , USSR - 2 - 0 April 30 , 1977 , Budapest , Hungary - 2 - 1 May 10 , 1977 , Thessaloniki , Greece - 1 - 0 May 18 , 1977 , Tbilisi , USSR - 2 - 0 May 25 , 1977 , Budapest , Hungary - 3 - 0 ''Hungary'' advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off . SOUTH AMERICA There would be two rounds of play:
CONMEBOL First Round Group 1 February 20 , 1977 , Bogotá , Colombia - 0 - 0 February 24 , 1977 , Bogotá , Colombia - 0 - 1 March 6 , 1977 , Asunción , Paraguay - 1 - 1 March 9 , 1977 , Rio De Janeiro , Brazil - 6 - 0 March 13 , 1977 , Asunción , Paraguay - 0 - 1 March 20 , 1977 , Rio De Janeiro , Brazil - 1 - 1 ''Brazil'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 2 February 9 , 1977 , Caracas , Venezuela - 1 - 1 February 27 , 1977 , La Paz , Bolivia - 1 - 0 March 6 , 1977 , Caracas , Venezuela - 1 - 3 March 13 , 1977 , La Paz , Bolivia - 2 - 0 March 17 , 1977 , Montevideo , Uruguay - 2 - 0 March 27 , 1977 , Montevideo , Uruguay - 2 - 2 ''Bolivia'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 3 February 20 , 1977 , Quito , Ecuador - 1 - 1 February 27 , 1977 , Guayaquil , Ecuador - 0 - 1 March 6 , 1977 , Santiago , Chile - 1 - 1 March 12 , 1977 , Lima , Peru - 4 - 0 March 20 , 1977 , Santiago , Chile - 3 - 0 March 26 , 1977 , Lima , Peru - 2 - 0 ''Peru'' advanced to the Final Round. CONMEBOL Final Round July 10 , 1977 , Cali , Colombia - 1 - 0 July 14 , 1977 , Cali , Colombia - 8 - 0 July 17 , 1977 , Cali , Colombia - 5 - 0 Brazil and '''Peru''' qualified. ''Bolivia'' advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off . NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Honduras withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 16 teams were divided into 3 zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows:
In the Final Round, the 6 teams would play against each other once in Mexico. The group winner would qualify. CONCACAF North American Zone September 24 , 1976 , Vancouver , Canada - 1 - 1 October 3 , 1976 , Los Angeles , USA - 0 - 0 October 10 , 1976 , Vancouver , Canada - 1 - 0 October 15 , 1976 , Puebla , Mexico - 3 - 0 October 20 , 1976 , Seattle , USA - 2 - 0 October 27 , 1976 , Toluca , Mexico - 0 - 0 Canada and USA finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. December 22 , 1976 , Port Au Prince , Haiti - 3 - 0 ''Mexico'' and ''Canada'' advanced to the Final Round. CONCACAF Central American Zone April 4 , 1976 , Panama City , Panama - 3 - 2 May 2 , 1976 , Panama City , Panama - 1 - 1 July 11 , 1976 , San José , Costa Rica - 3 - 0 August 1 , 1976 , San Salvador , El Salvador - 4 - 1 September 17 , 1976 , Panama City , Panama - 2 - 4 September 26 , 1976 , Guatemala City , Guatemala - 7 - 0 December 1 , 1976 , San Salvador , El Salvador - 1 - 1 December 5 , 1976 , San José , Costa Rica - 0 - 0 December 8 , 1976 , Guatemala City , Guatemala - 3 - 1 December 12 , 1976 , Guatemala City , Guatemala - 1 - 1 December 15 , 1976 , San José , Costa Rica - 1 - 1 December 19 , 1976 , San Salvador , El Salvador - 2 - 0 ''Guatemala'' and ''El Salvador'' advanced to the Final Round. CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Group A =First round July 4 , 1976 , Georgetown , Guyana - 2 - 0 August 29 , 1976 , Paramaribo , Suriname - 3 - 0 ''Suriname'' advanced to the Second Round. August 15 , 1976 , Bridgetown , Barbados - 2 - 1 August 31 , 1976 , Port Of Spain , Trinidad And Tobago - 1 - 0 The aggregate score was tied, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round. September 14 , 1976 , Bridgetown , Barbados - 1 - 3 ''Trinidad and Tobago'' advanced to the Second Round. =Second round November 14 , 1976 , Paramaribo , Suriname - 1 - 1 November 28 , 1976 , Port Of Spain , Trinidad And Tobago - 2 - 2 The aggregate score was tied, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round. December 18 , 1976 , Cayenne , French Guiana - 3 - 2 ( Aet ) ''Suriname'' advanced to the Final Round. Group B =Preliminary Round April 2 , 1976 , Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic - 0 - 3 April 17 , 1976 , Port Au Prince , Haiti - 3 - 0 ''Haiti'' advanced to the First Round. =First round July 30 , 1976 , Oranjestad , Netherlands Antilles - 1 - 2 August 14 , 1976 , Port Au Prince , Haiti - 7 - 0 ''Haiti'' advanced to the Second Round. August 15 , 1976 , Kingston , Jamaica - 1 - 3 August 29 , 1976 , Havana , Cuba - 2 - 0 ''Cuba'' advanced to the Second Round. =Second round November 28 , 1976 , Havana , Cuba - 1 - 1 December 11 , 1976 , Port Au Prince , Haiti - 1 - 1 The aggregate score was tied, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. December 29 , 1976 , Panama City , Panama - 2 - 0 ''Haiti'' advanced to the Final Round. CONCACAF Final Round October 8 , 1977 , Monterrey , Mexico - 3 - 2 October 8 , 1977 , Monterrey , Mexico - 2 - 1 October 9 , 1977 , Mexico City , Mexico - 4 - 1 October 12 , 1977 , Mexico City , Mexico - 3 - 1 October 12 , 1977 , Mexico City , Mexico - 2 - 1 October 12 , 1977 , Monterrey , Mexico - 2 - 1 October 15 , 1977 , Monterrey , Mexico - 8 - 1 October 16 , 1977 , Mexico City , Mexico - 1 - 0 October 16 , 1977 , Mexico City , Mexico - 2 - 1 October 19 , 1977 , Mexico City , Mexico - 2 - 1 October 20 , 1977 , Monterrey , Mexico - 3 - 2 October 20 , 1977 , Monterrey , Mexico - 1 - 1 October 22 , 1977 , Monterrey , Mexico - 3 - 1 October 23 , 1977 , Mexico City , Mexico - 1 - 0 October 23 , 1977 , Mexico City , Mexico - 2 - 2 Mexico qualified. AFRICA There would be five rounds of play:
CAF Preliminary Round March 7 , 1976 , Freetown , Sierra Leone - 5 - 1 March 21 , 1976 , Niamey , Niger - 2 - 1 ''Sierra Leone'' advanced to the First Round. March 13 , 1976 , Ouagadougou , Upper Volta - 1 - 1 March 28 , 1976 , Nouakchott , Mauritania - 0 - 2 ''Upper Volta'' advanced to the First Round. CAF First Round April 1 , 1976 , Alger , Algeria - 1 - 0 April 16 , 1976 , Tripoli , Libya - 0 - 0 ''Algeria'' advanced to the Second Round. December 12 , 1976 , Casablanca , Morocco - 1 - 1 January 9 , 1977 , Tunis , Tunisia - 1 - 1 ( Aet ) The aggregate score was tied, and ''Tunisia'' won 4-2 on Penalties and advanced to the Second Round. October 17 , 1976 , Lomé , Togo - 1 - 0 October 31 , 1976 , Dakar , Senegal - 1 - 1 ''Togo'' advanced to the Second Round. October 10 , 1976 , Accra , Ghana - 2 - 1 October 31 , 1976 , Conakry , Guinea - 2 - 1 The aggregate score was tied, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round. January 16 , 1977 , Lomé , Togo - 2 - 0 ''Guinea'' advanced to the Second Round. October 16 , 1976 , Freetown , Sierra Leone - 0 - 0 October 30 , 1976 , Lagos , Nigeria - 6 - 2 ''Nigeria'' advanced to the Second Round. October 17 , 1976 , Brazzaville , Congo - 2 - 2 October 31 , 1976 , Yaoundé , Cameroon - 1 - 2 :The match was abandoned by riots at 1-2, and the result was verified by FIFA.'' ''Congo'' advanced to the Second Round. September 4 , 1976 , Ouagadougou , Upper Volta - 1 - 1 September 26 , 1976 , Abidjan , Côte D'Ivoire - 2 - 0 ''Côte d'Ivoire'' advanced to the Second Round. October 29 , 1976 , Cairo , Egypt - 3 - 0 November 14 , 1976 , Adis Abeba , Ethiopia - 1 - 2 ''Egypt'' advanced to the Second Round. May 9 , 1976 , Lusaka , Zambia - 4 - 0 May 30 , 1976 , Blantyre , Malawi - 0 - 1 ''Zambia'' advanced to the Second Round. Central African Republic withdrew, so '' Zaire '' advanced to the Second Round automatically. Sudan withdrew, so '' Kenya '' advanced to the Second Round automatically. Tanzania withdrew, so '' Uganda '' advanced to the Second Round automatically. CAF Second Round February 6 , 1977 , Tunis , Tunisia - 2 - 0 February 28 , 1977 , Alger , Algeria - 1 - 1 ''Tunisia'' advanced to the Third Round. February 13 , 1977 , Lomé , Togo - 0 - 2 February 27 , 1977 , Conakry , Guinea - 2 - 1 ''Guinea'' advanced to the Third Round. February 13 , 1977 , Bouaké , Côte D'Ivoire - 3 - 2 February 27 , 1977 , Brazzaville , Congo - 1 - 3 ''Côte d'Ivoire'' advanced to the Third Round. February 6 , 1977 , Nairobi , Kenya - 0 - 0 February 27 , 1977 , Cairo , Egypt - 1 - 0 ''Egypt'' advanced to the Third Round. February 13 , 1977 , Kampala , Uganda - 1 - 0 February 27 , 1977 , Ndola , Zambia - 4 - 2 ( Aet ) ''Zambia'' advanced to the Third Round. Zaire withdrew, so '' Nigeria '' advanced to the Third Round automatically. CAF Third Round June 5 , 1977 , Conakry , Guinea - 1 - 0 June 19 , 1977 , Tunis , Tunisia - 3 - 1 ''Tunisia'' advanced to the Final Round. July 10 , 1977 , Lagos , Nigeria - 4 - 0 July 25 , 1977 , Bouaké , Côte D'Ivoire - 2 - 2 ''Nigeria'' advanced to the Final Round. July 15 , 1977 , Cairo , Egypt - 2 - 0 July 31 , 1977 , Lusaka , Zambia - 0 - 0 ''Egypt'' advanced to the Final Round. CAF Final Round September 25 , 1977 , Tunis , Tunisia - 0 - 0 October 8 , 1977 , Lagos , Nigeria - 4 - 0 October 21 , 1977 , Cairo , Egypt - 3 - 1 November 12 , 1977 , Lagos , Nigeria - 0 - 1 November 25 , 1977 , Cairo , Egypt - 3 - 2 December 11 , 1977 , Tunis , Tunisia - 4 - 1 Tunisia qualified. ASIA AND OCEANIA There would be two rounds of play:
AFC / OFC First Round Group 1 Sri Lanka withdrew. February 27 , 1977 , Singapore - 2 - 0 February 28 , 1977 , Singapore - 4 - 1 March 1 , 1977 , Singapore - 6 - 4 March 2 , 1977 , Singapore - 2 - 2 March 3 , 1977 , Singapore - 0 - 0 March 5 , 1977 , Singapore - 2 - 1 March 6 , 1977 , Singapore - 1 - 0 March 7 , 1977 , Singapore - 3 - 2 March 8 , 1977 , Singapore - 1 - 1 March 9 , 1977 , Singapore - 0 - 4 Hong Kong and Singapore finished in the top two places, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. March 12 , 1977 , Singapore - 1 - 0 ''Hong Kong'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 2 North Korea withdrew. February 27 , 1977 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 0 - 0 March 6 , 1977 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 2 - 0 March 10 , 1977 , Ramat Gan , Israel - 0 - 2 :This match was played in Israel instead of in Japan. March 20 , 1977 , Seoul , South Korea - 3 - 1 March 26 , 1977 , Tokyo , Japan - 0 - 0 April 3 , 1977 , Seoul , South Korea - 1 - 0 ''South Korea'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 3 Iraq withdrew. November 12 , 1976 , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia - 2 - 0 November 26 , 1976 , Damascus , Syria - 2 - 1 January 7 , 1977 , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia - 0 - 3 January 28 , 1977 , Damascus , Syria - 0 - 1 April 4 , 1977 - 2 - 0 :FIFA awarded Iran a 2-0 win because Syria forfeited. April 22 , 1977 , Shiraz , Iran - 2 - 0 ''Iran'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 4 United Arab Emirates withdrew. March 11 , 1977 , Doha , Qatar - 2 - 0 March 13 , 1977 , Doha , Qatar - 2 - 0 March 15 , 1977 , Doha , Qatar - 0 - 2 March 17 , 1977 , Doha , Qatar - 2 - 1 March 19 , 1977 , Doha , Qatar - 0 - 3 March 21 , 1977 , Doha , Qatar - 1 - 4 ''Kuwait'' advanced to the Final Round. Group 5 Both matches between Australia and Chinese Taipei were played on neutral ground instead. March 13 , 1977 , Suva , Fiji - 3 - 0 March 16 , 1977 , Suva , Fiji - 1 - 2 March 20 , 1977 , Auckland , New Zealand - 6 - 0 March 23 , 1977 , Auckland , New Zealand - 0 - 6 :This match was played in New Zealand instead of in Taiwan. March 27 , 1977 , Sydney , Australia - 3 - 1 March 30 , 1977 , Auckland , New Zealand - 1 - 1 ''Australia'' advanced to the Final Round. AFC / OFC Final Round June 19 , 1977 , Hong Kong - 0 - 2 June 26 , 1977 , Hong Kong - 0 - 1 July 3 , 1977 , Busan , South Korea - 0 - 0 July 10 , 1977 , Adelaide , Australia - 3 - 0 August 14 , 1977 , Melbourne , Australia - 0 - 1 August 27 , 1977 , Sydney , Australia - 2 - 1 October 2 , 1977 , Hong Kong - 1 - 3 October 9 , 1977 , Seoul , South Korea - 1 - 0 October 16 , 1977 , Sydney , Australia - 1 - 2 October 23 , 1977 , Seoul , South Korea - 0 - 0 October 28 , 1977 , Tehran , Iran - 1 - 0 October 30 , 1977 , Hong Kong - 2 - 5 November 5 , 1977 , Kuwait , Kuwait - 2 - 2 November 11 , 1977 , Tehran , Iran - 2 - 2 November 12 , 1977 , Kuwait , Kuwait - 4 - 0 November 18 , 1977 , Tehran , Iran - 3 - 0 November 19 , 1977 , Kuwait , Kuwait - 1 - 0 November 25 , 1977 , Tehran , Iran - 1 - 0 December 3 , 1977 , Kuwait , Kuwait - 1 - 2 December 4 , 1977 , Seoul , South Korea - 5 - 2 Iran qualified. INTERCONTINENTAL PLAY-OFFS The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify. UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off October 29 , 1977 , Budapest , Hungary - 6 - 0 November 30 , 1977 , La Paz , Bolivia - 2 - 3 Hungary qualified. QUALIFIED TEAMS (h) - qualified automatically as hosts (c) - qualified automatically as defending champions 1 Includes appearances by pre-division Germany. This is their 7th appearance as West Germany. NOTES
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