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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 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.


A total of 90 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 226 qualifying matches were played, and 620 goals were scored (an average of 2.74 per match).


CONTINENTAL ZONES

To see the dates and results of the qualification rounds for each continental zone, click on the following articles:

: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 - ''USSR'' advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off .






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

September 26 , 1973 , Moscow , USSR - 0 - 0

November 21 , 1973 , Santiago De Chile , Chile - -

USSR refused to play the return leg in Chile due to the recent Chilean Coup D'état . FIFA subsequently disqualified them, and Chile qualified automatically.


QUALIFIED TEAMS


(h) - qualified automatically as hosts

(c) - qualified automatically as defending champions


NOTES

  • For the first time in the qualifiers, Goal Difference was used as a tie-breaker for teams finishing level on points. Aggregate Score was also used to determine the winners of two-legged ties.

  • Australia was the first team from Oceania to qualify for a World Cup.



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