1978 FIFA World Cup qualification

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A total of 107 teams entered the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, which began with the preliminary qualification draw on 20 November 1975 at Guatemala City. Argentina, as the hosts, and West Germany, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

The 16 places would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:

  • Europe (UEFA): 9 or 10 places. One place went to automatic qualifier West Germany, while nine places were contested by 31 teams. The team coming ninth in qualifying would advance to the intercontinental play-offs against a team from CONMEBOL.
  • South America (CONMEBOL): 3 or 4 places. One place automatically went to host nation Argentina, while the other three places were contested by nine teams. The team coming third in qualifying would advance to the intercontinental play-offs (against a team from UEFA).
  • North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 1 place, contested by 16 teams.
  • Africa (CAF): 1 place, contested by 26 teams.
  • Asia (AFC) and Oceania (OFC): 1 place, contested by 22 teams.

A total of 95 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 252 qualifying matches were played, and 723 goals were scored (an average of 2.87 per match).

Confederation qualification

AFC and OFC

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Iran qualified.

CAF

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Tunisia qualified.

CONCACAF

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Mexico qualified.

CONMEBOL

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First round

Group 1
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2 File:Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 0
3 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2 4 0 2 2 1 8 −7
Group 2
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Final round

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2 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 2 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4
3 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 0 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13

Brazil and Peru qualified. Bolivia advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

UEFA

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Hungary advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs: UEFA v CONMEBOL

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The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

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Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the 1978 FIFA World Cup:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg 9–2 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 6–0 3–2
Team Date of qualification Finals appearance Streak Last appearance
File:Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Argentina (hosts) 6 July 1966 7th 2 1974
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 30 October 1977 4th 1 1958
File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil 14 July 1977 11th 11 1974
File:Flag of France.svg France 16 November 1977 7th 1 1966
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 30 November 1977 7th 1 1966
File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran 25 November 1977 1st 1 —
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 December 1977 9th 5 1974
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 19 October 1977 8th 1 1970
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 26 October 1977 4th 2 1974
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 17 July 1977 3rd 1 1970
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 21 September 1977 3rd 2 1974
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 12 October 1977 4th 2 1974
File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg Spain 30 November 1977 5th 1 1966
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 30 October 1977 7th 3 1974
File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia 11 December 1977 1st 1 —
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (defending champions) 7 July 1974 9th 7 1974

Top goalscorers

9 goals
7 goals
6 goals

Notes

  • For the first time, over 100 teams entered qualification for the World Cup.
  • Statistically, this was the most difficult World Cup to qualify for. Taking the two automatic places into account, and excluding twelve teams who withdrew before playing, 95 teams competed for the remaining 14 places (14.7%). The number of spots was increased to 24 for the next World Cup.
  • Tunisia's victory over Morocco on penalties was the first penalty shootout in World Cup qualification matches.

External links

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