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1974 FIFA World Cup qualification#Tiebreakers

{{Infobox International Football Competition

| tourney_name = 1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification

| year =

| alt =

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| dates = {{nowrap|14 November 1971 – 13 February 1974}}

| num_teams = 99

| confederations = 6

| matches = 226

| goals = 620

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{fbicon|TRI}} Steve David {{nowrap|(12 goals)}}

| prevseason = 1970

| nextseason = 1978

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99 teams entered the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for 16 places in the final tournament. West Germany, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

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 West 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.

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

Confederation qualification

=AFC and OFC=

{{main|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)}}

:Australia qualified.

=CAF=

{{main|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)}}

:Zaire qualified.

=CONCACAF=

{{main|1973 CONCACAF Championship}}

:Haiti qualified.

=CONMEBOL=

{{main|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)}}

:Group 1 – Uruguay qualified.

:Group 2 – Argentina qualified.

:Group 3 – Chile advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

=UEFA=

{{main|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}}

:Group 1 – Sweden qualified.

: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 – Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs: UEFA v CONMEBOL

{{main article|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off)}}

The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying to the finals.

The second leg was scratched as the Soviet Union were disqualified after they refused to travel to Santiago for the return leg due to the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and the executions of left-wing prisoners in the Santiago stadium. The match did "go ahead" with the eleven Chilean players facing zero Soviet players before thousands of bemused spectators,{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/GUESTS/peter20020103.html|title = Planet World Cup - Peter Goldstein (Columnist) Jan 03 2002}} and half a dozen Chilean players slowly passed the ball to each other in mock play until the captain walked the ball into the net.

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Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup:

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width=180|Team

!width=120|Date of qualification

!width=80|Finals appearance

!width=50|Streak

!width=80|Last appearance

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|7 October 1973

6th11966
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|AUS}}

|13 November 1973

1st1—
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BRA|1968}} (defending champions)

|21 June 1970

10th101970
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BUL|1971}}

|14 November 1973

4th41970
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CHI}}

|21 November 1973

5th11966
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|DDR}}

|13 November 1973

1st1—
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HAI|1964}}

|14 December 1973

1st1—
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA}}

|20 October 1973

8th41970
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NED}}

|18 November 1973

3rd11938
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|POL}}

|17 October 1973

2nd11938
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SCO}}

|26 September 1973

3rd11958
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SWE}}

|27 November 1973

6th21970
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|URU}}

|8 July 1973

7th41970
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRG}} (hosts)

|6 July 1966

8th61970
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|YUG}}

|13 February 1974

6th11962
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ZAI}}

|9 December 1973

1st1—

Goalscorers

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;7 goals

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;6 goals

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;5 goals

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;4 goals

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;3 goals

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;2 goals

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;1 goal

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;1 own goal

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Notes

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  • For the first time in the qualifiers, goal difference was used as a tie-breaker for teams who finished level on points. Aggregate score was also used to determine the winners of two-legged ties.

References

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External links

  • [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/q/1974.html FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1974 World Cup Qualification]
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74q.html RSSSF - 1974 World Cup Qualification]

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