Host team:             1   CHL
Defending Champion:    1   BRA
Europe:               10   BUL,CZH,ENG,ESP,GER,HUN,ITA,URS,SUI,YUG
South America:         3   ARG,COL,URU
North America:         1   MEX
Africa:                0
Asia:                  0
Oceania:               0
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Teams:                16

EUROPE/AFRICA/ASIA

GROUP 1
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Switzerland       4  3  0  1   9-9   6
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Sweden            4  3  0  1  10-3   6
Belgium           4  0  0  4   3-10  0

SUI-SWE 3-2,0-4 SWE-BEL 2-0,2-0
SUI-BEL 2-1,4-2

PLAYOFF

Switzerland       -  Sweden               2-1

Switzerland qualify

GROUP 2
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Bulgaria          4  3  0  1   6-4   6
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France            4  3  0  1  10-3   6
Finland           4  0  0  4   3-12  0

FRA-BUL 3-0,0-1 BUL-FIN 3-1,2-0
FRA-FIN 5-1,2-1

PLAYOFF

Bulgaria          -  France               1-0

Bulgaria qualify

GROUP 3
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
West Germany      4  4  0  0  11-5   8
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North Ireland     4  1  0  3   7-8   2
Greece            4  1  0  3   3-8   2

GER-NIR 2-1,4-3 NIR-GRE 2-0,1-2
GER-GRE 2-1,3-0

West Germany qualify

GROUP 4
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Hungary           4  3  1  0  11-5   7
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Holland           3  0  2  1   4-7   2
East Germany      3  0  1  2   3-6   1

HUN-HOL 3-3,3-0 DDR-HOL 1-1
HUN-DDR 2-0,3-2

Hungary qualify

GROUP 5
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
U.S.S.R.          4  4  0  0  11-3   8
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Turkey            4  2  0  2   4-4   4
Norway            4  0  0  4   3-11  0

URS-TUR 1-0,2-1 TUR-NOR 2-1,1-0
URS-NOR 5-2,3-0

U.S.S.R. qualify

GROUP 6
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
England           4  3  1  0  16-2   7
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Portugal          4  1  1  2   9-7   3
Luxembourg        4  1  0  3   5-21  2

ENG-POR 2-0,1-1 POR-LUX 6-0,2-4
ENG-LUX 4-1,9-0

England qualify

GROUP 7

1.ROUND

Israel            -  Cyprus               6-1,1-1  wins  1-0

2.ROUND

Israel            -  Ethiopia             1-0,3-2  wins  2-0

3.ROUND
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Italy             2  2  0  0  10-2   4
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Israel            2  0  0  2   2-10  0

ITA-ISR 6-0,4-2

Italy qualify
Romania withdrew

GROUP 8
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Czechoslovakia    4  3  0  1  16-5   6
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Scotland          4  3  0  1  10-7   6
Ireland           4  0  0  4   3-17  0

CZH-SCO 4-0,2-3 SCO-IRE 4-1,3-0
CZH-IRE 7-1,3-1

PLAYOFF

Czechoslovakia    -  Scotland             4-2

Czechoslovakia qualify

GROUP 9

1.ROUND

Spain             -  Wales                1-1,2-1  wins  1-0

Spain to third round

GROUP A

Sudan,Egypt withdrew

GROUP B

Morocco           -  Tunisia              2-1,1-2  wins  1-1

PLAYOFF

Morocco           -  Tunisia              1-1

Morocco to second round,coin decided

GROUP D

Ghana             -  Nigeria              4-1,2-2  wins  1-0

Ghana to second round

2.ROUND

Morocco           -  Ghana                1-0,0-0  wins  1-0

Morocco to third round

3.ROUND
                  P  W  D  L GD     PT
Spain             2  2  0  0  4-2    4
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Morocco           2  0  0  2  2-4    0

ESP-MOR 3-2,1-0

Spain qualify

GROUP 10

1.ROUND

Yugoslavia        -  Poland               2-1,1-1  wins  1-0
South Korea       -  Japan                2-1,2-0  wins  2-0

Yugoslavia,South Korea to second round
Indonesia withdrew

2.ROUND
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Yugoslavia        2  2  0  0   8-2   4
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South Korea       2  0  0  2   2-8   0

YUG-KOR 5-1,3-1

Yugoslavia qualify

SOUTH AMERICA

GROUP 11
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Argentina         2  2  0  0  11-3   4
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Ecuador           2  0  0  2   3-11  0

ARG-ECU 5-0,6-3

Argentina qualify

GROUP 12
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Uruguay           2  1  1  0   3-2   3
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Bolivia           2  0  1  1   2-3   1

URU-BOL 2-1,1-1

Uruguay qualify

GROUP 13
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Colombia          2  1  1  0   2-1   3
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Peru              2  0  1  1   1-2   1

COL-PER 1-0,1-1

Colombia qualify

GROUP 14

Paraguay to intercontinental playoffs

NORTH AMERICA

1.ROUND

GROUP A

Mexico            -  United States        3-0,3-3  wins  1-0

Mexico to second round
Canada withdrew

GROUP B
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Costa Rica        4  2  1  1  13-8   5
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Honduras          3  1  1  1   3-7   3
Guatemala         3  0  2  1   7-8   2

CRC-HON 5-1,1-2 HON-GUA 1-1
CRC-GUA 3-2,4-4

PLAYOFF

Costa Rica        -  Honduras             1-0

Costa Rica to second round

GROUP C

Netherl.Antilles  -  Surinam              0-0,2-1  wins  1-0

Netherlands Antilles to second round

2.ROUND
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Mexico            4  2  1  1  11-2   5
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Costa Rica        4  2  0  2   8-6   4
Netherl. Antilles 4  1  1  2   2-13  3

MEX-CRC 4-1,0-1 CRC-NET 6-0,0-2
MEX-NET 7-0,0-0

Mexico to intercontinental playoffs

INTERCONTINENTAL PLAYOFFS

Mexico            -  Paraguay             1-0,0-0  wins 1-0

Mexico qualify