Host team: 1 SUI
Defending Champion: 1 URU
Europe: 10 AUT,BEL,CZH,ENG,FRA,GER,HUN,ITA,SCO,YUG
South America: 1 BRA
North America: 1 MEX
Africa: 0
Asia: 2 KOR,TUR
Oceania: 0
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Teams: 16
EUROPE
POOL 1
P W D L GD PT
West Germany 4 3 1 0 12-3 7
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Saar 4 1 1 2 4-8 3
Norway 4 0 2 2 4-9 2
GER-SAR 3-0,3-1 SAR-NOR 0-0,3-2
GER-NOR 5-1,1-1
Germany qualify
POOL 2
P W D L GD PT
Belgium 4 3 1 0 11-6 7
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Sweden 4 1 1 2 9-8 3
Finland 4 0 2 2 7-13 2
BEL-SWE 2-0,3-2 SWE-FIN 4-0,3-3
BEL-FIN 2-2,4-2
Belgium qualify
POOL 3
P W D L GD PT
England 3 3 0 0 11-4 6
Scotland 3 1 1 1 8-8 3
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North Ireland 3 1 0 2 4-7 2
Wales 3 0 1 2 5-9 1
WAL-ENG 1-4 SCO-WAL 3-3 NIR-SCO 1-3
WAL-NIR 1-2 SCO-ENG 2-4 ENG-NIR 3-1
England,Scotland qualify
POOL 4
P W D L GD PT
France 4 4 0 0 20-4 8
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Ireland 4 2 0 2 8-6 4
Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1-19 0
FRA-IRE 1-0,5-3 IRE-LUX 4-0,1-0
FRA-LUX 8-0,6-1
France qualify
POOL 5
P W D L GD PT
Austria 2 1 1 0 9-1 3
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Portugal 2 0 1 1 1-9 1
AUT-POR 9-1,0-0
Austria qualify
POOL 6
P W D L GD PT
Turkey 3 1 1 1 4-6 3
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Spain 3 1 1 1 6-4 3
ESP-TUR 4-1,0-1,2-2
Turkey qualify,coin decided
POOL 7
Hungary qualify
Poland withdrew
POOL 8
P W D L GD PT
Czechoslovakia 4 3 1 0 5-1 7
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Romania 4 2 0 2 5-5 4
Bulgaria 4 0 1 3 3-7 1
CZH-ROM 2-0,1-0 ROM-BUL 3-1,2-1
CZH-BUL 0-0,2-1
Czechoslovakia qualify
POOL 9
P W D L GD PT
Italy 2 2 0 0 7-2 4
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Egypt 2 0 0 2 2-7 0
ITA-EGY 5-1,2-1
Italy qualify
POOL 10
P W D L GD PT
Yugoslavia 4 4 0 0 4-0 8
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Greece 4 2 0 2 3-2 4
Israel 4 0 0 4 0-5 0
YUG-GRE 1-0,1-0 GRE-ISR 1-0,2-0
YUG-ISR 1-0,1-0
Yugoslavia qualify
NORTH AMERICA
POOL 11
P W D L GD PT
Mexico 4 4 0 0 19-1 8
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United States 4 2 0 2 7-9 4
Haiti 4 0 0 4 2-18 0
MEX-USA 3-1,4-0 USA-HAI 3-0,3-2
MEX-HAI 8-0,4-0
Mexico qualify
SOUTH AMERICA
POOL 12
P W D L GD PT
Brazil 4 4 0 0 8-1 8
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Paraguay 4 2 0 2 8-6 4
Chile 4 0 0 4 1-10 0
BRA-PAR 4-1,1-0 PAR-CHL 4-0,3-1
BRA-CHL 1-0,2-0
Brazil qualify
ASIA
POOL 13
P W D L GD PT
South Korea 2 1 1 0 7-3 3
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Japan 2 0 1 1 3-7 1
JPN-KOR 1-5,2-2
South Korea qualify
China withdrew