Group 1 preliminary round Albania 0-1 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1-0 Albania round 1 Bulgaria wo Luxemburg Denmark 2-3 Romania Romania 2-3 Denmark (playoff) Romania 2-1 Denmark (aet in Turin) round 2 Bulgaria 0-1 Romania Romania 2-1 Bulgaria ROMANIA qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo. Group 2 round 1 Hungary 4-0 Sweden Sweden 2-2 Hungary Switzerland 0-1 Spain Spain 6-0 Switzerland round 2 Spain 1-2 Hungary Hungary 3-0 Spain HUNGARY qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo. Group 3 preliminary round East Germany 3-0 West Germany West Germany 2-1 East Germany round 1 Soviet Union 7-0 Finland Finland 0-4 Soviet Union Netherlands 0-1 East Germany East Germany 3-1 Netherlands round 2 East Germany 1-1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 1-1 East Germany (playoff) East Germany 4-1 Soviet Union (played in Warszaw) EAST GERMANY qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo. Group 4 round 1 Turkey 2-2 Italy Italy 7-1 Turkey Poland bye round 2 Italy 3-0 Poland Poland 0-1 Italy ITALY qualifies for final tournament. Later disqualified for using professional players. Poland were offered to take Italy's place but declined the offer. Group 5 preliminary round Iceland 0-6 Great Britain Great Britain 4-0 Iceland round 1 Czechoslovakia 4-0 France France 2-4 Czechoslovakia Great Britain 2-1 Greece Greece 4-1 Great Britain round 2 Czechoslovakia wo Greece Greece disqualified by their own federation for using professional players. CZECHOSLOVAKIA qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo.
Group played in Lima
7- 5 Peru 1-1 Ecuador [65' Lobatón; 28' Rangel]
8- 5 Argentina 2-0 Colombia [50', 74' Malleo]
8- 5 Uruguay 0-0 Chile
10- 5 Peru 3-0 Colombia [La Rosa (3)]
11- 5 Argentina 1-0 Ecuador [10' Pérez]
11- 5 Brazil 2-0 Chile [Otton, Ivo]
14- 5 Uruguay 1-1 Ecuador [23' Avellaneda; 38' Landazuri]
14- 5 Brazil 1-1 Colombia
16- 5 Argentina 4-0 Chile [Malleo, Manfredi, Bulla, Malleo or Bulla?]
17- 5 Peru 2-0 Uruguay
18- 5 Colombia 0-2 Chile [37' Tabilo, 45' Torres]
19- 5 Brazil 3-1 Ecuador [60', 70' Zé Roberto, 76' Nelio; 58' Ordóńez]
20- 5 Colombia 4-1 Ecuador [11', 68' Caicedo, 23' Caro, 90' Varela; 55' Alvorado]
20- 5 Argentina 3-1 Uruguay [16', 76', 77' Bul;a; 88' Varela]
23- 5 Uruguay 1-1 Colombia [77' Fontora; 45' Guerrero]
24- 5 Peru 0-1 Argentina [60' Manfredi]
[match abandoned at 85' - after a goal by Peru was disallowed, two people
tried to attack the referee; the police threw gas to contain disturbances
but 328 people died in the ensuing panic]
26- 5 Chile n/p Ecuador
26- 5 Brazil n/p Uruguay
28- 5 Argentina n/p Brazil
28- 5 Peru n/p Chile
31- 5 Peru n/p Brazil
1. ARGENTINA 5 5 0 0 11- 1 10
2. Brazil 3 2 1 0 6- 2 5
3. Peru 4 2 1 1 6- 2 5
4. Colombia 6 1 2 3 6-10 4
5. Uruguay 5 0 3 2 3- 7 3
6. Chile 4 1 1 2 2- 6 3
7. Ecuador 5 0 2 3 4-10 2
Tournament interrupted.
ARGENTINA qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo.
Second Place Playoff [Rio de Janeiro]
7- 6 Brazil 4-0 Peru [20' Roberto, 30' Zé Roberto, 45', 84' Evaldo]
BRAZIL qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo.
Match Details preliminary round Dutch Antilles 2-1 Surinam Surinam 3-0 Dutch Antilles Final round in Mexico City Mexico 5-1 Panama 1. MEXICO 3 3 0 0 13- 2 6 Surinam 1-0 USA 2. Surinam 3 2 0 1 7- 7 4 Mexico 6-0 Surinam 3. USA 3 1 0 2 5- 5 2 USA 4-2 Panama 4. Panama 3 0 0 3 4-15 0 Mexico 2-1 USA Surinam 6-1 Panama MEXICO qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo.
Group 1 Uganda 1-4 United Arab Republic United Arab Rep 3-1 Uganda Sudan wo Rhodesia round 2 United Arab Rep 4-1 Sudan Sudan 3-3 United Arab Republic UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo. Group 2 round 1 Liberia 4-5 Ghana Ghana 1-0 Liberia Dahomey 2-2 Tunisia Tunisia 1-1 Dahomey (playoff) Dahomey 1-1 Tunisia aet. Tunisia won the toss (played in Casablanca) round 2 Ghana 2-0 Tunisia Tunisia 2-1 Ghana GHANA qualifies for the final tournament in Tokyo. Group 3 round 1 Kenya 4-3 Ethiopia Ethiopia 7-1 Kenya Nigeria 3-0 Morocco Morocco 4-1 Nigeria (playoff) Morocco 2-1 Nigeria (played in Dakar) round 2 Ethiopia 0-1 Morocco Morocco 1-0 Ethiopia MOROCCO qualifies for the final tournament in Tokyo.
Group 1
preliminary round
South Korea 2-1 Taiwan
Taiwan 1-0 South Korea
(playoff)
South Korea wo Taiwan
round 1
South Korea wo Philippines
South Vietnam 0-1 Israel
Israel 0-2 South Vietnam
round 2
South Korea 3-0 South Vietnam
South Vietnam 2-2 South Korea
SOUTH KOREA qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo.
Group 2
NB: Singapore had been drawn in this group but merged with Malaya to form Malaysia;
their place was taken by North Korea.
preliminary round
Malaysia 1-1 Thailand
Thailand 3-2 Malaysia
round 1
Burma 0-0 North Korea
North Korea 1-0 Burma
Thailand wo Indonesia
round 2
North Korea 2-0 Thailand (played in Rangoon)
Thailand 0-5 North Korea (played in Rangoon)
NORTH KOREA qualifies for final tournament but withdrew.
Group 3
preliminary round
Iran 4-1 Pakistan
Pakistan 1-0 Iran
Ceylon 3-5 India
India 7-0 Ceylon
round 1
Iran 4-0 Iraq
Iraq 0-0 Iran
India wo Lebanon
round 2
Iran 3-0 India
India 1-3 Iran
IRAN qualifies for final tournament in Tokyo.
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