1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

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A total of 99 teams entered the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots 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.

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

Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.

Europe

The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

UEFA Group 1

November 14, 1971, Valletta, Malta - Malta 0 - 2 Hungary

April 30, 1972, Vienna, Austria - Austria 4 - 0 Malta

May 6, 1972, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 3 - 0 Malta

May 25, 1972, Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden 0 - 0 Hungary

June 10, 1972, Vienna, Austria - Austria 2 - 0 Sweden

October 15, 1972, Vienna, Austria - Austria 2 - 2 Hungary

October 15, 1972, Gothenburg, Sweden - Sweden 7 - 0 Malta

November 25, 1972, Valletta, Malta - Malta 0 - 2 Austria

April 29, 1973, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 2 - 2 Austria

May 23, 1973, Gothenburg, Sweden - Sweden 3 - 2 Austria

June 13, 1973, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 3 - 3 Sweden

November 11, 1973, Valletta, Malta - Malta 1 - 2 Sweden

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Austria	8	6	3	2	1	14	7	7
1=	Sweden	8	6	3	2	1	15	8	7
3	Hungary	8	6	2	4	0	12	7	5
4	Malta	0	6	0	0	6	1	20	-19

Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

November 27, 1973, Gelsenkirchen, West Germany - Sweden 2 - 1 Austria

Sweden qualified.

UEFA Group 2

October 7, 1972, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 4 Italy

October 21, 1972, Bern, Switzerland - Switzerland 0 - 0 Italy

October 22, 1972, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 2 - 0 Turkey

December 10, 1972, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 3 - 0 Luxembourg

January 13, 1973, Naples, Italy - Italy 0 - 0 Turkey

February 25, 1973, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 0 - 1 Italy

March 31, 1973, Genova, Italy - Italy 5 - 0 Luxembourg

April 8, 1973, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 1 Switzerland

May 9, 1973, Basel, Switzerland - Switzerland 0 - 0 Turkey

September 26, 1973, Lucerne, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 0 Luxembourg

October 20, 1973, Rome, Italy - Italy 2 - 0 Switzerland

November 18, 1973, Izmir, Turkey - Turkey 2 - 0 Switzerland

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Italy	10	6	4	2	0	12	0	12
2	Turkey	6	6	2	2	2	5	3	2
3	Switzerland	6	6	2	2	2	2	4	-2
4	Luxembourg	2	6	1	0	5	2	14	-12

Italy qualified.

UEFA Group 3

May 18, 1972, Liège, Belgium - Belgium 4 - 0 Iceland

May 22, 1972, Bruges, Belgium - Iceland 0 - 4 Belgium

This match was played in Belgium instead of in Iceland.

August 3, 1972, Oslo, Norway - Norway 4 - 1 Iceland

October 4, 1972, Oslo, Norway - Norway 0 - 2 Belgium

November 1, 1972, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway

November 19, 1972, Antwerpen, Belgium - Belgium 0 - 0 Netherlands

August 2, 1973, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 0 - 4 Norway

August 22, 1973, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 5 - 0 Iceland

August 29, 1973, Deventer, Netherlands - Iceland 1 - 8 Netherlands

This match was played in Netherlands instead of in Iceland.

September 12, 1973, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 2 Netherlands

October 31, 1973, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 2 - 0 Norway

November 18, 1973, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 0 - 0 Belgium

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Netherlands	10	6	4	2	0	24	2	22
2	Belgium	10	6	4	2	0	12	0	12
3	Norway	4	6	2	0	4	9	16	-7
4	Iceland	0	6	0	0	6	2	29	-27

Netherlands qualified on goal difference.

UEFA Group 4

June 21, 1972, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 1 - 0 Albania

September 20, 1972, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 1 - 1 Romania

October 7, 1972, Dresden, East Germany - East Germany 5 - 0 Finland

October 29, 1972, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 2 - 0 Albania

April 8, 1973, Magdeburg, East Germany - East Germany 2 - 0 Albania

May 6, 1973, Tirana, Albania - Albania 1 - 4 Romania

May 27, 1973, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 1 - 0 East Germany

June 6, 1973, Tampere, Finland - Finland 1 - 5 East Germany

September 26, 1973, Leipzig, East Germany - East Germany 2 - 0 Romania

October 10, 1973, Tirana, Albania - Albania 1 - 0 Finland

October 14, 1973, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 9 - 0 Finland

November 3, 1973, Tirana, Albania - Albania 1 - 4 East Germany

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	East Germany	10	6	5	0	1	18	3	15
2	Romania	9	6	4	1	1	17	4	13
3	Finland	3	6	1	1	4	3	21	-18
4	Albania	2	6	1	0	5	3	13	-10

East Germany qualified.

UEFA Group 5

November 15, 1972, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 0 - 1 England

January 24, 1973, London, England - England 1 - 1 Wales

March 28, 1973, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 2 - 0 Poland

June 6, 1973, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 2 - 0 England

September 26, 1973, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 3 - 0 Wales

October 17, 1973, London, England - England 1 - 1 Poland

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Poland	5	4	2	1	1	6	3	3
2	England	4	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1
3	Wales	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2

Poland qualified.

UEFA Group 6

All home matches of Northern Ireland were played in England instead.

March 29, 1972, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 4 - 0 Cyprus

May 10, 1972, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 0 - 1 Portugal

October 18, 1972, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 3 - 0 Northern Ireland

November 19, 1972, Limassol, Cyprus - Cyprus 0 - 4 Bulgaria

February 14, 1973, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 1 - 0 Northern Ireland

March 28, 1973, Coventry, England - Northern Ireland 1 - 1 Portugal

May 2, 1973, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 2 - 1 Portugal

May 8, 1973, London, England - Northern Ireland 3 - 0 Cyprus

September 26, 1973, Sheffield, England - Northern Ireland 0 - 0 Bulgaria

October 13, 1973, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 2 - 2 Bulgaria

November 14, 1973, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 1 - 1 Northern Ireland

November 18, 1973, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 2 - 0 Cyprus

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Bulgaria	10	6	4	2	0	13	3	10
2	Portugal	7	6	2	3	1	10	6	4
3	Northern Ireland	5	6	1	3	2	5	6	-1
4	Cyprus	2	6	1	0	5	1	14	-13

Bulgaria qualified.

UEFA Group 7

October 19, 1972, Las Palmas, Spain - Spain 2 - 2 Yugoslavia

November 18, 1972, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 1 - 0 Greece

January 17, 1973, Athens, Greece - Greece 2 - 3 Spain

February 21, 1973, Málaga, Spain - Spain 3 - 1 Greece

October 21, 1973, Zagreb, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 0 - 0 Spain

December 19, 1973, Athens, Greece - Greece 2 - 4 Yugoslavia

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Spain	6	4	2	2	0	8	5	3
1=	Yugoslavia	6	4	2	2	0	7	4	3
3	Greece	0	4	0	0	4	5	11	-6

Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

February 13, 1974, Frankfurt, West Germany - Yugoslavia 1 - 0 Spain

Yugoslavia qualified.

UEFA Group 8

October 18, 1972, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 1 - 4 Scotland

November 15, 1972, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 2 - 0 Denmark

May 2, 1973, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 1 - 1 Czechoslovakia

June 6, 1973, Prague, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 6 - 0 Denmark

September 26, 1973, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 2 - 1 Czechoslovakia

October 17, 1973, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Scotland

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Scotland	6	4	3	0	1	8	3	5
2	Czechoslovakia	5	4	2	1	1	9	3	6
3	Denmark	1	4	0	1	3	2	13	-11

Scotland qualified.

UEFA Group 9

October 13, 1972, Paris, France - France 1 - 0 USSR

October 18, 1972, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 1 - 2 USSR

November 15, 1972, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 2 - 1 France

May 13, 1973, Moscow, USSR - USSR 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland

May 19, 1973, Paris, France - France 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland

May 26, 1973, Moscow, USSR - USSR 2 - 0 France

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	USSR	6	4	3	0	1	5	2	3
2	Republic of Ireland	3	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1
3	France	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2

USSR advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

South America

The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners of Groups 1 and 2 would qualify, while the winner of Group 3 would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

CONMEBOL Group 1

June 21, 1973, Bogotá, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 1 Ecuador

June 24, 1973, Bogotá, Colombia - Colombia 0 - 0 Uruguay

June 28, 1973, Guayaquil, Ecuador - Ecuador 1 - 1 Colombia

July 1, 1973, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 1 - 2 Uruguay

July 5, 1973, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 0 - 1 Colombia

July 8, 1973, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 4 - 0 Ecuador

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Uruguay	5	4	2	1	1	6	2	4
2	Colombia	5	4	1	3	0	3	2	1
3	Ecuador	2	4	0	2	2	3	8	-5

Uruguay qualified on goal difference.

CONMEBOL Group 2

September 2, 1973, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 2 Paraguay

September 9, 1973, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 4 - 0 Bolivia

September 16, 1973, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 1 - 1 Argentina

September 23, 1973, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 0 - 1 Argentina

September 30, 1973, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 4 - 0 Bolivia

October 7, 1973, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 3 - 1 Paraguay

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Argentina	7	4	3	1	0	9	2	7
2	Paraguay	5	4	2	1	1	8	5	3
3	Bolivia	0	4	0	0	4	1	11	-10

Argentina qualified.

CONMEBOL Group 3

Venezuela withdrew.

April 29, 1973, Lima, Peru - Peru 2 - 0 Chile

May 3, 1973, Santiago, Chile - Chile 2 - 0 Peru

The aggregate score was tied, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

August 5, 1973, Montevideo, Uruguay - Chile 2 - 1 Peru

Chile advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

North, Central America and Caribbean

There would be two rounds of play:

• First Round: The 14 teams were divided into 6 groups of 2 or 3 teams (four groups with 2 teams and two groups with 3 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Final Round: The 6 teams would play against each other once in Haiti. The group winner would qualify.

CONCACAF First Round

Group 1

August 20, 1972, St. John's Canada - Canada 3 - 2 USA

August 24, 1972, Toronto, Canada - Canada 0 - 1 Mexico

August 29, 1972, Baltimore, USA - USA 2 - 2 Canada

September 3, 1972, Mexico City, Mexico - Mexico 3 - 1 USA

September 6, 1972, Mexico City, Mexico - Mexico 2 - 1 Canada

September 10, 1972, Los Angeles, USA - USA 1 - 2 Mexico

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Mexico	8	4	4	0	0	8	3	5
2	Canada	3	4	1	1	2	6	7	-1
3	USA	1	4	0	1	3	6	10	-4

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

December 3, 1972, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 1 - 0 El Salvador

December 10, 1972, San Salvador, El Salvador - El Salvador 0 - 1 Guatemala

Guatemala advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

December 3, 1972, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras 2 - 1 Costa Rica

December 10, 1972, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 3 - 3 Honduras

Honduras advanced to the Final Round.

Group 4

Jamaica withdrew, so Netherlands Antilles advanced to the Final Round automatically.

Group 5

April 15, 1972, Port au Prince, Haiti - Haiti 7 - 0 Puerto Rico

April 23, 1972, San Juan, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico 0 - 5 Haiti

Haiti advanced to the Final Round.

Group 6

All home matches of Dutch Guiana were played away instead.

November 10, 1972, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 1 Antigua and Barbuda

November 19, 1972, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua and Barbuda 1 - 2 Trinidad and Tobago

November 28, 1972, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago 2 - 1 Dutch Guiana

November 30, 1972, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago - Dutch Guiana 1 - 1 Trinidad and Tobago

December 3, 1972, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua and Barbuda 0 - 6 Dutch Guiana

December 5, 1972, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda - Dutch Guiana 3 - 1 Antigua and Barbuda

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Trinidad and Tobago	7	4	3	1	0	16	4	12
2	Dutch Guiana	5	4	2	1	1	11	4	7
3	Antigua and Barbuda	0	4	0	0	4	3	22	-19

Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the Final Round.

CONCACAF Final Round

November 29, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Honduras 2 - 1 Trinidad and Tobago

November 30, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Mexico 0 - 0 Guatemala

December 1, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Haiti 3 - 0 Netherlands Antilles

December 3, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Honduras 1 - 1 Mexico

December 4, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Haiti 2 - 1 Trinidad and Tobago

December 5, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Netherlands Antilles 2 - 2 Guatemala

December 7, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Haiti 1 - 0 Honduras

December 8, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Mexico 8 - 0 Netherlands Antilles

December 10, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Trinidad and Tobago 1 - 0 Guatemala

December 12, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Honduras 2 - 2 Netherlands Antilles

December 13, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Haiti 2 - 1 Guatemala

December 14, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Trinidad and Tobago 4 - 0 Mexico

December 15, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Honduras 1 - 1 Guatemala

December 17, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Trinidad and Tobago 4 - 0 Netherlands Antilles

December 18, 1973, Port au Prince, Haiti - Haiti 0 - 1 Mexico

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Haiti	8	5	4	0	1	8	3	5
2	Trinidad and Tobago	6	5	3	0	2	11	4	7
3	Mexico	6	5	2	2	1	10	5	5
4	Honduras	5	5	1	3	1	6	6	0
5	Guatemala	3	5	0	3	2	4	6	-2
6	Netherlands Antilles	2	5	0	2	3	4	19	-15

Haiti qualified.

Africa

There would be four rounds of play:

• First Round, Second Round and Third Round: In each of these rounds, the teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the next round, until there would be 3 teams left.
• Final Round: The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

CAF First Round

November 19, 1972, Agadir, Morocco - Morocco 0 - 0 Senegal

December 3, 1972, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 1 - 2 Morocco

Morocco advanced to the Second Round.

March 2, 1972, Algiers, Algeria - Algeria 1 - 0 Guinea

March 12, 1972, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 5 - 1 Algeria

Guinea advanced to the Second Round.

December 8, 1972, Cairo, Egypt - Egypt 2 - 1 Tunisia

December 17, 1972, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 2 - 0 Egypt

Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.

October 15, 1972, Freetown, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone 0 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire

October 29, 1972, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 2 - 0 Sierra Leone

Côte d'Ivoire advanced to the Second Round.

July 16, 1972, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 2 - 0 Sudan

July 23, 1972, Khartoum, Sudan - Sudan 1 - 0 Kenya

Kenya advanced to the Second Round.

November 25, 1972, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Tanzania 1 - 1 Ethiopia

December 3, 1972, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - Ethiopia 0 - 0 Tanzania

The aggregate score was tied, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

December 10, 1972, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - Ethiopia 3 - 0 Tanzania

Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.

April 30, 1972, Maseru, Lesotho - Lesotho 0 - 0 Zambia

June 4, 1972, Ndola, Zambia - Zambia 6 - 1 Lesotho

Zambia advanced to the Second Round.

August 5, 1972, Ibadan, Nigeria - Nigeria 2 - 1 Congo

August 15, 1972, Brazzaville, Congo - Congo 1 - 1 Nigeria

Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.

June 18, 1972, Cotonou, Dahomey - Dahomey 0 - 5 Ghana

July 2, 1972, Kumasi, Ghana - Ghana 5 - 1 Dahomey

Ghana advanced to the Second Round.

June 6, 1972, Lomé, Togo - Togo 0 - 0 Zaire

June 20, 1972, Kinshasa, Zaire - Zaire 4 - 0 Togo

Zaire advanced to the Second Round.

Madagascar withdrew, so Mauritius advanced to the Second Round automatically.

Gabon withdrew, so Cameroon advanced to the Second Round automatically.

CAF Second Round

February 11, 1973, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 1 - 1 Morocco

February 25, 1973, Tetouan, Morocco - Morocco 2 - 0 Guinea

Morocco advanced to the Third Round.

February 11, 1973, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 1 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire

February 25, 1973, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 2 - 1 Tunisia

Côte d'Ivoire advanced to the Third Round.

December 10, 1972, Port Louis, Mauritius - Mauritius 1 - 3 Kenya

December 17, 1972, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 2 - 2 Mauritius

Kenya advanced to the Third Round.

April 1, 1973, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - Ethiopia 0 - 0 Zambia

April 15, 1973, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 4 - 2 Ethiopia

Zambia advanced to the Third Round.

February 10, 1973, Lagos, Nigeria - Nigeria 0 - 2 Ghana

FIFA awarded Ghana a 2-0 win after riots abandoned the match at 2-3.

February 25, 1973, Accra, Ghana - Ghana 0 - 0 Nigeria

Ghana advanced to the Third Round.

February 4, 1973, Douala, Cameroon - Cameroon 0 - 1 Zaire

February 25, 1973, Kinshasa, Zaire - Zaire 0 - 1 Cameroon

The aggregate score was tied, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Third Round.

February 27, 1973, Kinshasa, Zaire - Zaire 2 - 0 Cameroon

Zaire advanced to the Third Round.

CAF Third Round

May 20, 1973, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 1 - 1 Morocco

June 3, 1973, Tetouan, Morocco - Morocco 4 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire

Morocco advanced to the Final Round.

August 12, 1973, Ndola, Zambia - Zambia 2 - 0 Kenya

August 19, 1973, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 2 - 2 Zambia

Zambia advanced to the Final Round.

August 5, 1973, Accra, Ghana - Ghana 1 - 0 Zaire

August 19, 1973, Kinshasa, Zaire - Zaire 4 - 1 Ghana

Zaire advanced to the Final Round.

CAF Final Round

October 21, 1973, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 4 - 0 Morocco

November 4, 1973, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 0 - 2 Zaire

November 18, 1973, Kinshasa, Zaire - Zaire 2 - 1 Zambia

November 25, 1973, Tetouan, Morocco - Morocco 2 - 0 Zambia

December 9, 1973, Kinshasa, Zaire - Zaire 3 - 0 Morocco

December 23, 1973 - Morocco 0 - 2 Zaire

FIFA awarded Zaire a 2-0 win because Morocco forfeited.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Zaire	8	4	4	0	0	9	1	8
2	Zambia	2	4	1	0	3	5	6	-1
3	Morocco	2	4	1	0	3	2	9	-7

Zaire qualified.

Asia and Oceania

India, Sri Lanka and Philippines withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 15 teams were divided into 2 zone