Football
Men: World Cup 1966 in England

Qualifying
May 24 (1964)-December 29 (1965):
Europe South America North and Central America Africa, Asia and Oceania

automatic qualified: England (hosts) and Brazil (holders)

Europe:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Belgium ** 4-6 (11-3)
1. Bulgaria ** 4-6 (9-6)
3. Israel 4-0 (1-12)

Group 2:
1. West Germany * 4-7 (14-2)
2. Sweden 4-5 (10-3)
3. Cyprus 4-0 (0-19)

Group 3:
1. France * 6-10 (9-2)
2. Norway 6-7 (10-5)
3. Yugoslavia 6-7 (10-8)
4. Luxemburg 6-0 (6-20) 		Group 4:
1. Portugal * 6-9 (9-4)
2. Czechoslovakia 6-7 (12-4)
3. Romania 6-6 (9-7)
4. Turkey 6-2 (4-19)

Group 5:
1. Switzerland * 6-9 (7-3)
2. Northern Ireland 6-8 (9-5)
3. Netherlands 6-6 (6-4)
4. Albania 6-1 (2-12)

Group 6:
1. Hungary * 4-7 (8-3)
2. East Germany 4-4 (5-5)
3. Austria 4-1 (1-6) 		Group 7:
1. Soviet Union * 6-10 (19-6)
2. Wales 6-6 (11-9)
3. Greece 6-5 (10-14)
4. Denmark 6-3 (7-18)

Group 8:
1. Italy * 6-9 (17-3)
2. Scotland 6-7 (8-8)
3. Poland 6-6 (11-10)
4. Finland 6-2 (5-20)

Group 9:
1. Ireland ** 2-4 (2-4)
1. Spain ** 2-4 (4-2)
-. Syria withdrew

Playoffs:
Bulgaria * - Belgium 2-1 (at Firenze)
Spain * - Ireland 1-0 (at Paris)

 South America:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Uruguay * 4-8 (11-2)
2. Peru 4-4 (8-6)
3. Venezuela 4-0 (4-15) 		Group 2:
1. Chile ** 4-5 (12-7)
1. Ecuador ** 4-5 (6-5)
3. Colombia 4-2 (4-10) 		Group 3:
1. Argentina * 4-7 (9-2)
2. Paraguay 4-3 (3-5)
3. Bolivia 4-2 (4-9)

Playoff:
Chile * - Ecuador 2-1 (at Lima)

 North and Central America:

1st Round:

Final Standings:

Group A:
1. Jamaica * 4-5 (5-2)
2. Dutch Antilles 4-4 (2-3)
3. Cuba 4-3 (3-5) 		Group B:
1. Costa Rica * 4-8 (9-1)
2. Surinam 4-2 (8-9)
3. Trinidad & Tobago 4-2 (5-12) 		Group C:
1. Mexico * 4-7 (8-2)
2. USA 4-4 (4-5)
3. Honduras 4-1 (1-6)

2nd Round:

Final Standings:
1. Mexico * 4-7 (12-2)
2. Costa Rica 4-4 (8-2)
3. Jamaica 4-1 (3-19)

 Africa, Asia and Oceania:

Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco,
Nigeria, Senegal, South Korea, Sudan and Tunisia withdrew
South Africa suspended #
# South Africa was suspended due to the apartheid regime

North Korea * - Australia 6-1 3-1 (at Phnom Penh)