to the Second Round directly. The remaining 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners (determined by aggregate score) would advance to the Second Round. Second Round: The 6 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. First round |} Second round |} Final round Morocco qualified. CONCACAF FIFA rejected the entry of Cuba. There would be three rounds of play: First Round: The remaining 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Semifinal Round. Semifinal Round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify. First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Second round Group 1 Group 2 Play-off Third round Play-off CONMEBOL The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups; two groups with 3 teams and one group with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 UEFA (30 teams competing for 8 berths) FIFA rejected the entry of Albania. The remaining 29 teams were divided into 8 groups, 3 groups with 3 teams and 5 groups with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Goalscorers 10 goals Tostão 9 goals Gerd Müller 7 goals Juan Ramón Martínez Gigi Riva Włodzimierz Lubański 6 goals Johan Devrindt Pelé Ferenc Bene Kazimierz Deyna Colin Stein Ove Kindvall 5 goals Erich Hof Odilon Polleunis Jozef Adamec 4 goals Tom McColl Helmut Redl Georgi Asparuhov Hristo Bonev Guy Saint-Vil Garba Okoye Andrzej Jarosik Warren Archibald Dragan Džajić 3 goals Jairzinho Karol Jokl Ole Sørensen Arto Tolsa Hervé Revelli Vasilis Botinos Giorgos Sideris Guy François Joseph Obas Antal Dunai Mordechai Spiegler Houmane Jarir Ola Dybwad-Olsen Eusébio Florea Dumitrache Alan Gilzean José Eulogio Gárate Peter Millar Willy Roy Wolfgang Overath Vahidin Musemić Slaven Zambata Emment Kapengwe 2 goals Rafael Albrecht Ray Baartz Johnny Watkiss Wilfried Puis Raúl Alvarez Eduardo