thrice at home. The winner would advance to the Final Round. Final Round: USA played against the winner of the Second Round in a single match on neutral ground. The winner would qualify. Group 12 had 3 teams. After Turkey withdrew before the matches began, the remaining 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. Key: Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals. Teams highlighted in orange qualified for the next phase of their group. Groups Group 1 Estonia v Lithuania was not played since neither team could qualify with a win. Sweden qualified. Group 2 11–1 on aggregate; Spain qualified. Group 3 Italy qualified, as Greece declined to play the second match. Group 4 Bulgaria withdrew, and the remaining matches were not played since Hungary and Austria were already assured of the top two spots. Hungary and Austria qualified. Group 5 Czechoslovakia qualified. Group 6 Romania and Switzerland qualified. Group 7 Netherlands and Belgium qualified (Belgium finished above the Irish Free State on goal average). Group 8 Germany v France was not played since both teams were already assured of the top two spots. Germany and France qualified. Group 9 Peru withdrew, so Brazil qualified automatically. Group 10 Chile withdrew, so Argentina qualified automatically. Group 11 First round 10–2 on aggregate; Cuba advanced to the Second Round. Second round 12–3 on aggregate; Mexico advanced to the Final Round. Final round The match to decide whether USA or Mexico would qualify was played in Italy only three days before the start of the final tournament, as the USA team submitted their entry too late. Thus, the match was played on Italian ground, so that the winner would effectively stay for the tournament. United States qualified. Group 12 The Palestine football team consisted exclusively of Jewish and British players. FIFA states, in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team, that the 'Palestine team' that participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team, and as such bears no relation to the modern-day Palestine national team. However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. 11–2 on aggregate; Egypt qualified. Qualified teams Only six of the teams qualifying for the final competition – Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Romania, and the USA – had already