1966 FIFA World Cup qualification

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The 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification was the global preliminary competition in which national football teams contested for places at the 1966 World Cup finals in England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup qualification tournament
allocatedPlacesToAFCandOFCCombined 1
allocatedPlacesToCAF 1
allocatedPlacesToCONCACAF 1
allocatedPlacesToCONMEBOL 4
allocatedPlacesToUEFA 10
automaticQualificationReason defending champions
host nation
automaticQualifier Brazil NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
boycottReason disagreement over number of World Cup places for Africa and Asia
confederation AFC
CAF NERFINISHED
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC NERFINISHED
UEFA
drawDate 1963-01-06
endDate 1965-12-29
hostCountryOfFinalTournament England NERFINISHED
locationOfDraw London NERFINISHED
nextEdition 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification NERFINISHED
notableEvent African teams boycotted the qualifiers
numberOfConfederations 6
numberOfFinalTournamentPlaces 16
numberOfParticipatingTeams 74
organisedBy FIFA NERFINISHED
partOf 1966 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED
previousEdition 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification NERFINISHED
qualificationFormat home-and-away group matches
home-and-away play-offs
qualifiedTeam Argentina NERFINISHED
Brazil NERFINISHED
Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Chile NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Hungary NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Mexico NERFINISHED
Portugal NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
Switzerland NERFINISHED
Uruguay NERFINISHED
West Germany NERFINISHED
region worldwide
sport association football
startDate 1964-05-24

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Denis Law participantIn 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification