1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 32 teams were drawn into nine groups of three or four teams each; however, after the withdrawal of Syria, one group had just two teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

Groups

Group [|1]

Rank	Team
1=		4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	6
1=		4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3		4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0

Group [|2]

Rank	Team
1		4	3	1	0	14	2	+12	7
2		4	2	1	1	10	3	+7	5
3		4	0	0	4	0	19	−19	0

Group 3

Rank	Team
1		6	5	0	1	9	2	+7	10
2		6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	7
3		6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	7
4		6	0	0	6	6	20	−14	0

Group 4

Rank	Team
1		6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	9
2		6	3	1	2	12	4	+8	7
3		6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	6
4		6	1	0	5	4	19	−15	2

Group 5

Rank	Team
1		6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	9
2		6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	8
3		6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	6
4		6	0	1	5	2	12	−10	1

Group 6

Rank	Team
1		4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	7
2		4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
3		4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	1

Group 7

Rank	Team
1		6	5	0	1	19	6	+13	10
2		6	3	0	3	11	9	+2	6
3		6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	5
4		6	1	1	4	7	18	−11	3

Group 8

Rank	Team
1		6	4	1	1	17	3	+14	9
2		6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7
3		6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	6
4		6	1	0	5	5	20	−15	2

Goalscorers

7 goals

Eusébio

6 goals

Mimis Papaioannou

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams

The following 9 countries qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
			1
			4
			5
			0
			5
			5
			2
			5
			3