1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

• Zone A had 7 teams (teams from East Asia, plus Israel). All matches were played in Korea Republic. There would be four stages of play: • Classification matches: All teams except Korea Republic would be paired up to play preliminary matches to determine group classification. • Group stage: Based on the results of the classification matches, the 7 teams were divided into 2 groups (Group A1 with 3 teams and Group A2 with 4 teams). The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the semifinals. • Semifinals: The winner of Group A1 played against the runner-up of Group A2 in a single match, and the winner of Group A2 played against the runner-up of Group A1 in a single match. The winners would advance to the Final. • Final: The 2 teams played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round. • Zone B had 8 teams (teams from West Asia and Oceania, plus Indonesia and Korea DPR). There would be two stages of play: • Group stage: The 8 teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice (Group B1 in Australia and New Zealand and Group B2 in Iran). The group winners would advance to the final. • Final: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the Final Round. In the Final Round, the winners of Zone A and Zone B played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify. ==Zone A==

• All matches played in Seoul, South Korea. Classification matches ---- ---- Group stage Group A1 ---- ---- Group A2 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Final ==Zone B==

Group Stage Group B1 • All matches played in Australia in a double round-robin format (except New Zealand–Australia first leg) ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B2 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Final Australia won 3–2 on aggregate. ==Final round==

Australia and South Korea tied 2–2 on aggregate; a final play-off was decided. Australia qualified. ==Qualified teams==

The following team qualified for the final tournament. :1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. ==Goalscorers==

;5 goals • Sabah Hatim • Moshe Onana ;4 goals • Adrian Alston ;3 goals • Attila Abonyi • Ray Baartz • Jimmy Mackay • Parviz Ghelichkhani • Chung Kyu-poong • Kim Jae-han • Joseph Chahrestan ;2 goals • Branko Buljevic • Ernie Campbell • Ray Richards • Yuen Kuen Chu • Iswadi Idris • Sarman Panggabean • Ali Kadhim • Zvi Rozen • Itzhak Shum • Mordechai Spiegler • Kunishige Kamamoto • Hamad Bo Hamad • Alan Vest • Ma Jung-u • Cha Bum-kun ;1 goal • Doug Utjesenovic • Peter Wilson • Kwok Ka Ming • Lo Hung Hoi • Andjas Asmara • Ali Jabbari • Akbar Kargarjam • Mehdi Monajati • Ali Parvin • Mohammad Sadeghi • Gholam Vafakhah • Douglas Aziz • Riyadh Nouri • Bashar Rashid • Salah Obeid • George Borba • Zvi Farkash • Shusaku Hirasawa • Koji Mori • Ibrahim Al Duraihem • Fathi Kameel • Shaharuddin Abdullah • Harun Jusoh • Dennis Tindall • Brian Turner • An Se-uk • Kim Jong-min • Pak Sung-jin • Ko Jae-wook • Park Yi-chun • Nabil Nano • Samir Said • Abdulghani Tatiche ;1 own goal • Bobby Hogg (playing against New Zealand) • Maurice Tillotson (playing against Indonesia) • Nguyễn Vinh Quang (playing against Japan) • Supakit Meelarpkit (playing against South Vietnam) ==Notes==