WORLD CUP-1978 (Argentina)
| # | Final | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 |  Argentina - 1st WC | CONMEBOL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 |  Netherlands | UEFA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| # | Third place play-off | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 |  Brazil | CONMEBOL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Italy | UEFA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| # | Group A | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Netherlands | UEFA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Germany | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Austria | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 2 |
| # | Group B | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 2 | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 |  Poland | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 4 |  Peru | CONMEBOL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 |
| # | Group 1 | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | UEFA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  France | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Hungary | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
| # | Group 2 | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Poland | UEFA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Germany | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 |  Tunisia | CAF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Mexico | CONCACAF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 0 |
| # | Group 3 | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Austria | UEFA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Spain | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Sweden | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| # | Group 4 | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Peru | CONMEBOL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Netherlands | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 |  Scotland | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Iran | AFC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 |