The 1978 FIFA World Cup UEFA–CONMEBOL qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of UEFA Group 9, Hungary, and the last-placed team of the CONMEBOL final round, Bolivia. The matches were played on 29 October and 30 November 1977 in Budapest and La Paz, respectively.BOLIVIA-HUNGRÍA 1977. LA ELIMINATORIA DE LAS PARADOJAS by Carlos Mesa Gisbert on Revista Cábala, 20 Jul 2020
After beating Bolivia in both matches (6–0 and 3–2), Hungary won 4–0 on points (9–2 on aggregate) and therefore qualified for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.FIFA World Cup Argentina - Qualifiers on FIFA website (archived, 10 Oct 2017) It was Bolivia's closest attempt to qualify for the World Cup, until the country secured a place sixteen years later.
Qualified teams Team Confed. Qualification UEFA 1st. of Group 9 CONMEBOL Last of Final round
Venues
Match details
First leg
GK Sándor Gujdár DF József Tóth DF Peter Török DF Zoltán Kereki DF István Kocsis MF Sándor Zombori MF Sándor Pintér MF László Fazekas FW Tibor Nyilasi FW Béla Várady FW András TörőcsikSubstitutes: FW László Pusztai MF László Nagy Manager: Lajos Baróti
GK Arturo Galarza DF Víctor Villalón DF Eduardo Angulo DF René Tarritolay MF Carlos Aragonés MF Ovidio Mezza MF Miguel Aguilar MF Pablo Baldivieso MF Erwin Romero MF Windsor del Llano FW Luis Bastida Substitutes: FW Juan Carlos Sánchez MF Freddy Vargas Manager: Edward Virba
Second leg
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