page_title: 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
section_title: Qualified teams
hierarchical_section_title: 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification / Qualified teams
caption_attribution_description: English: Status of countries with respect to 1982 FIFA World Cup: &#160;&#160; Qualified for World Cup finals &#160;&#160; Failed to qualify for World Cup finals &#160;&#160; Did not enter World Cup &#160;&#160; Not an associate member of FIFA
context_page_description: A total of 109 teams entered the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, which began with the preliminary qualification draw on 14 October 1979 at Zürich, competing for a total of 24 spots in the final tournament, an increase from 16 in the previous World Cups. Spain, as the hosts, and Argentina, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 22 spots open for competition.
  The 24 spots available in the 1982 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
  Europe: 14 places, one to automatic qualifier Spain, while the other 13 places were contested by 33 teams.
  South America: 4 places, one to automatic qualifier Argentina, while the other 3 places were contested by 9 teams.
  North, Central America and Caribbean: 2 places, contested by 15 teams.
  Africa: 2 places, contested by 29 teams.
  Asia and Oceania: 2 places, contested by 21 teams.
  A total of 103 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 306 qualifying matches were played, and 797 goals were scored.
context_section_description: The following 24 teams qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup:
  10 of the 24 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 1986 finals: Austria, Cameroon, Chile, Czechoslovakia, El Salvador, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand, Peru and Yugoslavia.
caption: Final qualification status   Country qualified for World Cup   Country failed to qualify   Country did not enter World Cup   Country not a FIFA member
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