 This was also Switzerland's last World Cup finals until 1994. Notable absentees from this tournament included 1962 semi-finalists Yugoslavia and 1962 runners-up Czechoslovakia.The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.AFC (1)
CAF (0)
OFC (0)

CONCACAF (1)
CONMEBOL (4)

UEFA (10)

Thirty-one African nations boycotted the tournament to protest a 1964 FIFA ruling that required the three second-round winners from the African zone to enter a play-off round against the winners of the Asian zone in order to qualify for the World Cup, as they felt winning their zone was enough in itself to merit qualification.