1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. West Germany, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 31 teams.
The 31 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (five groups with 3 teams and four groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.
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[edit] UEFA Group 1
May 23, 1976, Limassol, Cyprus - 
Cyprus 1 - 5 Denmark 
October 16, 1976, Porto, Portugal - 
Portugal 0 - 2 Poland 
October 27, 1976, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 5 - 0 Cyprus
October 31, 1976, Warsaw, Poland - Poland 5 - 0 Cyprus
November 17, 1976, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 1 - 0 Denmark
December 5, 1976, Limassol, Cyprus - Cyprus 1 - 2 Portugal
May 1, 1977, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 1 - 2 Poland
May 15, 1977, Limassol, Cyprus - Cyprus 1 - 3 Poland
September 21, 1977, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 4 - 1 Denmark
October 9, 1977, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 2 - 4 Portugal
October 29, 1977, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 1 - 1 Portugal
November 16, 1977, Faro, Portugal - Portugal 4 - 0 Cyprus
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland |
11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Portugal |
9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Denmark |
4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | Cyprus |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24 | -21 |
Poland qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 2
June 13, 1976, Helsinki, Finland - 
Finland 1 - 4 England 
September 22, 1976, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 7 - 1 Luxembourg 
October 13, 1976, London, England - England 2 - 1 Finland
October 16, 1976, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 1 - 4 Italy 
November 17, 1976, Rome, Italy - Italy 2 - 0 England
March 30, 1977, London, England - England 5 - 0 Luxembourg
May 26, 1977, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 1 Finland
June 8, 1977, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 0 - 3 Italy
October 12, 1977, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 2 England
October 15, 1977, Turin, Italy - Italy 6 - 1 Finland
November 16, 1977, London, England - England 2 - 0 Italy
December 3, 1977, Rome, Italy - Italy 3 - 0 Luxembourg
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | England |
10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Finland |
4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 |
| 4 | Luxembourg |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | -20 |
Italy qualified on goal difference.
[edit] UEFA Group 3
October 31, 1976, İzmir, Turkey - 
Turkey 4 - 0 Malta 
November 17, 1976, Dresden, East Germany - 
East Germany 1 - 1 Turkey
December 5, 1976, Valletta, Malta - Malta 0 - 1 Austria 
April 2, 1977, Valletta, Malta - Malta 0 - 1 East Germany
April 17, 1977, Vienna, Austria - Austria 1 - 0 Turkey
April 30, 1977, Salzburg, Austria - Austria 9 - 0 Malta
September 24, 1977, Vienna, Austria - Austria 1 - 1 East Germany
October 12, 1977, Leipzig, East Germany - East Germany 1 - 1 Austria
October 29, 1977, Potsdam, East Germany - East Germany 9 - 0 Malta
October 30, 1977, İzmir, Turkey - Turkey 0 - 1 Austria
November 16, 1977, İzmir, Turkey - Turkey 1 - 2 East Germany
November 27, 1977, Valletta, Malta - Malta 0 - 3 Turkey
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria |
10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | East Germany |
9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Turkey |
5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Malta |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | -27 |
Austria qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 4
September 5, 1976, Reykjavík, Iceland - 
Iceland 0 - 1 Belgium 
September 8, 1976, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 0 - 1 Netherlands 
October 13, 1976, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 2 - 2 Northern Ireland 
November 10, 1976, Liège, Belgium - Belgium 2 - 0 Northern Ireland
March 26, 1977, Antwerpen, Belgium - Belgium 0 - 2 Netherlands
June 11, 1977, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 1 - 0 Northern Ireland
August 31, 1977, Nijmegen, Netherlands - Netherlands 4 - 1 Iceland
September 3, 1977, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 4 - 0 Iceland
September 21, 1977, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 2 - 0 Iceland
October 12, 1977, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 0 - 1 Netherlands
October 26, 1977, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 1 - 0 Belgium
November 16, 1977, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 3 - 0 Belgium
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Belgium |
6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Northern Ireland |
5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Iceland |
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -10 |
Netherlands qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 5
October 9, 1976, Sofia, Bulgaria - 
Bulgaria 2 - 2 France 
November 17, 1976, Paris, France - France 2 - 0 Republic of Ireland 
March 30, 1977, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 1 - 0 France
June 1, 1977, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 2 - 1 Republic of Ireland
October 12, 1977, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 0 - 0 Bulgaria
November 16, 1977, Paris, France - France 3 - 1 Bulgaria
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Bulgaria |
4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
France qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 6
June 16, 1976, Stockholm, Sweden - 
Sweden 2 - 0 Norway 
September 8, 1976, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 0 Switzerland 
October 9, 1976, Basel, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 2 Sweden
June 8, 1977, Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden 2 - 1 Switzerland
September 7, 1977, Oslo, Norway - Norway 2 - 1 Sweden
October 30, 1977, Berne, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 0 Norway
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Norway |
4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 3 | Switzerland |
2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
Sweden qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 7
October 13, 1976, Prague, Czechoslovakia - 
Czechoslovakia 2 - 0 Scotland 
November 17, 1976, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 1 - 0 Wales 
March 30, 1977, Wrexham, Wales - Wales 3 - 0 Czechoslovakia
September 21, 1977, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 3 - 1 Czechoslovakia
October 12, 1977, Liverpool, England - Wales 0 - 2 Scotland
- This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Wales because Wales wanted to play at a larger stadium.
November 16, 1977, Prague, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Wales
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland |
6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia |
4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
| 3 | Wales |
2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
Scotland qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 8
October 10, 1976, Seville, Spain - 
Spain 1 - 0 Yugoslavia 
April 16, 1977, Bucharest, Romania - 
Romania 1 - 0 Spain 
May 8, 1977, Zagreb, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 0 - 2 Romania
October 26, 1977, Madrid, Spain - Spain 2 - 0 Romania
November 13, 1977, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 4 - 6 Yugoslavia
November 30, 1977, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 0 - 1 Spain
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Romania |
4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia |
2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
Spain qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 9
October 9, 1976, Athens, Greece - 
Greece 1 - 1 Hungary 
April 24, 1977, Moscow, USSR - 
USSR 2 - 0 Greece
April 30, 1977, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 2 - 1 USSR
May 10, 1977, Thessaloniki, Greece - Greece 1 - 0 USSR
May 18, 1977, Tbilisi, USSR - USSR 2 - 0 Hungary
May 25, 1977, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 3 - 0 Greece
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | USSR |
4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Greece |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
Hungary advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.
