1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 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 hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams.
The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five 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] Group 1
November 14, 1971, Valletta, Malta - 
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Hungary
April 30, 1972, Vienna, Austria - 
Austria 4 - 0 Malta
May 6, 1972, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 3 - 0 Malta
May 25, 1972, Stockholm, Sweden - 
Sweden 0 - 0 Hungary
June 10, 1972, Vienna, Austria - Austria 2 - 0 Sweden
October 15, 1972, Vienna, Austria - Austria 2 - 2 Hungary
October 15, 1972, Gothenburg, Sweden - Sweden 7 - 0 Malta
November 25, 1972, Valletta, Malta - Malta 0 - 2 Austria
April 29, 1973, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 2 - 2 Austria
May 23, 1973, Gothenburg, Sweden - Sweden 3 - 2 Austria
June 13, 1973, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 3 - 3 Sweden
November 11, 1973, Valletta, Malta - Malta 1 - 2 Sweden
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Austria |
8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| 1= | Sweden |
8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | Hungary |
8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | Malta |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | -19 |
Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
November 27, 1973, Gelsenkirchen, West Germany - Sweden 2 - 1 Austria
Sweden qualified.
[edit] Group 2
October 7, 1972, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 
Luxembourg 0 - 4 
Italy
October 21, 1972, Bern, Switzerland - 
Switzerland 0 - 0 Italy
October 22, 1972, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 2 - 0 
Turkey
December 10, 1972, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 3 - 0 Luxembourg
January 13, 1973, Naples, Italy - Italy 0 - 0 Turkey
February 25, 1973, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 0 - 1 Italy
March 31, 1973, Genova, Italy - Italy 5 - 0 Luxembourg
April 8, 1973, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 1 Switzerland
May 9, 1973, Basel, Switzerland - Switzerland 0 - 0 Turkey
September 26, 1973, Lucerne, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 0 Luxembourg
October 20, 1973, Rome, Italy - Italy 2 - 0 Switzerland
November 18, 1973, İzmir, Turkey - Turkey 2 - 0 Switzerland
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Turkey |
6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland |
6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| 4 | Luxembourg |
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -12 |
Italy qualified.
[edit] Group 3
May 18, 1972, Liège, Belgium - .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small}
Belgium 4 - 0 
Iceland
May 22, 1972, Bruges, Belgium - Iceland 0 - 4 Belgium
- This match was played in Belgium rather than Iceland.
August 3, 1972, Oslo, Norway - 
Norway 4 - 1 Iceland
October 4, 1972, Oslo, Norway - Norway 0 - 2 Belgium
November 1, 1972, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 
Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway
November 19, 1972, Antwerpen, Belgium - Belgium 0 - 0 Netherlands
August 2, 1973, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 0 - 4 Norway
August 22, 1973, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 5 - 0 Iceland
August 29, 1973, Deventer, Netherlands - Iceland 1 - 8 Netherlands
- This match was played in Netherlands rather than Iceland.
September 12, 1973, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 2 Netherlands
October 31, 1973, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 2 - 0 Norway
November 18, 1973, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 0 - 0 Belgium
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | Belgium |
10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Norway |
4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 |
| 4 | Iceland |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | -27 |
Netherlands qualified on goal difference.
[edit] Group 4
June 21, 1972, Helsinki, Finland - 
Finland 1 - 0 
Albania
September 20, 1972, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 1 - 1 .svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_(1965-1989).svg.png){kind=small}
Romania
October 7, 1972, Dresden, Germany - 
East Germany 5 - 0 Finland
October 29, 1972, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 2 - 0 Albania
April 8, 1973, Magdeburg, Germany - East Germany 2 - 0 Albania
May 6, 1973, Tirana, Albania - Albania 1 - 4 Romania
May 27, 1973, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 1 - 0 East Germany
June 6, 1973, Tampere, Finland - Finland 1 - 5 East Germany
September 26, 1973, Leipzig, Germany - East Germany 2 - 0 Romania
October 10, 1973, Tirana, Albania - Albania 1 - 0 Finland
October 14, 1973, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 9 - 0 Finland
November 3, 1973, Tirana, Albania - Albania 1 - 4 East Germany
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany |
10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Romania |
9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Finland |
3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | -18 |
| 4 | Albania |
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -10 |
East Germany qualified.
[edit] Group 5
November 15, 1972, Cardiff, Wales - 
Wales 0 - 1 
England
January 24, 1973, London, England - England 1 - 1 Wales
March 28, 1973, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 2 - 0 
Poland
June 6, 1973, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 2 - 0 England
September 26, 1973, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 3 - 0 Wales
October 17, 1973, London, England - England 1 - 1 Poland
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland |
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | England |
4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 3 | Wales |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
Poland qualified.
[edit] Group 6
All home matches of Northern Ireland were played in England instead.
March 29, 1972, Lisbon, Portugal - 
Portugal 4 - 0 
Cyprus
May 10, 1972, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 0 - 1 Portugal
October 18, 1972, Sofia, Bulgaria - 
Bulgaria 3 - 0 
Northern Ireland
November 19, 1972, Limassol, Cyprus - Cyprus 0 - 4 Bulgaria
February 14, 1973, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 1 - 0 Northern Ireland
March 28, 1973, Coventry, England - Northern Ireland 1 - 1 Portugal
May 2, 1973, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 2 - 1 Portugal
May 8, 1973, London, England - Northern Ireland 3 - 0 Cyprus
September 26, 1973, Sheffield, England - Northern Ireland 0 - 0 Bulgaria
October 13, 1973, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 2 - 2 Bulgaria
November 14, 1973, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 1 - 1 Northern Ireland
November 18, 1973, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 2 - 0 Cyprus
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria |
10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Portugal |
7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Northern Ireland |
5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 |
| 4 | Cyprus |
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | -13 |
Bulgaria qualified.
[edit] Group 7
October 19, 1972, Las Palmas, Spain - 
Spain 2 - 2 
Yugoslavia
November 18, 1972, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 1 - 0 
Greece
January 17, 1973, Athens, Greece - Greece 2 - 3 Spain
February 21, 1973, Málaga, Spain - Spain 3 - 1 Greece
October 21, 1973, Zagreb, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 0 - 0 Spain
December 19, 1973, Athens, Greece - Greece 2 - 4 Yugoslavia
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Spain |
6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 1= | Yugoslavia |
6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Greece |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 |
Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
February 13, 1974, Frankfurt, West Germany - Yugoslavia 1 - 0 Spain
Yugoslavia qualified.
[edit] Group 8
October 18, 1972, Copenhagen, Denmark - 
Denmark 1 - 4 
Scotland
November 15, 1972, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 2 - 0 Denmark
May 2, 1973, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 1 - 1 
Czechoslovakia
June 6, 1973, Prague, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 6 - 0 Denmark
September 26, 1973, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 2 - 1 Czechoslovakia
October 17, 1973, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Scotland
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland |
6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia |
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Denmark |
1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | -11 |
Scotland qualified.
[edit] Group 9
October 13, 1972, Paris, France - 
France 1 - 0 
USSR
October 18, 1972, Dublin, Ireland - 
Republic of Ireland 1 - 2 USSR
November 15, 1972, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 2 - 1 France
May 13, 1973, Moscow, USSR - USSR 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland
May 19, 1973, Paris, France - France 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland
May 26, 1973, Moscow, USSR - USSR 2 - 0 France
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR |
6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
| 3 | France |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
USSR advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.
[edit] UEFA / CONMEBOL Play-off
The teams played each other on a home-and-away basis. The qualified.
September 26, 1973, Moscow, USSR - USSR 0 - 0 
Chile
November 21, 1973, Santiago de Chile, Chile Chile 2-0 USSR
As the USSR refused to play the return leg in Chile due to the recent Chilean coup d'état, Chile qualified automatically.
