UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying

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The qualifying round for the 1972 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.

1 Group Stage
2 Quarter-finals
3 External links

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group 1

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Romania		2 - 1	2 - 0	3 - 0	9	6	4	1	1	11	2
2.	Czechoslovakia	1 - 0		1 - 0	1 - 1	9	6	4	1	1	11	4
3.	Wales	0 - 0	1 - 3		3 - 0	5	6	2	1	3	5	6
4.	Finland	0 - 4	0 - 4	0 - 1		1	6	0	1	5	1	16

October 7, 1970 18:00	Czechoslovakia	1–1	Finland	Letenský stadion (Sparta), Prague Attendance: 5,549 Referee: O'Neill (Northern Ireland)
	Albrecht 31'		Paatelainen 41'

October 11, 1970 15:30	Romania	3–0	Finland	Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 36,584 Referee: Vamvakopoulos (Greece)
	Dumitrache 28', 42' Nunweiller 77'

November 11, 1970 16:30	Wales	0–0	Romania	Ninian Park, Cardiff Attendance: 19,882 Referee: van Gemert (Netherlands)

April 21, 1971 19:30	Wales	1–3	Czechoslovakia	Vetch Field, Swansea Attendance: 12,767 Referee: Boström (Sweden)
	R.Davies 49' (p)		Čapkovič 78', 82' Táborský 80'

May 16, 1971 17:00	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Romania	Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava Attendance: 38,207 Referee: dos Santos Leite (Portugal)
	Veselý 88'

May 26, 1971 19:00	Finland	0–1	Wales	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Männig (East Germany)
			Toshack 54'

June 16, 1971 19:00	Finland	0–4	Czechoslovakia	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 4,658 Referee: Środecki (Poland)
			Čapkovič 12' Pollák 16' Karkó 84', 89'

September 22, 1971 18:30	Finland	0–4	Romania	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 2,084 Referee: Kamber (Switzerland)
			Iordănescu 25' Lupescu 37' Dembrovschi 55' Lucescu 64' (p)

October 13, 1971 19:30	Wales	3–0	Finland	Vetch Field, Swansea Attendance: 10,301 Referee: Rasmussen (Denmark)
	Durban 10' Toshack 53' Reece 89'

October 27, 1971 18:00	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Wales	Letenský stadion (Sparta), Prague Attendance: 20,051 Referee: Medina Iglesias (Spain)
	Kuna 60'

November 14, 1971 14:00	Romania	2–1	Czechoslovakia	Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 63,583 Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
	Dembrovschi 26' Dobrin 51'		Čapkovič 50'

November 24, 1971 14:00	Romania	2–0	Wales	Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 35,251 Referee: Delcourt (Belgium)
	Lupescu 9' Lucescu 74'

[edit] Group 2

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Hungary		2 - 0	1 - 1	4 - 0	9	6	4	1	1	12	5
2.	Bulgaria	3 - 0		2 - 1	1 - 1	7	6	3	1	2	11	7
3.	France	0 - 2	2 - 1		3 - 1	7	6	3	1	2	10	8
4.	Norway	1 - 3	1 - 4	1 - 3		1	6	0	1	5	5	18

October 7, 1970 19:00	Norway	1–3	Hungary	Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 16,090 Referee: Boogaerts (Netherlands)
	Iversen 50'		Bene 6' Nagy 23' Karlsen 66' (og)

November 11, 1970 17:00	France	3–1	Norway	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 10,357 Referee: Ribeiro Saldanha (Portugal)
	Floch 30' Lech 55' Mézy 63'		Nilsen 79'

November 15, 1970 15:30	Bulgaria	1–1	Norway	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 21,465 Referee: Kiriakides (Cyprus)
	Atanasov 29'		Fuglset 83'

April 24, 1971 16:30	Hungary	1–1	France	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 45,867 Referee: Fernandes dos Campos (Portugal)
	Kocsis 70 (p)		Revelli 64'

May 19, 1971 18:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Hungary	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 28,342 Referee: Bakhramov (USSR)
	Kolev 38' Petkov 48' Velichkov 72'

June 9, 1971 19:00	Norway	1–4	Bulgaria	Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 22,041 Referee: Gow (Wales)
	Iversen 80'		Bonev 26', 42' (p) Zhekov 29' M.Vasilev 37'

September 8, 1971 19:00	Norway	1–3	France	Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 16,544 Referee: Paterson (Scotland)
	Dybwad-Olsen 80'		Vergnes 33' Loubet 34' Blanchet 49'

September 25, 1971 17:30	Hungary	2–0	Bulgaria	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 67,740 Referee: Davidson (Scotland)
	Juhász 51' Vidáts 52'

October 9, 1971 15:00	France	0–2	Hungary	Stade Olympique, Colombes(Paris) Attendance: 21,756 Referee: Pintado Viu (Spain)
			Bene 35' Zámbó(*) 43'

(*)NOTE: The second goal is also reported as an own goal by Jacques Novi.

October 27, 1971 17:30	Hungary	4–0	Norway	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 29,253 Referee: Babacan (Turkey)
	Bene 22', 43' Dunai II 24' Szűcs 63'

November 10, 1971 20:30	France	2–1	Bulgaria	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes Attendance: 9,405 Referee: Taylor (England)
	Lech 64' Loubet 87'		Bonev 54' (p)

December 4, 1971 14:30	Bulgaria	2–1	France	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 18,057 Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)
	Zhekov 47' Mihailov 82'		Blanchet 84'

[edit] Group 3

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	England		1 - 1	3 - 0	5 - 0	11	6	5	1	0	15	3
2.	Switzerland	2 - 3		1 - 0	5 - 0	9	6	4	1	1	12	5
3.	Greece	0 - 2	0 - 1		2 - 0	3	6	1	1	4	3	8
4.	Malta	0 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 1		1	6	0	1	5	2	16

October 11, 1970 15:00	Malta	1–1	Greece	Empire Stadium, Gzira Attendance: 8,689 Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
	Vassallo 66'		Kritikopoulos 88'

December 16, 1970 14:45	Greece	0–1	Switzerland	Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens) Attendance: 30,699 Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
			Müller 85'

December 20, 1970 14:30	Malta	1–2	Switzerland	Empire Stadium, Gzira Attendance: 4,739 Referee: Rusev (Bulgaria)
	Theobald 57' (p)		Quentin 50' Künzli 59'

February 3, 1971 15:00	Malta	0–1	England	Empire Stadium, Gzira Attendance: 29,751 Referee: Marschall (Austria)
			Peters 35'

April 21, 1971 19:45	Switzerland	5–0	Malta	Allmend Stadion, Lucerne Attendance: 16,470 Referee: Michaelsen (Denmark)
	Blättler 14' Künzli 17' Quentin 26' Citherlet 28' Müller 30'

April 21, 1971 19:30	England	3–0	Greece	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 55,123 Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
	Chivers 23' Hurst 68' Lee 87'

May 12, 1971 19:45	England	5–0	Malta	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 41,534 Referee: Røed (Norway)
	Chivers 29', 48'(*) Lee 41' Clarke 47' (p) Lawler 75'

(*)NOTE: The fourth goal is also reported at 59'.

May 12, 1971 20:00	Switzerland	1–0	Greece	Wankdorf Stadion, Berne Attendance: 32,770 Referee: Jones (Wales) /injured 29'/ from 29' Reynolds (Wales)
	Odermatt 73'

June 18, 1971 21:00	Greece	2–0	Malta	Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens) Attendance: 9,561 Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)
	Davourlis 60' Aidiniou 80'

October 13, 1971 20:00	Switzerland	2–3	England	St. Jakob-Park, Basle Attendance: 47,877 Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
	Jeandupeux 10' Künzli 44'		Hurst 1' Chivers 12' Weibel 78' (og)

November 10, 1971 19:45	England	1–1	Switzerland	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 90,423 Referee: Bărbulescu (Romania)
	Summerbee 9'		Odermatt 26'

December 1, 1971 14:45	Greece	0–2	England	Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens) Attendance: 34,014 Referee: Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
			Hurst 57' Chivers 90'

[edit] Group 4

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	USSR		2 - 1	1 - 0	6 - 1	10	6	4	2	0	13	4
2.	Spain	0 - 0		3 - 0	7 - 0	8	6	3	2	1	14	3
3.	Northern Ireland	1 - 1	1 - 1		5 - 0	6	6	2	2	2	10	6
4.	Cyprus	1 - 3	0 - 2	0 - 3		0	6	0	0	6	2	26

November 11, 1970 20:30	Spain	3–0	Northern Ireland	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 26,215 Referee: Emsberger (Hungary)
	Rexach 39' Pirri 59' Luis Aragonés 76'

November 15, 1970 15:00	Cyprus	1–3	USSR	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 8,980 Referee: Kostovski (Yugoslavia)
	Charalambous 42'		Kolotov 10' Yevryuzhikhin 16' Shevchenko 50'

February 3, 1971 15:00	Cyprus	0–3	Northern Ireland	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 9,119 Referee: Francescon (Italy)
			Nicholson 53' Dougan 55' Best 86' (p)

April 21, 1971 19:45	Northern Ireland	5–0	Cyprus	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 19,153 Referee: Colling (Luxembourg)
	Dougan 20' Best 44', 47', 56' Nicholson 85'

May 9, 1971 16:30	Cyprus	0–2	Spain	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,818 Referee: Bărbulescu (Romania)
			Pirri 3' Violeta 86'

May 30, 1971 18:30	USSR	2–1	Spain	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 81,700 Referee: Biwersi (West Germany)
	Kolotov 79' Shevchenko 83'		Rexach 88'

June 7, 1971 19:30	USSR	6–1	Cyprus	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 21,159 Referee: Beijar (Finland)
	Fedotov 4', 86' Yevryuzhikhin 23', 38' Kolotov 59' Banishevski 85'		S.Michael 75'

September 22, 1971 19:30	USSR	1–0	Northern Ireland	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 51,186 Referee: Dahlberg (Sweden)
	Muntyan 43' (p)

October 13, 1971 16:00	Northern Ireland	1–1	USSR	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Nyhus (Norway)
	Nicholson 13'		Byshovets 32'

October 27, 1971 20:30	Spain	0–0	USSR	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 40,169 Referee: Burtenshaw (England)

November 24, 1971 20:00	Spain	7–0	Cyprus	Estadio Los Cármenes, Granada Attendance: 19,176 Referee: Cassar Naudi (Malta)
	Pirri 8', 47' (p) Quino 15', 23' Aguilar 63' Lora 66' Rojo I 75'

February 16, 1972 15:00	Northern Ireland	1–1	Spain	Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull Attendance: 19,925 Referee: Taylor (England)
	Morgan 72'		Rojo I 41'

[edit] Group 5

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Belgium		3 - 0	3 - 0	2 - 0	9	6	4	1	1	11	3
2.	Portugal	1 - 1		2 - 0	5 - 0	7	6	3	1	2	10	6
3.	Scotland	1 - 0	2 - 1		1 - 0	6	6	3	0	3	4	7
4.	Denmark	1 - 2	0 - 1	1 - 0		2	6	1	0	5	2	11

October 14, 1970 19:00	Denmark	0–1	Portugal	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 17,317 Referee: Callaghan (Wales)
			Jacinto João 40'

November 11, 1970 20:00	Scotland	1–0	Denmark	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 24,618 Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
	O'Hare 14'

November 25, 1970 20:00	Belgium	2–0	Denmark	Stade Klokke, Bruges Attendance: 9,697 Referee: Carpenter (Rep. of Ireland)
	Devrindt 18', 35'

February 3, 1971 20:00	Belgium	3–0	Scotland	Stade Sclessin, Liège Attendance: 13,931 Referee: Sbardella (Italy)
	McKinnon 34' (og) Van Himst 55', 83' (p)

February 17, 1971 20:00	Belgium	3–0	Portugal	Stade Émile Versé, Brussels Attendance: 26,921 Referee: Pintado Viu (Spain)
	Lambert 15', 63' (p) De Nul 80'(*)

(*)NOTE: The third goal is also reported at 75'

April 21, 1971 21:30	Portugal	2–0	Scotland	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 35,463 Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
	Stanton 22'(*) (og) Eusébio 82'

(*)NOTE: The first goal is also reported at 33'

May 12, 1971 21:30	Portugal	5–0	Denmark	Estádio das Antas, Oporto Attendance: 16,391 Referee: Wright (Northern Ireland)
	Rui Rodrigues 17' Eusébio 42' Vítor Baptista 47', 51' Sandvad(*) 88' (og)

(*)NOTE: Another source states António Simões scored Portugal's 5th goal.

May 26, 1971 19:00	Denmark	1–2	Belgium	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 27,266 Referee: Sirevaag (Norway)
	Bjerre 76'		Devrindt 65', 75'

June 9, 1971 19:00	Denmark	1–0	Scotland	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 37,682 Referee: Riedel (East Germany)
	Laudrup 43'

October 13, 1971 20:00	Scotland	2–1	Portugal	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 58,612 Referee: Piotrowicz (Poland)
	O'Hare 23' Gemmill 58'		Rui Rodrigues 57'

November 10, 1971 19:30	Scotland	1–0	Belgium	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Boström (Sweden)
	O'Hare 5'

November 21, 1971 15:00	Portugal	1–1	Belgium	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 53,577 Referee: Burns (England)
	Peres 90 (p)		Lambert 60'

[edit] Group 6

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Italy		2 - 2	3 - 0	3 - 0	10	6	4	2	0	12	4
2.	Austria	1 - 2		1 - 0	6 - 0	7	6	3	1	2	14	6
3.	Sweden	0 - 0	1 - 0		1 - 0	6	6	2	2	2	3	5
4.	Republic of Ireland	1 - 2	1 - 4	1 - 1		1	6	0	1	5	3	17

October 14, 1970 20:00	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden	Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 28,194 Referee: Héliès (France)
	Carroll 44' (p)		Brzokoupil 61'

October 28, 1970 19:00	Sweden	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm) Attendance: 11,922 Referee: Kazakov (USSR)
	Turesson 74'

October 31, 1970 15:00	Austria	1–2	Italy	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 54,953 Referee: van Ravens (Netherlands)
	Parits 29'		De Sisti 27' Mazzola 34'

December 8, 1970 14:30	Italy	3–0	Republic of Ireland	Stadio Comunale, Florence Attendance: 41,092 Referee: Schaut (Belgium)
	De Sisti 22' (p) Boninsegna 42' Prati 84'

May 10, 1971 19:00	Republic of Ireland	1–2	Italy	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 22,613 Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany)
	Conway 23'		Boninsegna 15' Prati 59'

May 26, 1971 19:00	Sweden	1–0	Austria	Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm) Attendance: 5,416 Referee: Eksztajn (Poland)
	Olsson 62'

May 30, 1971 15:30	Republic of Ireland	1–4	Austria	Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 14,674 Referee: Øberg (Norway)
	Rogers 50' (p)		Schmidradner 4' (p) Kodat 11' J.Dunne 30' (og) Starek 72'

June 9, 1971 19:00	Sweden	0–0	Italy	Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm) Attendance: 36,528 Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland)

September 4, 1971 15:00	Austria	1–0	Sweden	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 38,274 Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
	Stering 23'

October 9, 1971 14:30	Italy	3–0	Sweden	Stadio San Siro, Milan Attendance: 65,582 Referee: Machin (France)
	Riva 3', 83' Boninsegna 41'

October 10, 1971 15:00	Austria	6–0	Republic of Ireland	Linzer Stadion, Linz Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Göppel (Switzerland)
	Jara 12', 85' Pirkner 40' (p) Parits 45', 52', 90'

November 20, 1971 14:30	Italy	2–2	Austria	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 58,752 Referee: Emsberger (Hungary)
	Prati 10' De Sisti 75'		Jara 36' Sara(*) 59'

(*)NOTE: The Austria's second goal is also reported as an own goal by Sergio Santarini.

[edit] Group 7

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Yugoslavia		2 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	9	6	3	3	0	7	2
2.	Netherlands	1 - 1		3 - 2	6 - 0	7	6	3	1	2	18	6
3.	East Germany	1 - 2	1 - 0		2 - 1	7	6	3	1	2	11	6
4.	Luxembourg	0 - 2	0 - 8	0 - 5		1	6	0	1	5	1	23

October 11, 1970 14:30	Netherlands	1–1	Yugoslavia	Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 56,200 Referee: Mullan (Scotland)
	Israël 49' (p)		Džajić 22'

October 14, 1970 19:30	Luxembourg	0–2	Yugoslavia	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Attendance: 5,163 Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
			Bukal 44', 62'

November 11, 1970 18:30	East Germany	1–0	Netherlands	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden Attendance: 30,089 Referee: Liedberg (Sweden)
	Ducke 56'

November 15, 1970 14:45	Luxembourg	0–5	East Germany	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Bucheli (Switzerland)
			Vogel 21' Kreische 29', 36', 39', 78'

February 24, 1971 20:30	Netherlands	6–0	Luxembourg	Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 38,117 Referee: Bajrami (Albania)
	Lippens 26' Keizer 53', 80' Cruijff 59', 69' Suurbier 83'

April 4, 1971 15:00	Yugoslavia	2–0	Netherlands	Stadion pod Marjanom, Split Attendance: 15,563 Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)
	Jerković 8' Džajić 84'

April 24, 1971 15:00	East Germany	2–1	Luxembourg	Stadion der Freundschaft, Gera Attendance: 11,276 Referee: Wilson (Northern Ireland)
	Kreische 31' Frenzel 88'		Dussier 90'

May 9, 1971 15:00	East Germany	1–2	Yugoslavia	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 94,876 Referee: Schiller (Austria)
	Löwe 70'		Filipović 11' Džajić 20'

October 10, 1971 14:30	Netherlands	3–2	East Germany	Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 48,037 Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
	Hulshoff 25' Keizer 52', 72'(*)		Vogel 10', 82'

(*)NOTE: The Dutch third goal is also reported at 63'.

October 16, 1971 14:30	Yugoslavia	0–0	East Germany	Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 2,340 Referee: Taylor (England)

October 27, 1971 14:30	Yugoslavia	0–0	Luxembourg	Stadion pod Goricom, Titograd Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Sarvan (Turkey)

November 17, 1971 20:00	Luxembourg	0–8	Netherlands	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 12,561 Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
			Cruijff 4', 14', 60' Keizer 7' Pahlplatz 12' Hulshoff 37' Hoekema 54' Israël 82'

[edit] Group 8

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	West Germany		0 - 0	1 - 1	2 - 0	10	6	4	2	0	10	2
2.	Poland	1 - 3		5 - 1	3 - 0	6	6	2	2	2	10	6
3.	Turkey	0 - 3	1 - 0		2 - 1	5	6	2	1	3	5	13
4.	Albania	0 - 1	1 - 1	3 - 0		3	6	1	1	4	5	9

October 14, 1970 17:30	Poland	3–0	Albania	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Attendance: 12,260* Referee: Kouniaides (Cyprus)
	Gadocha 19' Lubański 83' Szołtysik 90'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 8,507

October 17, 1970 15:30	West Germany	1–1	Turkey	Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne Attendance: 52,204 Referee: Bonett (Malta)
	Müller 36' (p)		Kamuran 16'

December 13, 1970 00:00	Turkey	2–1	Albania	İnönü Stadı, Istanbul Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Biróczky (Hungary)
	Metin 3' Cemil 43'		Ziu 22'

February 17, 1971 14:30	Albania	0–1	West Germany	Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 18,082 Referee: Bechirov (Bulgaria)
			Müller 38'

April 25, 1971 15:00	Turkey	0–3	West Germany	İnönü Stadı, Istanbul Attendance: 38,097 Referee: Kruashvili (USSR)
			Müller 43', 47' Köppel 72'

May 12, 1971 16:00	Albania	1–1	Poland	Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 18,182 Referee: Héliès (France)
	Zhega 32'		Banaś 7'

June 12, 1971 15:30	West Germany	2–0	Albania	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 44,833 Referee: Latsios (Greece)
	Netzer 18' Grabowski 44'

September 22, 1971 15:15	Poland	5–1	Turkey	Stadion Wisła, Kraków Attendance: 20,241 Referee: Queudeville (Luxembourg)
	Bula 33' Lubański 62', 73', 90' Gadocha 69'		Nihat 83'

October 10, 1971 12:00	Poland	1–3	West Germany	Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw Attendance: 63,300 Referee: Marschall (Austria)
	Gadocha 27'		Müller 29', 64' Grabowski 70'

November 14, 1971 14:00	Albania	3–0	Turkey	Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 18,159 Referee: Pláček (Czechoslovakia)
	Përnaska 22', 57' Pano 64'

November 17, 1971 15:00	West Germany	0–0	Poland	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 60,448 Referee: Mullan (Scotland)

December 5, 1971 14:30	Turkey	1–0	Poland	Atatürk Stadı, İzmir Attendance: 57,794 Referee: Nikolov (Bulgaria)
	Cemil 52'

[edit] Quarter-finals

Italy vs Belgium

April 29, 1972 15:30 First Leg	Italy	0–0	Belgium	Stadio San Siro, Milan Attendance: 63,549 Referee: Nikolov (Bulgaria)

May 13, 1972 20:00 Second Leg	Belgium	2–1	Italy	Stade Émile Versé, Brussels Attendance: 26,561 Referee: Schiller (Austria)
	Van Moer 23' Van Himst 71'		Riva 86' (p)

Belgium won 2–1 on aggregete

England vs West Germany

April 29, 1972 19:45 First Leg	England	1–3	West Germany	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 96,800 Referee: Héliès (France)
	Lee 77'		Hoeneß 26' Netzer 85' (p) Müller 88'

May 13, 1972 16:00 Second Leg	West Germany	0–0	England	Olympiastadion, West Berlin Attendance: 76,122 Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

West Germany won 3–1 on aggregate

Hungary vs Romania

April 29, 1972 17:00 First Leg	Hungary	1–1	Romania	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 68,585 Referee: Smith (England)
	Branikovits 11'		Sătmăreanu 56'

May 14, 1972 17:00 Second Leg	Romania	2–2	Hungary	Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 60,300 Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)
	Dobrin 14' Neagu 81'		Szőke 5' Kocsis 36'

May 17, 1972 20:00 Replay	Hungary	2–1	Romania	Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 32,130 Referee: Mihas (Greece)
	Kocsis 26' Szőke 89'		Neagu 32'

Hungary won 5–4 on aggregate (After Replay; After Second Leg: 3-3)

Yugoslavia vs USSR

April 30, 1972 16:00 First Leg	Yugoslavia	0–0	USSR	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 58,312 Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland)

May 13, 1972 17:00 Second Leg	USSR	3–0	Yugoslavia	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 90,300 Referee: Angonese (Italy)
	Kolotov 53' Banishevski 74' Kozinkevich 90'