UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

Qualification for
championships (UEFA)

The qualifying round for the 1968 European Football Championship consisted of 31 teams divided into eight groups; seven of four teams and one of three 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.

Contents

First round

Group 1

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Spain 8 6 3 2 1 6 2
2.  Czechoslovakia 7 6 3 1 2 8 4
3.  Republic of Ireland 5 6 2 1 3 5 8
4.  Turkey 4 6 1 2 3 3 8
October 23, 1966
15:30
 Republic of Ireland  0–0  Spain Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 38,877
Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden)
November 16, 1966
20:00
 Republic of Ireland  2–1  Turkey Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 22,480
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)
O'Neill 60'
McEvoy 74'		 Ogün 88'
December 7, 1966
00:00
 Spain  2–0  Republic of Ireland Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Pieter Romer (Netherlands)
José María 21'
Pirri 35'
February 1, 1967
00:00
 Turkey  0–0  Spain Ali Sami Yen Stadı, Istanbul
Attendance: 27,262
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)
February 22, 1967
15:00
 Turkey  2–1  Republic of Ireland 19 Mayıs Stadı, Ankara
Attendance: 31,063
Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev (Bulgaria)
Ayhan 35'
Ogün 79'		 Cantwell 89'
May 21, 1967
15:30
 Republic of Ireland  0–2  Czechoslovakia Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 12,000 *
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Szikora 16'
Masný 47'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 6,257

May 31, 1967
00:00
 Spain  2–0  Turkey Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 27,336
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)
Grosso 63'
Gento 81'
June 18, 1967
17:00
 Czechoslovakia  3–0  Turkey Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava
Attendance: 17,839
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Adamec 25', 70'
Jurkanin 74'
October 1, 1967
15:00
 Czechoslovakia  1–0  Spain Stadión dr. Vacka "Eden" (Slavia), Prague
Attendance: 20,354
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Horváth 47'
October 22, 1967
20:00
 Spain  2–1  Czechoslovakia Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 35,000 *
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)
Pirri 33'
Gárate 62'		 Kuna 75'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 25,314

November 15, 1967
18:30
 Turkey  0–0  Czechoslovakia 19 Mayıs Stadı, Ankara
Attendance: 19,760 *
Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu (Romania)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

November 22, 1967
14:00
 Czechoslovakia  1–2  Republic of Ireland Stadión dr. Vacka "Eden" (Slavia), Prague
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)
Dempsey 57'(og) Treacy 65'
O'Connor 86'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 7,615

Group 2

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Bulgaria 10 6 4 2 0 10 2
2.  Portugal 6 6 2 2 2 6 6
3.  Sweden 5 6 2 1 3 9 12
4.  Norway 3 6 1 1 4 9 14
November 13, 1966
15:00
 Bulgaria  4–2  Norway Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 20,762 *
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)
Tsanev 18', 43'
Zhekov 42', 85'		 Hasund 59', 86'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000

November 13, 1966
15:00
 Portugal  1–2  Sweden Estádio Nacional, Oeiras(Lisbon)
Attendance: 18,244 *
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)
Graça 21' Danielsson 29', 86'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

June 1, 1967
19:00
 Sweden  1–1  Portugal Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 49,689
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
Svensson 90' Custódio Pinto 19'
June 8, 1967
19:00
 Norway  1–2  Portugal Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 29,993
Referee: William Syme (Scotland)
Iversen 35' Eusébio 15', 60'
June 11, 1967
16:00
 Sweden  0–2  Bulgaria Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 24,271
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Zhekov 23'
Dermendjiev 82'
June 29, 1967
19:00
 Norway  0–0  Bulgaria Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 25,545
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)
September 3, 1967
13:15
 Norway  3–1  Sweden Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 32,151
Referee: Jan Pawlik (Poland)
Sunde 23'
Birkeland 47'
Berg 80'		 Nordahl 19'

NOTE: The sequence of the Norwegian goals in other sources: 1-1 Berg (23'), 2-1 Birkeland (47'), 3-1 Sunde (80').

November 5, 1967
14:00
 Sweden  5–2  Norway Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 14,078
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
Turesson 15', 86'
Danielsson 39'
Eriksson 48', 85'		 Iversen 57'(p)
Nilsen 90'
November 12, 1967
15:00
 Portugal  2–1  Norway Estádio das Antas, Oporto
Attendance: 20,500 *
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
Torres 30'
Jaime Graça 64'		 Nilsen 40'

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

November 12, 1967
15:00
 Bulgaria  3–0  Sweden Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 16,479 **
Referee: Josip Horvat (Yugoslavia)
Kotkov(*) 43'
Mitkov(*) 44'
Asparuhov 75'

(*)NOTE: The sequence of the Bulgaria's goals in other sources: 1-0 Mitkov (43'), 2-0 Kotkov (44')
(**)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 28,000

November 26, 1967
14:30
 Bulgaria  1–0  Portugal Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 39,795 *
Referee: Anvar Zverev (USSR)
Dermendjiev 63'

(*) NOTE: Attendance also reported as 55,000

December 17, 1967
16:00
 Portugal  0–0  Bulgaria Estádio Nacional, Oeiras(Lisbon)
Attendance: 13,408 *
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 20,000

Group 3

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Soviet Union 10 6 5 0 1 16 6
2.  Greece 5 6 2 1 3 7 8
3.  Austria 5 6 2 1 3 7 9
4.  Finland 2 6 0 2 4 5 12

* (abandoned at 1-1; game declared void)

October 2, 1966
14:00
 Finland  0–0  Austria Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,070
Referee: Peter Coates (Rep. of Ireland)
October 16, 1966
15:30
 Greece  2–1  Finland Kaftatzoglio Stadio, Salonika
Attendance: 28,478
Referee: Zdeněk Valeš (Czechoslovakia)
Alexiadis 39', 86' Mäkipää 57'
May 10, 1967
18:00
 Finland  1–1  Greece Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands)
Peltonen 18' Chaitas 39'
June 11, 1967
19:00
 Soviet Union  4–3  Austria Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 72,142
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)
Malofeyev 25'
Byshovets 36'
Chislenko(*) 43'
Streltsov 80'		 Hof 38'
Wolny 54'
Siber 71'

(*)NOTE: It is also reported that the third Soviet goal was an own goal by Helmut Wartusch.

July 16, 1967
19:00
 Soviet Union  4–0  Greece Central Stadium Dynamo, Tbilisi
Attendance: 28,040
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)
Banishevski 50', 77'
Sabo 72' (p)
Chislenko 83'
August 30, 1967
19:00
 Soviet Union  2–0  Finland Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 20,597
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)
Khurtsilava 14'
Chislenko 80'
September 6, 1967
17:30
 Finland  2–5  Soviet Union Kupittaan Stadion, Turku
Attendance: 7,793
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)
Peltonen 18' (p)
Syrjävaara 25'		 Sabo 2', 56' (p)
Maslov 14'
Banishevski 35'
Malofeyev 63'
September 24, 1967
15:00
 Austria  2–1  Finland Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 25,231
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Flögel 17'
Grausam 81'		 Peltonen 57'
October 4, 1967
20:30
 Greece  4–1  Austria Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)
Attendance: 34,552
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)
Sideris 28', 34' (p), 63'
Papaioannou 75'		 Grausam 62'
October 15, 1967
14:30
 Austria  1–0  Soviet Union Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria)
Grausam 49'
October 31, 1967
15:30
 Greece  0–1  Soviet Union Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus(Athens)
Attendance: 33,588
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Malofeyev 50'
November 5, 1967
14:30
 Austria  1–1  Greece Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 31,996
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)
Siber 32' Sideris 71'

The match was abandoned at 83' because of fans disturbance in the stadium.Match declared void by the UEFA decision.

Group 4

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Yugoslavia 6 4 3 0 1 8 3
2.  West Germany 5 4 2 1 1 9 2
3.  Albania 1 4 0 1 3 0 12
April 8, 1967
00:00
 West Germany  6–0  Albania Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
Müller 6', 25', 73', 85'(p)
Löhr 77', 79'
May 3, 1967
00:00
 Yugoslavia  1–0  West Germany Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
Skoblar 64'
May 14, 1967
00:00
 Albania  0–2  Yugoslavia Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 18,573
Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)
Zambata 23', 56'
October 7, 1967
00:00
 West Germany  3–1  Yugoslavia Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 70,573
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Löhr 11'
Müller 71'
Seeler 87'		 Zambata 46'
November 12, 1967
00:00
 Yugoslavia  4–0  Albania Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)
Sprečo 44'
Osim 52', 81'
Lazarević 70'
December 17, 1967
00:00
 Albania  0–0  West Germany Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 21,889
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Group 5

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Hungary 9 6 4 1 1 15 5
2.  East Germany 7 6 3 1 2 10 10
3.  Netherlands 5 6 2 1 3 11 11
4.  Denmark 3 6 1 1 4 6 16
September 7, 1966
20:30
 Netherlands  2–2  Hungary Feyenoord Stadion (De Kuip), Rotterdam
Attendance: 61,600
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)
Pijs 35'
Cruijff 52'		 Molnár 70'
Mészöly 88'
September 21, 1966
18:30
 Hungary  6–0  Denmark Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 18,487
Referee: Petros Tzouvaras(*) (Greece)
Albert 1', 32'
Mészöly 10' (p)
Bene 14'
Farkas 37'
Varga 83'

(*)NOTE: in other sources Alexandros Monastiriotis

November 30, 1966
20:30
 Netherlands  2–0  Denmark Feyenoord Stadion (De Kuip), Rotterdam
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)
Swart 58'
van der Kuijlen 73'
April 5, 1967
17:00
 East Germany  4–3  Netherlands Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson (Iceland)
Vogel 50'
Frenzel 62', 78', 85'		 Mulder 10'
Keizer 12', 65'
May 10, 1967
19:15
 Hungary  2–1  Netherlands Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 24,352
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)
Mészöly 7' (p)
Farkas 30'		 Suurbier 63'
May 24, 1967
19:00
 Denmark  0–2  Hungary Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 35,200
Referee: William John Gow (Wales)
Albert(*) 30'
Bene 70'

(*)NOTE: The first goal is also reported as an own goal by Erik Sandvad.

June 4, 1967
13:30
 Denmark  1–1  East Germany Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 23,700
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
Bjerre 65' (p) Löwe 5'
September 13, 1967
20:15
 Netherlands  1–0  East Germany Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)
Cruijff 2'
September 27, 1967
18:00
 Hungary  3–1  East Germany Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 69,871
Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)
Farkas 9', 48', 50' Frenzel 58'
October 4, 1967
19:00
 Denmark  3–2  Netherlands Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 35,200
Referee: Malcolm Hall Wright (Northern Ireland)
Bjerre 44' (p), 71'
Søndergaard 53'		 Suurbier 74'
Israël 76'
October 11, 1967
17:00
 East Germany  3–2  Denmark Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)
Körner 35' (p)
Pankau 59', 73'		 Dyreborg 25'
Søndergaard 38'
October 29, 1967
14:00
 East Germany  1–0  Hungary Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 48,872
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
Frenzel 51'

Group 6

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Italy 11 6 5 1 0 17 3
2.  Romania 6 6 3 0 3 18 14
3.  Switzerland 5 6 2 1 3 17 13
4.  Cyprus 2 6 1 0 5 3 25
November 2, 1966
14:45
 Romania  4–2  Switzerland Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
Attendance: 14,209
Referee: James Finney (England)
Dridea 8'
Frăţilă 11', 25', 38'		 Künzli 54'
Odermatt 70'
November 26, 1966
14:30
  Italy 3–1  Romania Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Mazzola 30', 67'
Depaoli 43'		 Dobrin 7'
December 3, 1966
14:30
 Cyprus  1–5  Romania GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)
Pierides 32' Dridea 49', 82'
Lucescu 51'
Frăţilă 65', 74'
March 22, 1967
15:45
 Cyprus  0–2  Italy GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 5,380
Referee: Atanas Stavrev Kiryakov (Bulgaria)
Domenghini 76'
Facchetti 88'
April 23, 1967
16:30
 Romania  7–0  Cyprus Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 9,412
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Lucescu 4'
Martinovici 15'
Dumitriu 24', 52', 77'
I.Ionescu 47', 86'
May 24, 1967
20:00
 Switzerland  7–1  Romania Hardturm Stadion, Zürich
Attendance: 21,337
Referee: Robert Lacoste (France)
Künzli 12', 67'
Quentin 15', 32'
Blättler 46', 59'
Odermatt 63'		 Dobrin 70'
June 25, 1967
17:30
 Romania  0–1  Italy Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 54,300
Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)
Bertini 81'
November 1, 1967
14:30
 Italy  5–0  Cyprus Stadio San Vito, Cosenza
Attendance: 22,059
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)
Mazzola 12', 22'
Riva 46', 55', 59'
November 8, 1967
20:30
 Switzerland  5–0  Cyprus Stadio Comunale di Cornaredo, Lugano
Attendance: 3,737
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Blättler 32', 55'
Künzli 43'
Dürr 58' (p)
Odermatt 73'
November 18, 1967
14:45
 Switzerland  2–2  Italy Wankdorf Stadion, Berne
Attendance: 53,137
Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)
Quentin 34'
Künzli 68'		 Riva 66', 85' (p)
December 23, 1967
14:30
 Italy  4–0  Switzerland Stadio Amsicora, Cagliari
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)
Mazzola 3'
Riva 13'
Domenghini 45', 67'
February 17, 1968
15:15
 Cyprus  2–1  Switzerland GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)
Asprou 22'
Papadopoulos 46'		 Kattos 9' (og)

Group 7

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  France 9 6 4 1 1 14 6
2.  Belgium 7 6 3 1 2 14 9
3.  Poland 7 6 3 1 2 13 9
4.  Luxembourg 1 6 0 1 5 1 18
October 2, 1966
12:00
 Poland  4–0  Luxembourg Stadion Pogoń, Szczecin
Attendance: 10,840
Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)
Jarosik 49'
Liberda 54'
Grzegorczyk 73'
Sadek 88'
October 22, 1966
15:00
 France  2–1  Poland Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 23,524
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Di Nallo 26'
Lech 85'		 Grzegorczyk 61'
November 11, 1966
15:00
 Belgium  2–1  France Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 43,404
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)
Van Himst 51', 54' Lech 67'
November 26, 1966
15:00
 Luxembourg  0–3  France Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Herbet 8'
Revelli 40'
Lech 41'
March 19, 1967
16:00
 Luxembourg  0–5  Belgium Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 9,107
Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)
Van Himst 20', 36'
Stockman 29', 60', 73'
April 16, 1967
16:00
 Luxembourg  0–0  Poland Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 7,229
Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)
May 21, 1967
12:00
 Poland  3–1  Belgium Stadion Śląski, Chorzów
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Toimi Olkku (Finland)
Lubański 28', 41'
Szołtysik 72'		 Puis 52'
September 17, 1967
13:00
 Poland  1–4  France Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw
Attendance: 51,010
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Brychczy 26' Herbin 13'
Di Nallo 33', 85'
Guy 63'
October 8, 1967
15:00
 Belgium  2–4  Poland Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 35,897
Referee: Juan Garay Gardeazábal (Spain)
Devrindt 15', 35' Żmijewski 26', 52', 70'
Brychczy 45'
October 28, 1967
15:00
 France  1–1  Belgium Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
Attendance: 14,591
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)
Herbin 84' Claessen 37'
November 22, 1967
19:30
 Belgium  3–0  Luxembourg Stade Klokke, Bruges
Attendance: 6,745
Referee: William O'Neill (Northern Ireland)
Thio 62', 77'
Claessen 65'
December 23, 1967
14:30
 France  3–1  Luxembourg Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 7,320
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)
Loubet 42', 47', 53' Klein 1'

Group 8

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  England 9 6 4 1 1 15 5
2.  Scotland 8 6 3 2 1 10 8
3.  Wales 4 6 1 2 3 6 12
4.  Northern Ireland 3 6 1 1 4 2 8

Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 British Home Championships.

October 22, 1966
00:00
 Wales  1–1  Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 33,269
Referee: Kenneth Dagnall (England)
R.Davies 76' Law 86'
October 22, 1966
15:00
 Northern Ireland  0–2  England Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 47,897
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
Hunt 40'
Peters 60'
November 16, 1966
20:00
 Scotland  2–1  Northern Ireland Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 45,281
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)
Murdoch 14'
Lennox 35'		 Nicholson 9'
November 16, 1966
00:00
 England  5–1  Wales Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,380
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)
Hurst 30', 34'
B.Charlton 43'
Hennessey 65' (og)
J.Charlton 84'		 W.Davies 36'
April 12, 1967
19:30
 Northern Ireland  0–0  Wales Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 17,643
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
April 15, 1967
00:00
 England  2–3  Scotland Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 99,063
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
J.Charlton 84'
Hurst 88'		 Law 27'
Lennox 78'
McCalliog 87'
October 21, 1967
00:00
 Wales  0–3  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 44,960
Referee: John Robertson P. Gordon (Scotland)
Peters 34'
B.Charlton 87'
Ball 90' (p)
October 21, 1967
15:00
 Northern Ireland  1–0  Scotland Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: James Finney (England)
Clements 67'
November 22, 1967
00:00
 Scotland  3–2  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 57,472
Referee: James Finney (England)
Gilzean 15', 65'
McKinnon 78'		 R.Davies 18'
Durban 55'
November 22, 1967
19:45
 England  2–0  Northern Ireland Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 83,969
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Hurst 43'
B.Charlton 62'
February 24, 1968
15:00
 Scotland  1–1  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 134,461
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Hughes 39' Peters 20'
February 28, 1968
19:15
 Wales  2–0  Northern Ireland The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Attendance: 17,548
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
Rees 75'
R.Davies 84'

Quarter Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Bulgaria  3–4  Italy 3–2 0–2
Hungary  2–3  Soviet Union 2–0 0–3
England  3–1  Spain 1–0 2–1
France  2–6  Yugoslavia 1–1 1–5

Bulgaria vs Italy

April 6, 1968
17:00
First Leg
 Bulgaria  3 – 2  Italy Vasil Levski, Sofia
Attendance: 70.000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (FRG)
Kotkov 12' (pen)
Dermendzhiev 66'
Zhekov 73'		 Penev 60' (og)
Prati 83'
April 20, 1968
16:00
Second Leg
 Italy  2 – 0  Bulgaria Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 95.000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (SUI)
Prati 14'
Domenghini 55'

Italy won 4 – 3 on aggregete

Hungary vs USSR

May 4, 1968
17:00
First Leg
 Hungary  2 – 0  Soviet Union Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 80.000
Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (NED)
Farkas 22'
Göröcs 84'
May 11, 1968
19:30
Second Leg
 Soviet Union  3 – 0  Hungary Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 102.000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (FRG)
Solymosi 22' (og)
Khurtsilava 59'
Byshovets 72'

Soviet Union won 3 – 2 on aggregate

England vs Spain

April 3, 1968
19:45
First Leg
 England  1 – 0  Spain Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 100.000
Referee: Gilbert Droz (SUI)
B. Charlton 84'
May 8, 1968
20:30
Second Leg
 Spain  1 – 2  England Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 120.000
Referee: Josef Krnavek (TCH)
Amancio 48' Peters 55'
Hunter 81'

England won 3 – 1 on aggregate

France vs Yugoslavia

April 6, 1968
16:00
First Leg
 France  1 – 1  Yugoslavia Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 35.423
Referee: Erwin Vetter (FRG)
Di Nallo 78' Musemić 66'
April 24, 1968
16:30
Second Leg
 Yugoslavia  5 – 1  France Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 70.900
Referee: Paul Schiller (AUT)
Petković 3', 33'
Musemić 12', 80'
Džajić 24'		 Di Nallo 34'

Yugoslavia won 6 – 2 on aggregate

Italy, Soviet Union, England and Yugoslavia qualified for the final tournament.

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