UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying

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.

Qualified nations

  Qualified
  Did not qualify – First Round
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Country Method of qualificationFinals appearanceDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Belgium Quarter-finals winner 1st 13 May 1972 0 (debut)
 Soviet Union Quarter-finals winner 4th 13 May 1972 3 (1960, 1964, 1968)
 West Germany Quarter-finals winner 1st 13 May 1972 0 (debut)
 Hungary Quarter-finals winner 2nd 17 May 1972 1 (1964)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Drawing of lots

Groups

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania Czechoslovakia Wales Finland
1  Romania 6 4 1 1 11 2 +9 9 Advance to play-offs — 2–1 2–0 3–0
2  Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9 1–0 — 1–0 1–1
3  Wales 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 5 0–0 1–3 — 3–0
4  Finland 6 0 1 5 1 16 −15 1 0–4 0–4 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary Bulgaria France Norway
1  Hungary 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9 Advance to play-offs — 2–0 1–1 4–0
2  Bulgaria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 3–0 — 2–1 1–1
3  France 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 7 0–2 2–1 — 3–1
4  Norway 6 0 1 5 5 18 −13 1 1–3 1–4 1–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Switzerland Greece Malta
1  England 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 11 Advance to play-offs — 1–1 3–0 5–0
2   Switzerland 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9 2–3 — 1–0 5–0
3  Greece 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 3 0–2 0–1 — 2–0
4  Malta 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1 0–1 1–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Soviet Union Spain Northern Ireland Cyprus
1  Soviet Union 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 10 Advance to play-offs — 2–1 1–0 6–1
2  Spain 6 3 2 1 14 3 +11 8 0–0 — 3–0 7–0
3  Northern Ireland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 1–1 1–1 — 5–0
4  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2 26 −24 0 1–3 0–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium Portugal Scotland Denmark
1  Belgium 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 9 Advance to play-offs — 3–0 3–0 2–0
2  Portugal 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7 1–1 — 2–0 5–0
3  Scotland 6 3 0 3 4 7 −3 6 1–0 2–1 — 1–0
4  Denmark 6 1 0 5 2 11 −9 2 1–2 0–1 1–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Austria Sweden Republic of Ireland
1  Italy 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 10 Advance to play-offs — 2–2 3–0 3–0
2  Austria 6 3 1 2 14 6 +8 7 1–2 — 1–0 6–0
3  Sweden 6 2 2 2 3 5 −2 6 0–0 1–0 — 1–0
4  Republic of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3 17 −14 1 1–2 1–4 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Netherlands East Germany Luxembourg
1  Yugoslavia 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to play-offs — 2–0 0–0 0–0
2  Netherlands 6 3 1 2 18 6 +12 7 1–1 — 3–2 6–0
3  East Germany 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 7 1–2 1–0 — 2–1
4  Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 1 23 −22 1 0–2 0–8 0–5 —
Source: UEFA

Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification West Germany Poland Turkey Albania
1  West Germany 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10 Advance to play-offs — 0–0 1–1 2–0
2  Poland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 1–3 — 5–1 3–0
3  Turkey 6 2 1 3 5 13 −8 5 0–3 1–0 — 2–1
4  Albania 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 3 0–1 1–1 3–0 —
Source: UEFA

Play-offs

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Italy  1–2  Belgium 0–0 1–2
Hungary  5–4  Romania 1–1 2–22–1
England  1–3  West Germany 1–3 0–0
Yugoslavia  0–3  Soviet Union 0–0 0–3
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