| Group | Qualified | Other teams | | Group A | West Germany | Denmark, Poland, Romania, Greece | | Group B | Italy | East Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Iceland | | Group C | Sweden | Hungary, Spain, Ireland, France | | Group D | Soviet Union | Bulgaria, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey. | | Group E | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Austria, Finland. |
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. West Germany | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16: | 4 | | 2. Denmark | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23: | 5 | | 3. Poland | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11: | 10 | | 4. Romania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5: | 17 | | 5. Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4: | 23 |
| Team | West | Denm | Pola | Roma | Gree | | West Germany | --- | 1:1 | 5:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Denmark | 0:1 | --- | 3:0 | 8:0 | 4:0 | | Poland | 1:1 | 2:0 | --- | 1:0 | 5:1 | | Romania | 1:0 | 1:2 | 0:0 | --- | 0:1 | | Greece | 0:2 | 0:5 | 0:1 | 2:3 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 18.04.87 | Romania | 1-0 | West Germany | 1-0 | | Cluj-Napoca ; Gavril Balint 2' | | 20.05.87 | Romania | 0-0 | Poland | 0-0 | | Cluj-Napoca | | 20.05.87 | Greece | 0-5 | Denmark | 0-3 | | Livadeiá ; Flemming Povlsen 12', Claus Nielsen 16' 27', Ulrik Moseby 77', Kim Vilfort 79' | | 10.06.87 | Denmark | 8-0 | Romania | 3-0 | | Aalborg ; Claus Nielsen 6' 66' 83', Ulrik Moseby 28', Bjørn Kristensen 30', Lars Olsen 51', Flemming Povlsen 77', John Jensen 79' | | 03.09.87 | Romania | 1-2 | Denmark | 0-1 | | Bacau ; Gavril Balint 84' pen / Kent Nielsen 20', Lars Olsen 68' | | 22.09.87 | West Germany | 3-0 | Greece | 1-0 | | Offenbach am Main ; Frank Mill 16' 86', Wolfram Wuttke 63' | | 13.10.87 | West Germany | 5-1 | Poland | 4-1 | | Osnabrück ; Jürgen Klinsmann 10' 43', Wolfram Wuttke 21', Frank Mill 23', Christian Hochstatter 90' / Kazimierz Sokolowski 34' | | 28.10.87 | Poland | 2-0 | Denmark | 0-1 | | Szczecin ; Kim Vilfort 25' 71' | | awarded 2-0 originally ended 0-2, but FIFA annonced on 13-11-87 that Denmark had fielded an ineligible player (Per Frimann), and thus the result was overturned, and Poland were awarded the match by a default score of 2-0. | | 18.11.87 | Denmark | 0-1 | West Germany | 0-0 | | Århus ; Wolfram Wuttke 52' ; | | 02.12.87 | Greece | 0-1 | Poland | | | Ioánnina ; Andrzej Rudy | | 12.12.87 | Greece | 0-2 | West Germany | 0-2 | | Lárisa ; Christian Schreier 32', Fritz Walter 34' | | 16.03.88 | Poland | 5-1 | Greece | | | Rybnik ; Grzegorz Wiezik 16', Jan Furtok x3 (1 pen), ? / Alexandros Tziolis 10' | | 30.03.88 | West Germany | 1-1 | Denmark | 0-0 | | Osnabrück ; Armin Görtz 56' / Claus Nielsen 75' | | 30.03.88 | Poland | 1-0 | Romania | 0-0 | | Piotrków Trybunalski ; Marek Lesniak 84' | | 13.04.88 | Romania | 0-1 | Greece | 0-1 | | Bucuresti ; Alexandros Alexiou 24' | | 20.04.88 | Denmark | 4-0 | Greece | 3-0 | | Aalborg ; Flemming Povlsen 5' 37', Brian Laudrup 23', Claus Nielsen 69' | | 27.04.88 | Poland | 1-1 | West Germany | 0-0 | | Chorzów ; Jan Furtok 76' pen / Frank Mill 89' | | 18.05.88 | Denmark | 3-0 | Poland | 1-0 | | Århus ; Bjørn Kristensen 14', Flemming Povlsen 68', Kim Vilfort 89' | | 18.05.88 | Greece | 2-3 | Romania | 2-3 | | Athína ; Ioukoudis 24', Theodoros Pahaturidis 26' pen / Haralambie Antohi 2', Claudiu Vaiscovici 31', Gavril Balint 40' pen ; | | 31.05.88 | West Germany | 3-0 | Romania | 1-0 | | Dortmund ; Wolfram Wuttke 38' pen, Jürgen Klinsmann 57' 73' |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Italy | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11: | 1 | | 2. East Germany | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12: | 5 | | 3. Portugal | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4: | 6 | | 4. Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6: | 12 | | 5. Iceland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5: | 14 |
| Team | Ital | East | Port | Neth | Icel | | Italy | --- | 1:1 | 1:0 | 3:0 | 2:0 | | East Germany | 0:0 | --- | 3:0 | 4:2 | 3:0 | | Portugal | 0:0 | 0:0 | --- | 1:1 | 2:1 | | Netherlands | 0:1 | 0:1 | 0:0 | --- | 1:0 | | Iceland | 0:3 | 2:0 | 0:1 | 2:2 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 03.12.86 | Netherlands | 0-1 | East Germany | | | 18.02.87 | Italy | 1-0 | Portugal | | | 25.02.87 | Portugal | 1-1 | Netherlands | | | 25.03.87 | East Germany | 0-0 | Italy | | | 15.04.87 | Italy | 2-0 | Iceland | | | 29.04.87 | Portugal | 0-0 | East Germany | | | 26.05.87 | Iceland | 2-2 | Netherlands | | | 02.09.87 | Iceland | 2-0 | East Germany | | | 22.09.87 | East Germany | 4-2 | Netherlands | | | 07.10.87 | Portugal | 2-1 | Iceland | | | 18.11.87 | Italy | 1-1 | East Germany | | | 24.02.88 | Portugal | 0-0 | Italy | | | 09.03.88 | Netherlands | 0-1 | Italy | | | 29.03.88 | Netherlands | 0-0 | Portugal | | | 13.04.88 | Italy | 3-0 | Netherlands | | | 13.04.88 | East Germany | 3-0 | Portugal | | | 27.04.88 | Netherlands | 1-0 | Iceland | | | 30.04.88 | East Germany | 3-0 | Iceland | | | 24.05.88 | Iceland | 0-1 | Portugal | | | 29.05.88 | Iceland | 0-3 | Italy | |
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| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Sweden | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13: | 6 | | 2. Hungary | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13: | 8 | | 3. Spain | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9: | 12 | | 4. Ireland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10: | 12 | | 5. France | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9: | 16 |
| Team | Swed | Hung | Spai | Irel | Fran | | Sweden | --- | 1:0 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 4:2 | | Hungary | 2:1 | --- | 2:1 | 3:1 | 2:2 | | Spain | 1:1 | 1:0 | --- | 2:2 | 1:2 | | Ireland | 0:1 | 1:2 | 2:2 | --- | 3:0 | | France | 1:2 | 0:2 | 1:1 | 1:1 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 19.11.86 | Spain | 1-1 | Sweden | | | 19.11.86 | Ireland | 1-2 | Hungary | | | 04.02.87 | Ireland | 2-2 | Spain | | | 28.04.87 | France | 0-2 | Hungary | | | 05.05.87 | Sweden | 1-0 | Ireland | | | 13.05.87 | Hungary | 2-1 | Spain | | | 03.06.87 | Hungary | 2-1 | Sweden | | | 16.06.87 | Sweden | 4-2 | France | | | 25.07.87 | France | 1-2 | Sweden | | | 11.08.87 | France | 1-1 | Ireland | | | 26.08.87 | Ireland | 0-1 | Sweden | | | 09.09.87 | Sweden | 1-0 | Hungary | | | 13.10.87 | Sweden | 2-0 | Spain | | | 13.10.87 | Spain | 1-2 | France | | | 23.03.88 | France | 1-1 | Spain | | | 27.04.88 | Hungary | 2-2 | France | | | 04.05.88 | Hungary | 3-1 | Ireland | | | 18.05.88 | Spain | 1-0 | Hungary | | | 18.05.88 | Spain | 2-2 | Ireland | | | 18.05.88 | Ireland | 3-0 | France | |
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| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Soviet Union | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12: | 2 | | 2. Bulgaria | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13: | 5 | | 3. Switzerland | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8: | 10 | | 4. Norway | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1: | 7 | | 5. Turkey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5: | 15 |
| Team | Sovi | Bulg | Swit | Norw | Turk | | Soviet Union | --- | 2:0 | 0:0 | 1:0 | 2:0 | | Bulgaria | 0:1 | --- | 2:0 | 4:0 | 3:1 | | Switzerland | 2:4 | 1:1 | --- | 1:0 | 2:0 | | Norway | 0:0 | 0:0 | 0:0 | --- | 1:1 | | Turkey | 0:2 | 0:3 | 3:2 | 0:0 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 14.10 | Norway | 0-0 | Soviet Union | | | 08.11 | Switzerland | 1-0 | Norway | | | 03.12 | Turkey | 3-2 | Switzerland | | | 15.04 | Turkey | 0-2 | Soviet Union | | | 16.04 | Switzerland | 1-1 | Bulgaria | | | 06.05 | Norway | 1-1 | Turkey | | | 07.05 | Bulgaria | 0-1 | Soviet Union | | | 26.05 | Norway | 0-0 | Bulgaria | | | 12.08 | Soviet Union | 1-0 | Norway | | | 26.08 | Norway | 0-0 | Switzerland | | | 07.10 | Switzerland | 2-0 | Turkey | | | 28.10 | Switzerland | 2-4 | Soviet Union | | | 14.11 | Bulgaria | 4-0 | Norway | | | 18.11 | Turkey | 0-0 | Norway | | | 09.12 | Turkey | 0-3 | Bulgaria | | | 06.04 | Soviet Union | 2-0 | Turkey | | | 06.04 | Bulgaria | 2-0 | Switzerland | | | 27.04 | Soviet Union | 2-0 | Bulgaria | | | 10.05 | Soviet Union | 0-0 | Switzerland | | | 25.05 | Bulgaria | 3-1 | Turkey | |
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| Group E | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Yugoslavia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17: | 5 | | 2. Czechoslovakia | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10: | 3 | | 3. Belgium | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8: | 13 | | 4. Austria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7: | 11 | | 5. Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5: | 15 |
| Team | Yugo | Czec | Belg | Aust | Finl | | Yugoslavia | --- | 1:0 | 4:0 | 2:1 | 5:0 | | Czechoslovakia | 1:0 | --- | 2:0 | 1:0 | 2:0 | | Belgium | 2:2 | 0:2 | --- | 2:3 | 1:0 | | Austria | 0:1 | 2:0 | 0:1 | --- | 0:2 | | Finland | 1:2 | 0:2 | 0:2 | 2:1 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 14.10.86 | Finland | 0-2 | Belgium | | | 29.10.86 | Czechoslovakia | 2-0 | Belgium | | | 18.11.86 | Belgium | 2-3 | Austria | | | 14.04.87 | Austria | 2-0 | Czechoslovakia | | | 12.05.87 | Finland | 2-1 | Austria | | | 03.06.87 | Austria | 0-1 | Yugoslavia | | | 10.06.87 | Finland | 0-2 | Czechoslovakia | | | 26.08.87 | Yugoslavia | 2-1 | Austria | | | 02.09.87 | Yugoslavia | 5-0 | Finland | | | 23.09.87 | Czechoslovakia | 2-0 | Finland | | | 24.09.87 | Belgium | 2-2 | Yugoslavia | | | 07.10.87 | Belgium | 0-2 | Czechoslovakia | | | 28.10.87 | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | Austria | | | 28.10.87 | Belgium | 1-0 | Finland | | | 11.11.87 | Austria | 0-1 | Belgium | | | 02.12.87 | Yugoslavia | 4-0 | Belgium | | | 12.04.88 | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | Yugoslavia | | | 27.04.88 | Yugoslavia | 1-0 | Czechoslovakia | | | 18.05.88 | Finland | 1-2 | Yugoslavia | | | 31.05.88 | Austria | 0-2 | Finland | |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Cyprus 1-4 Greece to Group A. | | 12.11.86 | Cyprus | 1-2 | Greece | | | Lemesós | | 10.12.86 | Greece | 2-0 | Cyprus | | | Thessaloníki | | Liechtenstein 0-19 Switzerland to Group D. | | 10.09.86 | Liechtenstein | 0-10 | Switzerland | | | 23.09.86 | Switzerland | 9-0 | Liechtenstein | |
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