Football World Cup 1974 Europe Qualification - 8.5 berths + West Germany as host

Football World Cup 1974 Europe Qualification - 8.5 berths + West Germany as host

Play-Off Group 9 Europe - Group 3 South America
date	Home	score	Away	HT	att.
Wed 26.09.73	Soviet Union	0-0	Chile	0-0	48,891
Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow. Referee: Armando Marques, Brazil.
Wed 21.11.73	Chile	2-0	Soviet Union	wo	15,000
Estadio Nacional, Santiago. Referee: Erich Linemayr, Austria. Soviet Union refused to play in Chile the second leg and did not show. Walkover awarded on Sat, 5th January 1974.

West Germany World Cup 1974

9 Groups - 10 Berths. 4 groups with 4 teams and 5 groups with 3 teams.

All 33 UEFA members took part.

Sweden beat Austria and Yugoslavia beat Spain after play-off. Last time play-offs were used for tie-break.

From 1970 Netherlands, East Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia and Scotland replaced Belgium, Romania, England, Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union.

Champion	West Germany
Group 1	Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Malta
Group 2	Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Group 3	Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Iceland
Group 4	East Germany, Romania, Finland, Albania
Group 5	Poland, England, Wales

Group 6	Bulgaria, Portugal, Northern Ireland
Group 8	Yugoslavia, Spain, Greece
Group 7	Scotland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark
Group 9	Soviet Union, Ireland, France
Play-Off	Soviet Union, Chile

Group 1	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1. Sweden	8	3	2	1	15:	8	+7
2. Austria	8	3	2	1	14:	7	+7
3. Hungary	8	2	4	0	12:	7	+5
4. Malta	0	0	0	6	1:	20	-19

Team	Swed	Aust	Hung	Malt
Sweden	---	3:2	0:0	7:0
Austria	2:0	---	2:2	4:0
Hungary	3:3	2:2	---	3:0
Malta	1:2	0:2	0:2	---

date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT	att.
14.11.71	La Valletta	Malta	0-2	Hungary	0-1	9,231
30.04.72	Wien	Austria	4-0	Malta	3-0	16,081
06.05.72	Budapest	Hungary	3-0	Malta	1-0	5,646
25.05.72	Stockholm	Sweden	0-0	Hungary	0-0	28,598
10.06.72	Wien	Austria	2-0	Sweden	0-0	40,578
15.10.72	Wien	Sweden	7-0	Malta	5-0	67,392
15.10.72	Goteborg	Austria	2-2	Hungary	0-2	24,277
25.11.72	La Valletta	Malta	0-2	Austria	0-0	4,382
29.04.73	Budapest	Hungary	2-2	Austria	1-2	72,068
23.05.73	Goteborg	Sweden	3-2	Austria	1-0	56,225
13.06.73	Budapest	Hungary	3-3	Sweden	1-1	73,070
11.11.73	La Valletta	Malta	1-2	Sweden	0-0	15,459
1-0 Toninu Camilleri 20' 1-1 Ove Kindvall 22' 1-2 Bo Larsson 34'pen. La Valletta. Referee: Georges Kastoras, Greece.
Play-off
27.11.73	Gelsenkirchen(FRG)	Sweden	2-1	Austria	2-1
1-0 Roland Sandberg 11' 2-0 Bo Larsson 28'pen. 2-1 Roland Hattenberger 31' Gelsenkirchen, West Germany. Referee: Rudolf Clockner, East Germany.

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Sweden	1	1	3	5	6	8
2. Austria	2	4	5	7	8	8
3. Hungary	2	3	4	6	7	8
4. Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

Group 2	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1. Italy	10	4	2	0	12:	0	+12
2. Turkey	6	2	2	2	5:	3	+2
3. Switzerland	6	2	2	2	2:	4	-2
4. Luxembourg	2	1	0	5	2:	14	-12

Team	It	Tu	Sw	Lu
Italy	---	0:0	2:0	5:0
Turkey	0:1	---	2:0	3:0
Switzerland	0:0	0:0	---	1:0
Luxembourg	0:4	2:0	0:1	---

date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT	att.
07.10.72	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0-4	Italy	0-3	9,378
21.10.72	Berne	Switzerland	0-0	Italy	0-0	53,070
22.10.72	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-0	Turkey	2-0	3,960
10.12.72	Istanbul	Turkey	3-0	Luxembourg	2-0	36,805
13.01.73	Napoli	Italy	0-0	Turkey	0-0	60,800
25.02.73	Istanbul	Turkey	0-1	Italy	0-1	22,990
31.03.73	Genoa	Italy	5-0	Luxembourg	2-0	40,430
08.04.73	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0-1	Switzerland	0-1	8,405
09.05.73	Basel	Switzerland	0-0	Turkey	0-0	50,868
26.09.73	Luzerne	Switzerland	1-0	Luxembourg	1-0	17,741
20.10.73	Roma	Italy	2-0	Switzerland	1-0	62,881
18.11.73	Izmir	Turkey	2-0	Switzerland	0-0	67,126

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Italy	2	3	4	6	8	10
2. Turkey	0	2	3	3	4	6
3. Switzerland	1	3	4	6	6	6
4. Luxembourg	0	2	2	2	2	2


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

Group 3		p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Netherlands	10	4	2	0	24:	2	+22
2.	Belgium	10	4	2	0	12:	0	+12
3.	Norway	4	2	0	4	9:	16	-7
4.	Iceland	0	0	0	6	2:	29	-27

Team	Neth	Belg	Norw	Icel
Netherlands	---	0:0	9:0	5:0
Belgium	0:0	---	2:0	4:0
Norway	1:2	0:2	---	4:1
Iceland	1:8	0:4	0:4	---

date	Home	score	Away	HT	att.
Thu 18.05.72	Belgium	4-0	Iceland	2-0	6,257
Liege. Referee: Rasmussen, Denmark.
Mon 22.05.72	Iceland	0-4	Belgium	0-2	10,508
Brugge, Belgium. Referee: Byrne, Ireland.
Thu 03.08.72	Norway	4-1	Iceland	0-0	11,000
Oslo. Referee: Riedel, East Germany.
Wed 04.10.72	Norway	0-2	Belgium	0-0	10,141
Oslo. Referee: Mullan, Scotland.
Wed 01.11.72	Netherlands	9-0	Norway	1-0	49,417
Rotterdam. Referee: Eksztajn, Poland.
Sun 19.11.72	Belgium	0-0	Netherlands	0-0	54,293
Antwerepen. Referee: Walker, England.
Fri 03.08.73	Iceland	0-4	Norway	0-1	4,283
Reykjavik. Referee: Dahlberg, Sweden.
Wed 22.08.73	Netherlands	5-0	Iceland	4-0	17,213
Amsterdam. Referee: Colling, Luxembourg.
Wed 29.08.73	Iceland	1-8	Netherlands	1-4	23,000
Deventer, Netherlands. Referee: Hirvineimi, Finland.
Wed 12.09.73	Norway	1-2	Netherlands	0-1	19,241
Oslo. Referee: Wright, Northern Ireland.
Wed 31.10.73	Belgium	2-0	Norway	1-0	14,303
Brussels. Referee:
Sun 18.11.73	Netherlands	0-0	Belgium	0-0	62,847
Amsterdam. Referee: Kazakov, Soviet Union.

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Netherlands	2	3	5	7	9	10
2. Belgium	2	4	6	7	9	10
3. Norway	2	2	2	4	4	4
4. Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

Group 4	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1. East Germany	10	5	0	1	18:	3	+15
2. Romania	9	4	1	1	17:	4	+13
3. Finland	3	1	1	4	3:	21	-18
4. Albania	2	1	0	5	3:	13	-10

Team	EaGe	Roma	Finl	Alba
East Germany	---	2:0	5:0	2:0
Romania	1:0	---	9:0	2:0
Finland	1:5	1:1	---	1:0
Albania	1:4	1:4	1:0	---

date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT	att.
21.06.72	Helsinki	Finland	1-0	Albania	1-0	1,431
20.09.72	Helsinki	Finland	1-1	Romania	0-0	5,519
07.10.72	Dresden	East Germany	5-0	Finland	0-0	20,915
29.10.72	Bucuresti	Romania	2-0	Albania	2-0	21,109
08.04.73	Magdeburg	East Germany	2-0	Albania	0-0	17,140
06.05.73	Tirana	Albania	1-4	Romania	0-2	18,049
27.05.73	Bucuresti	Romania	1-0	East Germany	0-0	45,685
06.06.73	Tampere	Finland	1-5	East Germany	0-3	6,099
26.09.73	Leipzig	East Germany	2-0	Romania	1-0	77,764
10.10.73	Tirana	Albania	1-0	Finland	1-0	16,581
14.10.73	Bucuresti	Romania	9-0	Finland	5-0	13,525
03.11.73	Tirana	Albania	1-4	East Germany	1-2	16,157

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. East Germany	2	4	4	6	8	10
2. Romania	1	3	5	7	7	9
3. Finland	2	3	3	3	3	3
4. Albania	0	0	0	0	2	2


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

Group 5		p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Poland	5	2	1	1	6:	3	+3
2.	England	4	1	2	1	3:	4	-1
3.	Wales	3	1	1	2	3:	5	-2

Team	Pola	Engl	Wale
Poland	---	2:0	3:0
England	1:1	---	1:1
Wales	2:0	0:1	---

date	Home ______________	score	Away ______________	HT	att.
Wed 15.11.72	Wales	0-1	England	0-1	36,384
0-1 Bell 35' Ninian Park, Cardiff. Referee: Mullan, Scotland.
Wed 24.01.73	England	1-1	Wales	1-1	62,273
0-1 Toshack 23' 1-1 Hunter 41' Wembley Stadium, London. Referee: Wright, Northern Ireland.
Wed 28.03.73	Wales	2-0	Poland	0-0	12,753
1-0 James 46' 2-0 Hockey 85' Ninian Park, Cardiff. Referee: Sureda, Spain.
Wed 06.06.73	Poland	2-0	England	1-0	73,714
1-0 Gadocha 7' 2-0 Lubanski 47' Chorzow. Referee: Schiller, Austria.
Wed 26.09.73	Poland	3-0	Wales	2-0	70,181
1-0 Gadocha 29' 2-0 Lato 34' 3-0 Domarski 53' Chorzow. Referee: Dahlberg, Sweden,
Wed 17.10.73	England	1-1	Poland	0-0	90,587
0-1 Domarski 57' 1-1 Clarke 63'pen. Wembley Stadium, London. Referee: Loraux, Belgium.

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.
1. Poland	0	2	4	5
2. England	2	3	3	4
3. Wales	0	1	3	3


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

Group 6	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Bulgaria	10	4	2	0	13:	3	+10
2.	Portugal	7	2	3	1	10:	6	+4
3.	Northern Ireland	5	1	3	2	5:	6	-1
4.	Cyprus	2	1	0	5	1:	14	-13

Team	Bulg	Pola	NoIr	Cypr
Bulgaria	---	2:1	3:0	2:0
Portugal	2:2	---	1:1	4:0
Northern Ireland	0:0	1:1	---	3:0
Cyprus	0:4	0:1	1:0	---

Bulgaria qualified to World 1974.

Northern Ireland played its matches in England, due to political reasons.

date	Home	score	Away	HT	att.
Wed 29.03.72	Portugal	4-0	Cyprus	2-0	5,801
1-0 Humberto Coelho 7' 2-0 Nene 17' 3-0 Artur Jorge 46' 4-0 Rui Jordao 81' Estadio da Luz, Lisboa. Referee: Loraux, Belgium.
Wed 10.05.72	Cyprus	0-1	Portugal	0-0	7,643
0-1 Chico Faria 36' GSP, Nicosia. Referee: Chevorc, Romania.
Wed 18.10.72	Bulgaria	3-0	Northern Ireland	1-0	40,000
1-0 Bonev 18'pen. 2-0 Kolev 53' 3-0 Bonev 85'pen. Vasil Levski Stadium. Referee: Schulenburg, West Germany.
Sun 19.11.72	Cyprus	0-4	Bulgaria	0-3	5,731
0-1 Mihaylov 2' 0-2 Denev 15' 0-3 Bonev 17' 0-4 Bonev 80' Tsirio, Limassol. Referee: Lo Bello, Italy.
Wed 14.02.73	Cyprus	1-0	Northern Ireland	0-0	5,328
1-0 Antoniou 88' GSP, Nicosia. Referee: Bentu, Romania.
Wed 28.03.73	Northern Ireland	1-1	Portugal	0-1	11,328
1-0 O'Nel 18' 1-1 Eusebio 84'pen. Highfield Road, Coventry, England. Referee: Schiller, Austria.
Wed 02.05.73	Bulgaria	2-1	Portugal	1-0	49,300
1-0 Denev 38' 2-0 Bonev 60' 2-1 Nene 74' Vasil Levski Stadium. Referee: Gugulovic, Yugoslavia.
Tue 08.05.73	Northern Ireland	3-0	Cyprus	3-0	6,090
1-0 Morgan 4' 2-0 Anderson 32' 3-0 Anderson 44' Craven Cottage, London, England. Referee: Jones, Wales.
Wed 26.09.73	Northern Ireland	0-0	Bulgaria	0-0	6,206
Hillsborough, Sheffield, England. Referee: Nyhus, Norway.
Sat 13.10.73	Portugal	2-2	Bulgaria	0-0	13,000
1-0 Quaresma 48' 1-1 Bonev 56' 1-1 Bonev 65' 2-2 Simoes 89' Estadio da Luz, Lisboa. Referee: Taylor, England.
Wed 14.11.73	Portugal	1-1	Northern Ireland	1-0	6,713
1-0 Rui Jordao 34' 1-1 O'Kane 68' Estadio da Luz, Lisboa. . Referee: Ibanez, Spain.
Sun 18.11.73	Bulgaria	2-0	Cyprus	1-0	17,400
1-0 Kolev 2' 2-0 Denev 65' Vasil Levski Stadium. Referee: Placek, Czechoslovakia.

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Bulgaria	2	4	6	7	8	10
2. Portugal	2	4	5	5	6	7
3. Northern Ireland	0	0	1	3	4	5
4. Cyprus	0	0	0	2	2	2


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

Group 7	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1. Yugoslavia	6	2	2	0	7:	4	+3
2. Spain	6	2	2	0	8:	5	+3
3. Greece	0	0	0	4	5:	11	-6

Team	Yugo	Spai	Gree
Yugoslavia	---	0:0	1:0
Spain	2:2	---	3:1
Greece	2:4	2:3	---

date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT	att.
Thu 19.10.72	Las Palmas	Spain	2-2	Yugoslavia	1-0	14,161
Sat 18.11.72	Beograd	Yugoslavia	1-0	Greece	1-0	60,104
Tue 17.01.73	Athens	Greece	2-3	Spain	0-1	16,579
Wed 21.02.73	Malaga	Spain	3-1	Greece	2-1	20,569
Wed 21.10.73	Zagreb	Yugoslavia	0-0	Spain	0-0	61,010
Sun 19.12.73	Athens	Greece	2-4	Yugoslavia	2-2	7,768
Play-Off
Wed 13.02.74		Yugoslavia	1-0	Spain	1-0
Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany.

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.
1. Yugoslavia	1	3	5	6
2. Spain	1	3	5	6
3. Greece	0	0	0	0


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

Group 8	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1. Scotland	6	3	0	1	8:	3	+5
2. Czechoslovakia	5	2	1	1	9:	3	+6
3. Denmark	1	0	1	3	2:	13	-11

Team	Scot	Czec	Denm
Scotland	---	2:1	2:0
Czechoslovakia	1:0	---	6:0
Denmark	1:4	1:1	---

date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT	att.
18.10.72	Kopenhagen	Denmark	1-4	Scotland	1-2	31,200
15.11.72	Glasgow	Scotland	2-0	Denmark	1-0	47,109
02.05.73	Kopenhagen	Denmark	1-1	Czechoslovakia	1-1	19,942
06.06.73	Prague	Czechoslovakia	6-0	Denmark	0-0	17,432
26.09.73	Glasgow	Scotland	2-1	Czechoslovakia	1-1	95,786
17.10.73	Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	1-0	Scotland	1-0	13,668

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.
1. Scotland	2	4	6	6
2. Czechoslovakia	1	3	3	5
3. Denmark	0	0	1	1


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

Group 9	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	g+-
1. Soviet Union	6	3	0	1	5:	2	+3
2. Ireland	3	1	1	2	4:	5	-1
3. France	3	1	1	2	3:	5	-2

Team	Sovi	Irel	Fran
Soviet Union	---	1:0	2:0
Ireland	1:2	---	2:1
France	1:0	1:1	---

Winner of this Group required a Play-Off against a South American team.

date	Home	score	Away	HT	att.
Fri 13.10.72	France	1-0	Soviet Union	0-0	29,746
1-0 Bereta 61' Paris. Referee: Scheurer, Switzerland.
Wed 18.10.72	Ireland	1-2	Soviet Union	0-0	27,656
0-1 Fedotov 55' 0-2 Kolotov 65' 1-2 Conroy 83' Dublin. Referee: Oberg, Norway.
Wed 15.11.72	Ireland	2-1	France	1-0	26,511
1-0 Conroy 27' 1-1 Larque 66' 2-1 Treacy 77' Dublin. Referee: Rasmussne, Denmark.
Sun 13.05.73	Soviet Union	1-0	Ireland	0-0	65,527
1-0 Onyshchenko 58' Moskva. Referee:						Dhalberg, Sweden.
Sat 19.05.73	France	1-1	Ireland	0-0	28,405
1-0 Chiesa 78' 1-1 Martin 83' Paris. Referee: Rainea, Romania.
Sat 26.05.73	Soviet Union	2-0	France	0-0	76,604
1-0 Blokhin 81'2-0 Onyshchenko 84' Moskva. Referee: Biwersi, West Germany.

Points after matches	1.	2.	3.	4.
1. Soviet Union	0	2	4	6
2. Ireland	0	2	2	3
3. France	2	2	3	3


Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Play-Off

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