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1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Summary

Listed below are the dates and results for the qualification to the 1978 FIFA World Cup rounds for the European zone (UEFA) in association football. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Teams31 (from 1 confederation)
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The European zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. West Germany, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 31 teams. Albania were the only UEFA team to not enter the competition.

The 31 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (five groups with 3 teams and four groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners of groups 1 to 8 would qualify, the winner of group 9 would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

Summary edit

Below is a table containing all nine qualifying groups. Teams that qualified and secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green, while teams who were eliminated are highlighted in red. The team that secured a place in the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off is highlighted in blue. Teams are ordered by final group position.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
 
Poland 		 
Italy 		 
Austria 		 
Netherlands 		 
France 		 
Sweden 		 
Scotland 		 
Spain 		 
Hungary
 
Portugal
 
Denmark
 
Cyprus 		 
England
 
Finland
 
Luxembourg 		 
East Germany
 
Turkey
 
Malta 		 
Belgium
 
Northern Ireland
 
Iceland 		 
Bulgaria
 
Republic of Ireland 		 
Norway
 
Switzerland 		 
Czechoslovakia
 
Wales 		 
Romania
 
Yugoslavia 		 
Soviet Union
 
Greece

Key:

Groups edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Poland 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 11
2   Portugal 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 9
3   Denmark 6 2 0 4 14 12 +2 4
4   Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3 24 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Italy 6 5 0 1 18 4 +14 10
2   England 6 5 0 1 15 4 +11 10
3   Finland 6 2 0 4 11 16 −5 4
4   Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2 22 −20 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Austria 6 4 2 0 14 2 +12 10
2   East Germany 6 3 3 0 15 4 +11 9
3   Turkey 6 2 1 3 9 5 +4 5
4   Malta 6 0 0 6 0 27 −27 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 4 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Netherlands 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 11
2   Belgium 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 6
3   Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 5
4   Iceland 6 1 0 5 2 12 −10 2
Source: [citation needed]

Group 5 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5
2   Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 4
3   Republic of Ireland 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]

Group 6 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Sweden 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6
2   Norway 4 2 0 2 3 4 −1 4
3    Switzerland 4 1 0 3 3 5 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]

Group 7 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Scotland 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 6
2   Czechoslovakia 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 4
3   Wales 4 1 0 3 3 4 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]

Group 8 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 6
2   Romania 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 4
3   Yugoslavia 4 1 0 3 6 8 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]

Group 9 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Hungary 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 5
2   Soviet Union 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 4
3   Greece 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 3
Source: [citation needed]

Hungary advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hungary   9–2   Bolivia 6–0 3–2

Goalscorers edit

9 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also edit

References edit

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