Summary
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.
| Tournament details | |
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| Teams | 33 (from 1 confederation, and 1 unaffiliated team) |
A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the qualifying competition. Moreover, Israel were also assigned to the European zone despite not being a UEFA member. The European zone was allocated 14 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Spain, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 13 spots open for competition between 33 teams.
The 33 teams were divided into 7 groups. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows:
- Groups 1 to 6 had 5 teams each. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.
- Group 7 had 3 teams. The group winner would qualify.
Draw edit
The draw for the qualifying groups took place in the Zürichhorn Casino in Zürich, Switzerland on 14 October 1979. During the draw procedure, the 33 entrants were drawn into the 7 qualifying groups from the five pots of seeds, which had been announced ten days prior. As Group 7 only featured 3 teams (one team from Pot A, one team from Pot C and one team from Pot E), only the group winner of this group would qualify.
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D | Pot E |
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Summary edit
Groups edit
Group 1 edit
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 |  West Germany
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16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 |
| 2 |  Austria
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11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | +10 |
| 3 |  Bulgaria
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9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 |
| 4 |  Albania
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2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | −18 |
| 5 |  Finland
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2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 27 | −23 |
West Germany and Austria qualified.
Group 2 edit
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 |  Belgium
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11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
| 2 |  France
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10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
| 3 |  Republic of Ireland
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10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 |
| 4 |  Netherlands
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9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 |
| 5 |  Cyprus
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0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 29 | −25 |
Belgium and France qualified.
Group 3 edit
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union
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14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia
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10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 |
| 3 |  Wales
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10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 |
| 4 |  Iceland
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6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | −11 |
| 5 |  Turkey
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0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 22 | −21 |
Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia qualified.
Group 4 edit
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 |  Hungary
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10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 |
| 2 |  England
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9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 |
| 3 |  Romania
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8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 |  Switzerland
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7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 |
| 5 |  Norway
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6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 |
Hungary and England qualified.
Group 5 edit
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 |  Yugoslavia
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13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | +15 |
| 2 |  Italy
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12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
| 3 |  Denmark
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8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| 4 |  Greece
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7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
| 5 |  Luxembourg
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0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 23 | −22 |
Yugoslavia and Italy qualified.
Group 6 edit
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 |  Scotland
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11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
| 2 |  Northern Ireland
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9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| 3 |  Sweden
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8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 |
| 4 |  Portugal
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7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 |
| 5 |  Israel
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5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 |
Scotland and Northern Ireland qualified.
Group 7 edit
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 |  Poland
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8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 |
| 2 |  East Germany
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4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
| 3 |  Malta
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0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 |
Poland qualified.
Goalscorers edit
- 9 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Hans Krankl- Walter Schachner
Ján Kozák- Zdeněk Nehoda
Joachim Streich
Paul Mariner- Terry McDermott
Bernard Lacombe- Didier Six
László Fazekas
Gerry Daly- Michael Robinson
- Frank Stapleton
Benny Tabak
Francesco Graziani
Rui Jordão
John Robertson
Sergey Andreyev
Claudio Sulser
Ian Walsh
Paul Breitner- Pierre Littbarski
Vahid Halilhodžić
- 2 goals
- Kurt Jara
- Herbert Prohaska
Kostadin Kostadinov- Petr Janečka
- Ladislav Vízek
- Rüdiger Schnuphase
- Trevor Brooking
- Tony Woodcock
- Jean-François Larios
- Gerard Soler
- Jacques Zimako
Georgios Kostikos- Thomas Mavros
- László Bálint
- Tibor Nyilasi
Ásgeir Sigurvinsson- Tony Grealish
- Mark Lawrenson
- Paul McGee
- Gidi Damti
- Roberto Bettega
- Fulvio Collovati
- Bruno Conti
Arnold Mühren- Kees Van Kooten
Gerry Armstrong
Åge Hareide- Tom Lund
- Hallvar Thoresen
- Humberto Coelho
- Manuel Fernandes
Anghel Iordănescu- Yuri Gavrilov
- Khoren Oganesian
- Umberto Barberis
- Brian Flynn
- David Giles
- Leighton James
- Bernd Schuster
- Dragan Pantelić
- Vladimir Petrović
- Ivica Šurjak
- 1 goal
Millan Baçi- Sefedin Braho
- Ilir Përnaska
- Muhedin Targaj
- Gernot Jurtin
- Bruno Pezzey
Albert Cluytens- Alexandre Czerniatynski
- Gerard Plessers
- Plamen Markov
- Stoycho Mladenov
- Chavdar Tsvetkov
- Tsvetan Yonchev
- Andrey Zhelyazkov
Sotiris Kaiafas- Stefanos Lysandrou
- Nikos Pantziaras
- Fivos Vrachimis
- Verner Lička
- Antonín Panenka
- Rostislav Vojáček
Lars Bastrup- Søren Lerby
- Per Røntved
- Allan Simonsen
- Reinhard Häfner
- Jürgen Heun
- Andreas Krause
- Kevin Keegan
- Bryan Robson
Leo Houtsonen- Keijo Kousa
- Hannu Turunen
- Ari Valvee
- Bruno Bellone
- Bernard Genghini
- Dominique Rocheteau
- Nikos Anastopoulos
- Imre Garaba
- Sándor Müller
- Magnús Bergs
- Atli Eðvaldsson
- Janus Guðlaugsson
- Albert Guðmundsson
- Lárus Guðmundsson
- Pétur Ormslev
- Árni Sveinsson
- Teitur Þórðarson
- Chris Hughton
- Moshe Sinai
- Giancarlo Antognoni
- Antonio Cabrini
- Gaetano Scirea
Alain Nurenberg
Emanuel Fabri- Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi
- Ruud Geels
- Hugo Hovenkamp
- John Metgod
- Dick Nanninga
- Cees Schapendonk
- Simon Tahamata
- Frans Thijssen
- Noel Brotherston
- Billy Hamilton
- Sammy McIlroy
- Jimmy Nicholl
- Vidar Davidsen
- Svein Mathisen
Zbigniew Boniek- Andrzej Buncol
- Dariusz Dziekanowski
- Andrzej Iwan
- Leszek Lipka
- Stefan Majewski
- Andrzej Szarmach
- Minervino Pietra
- Ilie Balaci
- Marcel Răducanu
- Aurel Ţicleanu
- Kenny Dalglish
- Joe Jordan
- David Provan
- Gordon Strachan
- Paul Sturrock
- John Wark
- Volodymyr Bezsonov
- Aleksandr Chivadze
- Vitaly Daraselia
- Anatoliy Demianenko
Hasse Borg- Bo Börjesson
- Thomas Larsson
- Tony Persson
- Sten-Ove Ramberg
- Jan Svensson
- Robert Lüthi
- Hans-Jörg Pfister
- Alfred Scheiwilder
- Gian Pietro Zappa
Fatih Terim- Alan Curtis
- Carl Harris
- Robbie James
- Hans-Peter Briegel
- Wolfgang Dremmler
- Felix Magath
- Ivan Buljan
- Jurica Jerković
- Predrag Pašić
- Edhem Šljivo
- Safet Sušić
- Zoran Vujović
- 1 own goal
- Bernd Krauss (playing against West Germany)
- Philippe Mahut (playing against Ireland)
- Þorsteinn Bjarnason (playing against Czechoslovakia)
- John Holland (playing against East Germany)
- Gabriel Mendes (playing against Sweden)
- Markus Tanner (playing against England)
- Dai Davies (playing against Czechoslovakia)