1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 32 1 BUL Hristo Bonev (7 goals)NED Johan Cruyff (7 goals)ITA Gigi Riva (7 goals)DDR Joachim Streich (7 goals) 1970 1978 FIFA Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification. A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. West Germany, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams. The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off. Draw The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Düsseldorf on 17 July 1971. During the draw procedure, entrants were drawn into the 9 qualifying groups from the four pots of seeds. Pot APot BPot CPot DITA ENG TCH BEL ROU 1965 URS 1955 SWE BUL 1971 YUGPOR ESP 1945 FRA GDR DEN POL 1928 SUI NED HUNNIR AUT TUR IRL WAL NOR SCO GRE 1970 ALB 1946FIN LUX MLT ISL CYP 1960 Groups Group 1 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1=AUT6321147+781=SWE6321158+783HUN6240127+584MLT6006120−190 Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Sweden won to qualify for the World Cup. Group 2 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1ITA6420120+12102TUR622253+263SUI622224−264LUX6105214−122 Group 3 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1NED6420242+22102BEL6420120+12103NOR6204916−744ISL6006229−270 Group 4 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1GDR6501183+15102ROU 19656411174+1393FIN6114321−1834ALB 19466105313−102 Group 5 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1POL 1928421163+352ENG412134−143WAL411235−23 Group 6 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1BUL 19716420133+10102POR6231106+473NIR613256−154CYP 19606105114−132 Group 7 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1=ESP 1945422085+361=YUG422074+363GRE 19704004511−60 Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Yugoslavia won to qualify for the World Cup. Group 8 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1SCO430183+562TCH421193+653DEN4013213−111 Group 9 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1URS 1955430152+362IRL411245−133FRA411235−23 The Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off. Inter-confederation play-offs 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off) Goalscorers 7 goals 20em yes BUL 1971 Hristo Bonev GDR Joachim Streich ITA Gigi Riva NED Johan Cruyff 5 goals 20em yes NED Willy Brokamp ROU 1965 Florea Dumitrache SWE Roland Sandberg 4 goals 20em yes BEL Raoul Lambert GDR Jürgen Sparwasser NED Johan Neeskens SWE Ralf Edström SWE Bo Larsson 3 goals 20em yes AUT Josef Hickersberger AUT Kurt Jara BUL 1971 Georgi Denev TCH Zdeněk Nehoda TCH Bohumil Veselý HUN Ferenc Bene NOR Tor Egil Johansen YUG Dušan Bajević 2 goals 20em yes AUT August Starek BEL Léon Dolmans BEL Odilon Polleunis BUL 1971 Bozhil Kolev GDR Bernd Bransch GDR Hans-Jürgen Kreische GDR Wolfram Löwe HUN Lajos Kocsis HUN Sándor Zámbó IRL Terry Conroy ITA Gianni Rivera NED Willem van Hanegem NIR Trevor Anderson NOR Harry Hestad POL Jan Domarski POL Robert Gadocha POR Rui Jordão POR Nené ROU 1965 Ion Dumitru ROU 1965 Dumitru Marcu ROU 1965 Mircea Sandu URS Volodymyr Onyshchenko ESP 1945 José Claramunt ESP 1945 Rubén Óscar Valdez SWE Ove Kindvall TUR Osman Arpacıoğlu YUG Stanislav Karasi 1 goal 20em yes ALB 1946 Sabah Bizi ALB 1946 Mihal Gjika ALB 1946 Ramazan Rragami AUT Franz Hasil AUT Roland Hattenberger AUT Norbert Hof AUT Helmut Köglberger AUT Thomas Parits AUT Peter Pumm BEL Jean Dockx BEL Paul Van Himst BEL Frans Janssens BUL 1971 Atanas Mihaylov CYP Kokos Antoniou TCH Přemysl Bičovský TCH Vladimír Hagara TCH Ladislav Petráš DEN Ole Bjørnmose DEN Finn Laudrup GDR Peter Ducke ENG Colin Bell ENG Allan Clarke ENG Norman Hunter FIN Jarmo Manninen FIN Olavi Rissanen FIN Miikka Toivola FRA Georges Bereta FRA Serge Chiesa FRA Jean-Michel Larqué GRE 1970 Antonis Antoniadis GRE 1970 Mimis Domazos GRE 1970 Kostas Eleftherakis GRE 1970 Giorgos Koudas HUN László Bálint HUN Antal Dunai HUN István Juhász HUN Mihály Kozma HUN Csaba Vidáts ISL Elmar Geirsson ISL Örn Óskarsson IRL Mick Martin IRL Ray Treacy ITA Pietro Anastasi ITA Fabio Capello ITA Giorgio Chinaglia LUX Nico Braun LUX Gilbert Dussier MLT Anton Camilleri NED Arie Haan NED Barry Hullshoff NED Theo de Jong NED Piet Keizer NED René van de Kerkhof NED Dick Schneider NIR Sammy Morgan NIR Liam O'Kane NIR Martin O'Neill NOR Jan Fuglset NOR Tom Lund NOR Per Pettersen NOR Harald Sunde POL Grzegorz Lato POL Włodzimierz Lubański POR Humberto Coelho POR Eusébio POR Chico Faria POR Artur Jorge POR Alfredo Quaresma POR António Simões ROU 1965 Emerich Dembrovschi ROU 1965 Nicolae Dobrin ROU 1965 Dudu Georgescu ROU 1965 Radu Nunweiller ROU 1965 Nicolae Pantea ROU 1965 Teodor Tarălungă SCO Jimmy Bone SCO Kenny Dalglish SCO Joe Harper SCO Jim Holton SCO Joe Jordan SCO Peter Lorimer SCO Lou Macari SCO Willie Morgan URS Oleh Blokhin URS Vladimir Fedotov URS Viktor Kolotov ESP 1945 Amancio Amaro ESP 1945 Juan Manuel Asensi ESP 1945 Roberto Juan Martínez ESP 1945 Juan Cruz Sol SWE Ove Grahn SWE Dag Szepanski SUI Rolf Blättler SUI Karl Odermatt TUR Köksal Mesçi TUR Mehmet Türkkan TUR Melih Atacan WAL Trevor Hockey WAL Leighton James WAL John Toshack YUG Jovan Aćimović YUG Josip Katalinski YUG Ivica Šurjak 1 own goal 20em yes ISL Einar Gunnarsson (playing against Belgium) MLT Charles Spiteri (playing against Austria) YUG Josip Katalinski (playing against Greece) Notes note References UEFA 1974 Category:1972 in European men's international football Category:1973 in European men's international football Category:1974 in European men's international football