1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Football tournament qualification stage Group 8 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions. Romania, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner. Standings main WDL Group 8 Q 2 ESP ESP 1977 ROU ROU 1965 YUG YUG 3 0 1 4 1 2 0 2 7 8 1 0 3 6 8 #ccffcc A complete Matches 10 October 1976 ESP 1977 Report 1 – 0 YUG Pirri 86 pen. Seville, Spain Palotai (Hungary) 16 April 1977 ROU 1965 Report 1 – 0 ESP 1977 Benito 5 o.g. Bucharest, Romania Gordon (Scotland) 8 May 1977 YUG Report 0 – 2 ROU 1965 D. Georgescu 37Iordănescu 44 Zagreb, Yugoslavia Ashkenazi (Israel) 26 October 1977 ESP 1977 Report 2 – 0 ROU 1965 Leal 75 Cano 83 Madrid, Spain Wurtz (France) 13 November 1977 ROU 1965 Report 4 – 6 YUG Vigu 2Iordănescu 40Bölöni 43Georgescu 67 Sušić 14 51 62Mužinić 18Trifunović 79Filipović 84 Bucharest, Romania Delcourt (Belgium) 30 November 1977 YUG Report 0 – 1 ESP 1977 Cano 71 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Burns (England) Notes External links Group 8 Detailed Results at RSSSF 8 Category:1976–77 in Romanian football Category:1977–78 in Romanian football Category:1976–77 in Spanish football Category:Spain at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Category:1976–77 in Yugoslav football Category:1977–78 in Yugoslav football