1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Football tournament qualification stage Group 3 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:Only 33 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host. Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Soviet Union, Turkey, and Wales. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots. Standings RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1URS148620202+182TCH108422156+93WAL108422127+54ISL682241021−115TUR08008122−21 Results "Iceland v Wales" 2 June 1980 ISL Report 0 – 4 WAL Walsh 45 75Giles 53Flynn 61 pen. Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 10,254 Rolf Nyhus (Norway) "Iceland v Soviet Union" 3 September 1980 ISL Report 1 – 2 URS Sveinsson 75 Gavrilov 35Andreyev 80 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 4,190 Oliver Donnelly (Northern Ireland) "Turkey v Iceland" 24 September 1980 TUR Report 1 – 3 ISL Fatih 72 pen. Guðlaugsson 12A. Guðmundsson 62T. Þórðarson 80 İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir 18,506 Ioan Igna (Romania) "Soviet Union v Iceland" 15 October 1980 URS Report 5 – 0 ISL Andreyev 9 78Oganesian 39 58Bezsonov 84 Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow 21,000 Aleksander Suchanek (Poland) "Wales v Turkey" 15 October 1980 WAL Report 4 – 0 TUR Flynn 19L. James 37 pen. 85Walsh 79 Ninian Park, Cardiff 11,770 Torben Månsson (Denmark) "Wales v Czechoslovakia" 19 November 1980 WAL Report 1 – 0 TCH Giles 10 Ninian Park, Cardiff 20,175 Walter Eschweiler (West Germany) "Czechoslovakia v Turkey" 3 December 1980 TCH Report 2 – 0 TUR Nehoda 13 15 Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague 8,500 Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) "Turkey v Wales" 25 March 1981 TUR Report 0 – 1 WAL Harris 67 Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadyumu, Ankara 35,000 Sándor Kúti (Hungary) "Turkey v Czechoslovakia" 15 April 1981 TUR Report 0 – 3 TCH Janečka 58Kozák 70Vízek 81 Ali Sami Yen Stadı, Istanbul 35,000 Roger Schoeters (Belgium) "Czechoslovakia v Iceland" 27 May 1981 TCH Report 6 – 1 ISL Vízek 35Panenka 44 pen.Nehoda 72Bjarnason 78 o.g.Kozák 79Janečka 87 Bergs 60 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 21,756 Nikos Zlatanos (Greece) "Wales v Soviet Union" 30 May 1981 WAL Report 0 – 0 URS Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 29,366 Bruno Galler (Switzerland) "Iceland v Turkey" 9 September 1981 ISL Report 2 – 0 TUR L. Guðmundsson 21A. Eðvaldsson 65 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 4,292 Kevin O'Sullivan (Republic of Ireland) "Czechoslovakia v Wales" 9 September 1981 TCH Report 2 – 0 WAL D. Davies 24 o.g.Lička 67 Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague 38,000 Franz Wöhrer (Austria) "Soviet Union v Turkey" 23 September 1981 URS Report 4 – 0 TUR Chivadze 4Demianenko 20Blokhin 26Shengelia 49 Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow 41,500 Damir Matovinović (Yugoslavia) "Iceland v Czechoslovakia" 23 September 1981 ISL Report 1 – 1 TCH Ormslev 6 Kozák 77 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 7,343 Kenneth Hope (Scotland) "Turkey v Soviet Union" 7 October 1981 TUR Report 0 – 3 URS Shengelia 17Blokhin 38 54 İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir 62,125 Walter Eschweiler (West Germany) "Wales v Iceland" 14 October 1981 WAL Report 2 – 2 ISL R. James 25Curtis 54 Á. Sigurvinsson 47 61 Vetch Field, Swansea 19,783 Arto Ravander (Finland) "Soviet Union v Czechoslovakia" 28 October 1981 URS Report 2 – 0 TCH Shengelia 28 46 Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi 75,000 Michel Vautrot (France) "Wales v Soviet Union" 18 November 1981 URS Report 3 – 0 WAL Daraselia 13Blokhin 18Gavrilov 64 Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi 75,000 Jan Keizer (Netherlands) "Czechoslovakia v Soviet Union" 29 November 1981 TCH Report 1 – 1 URS Vojaček 34 Blokhin 14 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 47,000 Clive White (England) Notes External links Group 3 Detailed Results at RSSSF 3 Category:1980–81 in Czechoslovak football Category:Czechoslovakia at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Category:1980 in Icelandic football Category:1981 in Icelandic football Category:1980 in Soviet football Category:1981 in Soviet football Category:1980–81 in Turkish football Category:1981–82 in Turkish football Category:1980–81 in Welsh football Category:1981–82 in Welsh football Category:Soviet Union at the 1982 FIFA World Cup