1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

none Group 2 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. Belgium, Republic of Ireland, France, Netherlands and Cyprus. 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 and results RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1BEL118512129+32FRA 1974108503208+123IRL1084221711+64NED98413117+45CYP 196008008429−25 Results "Cyprus v Rep. of Ireland" 26 March 1980 CYP 1960 Report 2 – 3 IRL N. Pantziaras 29Kaiafas 74 pen. McGee 8 38Lawrenson 23 Makario Stadium, Nicosia 6,800 Zvi Shahir (Israel) "Republic of Ireland v Netherlands" 10 September 1980 IRL Report 2 – 1 NED Daly 78Lawrenson 85 Tahamata 57 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 25,782 Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark) "Cyprus v France" 11 October 1980 CYP 1960 Report 0 – 7 FRA 1974 Lacombe 4Platini 14 23Larios 40 pen. 76 pen.Six 82Zimako 87 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol 9,500 Bruno Galler (Switzerland) "Republic of Ireland v Belgium" 15 October 1980 IRL Report 1 – 1 BEL Grealish 42 Cluytens 13 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 36,524 Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg) "France v Republic of Ireland" 28 October 1980 FRA 1974 Report 2 – 0 IRL Platini 11Zimako 77 Parc des Princes, Paris 44,800 Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) "Belgium v Netherlands" 19 November 1980 BEL Report 1 – 0 NED Vandenbergh 48 pen. Stade du Heysel, Brussels 57,665 Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union) "Republic of Ireland v Cyprus" 19 November 1980 IRL Report 6 – 0 CYP 1960 Daly 10 pen. 23Grealish 24Robinson 28Stapleton 46Hughton 65 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 24,351 Eysteinn Gudmundsson (Iceland) "Cyprus v Belgium" 21 December 1980 CYP 1960 Report 0 – 2 BEL Vandenbergh 30Ceulemans 68 Makario Stadium, Nicosia 6,000 Robert Valentine (Scotland) "Belgium v Cyprus" 18 February 1981 BEL Report 3 – 2 CYP 1960 Plessers 12Vandenbergh 17Ceulemans 67 Lysandrou 42Vrachimis 60 Stade du Heysel, Brussels 17,445 Arto Ravander (Finland) "Netherlands v Cyprus" 22 February 1981 NED Report 3 – 0 CYP 1960 Hovenkamp 15Schapendonk 48Nanninga 58 Oosterpark Stadion, Groningen 12,972 Howard King (Wales) "Netherlands v France" 25 March 1981 NED Report 1 – 0 FRA 1974 Mühren 47 Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam 58,000 Luigi Agnolin (Italy) "Belgium v Republic of Ireland" 25 March 1981 BEL Report 1 – 0 IRL Ceulemans 88 Stade du Heysel, Brussels 39,178 Raúl Joaquim Fernandes Nazaré (Portugal) "Cyprus v Netherlands" 29 April 1981 CYP 1960 Report 0 – 1 NED Van Kooten 29 Makario Stadium, Nicosia 7,500 Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria) "France v Belgium" 29 April 1981 FRA 1974 Report 3 – 2 BEL Soler 14 31Six 26 Vandenbergh 5Ceulemans 52 Parc des Princes, Paris 46,194 Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain) "Netherlands v Republic of Ireland" 9 September 1981 NED Report 2 – 2 IRL Thijssen 11Mühren 64 pen. Robinson 40Stapleton 71 Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam 46,000 Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia) "Belgium v France" 9 September 1981 BEL Report 2 – 0 FRA 1974 Czerniatynski 24Vandenbergh 83 Stade du Heysel, Brussels 52,525 Károly Palotai (Hungary) "Netherlands v Belgium" 14 October 1981 NED Report 3 – 0 BEL Metgod 6Van Kooten 26Geels 54 Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam 56,000 Brian McGinlay (Scotland) "Republic of Ireland v France" 14 October 1981 IRL Report 3 – 2 FRA 1974 Mahut 5 o.g.Stapleton 23Robinson 39 Bellone 9Platini 83 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 53,000 Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) "France v Netherlands" 18 November 1981 FRA 1974 Report 2 – 0 NED Platini 52Six 82 Parc des Princes, Paris 46,348 António Garrido (Portugal) "France v Cyprus" 5 December 1981 FRA 1974 Report 4 – 0 CYP 1960 Rocheteau 25Lacombe 29 82Genghini 86 Parc des Princes, Paris 43,437 Edwin Borg (Malta) Notes External links Group 2 Detailed Results at RSSSF 2 Category:1980–81 in Belgian football Category:Belgium at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Category:1980–81 in Cypriot football Category:1981–82 in Cypriot football Category:1980–81 in Dutch football Category:1981–82 in Dutch football Category:1980–81 in French football Category:France at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Category:1980–81 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:1981–82 in Republic of Ireland association football