1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 19 May 1968 - 7 December 1969 29 1 DEU Gerd Müller (9 goals) 1966 1974 FIFA The European (UEFA) zone of qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup saw 29 teams competing for eight places at the finals. UEFA members England qualified automatically as the defending champions. The qualification process started on 19 May 1968 and ended on 7 December 1969. Format FIFA rejected the entry of Albania, while Iceland and Malta did not enter. The remaining 29 teams were drawn into eight groups, five groups of four teams and three of three teams. All eight group-winners qualified automatically. Draw The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Casablanca on 1 February 1968. During the draw procedure, entrants were drawn into the 8 qualifying groups from the four pots of seeds. Pot APot BPot CPot DBUL 1968 FRA 1794 HUN ITA POR URS 1955 ESP 1945 FRGTCH GDR NED NIR SCO SWE SUI YUGAUT BEL IRL NOR POL 1928 ROU 1965 TUR WALCYP 1960 DEN FIN GRE old LUX Groups Group 1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification Qualification to respective phase1ROU 1965632176+18Qualify for the World Cup2GRE old6231139+473SUI621358−354POR6123810−24 Group 2 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification Qualification to respective phase1=HUN6411167+991=TCH6411126+693DEN6213610−454IRL6015314−111 Czechoslovakia and Hungary finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Czechoslovakia won the play-off to qualify for the World Cup. Group 3 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification Qualification to respective phase1ITA4310103+77Qualify for the World Cup2DDR421177053WAL4004310−70 Group 4 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification Qualification to respective phase1URS 1955431081+77Qualify for the World Cup2NIR421173+453TUR4004213−110 Group 5 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification Qualification to respective phase1SWE4301125+76Qualify for the World Cup2FRA 1794420264+243NOR4103413−92 Group 6 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification Qualification to respective phase1BEL6411148+69Qualify for the World Cup2YUG6312197+1273ESP 19456222106+464FIN6105628−222 Group 7 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification Qualification to respective phase1FRG6510203+1711Qualify for the World Cup2SCO6312187+1173AUT6303127+564CYP 19606006235−330 Group 8 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification Qualification to respective phase1BUL 19686411127+59Qualify for the World Cup2POL 19286402198+1183NED631295+474LUX6006424−200 Goalscorers 9 goals 20em yes FRG Gerd Müller 7 goals 20em yes ITA Luigi Riva POL Włodzimierz Lubański 6 goals 20em yes BEL Johan Devrindt HUN Ferenc Bene POL Kazimierz Deyna SCO Colin Stein SWE Ove Kindvall 5 goals 20em yes AUT Erich Hof BEL Odilon Polleunis TCH Jozef Adamec 4 goals 20em yes AUT Helmut Redl BUL 1968 Georgi Asparuhov BUL 1968 Hristo Bonev POL Andrzej Jarosik YUG Dragan Džajić 3 goals 20em yes TCH Karol Jokl DEN Ole Sørensen FIN Arto Tolsa FRA 1794 Hervé Revelli GRE old Vasilis Botinos GRE old Giorgos Sideris HUN Antal Dunai NOR Ola Dybwad-Olsen POR Eusébio ROU 1965 Florea Dumitrache SCO Alan Gilzean ESP 1945 José Eulogio Gárate FRG Wolfgang Overath YUG Vahidin Musemić YUG Slaven Zambata 2 goals 20em yes BEL Wilfried Puis BUL 1968 Dinko Dermendzhiev TCH Vladimír Hagara TCH Ladislav Kuna TCH Andrej Kvašňák GDR Wolfram Löwe GDR Eberhard Vogel FIN Tommy Lindholm FRA 1794 Jean-Claude Bras GRE old Giorgos Dedes HUN Lajos Kocsis IRL Don Givens ITA Sandro Mazzola LUX Johny Léonard NED Theo Pahlplatz NIR Terry Harkin POR Jacinto Santos SCO Bobby Murdoch URS Kakhi Asatiani URS Volodymyr Muntyan URS Givi Nodia ESP 1945 Amancio Amaro SWE Bo Larsson SUI Fritz Künzli SUI Georges Vuilleumier FRG Helmut Haller YUG Josip Bukal YUG Metodije Spasovski 1 goal 20em yes AUT Wilhelm Kreuz AUT Helmut Siber AUT August Starek BEL Léon Semmeling BUL 1968 Dimitar Penev BUL 1968 Dimitar Yakimov CYP Panicos Efthimiadis CYP Nicos Kantzilieris TCH Dušan Kabát TCH František Veselý DEN Bent Jensen DEN Ulrik Le Fevre DEN Ole Madsen GDR Henning Frenzel GDR Hans-Jürgen Kreische GDR Peter Rock FIN Turo Flink FRA 1794 Jean Djorkaeff GRE old Mimis Domazos GRE old Kostas Elefterakis GRE old Giorgos Koudas GRE old Mimis Papaioannou HUN Flórián Albert HUN János Farkas HUN László Fazekas HUN Zoltán Halmosi HUN Lajos Puskás HUN Lajos Szűcs IRL Eamonn Rogers ITA Angelo Domenghini LUX Josy Kirchens LUX Paul Philipp NED Johan Cruyff NED Dick van Dijk NED Willem van Hanegem NED Wim Jansen NED Sjaak Roggeveen NED Wietse Veenstra NED Henk Wery NIR George Best NIR William Campbell NIR Derek Dougan NIR Eric McMordie NIR Jimmy Nicholson NOR Odd Iversen POL Bronisław Bula POL Jerzy Wilim POR José Augusto de Almeida POR Jacinto João POR Fernando Peres ROU 1965 Emerich Dembrovschi ROU 1965 Nicolae Dobrin ROU 1965 Flavius Domide SCO Billy Bremner SCO Tommy Gemmell SCO Eddie Gray SCO Willie Henderson SCO Jimmy Johnstone SCO Denis Law SCO Billy McNeill URS Anatoliy Byshovets URS Vitaly Khmelnitsky ESP 1945 Juan Manuel Asensi ESP 1945 Miguel Ángel Bustillo ESP 1945 Pirri ESP 1945 Joaquín Sierra ESP 1945 Manuel Velázquez SWE Leif Eriksson SWE Ove Grahn SWE Roland Grip SWE Örjan Persson SUI René-Pierre Quentin TUR Ender Konca TUR Ogün Altıparmak WAL Mike England WAL David Powell WAL John Toshack FRG Klaus Fichtel FRG Sigfried Held FRG Horst-Dieter Höttges FRG Reinhard Libuda FRG Max Lorenz YUG Rudolf Belin YUG Ivica Osim YUG Miroslav Pavlović YUG Denijal Pirić YUG Edin Sprečo 1 own goal 20em yes AUT Johann Eigenstiller (playing against West Germany) POR José Augusto Torres (playing against Greece) SUI Bruno Michaud (playing against Romania) References External links European Zone at FIFA.com UEFA 1970 Category:1968 in European men's international football Category:1969 in European men's international football