1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

none Group 3 consisted of four 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 host. Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Norway. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 9.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the place in the finals. Standings RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1NED6420242+22102BEL6420120+12103NOR6204916−744ISL6006229−270 Matches 18 May 1972 BEL Report 4–0 ISL Van Himst 12Polleunis 34 57Gunnarsson 89 o.g. Liège, Belgium Rasmussen (Denmark) 22 May 1972 ISL Report 0–4 BEL Janssens 28Lambert 30 pen. 49 pen.Dockx 60 Bruges, BelgiumThis match was played in Belgium rather than Iceland. Byrne (Republic of Ireland) 3 August 1972 NOR Report 4–1 ISL Fuglset 55 pen.Lund 57Hestad 83Johansen 87 Óskarsson 90 Stavanger, Norway Riedel (East Germany) 4 October 1972 NOR Report 0–2 BEL Dolmans 58 pen.Lambert 60 Oslo, Norway Mullan (Scotland) 1 November 1972 NED Report 9–0 NOR Neeskens 31 51 63Cruyff 55 82De Jong 70Brokamp 76 87Keizer 80 pen. Rotterdam, Netherlands Eksztajn (Poland) 19 November 1972 BEL Report 0–0 NED Antwerp, Belgium Walker (England) 2 August 1973 ISL Report 0–4 NOR Sunde 40Johansen 55 87Pettersen 80 Reykjavík, Iceland Dahlberg (Sweden) 22 August 1973 NED Report 5–0 ISL Van Hanegem 6Cruyff 8 57Haan 17Brokamp 29 Amsterdam, Netherlands Coiling (Luxembourg) 29 August 1973 ISL Report 1–8 NED E. Geirsson 44 Brokamp 15 75Cruyff 21 28Neeskens 24Van de Kerkhof 46Schneider 48 pen.Van Hanegem 71 Deventer, NetherlandsThis match was played in Netherlands rather than Iceland. Hirviniemi (Finland) 12 September 1973 NOR Report 1–2 NED Hestad 77 Cruyff 7Hulshoff 87 Oslo, Norway Wright (Northern Ireland) 31 October 1973 BEL Report 2–0 NOR Dolmans 32 pen.Lambert 85 pen. Brussels, Belgium Jursa (Czechoslovakia) 18 November 1973 NED Report 0–0 BEL Amsterdam, Netherlands Kazakov (Soviet Union) Notes External links Group 3 Detailed Results at RSSSF 3 Category:1972–73 in Belgian football Category:1973–74 in Belgian football Category:1972–73 in Dutch football Category:Netherlands at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Category:1972 in Icelandic football Category:1973 in Icelandic football Category:1972 in Norwegian football Category:1973 in Norwegian football