1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

Football tournament qualification stage Group 9 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. Greece, Hungary, and Soviet Union. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for the half spot of the 8.5 spots assigned to UEFA in the final tournament. The European spot in the UEFA - CONMEBOL would be assigned to the group's winner. Hungary would go on to win the World Cup spot in that qualifier. Standings main WDL Group 9 Q 2 HUN HUN URS URS 1955 GRE GRE old 2 1 1 6 4 2 0 2 5 3 1 1 2 2 6 #BBF3FF A complete Matches 9 October 1976 GRE old Report 1 – 1 HUN Papaioannou 68 Kereki 84 Piraeus, Greece Karaiskakis Stadium Wöhrer (Austria) 24 April 1977 URS 1955 Report 2 – 0 GRE old Konkov 26Kipiani 77 Moscow, Soviet Union Dubach (Switzerland) 30 April 1977 HUN Report 2 – 1 URS 1955 Nyilasi 44Kereki 67 Kipiani 88 Budapest, Hungary Aldinger (West Germany) 10 May 1977 GRE old Report 1 – 0 URS 1955 Papaioannou 58 Thessaloniki, Greece Gussoni (Italy) 18 May 1977 URS 1955 Report 2 – 0 HUN Burjak 3Bálint 14 o.g. Tbilisi, Soviet Union Taylor (England) 28 May 1977 HUN Report 3 – 0 GRE old Pusztai 13Nyilasi 15Fazekas 88 Budapest, Hungary Beck (Netherlands) Notes External links Group 9 Detailed Results at RSSSF 9 Category:1976–77 in Greek football Category:1977–78 in Greek football Category:1976–77 in Hungarian football Category:Hungary at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Category:1976 in Soviet football Category:1977 in Soviet football