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1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

FieldValue
tourney_name1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
num_teams32
confederations1
top_scorerHristo Bonev (7 goals)
Johan Cruyff (7 goals)
Gigi Riva (7 goals)
Joachim Streich (7 goals)
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Johan Cruyff (7 goals) Gigi Riva (7 goals) Joachim Streich (7 goals) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. West Germany, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams.

The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Düsseldorf on 17 July 1971. During the draw procedure, entrants were drawn into the 9 qualifying groups from the four pots of seeds.

Pot APot BPot CPot D

Groups

Group 1

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1=**6321147+7**8**
**1=**6321158+7**8**
**3**6240127+5**8**
**4**6006120−19**0**

Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Sweden won to qualify for the World Cup.

Group 2

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1**6420120+12**10**
**2**622253+2**6**
**3**622224−2**6**
**4**6105214−12**2**

Group 3

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1**6420242+22**10**
**2**6420120+12**10**
**3**6204916−7**4**
**4**6006229−27**0**

Group 4

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1**6501183+15**10**
**2**6411174+13**9**
**3**6114321−18**3**
**4**6105313−10**2**

Group 5

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1**421163+3**5**
**2**412134−1**4**
**3**411235−2**3**

Group 6

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1**6420133+10**10**
**2**6231106+4**7**
**3**613256−1**5**
**4**6105114−13**2**

Group 7

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1=**422085+3**6**
**1=**422074+3**6**
**3**4004511−6**0**

Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Yugoslavia won to qualify for the World Cup.

Group 8

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1**430183+5**6**
**2**421193+6**5**
**3**4013213−11**1**

Group 9

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
**1**430152+3**6**
**2**411245−1**3**
**3**411235−2**3**

The Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off)

Goalscorers

;7 goals

  • BUL Hristo Bonev
  • GDR Joachim Streich
  • ITA Gigi Riva
  • NED Johan Cruyff

;5 goals

  • NED Willy Brokamp
  • ROU Florea Dumitrache
  • SWE Roland Sandberg

;4 goals

  • BEL Raoul Lambert
  • GDR Jürgen Sparwasser
  • NED Johan Neeskens
  • SWE Ralf Edström
  • SWE Bo Larsson

;3 goals

  • AUT Josef Hickersberger
  • AUT Kurt Jara
  • BUL Georgi Denev
  • TCH Zdeněk Nehoda
  • TCH Bohumil Veselý
  • HUN Ferenc Bene
  • NOR Tor Egil Johansen
  • YUG Dušan Bajević

;2 goals

  • AUT August Starek
  • BEL Léon Dolmans
  • BEL Odilon Polleunis
  • BUL Bozhil Kolev
  • GDR Bernd Bransch
  • GDR Hans-Jürgen Kreische
  • GDR Wolfram Löwe
  • HUN Lajos Kocsis
  • HUN Sándor Zámbó
  • IRL Terry Conroy
  • ITA Gianni Rivera
  • NED Wim van Hanegem
  • NIR Trevor Anderson
  • NOR Harry Hestad
  • POL Jan Domarski
  • POL Robert Gadocha
  • POR Rui Jordão
  • POR Nené
  • ROU Ion Dumitru
  • ROU Dumitru Marcu
  • ROU Mircea Sandu
  • URS Volodymyr Onyshchenko
  • ESP José Claramunt
  • ESP Rubén Óscar Valdez
  • SWE Ove Kindvall
  • TUR Osman Arpacıoğlu
  • YUG Stanislav Karasi

;1 goal

  • ALB Sabah Bizi
  • ALB Mihal Gjika
  • ALB Ramazan Rragami
  • AUT Franz Hasil
  • AUT Roland Hattenberger
  • AUT Norbert Hof
  • AUT Helmut Köglberger
  • AUT Thomas Parits
  • AUT Peter Pumm
  • BEL Jean Dockx
  • BEL Paul van Himst
  • BEL Frans Janssens
  • BUL Atanas Mihaylov
  • CYP Kokos Antoniou
  • TCH Přemysl Bičovský
  • TCH Vladimír Hagara
  • TCH Ladislav Petráš
  • DEN Ole Bjørnmose
  • DEN Finn Laudrup
  • GDR Peter Ducke
  • ENG Colin Bell
  • ENG Allan Clarke
  • ENG Norman Hunter
  • FIN Jarmo Manninen
  • FIN Olavi Rissanen
  • FIN Miikka Toivola
  • FRA Georges Bereta
  • FRA Serge Chiesa
  • FRA Jean-Michel Larqué
  • GRE Antonis Antoniadis
  • GRE Mimis Domazos
  • GRE Kostas Eleftherakis
  • GRE Giorgos Koudas
  • HUN László Bálint
  • HUN Antal Dunai
  • HUN István Juhász
  • HUN Mihály Kozma
  • HUN Csaba Vidáts
  • ISL Elmar Geirsson
  • ISL Örn Óskarsson
  • IRL Mick Martin
  • IRL Ray Treacy
  • ITA Pietro Anastasi
  • ITA Fabio Capello
  • ITA Giorgio Chinaglia
  • LUX Nico Braun
  • LUX Gilbert Dussier
  • MLT Anton Camilleri
  • NED Arie Haan
  • NED Barry Hullshoff
  • NED Theo de Jong
  • NED Piet Keizer
  • NED René van der Kerkhof
  • NED Dick Schneider
  • NIR Sammy Morgan
  • NIR Liam O'Kane
  • NIR Martin O'Neill
  • NOR Jan Fuglset
  • NOR Tom Lund
  • NOR Per Pettersen
  • NOR Harald Sunde
  • POL Grzegorz Lato
  • POL Włodzimierz Lubański
  • POR Humberto Coelho
  • POR Eusébio
  • POR Chico Faria
  • POR Artur Jorge
  • POR Alfredo Quaresma
  • POR António Simões
  • ROU Emerich Dembrovschi
  • ROU Nicolae Dobrin
  • ROU Dudu Georgescu
  • ROU Radu Nunweiller
  • ROU Nicolae Pantea
  • ROU Teodor Tarălungă
  • SCO Jimmy Bone
  • SCO Kenny Dalglish
  • SCO Joe Harper
  • SCO Jim Holton
  • SCO Joe Jordan
  • SCO Peter Lorimer
  • SCO Lou Macari
  • SCO Willie Morgan
  • URS Oleh Blokhin
  • URS Vladimir Fedotov
  • URS Viktor Kolotov
  • ESP Amancio Amaro
  • ESP Juan Manuel Asensi
  • ESP Roberto Juan Martínez
  • ESP Juan Cruz Sol
  • SWE Ove Grahn
  • SWE Dag Szepanski
  • SUI Rolf Blättler
  • SUI Karl Odermatt
  • TUR Köksal Mesçi
  • TUR Mehmet Türkkan
  • TUR Melih Atacan
  • WAL Trevor Hockey
  • WAL Leighton James
  • WAL John Toshack
  • YUG Jovan Aćimović
  • YUG Josip Katalinski
  • YUG Ivica Šurjak

;1 own goal

  • ISL Einar Gunnarsson (playing against Belgium)
  • MLT Charles Spiteri (playing against Austria)
  • YUG Josip Katalinski (playing against Greece)

Notes

References

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